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Racing icon Carroll Shelby dies at 89

  • Carroll Shelby, U.S. Driver on Feb. 22, 1958 at Havana Grand Prix time trial in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo)
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    Carroll Shelby

    Carroll Shelby, U.S. Driver on Feb. 22, 1958 at Havana Grand Prix time trial in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo)
  • Charles Wallace, at wheel, Bethesda, Md., and Carroll Shelby, Dallas, Texas, are shown with the Aston Martin they will drive in the Grand Prix at Sebring, Fla., March 5, 1954. (AP Photo/James P. Kerlin)
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    Carroll Shelby

    Charles Wallace, at wheel, Bethesda, Md., and Carroll Shelby, Dallas, Texas, are shown with the Aston Martin they will drive in the Grand Prix at Sebring, Fla., March 5, 1954. (AP Photo/James P. Kerlin)
  • Race car driver Carroll Shelby, of Dallas, Texas, is surrounded by fans after winning the 24-hours endurance race at Le Mans, France, June 21, 1959. He and teammate Roy Salvadori, not shown, drove their Aston Martin to victory at an average speed of 181 kmh. (AP Photo/Jacques Marqueton)
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    Carroll Shelby

    Race car driver Carroll Shelby, of Dallas, Texas, is surrounded by fans after winning the 24-hours endurance race at Le Mans, France, June 21, 1959. He and teammate Roy Salvadori, not shown, drove their Aston Martin to victory at an average speed of 181 kmh. (AP Photo/Jacques Marqueton)
  • Race car driver Carroll Shelby, of Dallas, Texas, receives his winner's trophy from promotion manager Dave Brandman, after winning the 200-mile International Grand Prix at the Riverside Raceways, California, April 3, 1960. Seen at right is Jan Harrison, the queen of the race. (AP Photo)
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    Carroll Shelby

    Race car driver Carroll Shelby, of Dallas, Texas, receives his winner's trophy from promotion manager Dave Brandman, after winning the 200-mile International Grand Prix at the Riverside Raceways, California, April 3, 1960. Seen at right is Jan Harrison, the queen of the race. (AP Photo)
  • Carroll Shelby, one-time bright light in the world of car racing, uses a blackboard and toy car to instruct Terry Bagley in the fine points of fast driving at the school he operates in Riverside, Calif., April 2, 1964. A heart condition forced him out of competition,so he opened the school and a car-building business. (AP Photo)
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    Carroll Shelby

    Carroll Shelby, one-time bright light in the world of car racing, uses a blackboard and toy car to instruct Terry Bagley in the fine points of fast driving at the school he operates in Riverside, Calif., April 2, 1964. A heart condition forced him out of competition,so he opened the school and a car-building business. (AP Photo)
  • Carroll Shelby, auto racer in 1964. Location unknown. (AP Photo)
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    Carroll Shelby

    Carroll Shelby, auto racer in 1964. Location unknown. (AP Photo)
  • Automotive legend Carroll Shelby poses in front of his Shelby Series 1 sports cars at his plant in Las Vegas, Friday, Oct. 27, 2000. The Texas-born Shelby is mass producing a new generation of roadsters not in Detroit, but in the desert outside Las Vegas. The $174,975 Shelby Series 1 sports cars are 21st-century clones of his 1965 Cobra. And unlike his earlier model, the Shelby Series 1 has creature comforts like roll-up windows and air conditioning. (AP Photo/K.M. Cannon)
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    Carroll Shelby

    Automotive legend Carroll Shelby poses in front of his Shelby Series 1 sports cars at his plant in Las Vegas, Friday, Oct. 27, 2000. The Texas-born Shelby is mass producing a new generation of roadsters not in Detroit, but in the desert outside Las Vegas. The $174,975 Shelby Series 1 sports cars are 21st-century clones of his 1965 Cobra. And unlike his earlier model, the Shelby Series 1 has creature comforts like roll-up windows and air conditioning. (AP Photo/K.M. Cannon)
  • Manufacturer and automotive legend Carroll Shelby stands next to the Ford Shelby Mustang Cobra GT500 at the 2005 New York International Auto Show March 23, 2005 in New York City. The show features nearly 1,000 automobiles and continues through April 3 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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    Carroll Shelby

    Manufacturer and automotive legend Carroll Shelby stands next to the Ford Shelby Mustang Cobra GT500 at the 2005 New York International Auto Show March 23, 2005 in New York City. The show features nearly 1,000 automobiles and continues through April 3 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Carroll Shelby, U.S. Driver on Feb. 22, 1958 at Havana Grand Prix time trial in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo)
Charles Wallace, at wheel, Bethesda, Md., and Carroll Shelby, Dallas, Texas, are shown with the Aston Martin they will drive in the Grand Prix at Sebring, Fla., March 5, 1954. (AP Photo/James P. Kerlin)
Race car driver Carroll Shelby, of Dallas, Texas, is surrounded by fans after winning the 24-hours endurance race at Le Mans, France, June 21, 1959. He and teammate Roy Salvadori, not shown, drove their Aston Martin to victory at an average speed of 181 kmh. (AP Photo/Jacques Marqueton)
Race car driver Carroll Shelby, of Dallas, Texas, receives his winner's trophy from promotion manager Dave Brandman, after winning the 200-mile International Grand Prix at the Riverside Raceways, California, April 3, 1960. Seen at right is Jan Harrison, the queen of the race. (AP Photo)
Carroll Shelby, one-time bright light in the world of car racing, uses a blackboard and toy car to instruct Terry Bagley in the fine points of fast driving at the school he operates in Riverside, Calif., April 2, 1964. A heart condition forced him out of competition,so he opened the school and a car-building business. (AP Photo)
Carroll Shelby, auto racer in 1964. Location unknown. (AP Photo)
Automotive legend Carroll Shelby poses in front of his Shelby Series 1 sports cars at his plant in Las Vegas, Friday, Oct. 27, 2000. The Texas-born Shelby is mass producing a new generation of roadsters not in Detroit, but in the desert outside Las Vegas. The $174,975 Shelby Series 1 sports cars are 21st-century clones of his 1965 Cobra. And unlike his earlier model, the Shelby Series 1 has creature comforts like roll-up windows and air conditioning. (AP Photo/K.M. Cannon)
Manufacturer and automotive legend Carroll Shelby stands next to the Ford Shelby Mustang Cobra GT500 at the 2005 New York International Auto Show March 23, 2005 in New York City. The show features nearly 1,000 automobiles and continues through April 3 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Carroll Shelby, the legendary auto racer and car designer who built the fabled Shelby Cobra sports car and injected testosterone into Ford's Mustang and Chrysler's Viper, has died. He was 89.