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But yes ol Shelby had such a great influence on Motorsports and cars in general. It's a shame he is gone but his legacy will live. And hopefully someone else will come and follow his footsteps. Push boundaries even further.
But guys, this isn't mid engines and didn't use the latest advancements form the only Motorsport worth caring about F1!!!!1!!!!¡
@Lou Truth! You know your stuff. You have no idea how few people know about Carol Shelby's Terlingua Racing Team. Wish carbuzz could get a closeup of the logo. Shelby had a great sense of humor.
Description: Ford’s first racing victory came in 1901, when a car driven and designed by Henry Ford himself beat a car driven by Alexander Winton in a 10-lap race in Detroit. Winton was, at the time, the number on...
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If people only knew their history. It's amazing to think that automotive history came down to that race, that's stuff only Hollywood makes up, but it's all true. This is what launch the Ford motor co. And the rest as they say is history!
Henry fords car was severely underpowered compared to Wintons. Henry fords was better built though, Wintons car broke down.
Description: Ford had quite a few racing victories in those early days, including a win in 1909 when a Model T won a race from New York to Seattle, a task which makes even the Dakar Rally seem like a morning commu...
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Actually Lincoln was the most reliable car brand sold in the US in 2011, and Ford beat out brands famed for their reliability for a top ten slot the same year. The age of shitty American cars might come to an end very soon.
@Larryand Stephanie What happened? BEAN COUNTERS/planned obsolecence. The four dirtiest words in American automotive history. Shameful. This is why America started building crap cars. America car companies have had no lack of brilliant designers and engineers. The suits (accountants) screw up everything because of stock price/dividends demands. Bassakwards business model.
Right, you have to place it context dude. I agree is a slight exaggeration lol, but it was very difficult race...long as hell. Which leads to my next point, Ford used to be famous for reliability in the early days...beating everybody! What happened??
Driving in 1909 was NOTHING like driving today. Might as well have been riding a bicycle on the moon.
Use your imagination, Josh. 1909. poor roads if any. Ford Model T. That drive must taken big brass balls.
Since when has driving from New York to Seattle been more difficult than the Paris-Dakar?
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Description: One of the most colorful periods of Ford’s racing history was in the Sixties, and stemmed from a relationship with Carroll Shelby. Shelby had won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1959 as a driver, behind th...
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Enzo Ferrari just threw up in his grave. The car and man that made him quit....
I'm not sure If they should bring back the GT or just make a whole new supercar.
For real the gt is nice, ford should remake it to compete with viper and vette. It'll blow them out if the water looks wise.
David: it's on the drivers side. The car on the last pic is right hand drive (if the photo is correct).
I'd take a gt over a gt-40 for one reason, and one reason only. I won't have a headache from hitting my head off the roof every time I go over a bump (if my head isn't hitting the roof already which I have a feel it would be)
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It didn't choose to withdraw, the massive 7 liter engines were banned because they were kicking too much ass.
Description: Ford Cosworth engines would power a couple of other Le Mans winners, but Ferrari would never again regain its dominance in endurance racing. Ford is currently also very visible in the world of rallyin...
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@ Jake, you are right about him being an excellent driver, I was just giving my point on Juha being the greatest for the reason of winning with different cars...that's all. It's cool to agree to disagree.
@Larry, I understand your point, but one must also take into consideration the fact that Loeb's success almost definitely has nothing to do with the car, Citroen really doesn't stack up to the other manufacturers when u compare just the cars themselves. Loeb is a success because he's an excellent driver, not because he drives a Citroen. (Sorry, didn't mean to sound like a Loeb fanboy there, but I ...
Yes Colin would be third even though he is my favorite....became rally champion where the field was filled with great drivers...unfortunately this is not so now. : (
Yeah Loeb is great man, but I wouldn't put him at greatest...Juha Kankunnen will be boss!!! Only dude to win with 3 different manufacturers....it wasn't the car but the driver....Loeb, UNO car brand....but props to him for overall number of wins!
From this day forward Jack Brandon shale be known as Jack the Bastard as deemed so by the car buzz community
Because he's the best driver. But he has just retired from WRC to compete in the WTCC.
