This has nothing to do with the normal subject matter of this blog, but please indulge me. On May 10, Carroll Shelby died at the age of 89. If you know anything about cars, you know what a legend he was, and what a loss this is. If you don’t, well, Shelby designed the Shelby Cobra and the Shelby Mustang and led the famous Ford racing team that beat Ferrari at Le Mans in 1966 and 1967. He was also, at various times, an Army Air Corps flight instructor, a race car driver, a big-game hunter, and the inventor of the chili cookoff.
I interviewed Shelby for a 2006 Vanity Fair story, so I was lucky enough to hear some amazing stories about his remarkable life. And after warning me that “ah’m almost 83 and I’ve had a heart transplant,” he raced me around Ford’s Michigan Proving Grounds fast enough to take a couple of years off my life.
They aren’t making any more like him.
That was a wonderful article about that great man. I had read it before, but it was nice to remember him. Plus, I got to enjoy one of my all-time fave articles by The Best author again!
Posted by MissStefanie@StefaniBray | May 19, 2012, 9:10 pmI love that interesting article about that great man.
Posted by MissStefanie@StefaniBray | May 19, 2012, 9:20 pm