‘You always wanted to drive the Aston’
Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby, the drivers who steered DBR1/2 to victory at Le Mans, both died in 2012, but Paul Chudecki was once lucky enough to sit down with the pair and reminisce about their historic win
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Aston Martin Wins At Last
The debonair Briton Roy Salvadori and the laid-back Texan Carroll Shelby were a perfect pairing for the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans. Both were excellent racers with similar driving styles; both men were 6ft 2½in tall and of similar build, a major...
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