Can somebody explain why Ford is not producing 4wd supercharged cars like the cossie any more? A cossie owns any focus rs...
In snow all rally cars have tires like that. With wider tires you would be surfin on the snow, making very slow progress.
@Andrew, he meant tires. You've just made yourself look like a MASSIVE idiot lol jk
2015 stang should have it. It's almost guaranteed. And they want to cut 100-200 lbs out. The '15 stang is shaping up to be awesome.
@Lou ever wonder why Ford refused to put IRS on Mustang even though they could do it quite cheaply despite their protestations? Duane Carling the retired Ford engineer sells a simple bolt-on IRS he designed for Mustang while he worked for Ford that Fomoco rejected for some odd reason. Head scratcher.
Yea I think he did it for a little bit, he has been in a lot of different cars in the past few years hasn't he ?
I never ecalled seeing the Goosh drive Snake. This guy can drive the piss out if anything.
I've been on this app for about two years now & I'm starting to get a little more interested in the drama of the comment area than the cars! Thanks Jack!!! Lmao!!!!
Andrew! I remember you bro, still waiting for you to get to Vegas so I can show you the Shelby museum and factory! Haha.
@Aaron you're right. I've been on here a long time and never met a knowitall like Jack the Bastard.
Ha yeah I've been on carbuzz for 3 years and didn't start posting until him. I don't know it all. Never will. But I know a good deal. And I really dont want someone new to cars reading his stuff and believing it. We have too few gear heads nowadays.
And new people comment here daily and we have no problem with that, it's what you comment you ass.
Seriously, it's not because you're new... Most of us have been on here for years and I've never seen EVERYONE unite like this... And it's because you act like such a pompous ass know it all.
No its not new people, just the ignorant ones that bring it on them selves
Well, if there's one good thing Jack has done here, it's uniting the CarBuzz community against himself. Lol
That's my favorite Ford truck body style And that's one hell of a truck!!!
@ David Gomez...dude you are right...that's the raptors daddy....that's where Ford got their technology from!!!
Haha my comment makes no sense.
And they did and still do fantastic in WRC.
Who king that Ford was king?
Sorry Larry, you can't be king of Motorsport if you never won a title in the most important Motorsport competition in the World. It's kind of obvious...
@ Antonio you are not getting the point, Ford is king because of having taken part is some form or another of ALL types of racing!!! Not just F1....dude if Ford wanted to compete in F1 they would have. Jason gets it.
@Jordan, its not the only but its just the most important and the one Worldwide along with WRC. Most of the others are local or regional competitions.
@antinio: because F1 isn't the only form if racing, and this article is about racing heritage not F1 wins
How can a manufacture that never won an F1 title with a car badged under it's name top the motorsport list? Yes, they built F1 engines (actually Cosworth did most of that job) and yes I love Ford and respect their heritage but it doesn't top the list
Its pleasing to remember Carol Shelby's recount of how he in collaboration with Ford Racing handed Enzo Ferrari his ass so badly in sports/gt racing Enzo retired from that form of racing...permanently. Ford and GM (Corvette in particular) have racing heritage unrivaled by any marque, still winning in every class turning a wheel in.
Well said, Franklin, glad to hear someone talking sense after all the nonsense we've had lately... *cough cough* JACK
Nostalgic and informative. American car manufacturers have worn some well deserved criticism but Carbuzz has done well reminding insufferable Euro-lovers that both Ford, GM and Chrysler have built in the past, do in the present and will in the future produce world class cars. Cars and trucks Americans love.
As much as i hate to admit it ford makes a few good cars but theyre trucks were horible after like 94 imo
@ David, Carbuzz really did good with this article. Most people don't know but Ford is the only company that has competed in almost all types of racing....they and Porsche I think are the only who ones who can say that....pretty awesome!
Oh god, here we go again. The incredible Jack: fanboy for all things mid-engined!
Ford fan. Thanks carbuzz!
Ford fan right here, happy to see them include Ford in this series. They absolutely deserve it.
Did pretty good on this one Car Buzz. Nice gallery too.