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The long life of Carroll Shelby
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Begins training at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio TX. As a flight instructor, he did not leave the U.S. during WWll.
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Carroll Shelby marries Jeanne fields.
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Carroll drives his first race, a quarter mile drag meet, driving a hot rod fitted with a flathead Ford.
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At Norman, Oklahoma, Carroll drives in his first road race behind the wheel of a MG-TC. He won again against the faster Jaguar XK 120s.
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Shelby opens the Shelby School of High Performance Driving at Riverside Raceway.
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After learning that AC Cars in England has lost its source for engines for its two-seater, Shelby asks the company keep building the chassis for a special Shelby sports car to be powered by an American V8.
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AC Cars show interest in Shelby's idea. Shelby learns about Ford's new 221ci small-block and contacts Ford explaining his need for a V8.
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The first roadster body is air freighted to Shelby's shop in Southern California. A four-speed is installed in the chassis, and Shelby and friend Dean Moon test drive the new Cobra.
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Shelby-American begins operations
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The first Cobra, CSX 2000, is painted pearlescent yellow and sent to the New York Auto Show for the Ford display. Dealers take interest and begin ordering. Shelby-American commits to building its new Cobra.
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Shelby promotes his Cobra by offering test drives to the automotive press. CSX 2000 is repainted a different color each time a different magazine test drives it, giving the appearance of many cars in production. CSX 2002 is air freighted to Los Angeles and built into the first competition Cobra.
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Shelby-American enters the Cobra in its first race, but breaks a rear hub and does not finish.
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Dave MacDonald and Ken Miles drive Cobras to first and second place beating the Corvette Stingrays.
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Dan Gurney wins at Bridgehampton in a Cobra to become the first American driver to win an FIA race in an American car.
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The Cobra wins the United States Road Racing Championship.
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At Sebring in the prototype class, Cobras for the first time beat Ferrari GTOs.
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Ford asks Shelby to develop a high-performance Mustang fastback.
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The first '65 Shelby Mustang GT350 race and street cars are built.
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Shelby-American begins its move to Los Angeles International Airport facility. Ford turns its GT-40 project over to Shelby-American.
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Shelby-American begins its move to Los Angeles International Airport facility. Ford turns its GT-40 project over to Shelby-American.
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Shelby Automotive Racing Company closes.
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Ford ends its racing agreement with Shelby.
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Carroll Shelby takes a leave of absence spends time in South Africa.
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Shelby and the members of the World Chili Cook offs create the International Chili Society.
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Shelby creates his own Chili Powder and markets it internationally "Carroll Shelby's Original Texas Brand Chili Preparation-little brown packets of flour and spices promising to "shake the meanness out of the most ornery, leather-mouthed chili-head that ever was born."
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Carroll Shelby teams up again with Lee Iacocca and Chrysler to create the Dodge products.
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Prototype Dodge Shelby Chargers are built and displayed.
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Carroll sells the Carroll Shelby Chili Mix to Kraft
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Shelby envisions and begins prototype work on a Dodge sports car, which later becomes the "Viper."
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The Viper is first shown at the Detroit Automobile Show.
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Shelby receives a heart transplant.
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Shelby starts the Carroll Shelby Heart Fund to help finance organ transplants children in need.
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Shelby inducted into International Motor Sports Hall of Fame.
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Shelby designs and manufactures the Shelby Series 1 sports car.
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Shelby Cobra CSX2000 named Motor Trend magazine's most significant car of the last 50 years. Remake of the movie Gone in 60 Seconds uses a modified '67 Shelby GT500 look-alike as the automotive star, "Eleanor."
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Ford Shelby GR-1 concept introduced
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Shelby GT500 introduced at New York International Auto Show
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The First 2007 Ford Shelby GT 500 was auctioned at the Barrett-Jackson Car Auction and raised $600,000 for the Carroll Shelby Foundation.
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CSX3015 Shelby Super Snake was sold for a record breaking $5 Million at the Barrett-Jackson Auction
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Shelby Automobiles announces the creation of Shelby Performance Parts Company
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Carroll Shelby celebrates his 85th Birthday with 800 of his closest friends at the Las Vegas Shelby Bash Shelby American introduces the 2008 Shelby KR.
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Carroll Shelby was presented with the lifetime achievement award as the Automotive Executive of the Year in Detroit.
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Carroll Shelby Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award. Automotive News, presented the 2011 Keith Crain/Automotive News. Lifetime Achievement Award to Carroll Shelby at the Washington Auto Show in Washington, D.C.
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Carroll Hall Shelby, a man whose vision for performance transformed the automobile industry, died at age 89, in Dallas TX.