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Shelby didn't really fire me but, you know, it was obvious that
they didn't need me around there anymore. And there was one more casualty
that no one could have foreseen. My father had
five remaining Daytona Cobras at the end of the '65 season and had no way of getting them
back to Shelby really, and Shelby wasn't interested and said,
"Dump them in the North Sea." After we won
the world championship, we didn't even think they were worth
hauling back from Europe. We were through. And Carroll said, "They're
not worth the freight to ship back
they didn't need me around there anymore. And there was one more casualty
that no one could have foreseen. My father had
five remaining Daytona Cobras at the end of the '65 season and had no way of getting them
back to Shelby really, and Shelby wasn't interested and said,
"Dump them in the North Sea." After we won
the world championship, we didn't even think they were worth
hauling back from Europe. We were through. And Carroll said, "They're
not worth the freight to ship back
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Shelby didn't really fire me
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but, you know, it was obvious that
they didn't need me around there anymore.
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And there was one more casualty
that no one could have foreseen.
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My father had
five remaining Daytona Cobras
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at the end of the '65 season
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and had no way of getting them
back to Shelby really,
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and Shelby wasn't interested and said,
"Dump them in the North Sea."
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After we won
the world championship,
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we didn't even think they were worth
hauling back from Europe.
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We were through.
00:00:30.029 --> 00:00:33.366
And Carroll said, "They're
not worth the freight to ship back.
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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...
