KNTV NBC Nightly News May 12, 2012 00:52:00
Every american kid who grew up loving cars lost a giant today. for some of us hard core car guys, he was a hero. his name was carroll shelby. he knew cars, engines and how to put them together and make them go really fast. he lived just as fast. married seven times. as a race car driver, he was fearless. he once drove in a 200 mile race while taking nitroglycerin pills because he thought he was having a heart attack at the wheel. his crowning creation was the shelby cobra back in '62. a british body on a ford v-8 that moved like a rocket. his signature shelby mustangs combine two great name pl...