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Ford's first casualty is Richard Attwood from Britain
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Shelby American

Ford's first casualty is Richard Attwoodfrom Britain. We'd done maybetwo or three hours...

Ford's first casualty is Richard Attwood
from Britain. We'd done maybe
two or three hours into the race, and I saw some flames starting to lick up
into the engine bay

Full Transcript

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Ford's first casualty is Richard Attwood from Britain.
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We'd done maybe two or three hours into the race,
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and I saw some flames starting to lick up into the engine bay.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:19
Uploaded
Jun 06, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Chassy Media

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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...
It was burning fairly well when I got out. - Shelby American 00:10
It was burning fairly well when I got out.
It's a great endurance on the driver and on the car. - Shelby American 00:04
It's a great endurance on the driver and on the car.
And this is a combination that I think wears out - Shelby American 00:42
And this is a combination that I think wears out
When you had long straightaways, - Shelby American 00:23
When you had long straightaways,
Here's a car that's been having - Shelby American 00:40
Here's a car that's been having
The thing ran the last four or five hours at 300 degrees. - Shelby American 00:33
The thing ran the last four or five hours at 300 degrees.
Until we achieved that goal, he wasn't about to celebrate early. - Shelby American 00:05
Until we achieved that goal, he wasn't about to celebra...
The first time that they raced at Le Mans, cars didn't finish. - Shelby American 00:15
The first time that they raced at Le Mans, cars didn't ...
He wanted somebody who had demonstrated that ability to win. - Shelby American 00:08
He wanted somebody who had demonstrated that ability to win.
Carroll Shelby had won Le Mans as a driver, - Shelby American 00:19
Carroll Shelby had won Le Mans as a driver,
It was designed and built by Ford engineers - Shelby American 00:09
It was designed and built by Ford engineers
We've been given the job of testing this new car and racing internationally. - Shelby American 00:05
We've been given the job of testing this new car and ra...
The biggest concern for them was endurance. - Shelby American 00:05
The biggest concern for them was endurance.
These 12-hour and 24-hour races are, you know, - Shelby American 00:08
These 12-hour and 24-hour races are, you know,
Carroll Shelby knew the task before them. - Shelby American 00:21
Carroll Shelby knew the task before them.
In spite of his reluctance to build a Daytona, - Shelby American 00:08
In spite of his reluctance to build a Daytona,
When Shelby got the cars, - Shelby American 00:09
When Shelby got the cars,
But they even had problems with the suspension - Shelby American 00:10
But they even had problems with the suspension
A lot of the subsystems, - Shelby American 00:06
A lot of the subsystems,
Not only did Ford entrust Shelby and his team - Shelby American 00:18
Not only did Ford entrust Shelby and his team