BUILDER OF SPORTS CARS, U.S. RACING IMAGE

Carroll Shelby, a Texas chicken farmer turned hot-rodder who went on to build innovative sports cars that challenged Europe’s longtime dominance of road racing, as well as high-performance versions of production cars such as the Ford Mustang, died on Thursday in Dallas. He was 89.

Carroll Shelby, father of Cobra sports car, dies at 89

DETROIT (Reuters) - Carroll Shelby, designer of the Shelby Cobra and other sports cars that placed him in the pantheon of auto industry legends, has died at age 89, his company said on Friday. He died on Thursday at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, according to the company, Carroll Shelby Licensing. The firm did not disclose the cause of death. A post on his Facebook page last month revealed he had ...

The Fastest and Most Fuel-Frugal Sports Cars

"High performance" and "fuel efficient" need not be mutually exclusive terms, thanks to some truly quick cars that get surprisingly respectable mileage.

Shelby leaves behind smokin' legend of sports cars

So death finally overtook cantankerous ol’ Shel. It was a hell of a contest, begun in the 1950s, when Carroll Shelby, who went on to fame and fortune as a sports-car builder, had to take nitroglycerin tablets while driving race cars to keep his iffy heart pumping.

10 Fast and Fuel-Frugal Sports Cars

Not all of the quickest cars on the road are gas-guzzlers. We?ve isolated 10 models that are not only speedy ? reaching 60 mph in less than six seconds ? but boast combined city/highway fuel-economy of 22 mpg or better in the bargain.