Carroll Shelby had taken a major corporate embarrassment and turned it into a world-class racing effort. "You will never see another program [like the one Ford created to win Le Mans]. Henry got ...

Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori won the 1959 Le Mans twenty-four-hour race in an Aston Martin DBR1. Paul Frre-who still drives awfully well and still writes for Road & Track magazine-finished ...

Carroll Shelby, the son of a mail carrier in rural ... and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans," played a key role the sold-out screening of the documentary film "The 24 Hour War" in ...

American company Shelby Automobiles celebrates the 50th anniversary of Carroll Shelby’s victory at Le Mans, a moment which they now call "the birth of a racing legend’s dynasty". To rise up to ...

But it didn't start as a collaboration between Ford and Carroll Shelby—that happened ... The 24 Hours of Le Mans being just weeks away, the cars were pushed into track tests just days after ...

Carroll Shelby driving the Aston Martin DBR1 at the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans. Bernard Cahier, Getty Images Shelby retired from racing shortly after due to health reasons, opening a driving school ...

First place was captured again at Le Mans the following year with Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt taking turns behind the wheel of a Ford GT40 Mk IV (the opening image shows Carroll Shelby by that very car).

Ferrari (known in some territories as Le Mans ... in Le Mans, France in 1966. In the movie, Christian Bale plays race driver Ken Miles, while Matt Damon portrays automobile designer Carroll ...

The combination of Carroll Shelby and Ford worked like peanut ... history as the first American car to take down Ferrari at Le Mans. It was built as a form of retaliation after Ferrari pulled ...

Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles look set to storm to victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, but the ending of Ford v Ferrari isn’t so clear-cut.

Ferrari left Le Mans endurance racing and did not return until 2023. Carroll Shelby had formed a strong relationship with Ford. In the mid-1960s, Shelby Mustang GT350s transformed what was ...

"We're very excited to release this special edition GT40 celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Le Mans victory," said Superformance CEO, Lance Stander. "Having known Carroll Shelby personally ...