DALLAS
- Carroll Shelby, the legendary auto racer and car designer who built the
fabled Shelby Cobra sports car and injected testosterone into Ford's Mustang
and Chrysler's Viper, has died. He was 89.
Shelby's company, Carroll
Shelby International, said Friday that Shelby died
a day earlier at a Dallas hospital.
Edsel Ford II, Ford board member and great grandson of Henry
Ford, said Shelby was
an important part of the company's story.
"Today, we have lost a legend in Ford Motor Company's
history, and my family and I have lost a dear friend," Ford said.
"Carroll…