Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Shelby 3 Hour Tribute this Sunday on Velocity Channel

[Larry T (l02turner]

His 1959 LM victory driving the AM DBR1 (arguably the most beautiful race car to come out of the UK) really gave CS the door opener to approach Ford, AC Cars, etc.  His F1 career as pretty short -- he had a heart condition requiring lots of Nitro Glycerine (sometimes when driving) to keep his heart pumping -  and was told, stop racing or die.   The comments that CS wanted to build cars is not accurate IMO - he loved racing but knew he would not survive it.

You're right - there's lots below the surface of his headlines.

L:arryT

On 5/22/2012 9:08 AM, Charles Perry wrote:

I think I am much more interested now in his early career. Before reading obits, I had no idea that he had raced Austin Healeys, Maseratis or Aston Martins or that he had won Le Mans and raced F1.

 

How amazing is your car career when none of that even shows up on most people's radar for your achievements because what happened later was even MORE significant?

 

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From: George P. [mailto:ygpz4re [at] hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 8:42 AM
To: Charles Perry
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Shelby 3 Hour Tribute this Sunday on Velocity Channel

Let's not forget that Shelby was *also* aligned with manufacturers other than Ford - anyone remember the "Shelby" Dodge Omni GLH (and others of its ilk)?
 
I don't think Shelby was picky about who he worked with, so long as his name was on a product and he got paid for it.
 
Admittedly, I did not watch these shows, but I really have to wonder about how much of the "go fast" engineering he really did (if any), at least on the later products that bore his name...  (or is "none" too obvious???)
 
FWIW.
 
gp
 

> From: Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com>
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> And so it becomes just another brand...
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