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And Carroll took it over when Reventlow quit racing
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Shelby American

And Carroll took it overwhen Reventlow quit racing, and some of the peoplejust stayed with...

And Carroll took it over
when Reventlow quit racing, and some of the people
just stayed with the building

Full Transcript

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And Carroll took it over when Reventlow quit racing,
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and some of the people just stayed with the building.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:34
Uploaded
Jun 06, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Chassy Media

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Movie Summary

The story of automotive icon Carroll Shelby who started as a chicken farmer and went on to become one of the winningest racing drivers in American motorsports, and the only man in history to win in Le Mans as a driver and a manufa...
Out of that came the best guy that I ever ran into, Phil Remington. - Shelby American 00:09
Out of that came the best guy that I ever ran into, Phil Rem...
Remington is one of the few figures in racing - Shelby American 00:07
Remington is one of the few figures in racing
Well, the guy was a fabricating engineering genius, self-taught. - Shelby American 00:05
Well, the guy was a fabricating engineering genius, self-tau...
He had the ability, when something broke on the cars, - Shelby American 00:12
He had the ability, when something broke on the cars,
He had seven ideas, and he only needed one, - Shelby American 00:06
He had seven ideas, and he only needed one,
And he taught a lot of the young guys - Shelby American 00:17
And he taught a lot of the young guys
Oh my gosh. - Shelby American 00:13
Oh my gosh.
There's a slight problem: - Shelby American 00:05
There's a slight problem:
Carroll was a salesman. - Shelby American 00:07
Carroll was a salesman.
And all these guys worked together amazingly well. - Shelby American 00:15
And all these guys worked together amazingly well.
We hired a shop foreman named Carroll Smith. - Shelby American 00:05
We hired a shop foreman named Carroll Smith.
Ken Miles, we called him "The Hawk." - Shelby American 00:08
Ken Miles, we called him "The Hawk."
It was a good day for Ford. I'm very happy for the Ford Motor Company. - Shelby American 00:06
It was a good day for Ford. I'm very happy for the Ford...
You really had to listen close to understand what he was saying. - Shelby American 00:05
You really had to listen close to understand what he was say...
Gordon Chance was "Ricky Nelson" 'cause he looked just like Ricky Nelson. - Shelby American 00:10
Gordon Chance was "Ricky Nelson" 'cause he lo...
His nickname was "STP," "Super Twitch Phil." - Shelby American 00:06
His nickname was "STP," "Super Twitch Phil.&q...
We were a ragtag bunch of crazy guys, kind of out of control. - Shelby American 00:05
We were a ragtag bunch of crazy guys, kind of out of control...
I remember they had a cage, like an aquarium, with a live cobra in it, - Shelby American 00:08
I remember they had a cage, like an aquarium, with a live co...
He always had fireworks, Charlie did, - Shelby American 00:25
He always had fireworks, Charlie did,
It was a happy place to work. - Shelby American 00:20
It was a happy place to work.