Carroll shelby autobiography
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Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe - The autobiography of CSX2300
Octane June 2020, Book of the Month
By Rinsey Mills
This book tells the fascinating history of the Daytona Coupe version of Carroll Shelby’s fabled Cobra with special focus on one of the six cars built. The fabulous Daytona Coupe, brutally purposeful in both looks and performance, was created to win the FIA World Sportscar Championship and duly did so in 1965, beating Ferrari in the large-capacity class – the category that really counted as it fired the public’s imagination. The specific car covered in detail in this book, CSX2300, took part in five championship rounds (one in 1964, four in 1965) and played its part in Shelby American’s unique team success. Truly one of the ‘Great Cars’, the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe is a most worthy addition to this acclaimed series of books.
Credits: Concept and directed by Roman Kuhn Produced by Bigfish Berlin Camera and colour grading by Jens Harms
Key content
• The design evolution and development of the Daytona Coupe, with first-hand input from the car’s designer, Peter Brock.
• All 16 events in Shelby’s two-year campaign with these cars are covered in detail, from the 1964 Daytona 24 Hours (the race that gave the model its name) to the obscure final offic
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Carroll Shelby
American racing driver and automotive designer (1923–2012)
Carroll Hall Shelby (January 11, 1923 – May 10, 2012) was an American automotive designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur.
Shelby was involved with the AC Cobra and Mustang for Ford Motor Company. With driver Ken Miles, he developed the Ford GT40, the car that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969. As of 2024, it remains the only American-built car to win at Le Mans. Their efforts were dramatized in the 2019Oscar-winning film Ford v Ferrari (titled Le Mans '66 in some European countries).[1]
Shelby and co-driver Roy Salvadori won the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans driving an Aston Martin DBR1. He won the 1960 Sports Car Club of America United States Auto Club Road Racing Sports Car Championship by winning the round-one race at Riverside International Raceway in a Maserati Tipo 61 "Birdcage", and winning round two at Continental Divide Raceways in a Chevrolet Scarab Mark II.[2][3]
in 1962, he established Shelby American to manufacture and market performance vehicles. His autobiography, The Carroll Shelby Story, was published in 1967.[4]
Early life and career
[edit]Carroll Shelby was born on January 11, 1923, to Warren Hall Shel
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The Carroll Shelby Story
Autobiography gross Carroll Shelby
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Background
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Reception
[edit]The contemporary con of The Cobra Story by Kirkus Reviews affirmed, "The gangling Texan's autobiography is tiny on grammar but hold up on structure motors, enthuse frames attend to surviving hairbreadth escapes (one wreck