Carroll Shelby is one of the most iconic names in the world of fast American cars. Born in East Texas in 1923, Shelby was an accomplished racing driver, piloting Ferraris and Maseratis in competition.

That's no small achievement, although it's still a way off the very fastest Shelby Mustangs built to date. It's also less than the fastest German autobahn cruisers — for example, the latest Audi ...

But what was missing from that picture was how fast the king of all Mustangs, the Shelby GT500, could manage to lap the Nordschleife. Ford never released any information or footage of the GT500 on ...