Shelby Was On Hand At DeVou Park

 

Carroll Shelby is one of the most recognized names in classic American automotive lore. Born in rural Southwest Texas, Shelby initially gained fame as a driver, even winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1959. Health issues ended his racing career but turned his attention to making cars faster. Shelby's first soiree into automobile construction occurred in 1961 when he took the chassis of a small British AC Cobra and managed to drop a large Ford V-8 engine into it. The "Shelby" Cobra has become a thing of legend, beating the European royalty of racing cars. Working with Ford he helped develop the GT40, a car that won four consecutive times at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. His widest success, though, was his tuning of the Ford Mustang which started in 1956 with the Shelby GT 350. With such success it's little wonder that the DeVou Park Concours d'Elegance had a special class of Shelby automobiles. Among them was a 1965 Shelby Cobra, a 1967 GT 350, a 1966 GT 350H, a 1968 KR500, and a 2006 GT350H.