Weird, Odd, Wonderful Cars
DALLAS — Decades after a heart condition forced him to retire from racing, Carroll Shelby still loved to drive muscle cars. Well into his 80s, the legendary car designer spent hours testing his last Mustang Shelby GT500, which … …
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Carroll Shelby Dead: Race Car Designer For Ford Mustang, Dodge …
… BMW M3. This 4-year-old car may look friendly and sociable, but lurking beneath its calm and collected exterior is a monster trying to break free. … Odd that there's no attempt to stop the vehicle–panicked motorists usually just stand on the brake pedal in this situation–and that the occupants continue chattering throughout the entirety of the ordeal. What do you …. funny you should mention it, i work at a car wash/detail shop and this happens quite often. There's a very … …
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The Sad Life of Many Sports Cars – Autoholics
“What made him so unusual is he developed, literally, hundreds of cars,” said Craig Jackson, chairman and CEO of Barrett-Jackson Auction Company. “This guy was 89 years old and he was still developing cars.” Shelby first … …
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I've been watching the Nationwide cars and their speeds. … As a race car driver, it's hard to go to a race and not think about winning or thinking about your options, but we were so blind-sided by being there that we — and enjoying the experience of going through the qualifying and all the things that go …. Got a lot of play and it was funny to hear. … They just had some weird luck and some odd things happen to them that kind of the same thing Jeff has been fighting. …
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The Auto Racing Journal: Dale Jr. discusses Darlington and more