Generational Fire

Three of Shelby’s Grandsons Help Keep His Legacy Alive
by Steve Statham

Carroll Shelby is renowned for his racing victories and the performance vehicles that bear his name. But he left another legacy behind, a family one. That family line includes grandchildren keenly interested in preserving and expanding Carroll’s impact on the world.

Three of Carroll’s grandsons, Aaron (53), Randall (51) and Shawn (45), are active in various Shelby enterprises and the community. Their father, Patrick, was one of three children from Carroll’s marriage to his first wife Jeanne. The three brothers had an upbringing that immersed them in Carroll’s legacy, from the cars and the people to the larger-than-life stories.

Aaron Shelby: It’s All About the People
By Aaron Shelby

Meeting people is one of the things I enjoy the most about Shelby events. I guess that comes naturally as my grandfather Carroll was a genuine ‘people person.’

I witnessed his charm at various events and family gatherings, and while hanging out at the country club with him. He really liked to hear people’s stories, and he was interested in what they had to say. It didn’t matter what their background was, what their job was, how they knew him or didn’t know him, he was just a people person. He could relate to anybody.

The Carroll Shelby Foundation™ (CSF) partnered with the College of Southern Nevada (CSN) and the CSN Foundation to provide $37,500 in scholarships for the Automotive and Diesel Technology Programs in spring of 2023 for the 2022-2023 academic year. Today, the CSF continues to make an immediate impact for CSN students in the Automotive and Diesel Technology Programs, by providing ten $2,500 scholarships annually, $1,250 during the Fall and Spring semesters, for a total of $25,000 annually for each academic year.

The performance and motorsports world was rocked today when Shelby American, a wholly owned subsidiary of Carroll Shelby International Inc. (CSBI:PK), unveiled the 2025 Shelby GT350 on the Barrett-Jackson stage in Scottsdale, Ariz. The most powerful Shelby GT350 in history, the 810 horsepower sports car, was introduced almost 60 years to the day that Carroll Shelby revealed the first one (January 27, 1965). The Shelby GT350 will be available as a street car, while the street legal GT350R is track-ready with components from Shelby's future Trans Am spec race car.

A one-of-one Barrett-Jackson Editon Shelby Raptor R with 900+ horsepower built by Shelby American, a wholly owned subsidiary of Carroll Shelby International Inc. (CSBI:PK) will be auctioned with No Reserve to benefit charity by Barrett-Jackson, “The World's Greatest Collector Car Auctions”. Designed in collaboration between Barrett-Jackson Chairman and CEO Craig Jackson and Shelby American, the truck carries a prototype Shelby serial number. One hundred percent of the hammer price of the super truck will benefit the Carroll Shelby Foundation and African Parks Foundation Of America when the V8 Shelby Raptor R Barrett-Jackson edition truck crosses the block on Friday, January 24, 2025, at 3:30 p.m. MST.