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The Carroll Shelby Story

By: Carroll Shelby
Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
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Carroll Shelby wasn’t born to run. He was born to race - some of the fastest cars ever to tear up a speedway. The exciting new feature film Ford v Ferrari - starring Matt Damon as Shelby and Christian Bale as fellow racer Ken Miles - immortalizes the small-town Texas boy who won the notorious Le Mans 24-hour endurance challenge and changed the face of auto racing with the legendary Shelby Cobra. But there’s much more to his high-velocity, history-making story.

A wizard behind the wheel, he was also a visionary designer of speed machines that ruled the racetrack and the road. While his GT40s racked up victories in the world’s most prestigious professional racing showdowns, his masterpiece, the Ford Cobra, gave Europe’s formidable Ferrari an American-style run for its money. If you’ve got a need for speed, strap in next to the man who put his foot down on the pedal, kept his eyes on the prize, and never looked back.

©1965, 1967 Carroll Shelby and Lyle Kenyon Engel (P)2019 Graymalkin Media LLC Motor Sports Sports Celebrity Racing

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If you are any type of petrolhead then this is a must. It was enjoyable and educational

Relaxed audio

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Early parts of the book are interesting but not particularly well written.

The Le Mans build up and race is only over a couple of chapters towards the end of the book.

Quite a dry book.

Not the story of Le Mans

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Very good story I new most of it before but it was great to listen to again , I like how it talks about his background and how he got to where he is and all his contracts with astin Martin, Ferrari and Alfa Romeo.

Must read for carguys

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I listened because I wanted to hear the story but got it was hard work.
The narrator made it sound like the worlds longest shopping list.
He has three tones and they repeat identically in every sentence of the entire book.
I found myself constantly having to rewind as I was drifting off.
Carroll Shelby has a great slow drawl to his voice that gently rolls along but this guy who they obviously chose to try and sound similar just seesaws along like a washing machine on a soak cycle.
Really spoils a great listen sadly.

Great story, amazing man, dreadful narration.

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Great story and very engaging. Join Carol on his journey from chicken farming to racing to building his dream

Brilliant

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Really good story, the way it is written and delivered is very much as if Shelby is sitting across the tabke from you, its a fantastic insight i to early GT racing, and real treat for the techincal buffs!

Really good story, fantastic narration

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sorry, not my cup of tea. as soon as the narrator started his voice got mono tone and annoyed me.
a wast of a good credit.

Sorry, not my cup of tea

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