Carroll Shelby was a race car driver; he was a racing team owner, a chili entrepreneur. He survived a liver transplant and a heart transplant. But perhaps the thing that most people will remember him for is his automotive creations, especially the Shelby Cobra.
"With a combination of light weight and V-8 power, the Cobra quickly dominated sports car racing," Mustang Monthly reports. "Street versions were sold to Hollywood celebrities, and a later model with 427 power became known as one of the fastest musclecars of all time."
Shelby died yesterday at age 89. The cause of death was not immediately known.
