Carroll Shelby’s Turbine: The Car That Was Supposed to Win Indy

Carroll Shelby’s Turbine: The Car That Was Supposed to Win Indy
July 16, 2014 | No Comments
Categories: Collector Cars.
Tags: Botany 500, Bruce McLaren, Carroll Shelby, Denny Hulme, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indycar, Indycar racing, and Ken Wallis.
The Botany 500 Shelby Turbine Indy Car is among auto racing's most famous near misses. 
 
At the peak of the turbine-car wars at Indianapolis in 1968, the Shelby Turbine was touted as "the nearest thing to a sure winner" that the track had ever seen. Yet only days after its arrival at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the car vanished in a cloud of rumor and accusation. 
 
Written by Sopwith's Stephen Cox, the new Mecum catalog on the car has now been released and may be read entirely online. The original #66 Shelby Turbine Indy Car will be featured at The Daytime Auction by Mecum at Monterey, August 14-16, 2014. 

 

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