1965 FORD SHELBY COBRA, GT 350 AND GOOD OL' SHEL HIMSELF . . . . TWICE IN A WEEK NOW I'VE WOKEN UP TO SAD NEWS OF PERSONAL ICONS . . . . LAST WEEK IT WAS ADAM YAUCH AND THIS MORNING . . . . MR CARROL SHELBY, JANUARY 11TH 1923 - MAY 10TH 2012 . . . . R.I.P

THE TALL TEXAN AUTOMOTIVE ICON WHO RACED, DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED MORE FOUR WHEELED LEGENDS THAN JUST ABOUT ANY OTHER BLOKE IN POST WWII HISTORY HAS DRIVEN OFF TO THE RACETRACK IN THE SKY . . . . THE SHELBY A.C COBRA, SHELBY MUSTANG, THE FORD GT40, SHELBY DAYTONA COUPE AND THE DODGE VIPER WERE ALL HIS, ALL HAVE GONE ON TO BECOME REVERED ALL OVER THE WORLD . . . .

HIS PART IN TAKING THE GT40 TO FERRARI ARSE KICKING SUCCESS AT LE MANS IN FOUR CONSECUTIVE YEARS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL NEVER BE EXCEDED IN ITS SHEER BRAVADO AND ULTIMATE GLORY . . . . IT MADE MR FORD A VERY HAPPY CHAPPY WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PISSING OFF MR FERRARI AND THE EUROPEANS IN A BIG WAY . . . . END RESULT . . . . 'LET'S CHANGE THE RULES AND BAN THEM'

CARROL SHELBY . . . . RACER, DESIGNER, BUILDER, LEGEND . . . . LIKE AVIATION ICON CHUCK YEAGER, A MAN POSSESSED OF 'THE RIGHT STUFF' . . . . YOU'LL BE MISSED . . . . R.I.P