Wide Open Throttle

Carroll Shelby: Racing Legend and Father of the Cobra, GT350 & GT500 (2x17)

Air date: May 24, 2012

On this episode of Wide Open Throttle, Jessi Lang pays homage to automotive icon Carroll Shelby and takes a look at his life and legacy. Though he was born in a small and humble Texas town and worked as both a dump truck owner and chicken farmer, Shelby became a racecar driver who broke records and a visionary designer who indelibly influenced the automotive industry.