William Edgar's 3-page article about Carroll Shelby and the Petersen Museum's Tribute to him on November 8, 2007 ["Shelby Plays the Petersen"] can be found in the Jan/Feb 2008 issue of Vintage Motorsport magazine.

 

Pictured above on the Petersen Museum's stage, left to right: Phil Remington, Bill Krause, Parnelli Jones, Jim Hall, Cleo Shelby (Carroll's wife), Bill Neale, Carroll Shelby, Bill Pilley, Bob Bondurant, Don Prudhomme, Allen Grant, John Morton. 

 

At the close of the evening, after many of Carroll's friends and colleagues stepped to the podium to share their best Shelby tales, Carroll himself paid homage to a pair of his dearest friends in this way: "When we lost Bob Petersen and we lost Wally [Parks], we lost two of the people who had done more to fill this room tonight than Carroll Shelby ever did."

 

Quoting my article's final paragraph:  Thus the evening passed into history, always to be remembered.  Special kudos for making it happen go to Tom McIntyre, who puts together these tributes at the Petersen; to Checkered Flag 200 chairman Bruce Meyer, for his untiring gusto; and, to the Petersen's director, Dick Messer, for keeping the Museum ranked high among the planet's best.  And never shall anyone forget the Master of Ceremonies excellence of Dave McClelland.

Carroll Shelby and Dave McClelland on the Petersen's stage.

Shelby Tribute guests Jim Dilamarter, Cleo Shelby, Parnelli Jones, Margie Petersen

Bob Bondurant interviewed at the Petersen's Shelby tribute with Larry Bowman's Shelby King Cobra

Display of Shelby Daytona Coupe and pair of Shelby Cobras at the Petersen Museum's Shelby Tribute

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