WHEN THE COMMERCIAL for the 2007 Shelby GT500 came out, I was hooked. That was the commercial where they took the car to Germany to the Autobahn because we did not have any roads here that could handle it.

When Team Shelby members Bill and Shelley Strauch wired funds to an Olympia, Washington, Ford dealer for a down payment on their 2014 GT500, they didn’t just buy a Shelby Mustang, they bought a new lifestyle.

Brandi and Karl Kozlovsky of Royse City, Texas, are veterans of the car show circuit, but even so, buying a 2007 Super Snake and joining Team Shelby introduced them to a whole new automotive experience