VeloceToday.com https://velocetoday.com The Online Magazine for Italian and French Classic Car Enthusiasts Mon, 23 Nov 2015 20:23:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Carroll Shelby and the OSCA https://velocetoday.com/carroll-shelby-and-the-osca/ https://velocetoday.com/carroll-shelby-and-the-osca/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 16:29:28 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/index.php/?p=33970
carroll shelby portrait

A Shelby portrait taken in about 1956 by racing photographer Alix Lafontant. It is inscribed “The very best to my good friend Alix. – Carroll Shelby.”

By Carl Goodwin

Photos by Alix Lafontant copyright Carl Goodwin.

1956 was a great year for Carroll Shelby driving the Italian cars he loved. Up until a late-season off-course excursion in the sand at Thompson Raceway, he had notched 19 wins at road courses from coast to coast, driving a Ferrari 4.4, Ferrari Monza, Maserati 300S, and a Maserati 450S.

We were accustomed to seeing Shelby toss around the big Ferraris and Maseratis owned by John Edgar and Tony Parravano, but he was also a great driver in under two liter Italian cars such as the OSCA. One such race was at Road America.

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