Carroll Shelby: Chicken farmer.
Carroll Shelby: Chili entrepreneur.
Carroll Shelby: Race driver.
Carroll Shelby: Car designer.
Word spread quickly when the automotive world lost an icon late last week. Of course, car people knew Carroll Shelby as the legend behind the Shelby Cobra and, later, the Shelby Mustang. The one-time chicken farmer had more than a half-dozen successful careers during his long life, though, including racing-team owner, automobile manufacturer, automotive consultant, safari-tour operator, storyteller, chili entrepreneur and philanthropist.
But, of course, it’s the cars that made him a legend.