Carroll Shelby," the great American racing driver Dan Gurney said, "was an automotive visionary and leader. His West Texas down-home bib overalls style had a huge emotional impact on me and when he launched his now legendary Ford-powered Cobra team, I found myself a very willing volunteer to lend my driving ability to his quest to take on the established European teams on their home turf."
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Saturday 12 May 2012
Ashley Bell is swapping horror for romantic comedy.
Amarillo Slim: Poker player in the vanguard of the game's surge in popularity since the 1970s
Tuesday 01 May 2012
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Why SXSW is a voyage of discovery
Friday 23 March 2012
Bruce Springsteen, Fiona Apple, barbecue – who needs them? Not Gillian Orr, who went off-piste in search of new acts to get excited about at the biggest and best music festival in America
Dennis Quaid's third wife files for divorce
Sunday 11 March 2012
Actor Dennis Quaid's third wife, Kimberly Buffington Quaid, has filed for divorce, saying their seven-year marriage is "insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities".
Bahrain and US Grand Prix to go ahead in 2012
Wednesday 07 December 2011
Formula One's 2012 calendar was approved unchanged at a meeting of the governing body's World Motor Sports Council in New Delhi on Wednesday despite previous uncertainty about races in Bahrain and the United States, FIA sources told Reuters.
Bernie Ecclestone gives US another week to save Grand Prix
Thursday 01 December 2011
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has given organizers of next year's US Grand Prix another week to save the Texas race by proving they have the finances in place.
Andy Murray routs Andy Roddick at Paris Masters
Thursday 10 November 2011
World number three Andy Murray powered into the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters with a comprehensive 6-2 6-2 win over Andy Roddick.
Edwards out of Valencia race
Saturday 29 October 2011
Colin Edwards will miss the final MotoGP race of the season in Valencia as he awaits surgery on a broken arm.
Perry attacked over hunting camp with racist name
Monday 03 October 2011
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry faces new questions over his suitability to go head-to-head with Barack Obama next November, after it was claimed his family hunting spot was known by a racist nickname.
Reprieve for man 'sentenced to death for being black'
Saturday 17 September 2011
With just hours to go before he was due to be killed by lethal injection, a convicted murderer from Texas has been granted a temporary reprieve so the US Supreme Court can investigate whether he was originally sentenced to death because he is black.
Wildfires rage out of control across Texas
Wednesday 07 September 2011
More than 1,000 homes have been destroyed in wildfires sweeping across rural Texas – and the biggest of the blazes is still completely uncontained, state officials have admitted.
Rick Perry criticised for fund-raising gifts
Saturday 03 September 2011
Rick Perry, suddenly the front-runner in the Republican nomination stakes, last month described Washington as a "seedy place" he didn't care for.
The town on the wrong side of America's drugs war
Monday 16 May 2011
A huge fence runs thousands of miles along the border with Mexico to keep migrants and narcotics out. Trouble is, it also cuts off half of Brownsville, Texas.
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