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Shelby American, the cars and the people
The History and Racing with Shelby American
Revised: August 15, 2001
Table of Contents
This page contains links to web sites and pages having to do with Shelby
American, the cars and some of the people that were and are still involved including
enthusiasts and SAAC clubs. The information is divided into the following
categories:
The Story including Racing with Shelby American
- Each car and model has story and historical information
- The
AC Cobras click here to go to the Cobra section
- Racing
Cobras, including the winningist Cobra, the ESSEX
Wire Cobra
- The
Shelby Mustangs click here to go to the Shelby Mustang section
- The
1965-66 NHRA & AHRA Drag Racing GT 350's
- The Essex Cobra - the
winningist Cobra Roadster
- Jim
Race's Shelby History of Shelby American Pages His grandfather use to work with Shelby American. Jim has some great
pictures of the early Shelby American factory with some stories on the history.
- The Cobra Daytona Coupe story
- The Terlingua Racing Team Appearing
on the side of a number of Shelby American racing cars is a rather odd emblem of a mean
looking rabbit. As you might expect, this is another interesting Carroll Shelby story.
What is the significance of the rabbit and Terlingua Texas?
- The
Shelby American Collection in Boulder Colorado, a non profit collection of Shelby
American cars
- Carroll
Shelby inducted into Motorsport Hall of Fame, 1992
- The GT 40s: Part 1 Part
2 Ford Motor Company wanted a Ford to win races.
After deciding not to buy Ferrari, Ford tried to win with a truly unique race car called a
GT 40. The car was awesome but you have to finish a race to win it. After an unsuccessful
series of attempts, Ford turned to Shelby American to do what they couldn't do, win with
them. And win they did...
- Group 2 Racing, the beginning of Trans-Am Racing 1966, The
SCCA recognized the popularity of the new sedan ponycars and created a series of amateur
races and a Manufacturers Trophy series. Ford turned the project over to Shelby America.
Although, Shelby wasn't directly involved with the races, the Shelby prepared Group 2
Mustangs lead the fight for Ford.
- Trans-Am Racing 1969, The
Boss Mustangs. Ford was still out to win the Trans-Am
series after a disastrous '68 season. The Trans Am Racing Series had become a game of
manufacturer against manufacturer. The stakes were high and the competition tough. A new
Mustang body was introduced in 1969 with a new 302 engine. Ford backed two teams for 1969.
One team carried the Shelby American racing colors.
- Trans-Am Racing 1970
Shelby American lost its Ford support for Trans-Am
racing. Only the Bud Moore team was carrying Ford's colors. Could Ford take
back the Trans-Am Championship that Shelby had delivered to them twice?
- Trans Am Racing Schedules 1969
and 1970
- Performance Comparisons-
This chart is a collection of performance comparisons for various cars including the Cobra
Daytona Coupe, the '69 GT 500KR and the '65 GT 350 .
- The Carroll Shelby Story by Carroll Shelby, 1965, Trident Press (Out of
Print)
- Shelby's Wildlife, the Cobras, Mustangs and Dodges by Wallace Wyss
- Shelby Cobra, The Shelby American Original Archives 1962-1965 by
Dave Friedman. Dave was PR director at Shelby American during those wonder years. There
are lots of great pictures with Dave's insights of those years.
- Carroll Shelby's Racing Cobra by Dave Friedman and John Christy. A must
see Cobra book...
- The Shelby American Registry from SAAC .
A MUST HAVE SHELBY CARS BOOK available from SAAC. This book includes all
kind of information PLUS pictures and a listing of all the Shelby cars by serial number
with owners information (if they sent it in to SAAC.)
- Shelby GT 40 by Dave Friedman A great book on the Shelby GT 40
efforts
- Shelby Mustang by Tom Corcoran, Tom is an editor at Mustang Monthly and
has accumulated a lot of good information and pictures on Shelby Mustangs
This page designed by Dennis Begley
Copyright © 1995-2001 DonaBee Web Productions. All rights reserved.
Revised: August 15, 2001.
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