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The hiring of Ken Miles by Carroll Shelby in February 1963 initiated arguably the greatest pairing of driver/owner partnerships in the history of motorsports. Not only did Shelby hire Competition Manager Ken Miles as an accomplished road racer but also Miles brought professionalism, innovation, and a keen attribute of being able to surround ...
Apr 1, 2021 · Not only did Shelby hire Competition Manager Ken Miles as an accomplished road racer but also Miles brought professionalism, innovation, and a keen attribute of being able to surround himself with budding, talented individuals.
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Jun 6, 2023 · Ken Miles, left, talks with Carroll Shelby during the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966. Miles, in the eyes of many, had a win stolen from him that year. The winning assault of the Ford camp was “as ...
Nov 1, 2021 · The hiring of Ken Miles by Carroll Shelby in February 1963 initiated arguably the greatest pairing of driver/owner partnerships in the history of motorsports. Not only did Shelby hire Competition Manager Ken Miles as an accomplished road racer but also Miles brought professionalism, innovation, and a keen attribute of being able to surround ...
- Fabian Ebert
- 15 Burning Across The Bonneville Flats
- 14 Love from Above
- 13 from Farmer to Ford
- 12 A Trademark He Dreamed Up and Sold For $1
- 11 Powered by Nitroglycerin
- 10 Created The International Chili Cook-Off
- 9 Rent-A-Shelby?
- 8 Creating Chryslers That “Go Like Hell”
- 7 "… and We Ended Up with The Viper"
- 6 A "Pleasing Masculine Fragrance"
A decade before Shelby redesigned the Ford Mustang, he helped his Austin-Healey team set eight land endurance racing records at Bonneville Salt Flats. Shelby, Donald Healey, Sir Malcolm Campbell, George Eyston, Mort Morris-Goodall and Roy Jackson Moore averaged 132.29 mph over 24 consecutive hours.
By late 1941, Shelby had joined the Army Air Corps and began training at San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center in Texas where he would eventually graduate as a second Lieutenant in 1942. As a pilot, he flew bombers including B-18’s, B-25’s, B-26’s and B-29’s. Legend has it that during his training missions, Shelby dropped love letters from his plane on...
After the war ended, Shelby ran several businesses, including a short-lived chicken farm. On one occasion, in August 1953, his life as a farmer crossed over to the track when he didn’t have time to change his striped coveralls, and they became his racing trademark. Years later, Shelby returned to farming and raised Kobe beef cattle on his ranch in ...
At least one automotive company, Crosley, had named an engine “Cobra” years before Shelby claimed to have literally dreamed of a cobra image on the front of his car and began the copyrighting process. The courts ruled all earlier claims on the name were invalid and Shelby took ownership of the name that he later sold Ford for $1 in exchange for the...
In February 1960, Shelby was in the midst of the racing season when a doctor confirmed he had angina pectoris and his driving days were behind him. Of his legendary nine-year racing career, Shelby said, “I've been so damn lucky to live this long, racing with nitroglycerin pills in my mouth.” He would eventually have a heart transplant in 1990 and a...
In November 1967, Shelby raised his passion for chili to the next level and helped launch the first World Chili cook off in Terlingua, Texas. Two years later, Shelby created the “Carroll Shelby Chili” mix which he eventually sold to Kraft foods in 1986. Nowadays, over 10,000 “chili-heads” converge each November in Texas to determine the best bowl o...
It was the deal of a century. Couldn’t afford to buy a Shelby Mustang in 1966? Why not rent one? Members of the Hertz Sports Car Club could get their hands on a 306 hp Mustang fastback for $17 a day. To commemorate the occasion forty years later, Hertz and Shelby teamed up to offer the 2006 GT-H, whose popularity led to the production of the Shelby...
In 1983, Shelby was convinced by Chrysler President Lee Iacocca to work as a “performance consultant” to spice up their lineup. The process eventually produced 22 Shelby Dodges and by 1986, Shelby had turned an affordable Omni into a Shelby Omni GLH-S (Goes Like Hell Some more) which did zero-to-60 in 6.7 seconds.
Considered by most petrol heads as the spiritual successor to the Cobra, Shelby’s involvement in developing the Viper was the result of his Chrysler partnership. What began in 1988 as a dream project to build a “reborn Cobra,” was realized 5 years later. It wasn’t a tough sell to get Shelby involved. He claimed, “In 30 minutes we had the concept......
Always the entrepreneur, Shelby’s “Pit-Stop” deodorant made its debut in 1967. Advertised as a “real man’s deodorant,” the ad promised “no feminine frills, but a pleasing masculine fragrance” for non-race drivers, too.
Nov 1, 2021 · Shelby American team photographer/writer Dave Friedman takes the reader of “Ken Miles: The Shelby American Years”, into the pits and race circuits, team meetings and private moments, recording with words and a volume of photos how Miles’ role as Competition Manager and lead driver/test driver pushed the team to endurance racing dominance ...
May 15, 2021 · The hiring of Ken Miles by Carroll Shelby in February 1963 initiated arguably the greatest pairing of driver/owner partnerships in the history of motorsports. Not only did Shelby hire Competition Manager Ken Miles as an accomplished road racer but also Miles brought professionalism, innovation, and a keen attribute of being able to surround ...
