Shelby Research Team re-connects with former NTCC Vice President, Dr. Herb Riedel

  • The research team on a Zoom call with Dr. Riedel (top left). COURTESY PHOTOS
    The research team on a Zoom call with Dr. Riedel (top left). COURTESY PHOTOS
  • Film Scholar Evan Sears, Director Brian Ramirez, NTCC Vice President Dr. Jonathan McCullough, Producer, Victor Diaz and Honors Coordinator, Andrea Reyes
    Film Scholar Evan Sears, Director Brian Ramirez, NTCC Vice President Dr. Jonathan McCullough, Producer, Victor Diaz and Honors Coordinator, Andrea Reyes
  • Dr. Herbert Riedel and Carroll Shelby
    Dr. Herbert Riedel and Carroll Shelby
  • Stephen Borkowski with NTCC Honors Research Team outside of what used to be downtown Leesburg, where Shelby shopped. Also shown are honors students: Victor Diaz, Israel Perez, Evan Sears, John Rodriguez, and Cade Bennett. One can barely see what was once a brick mercantile, now hidden by trees to the right.
    Stephen Borkowski with NTCC Honors Research Team outside of what used to be downtown Leesburg, where Shelby shopped. Also shown are honors students: Victor Diaz, Israel Perez, Evan Sears, John Rodriguez, and Cade Bennett. One can barely see what was once a brick mercantile, now hidden by trees to the right.

    The connection of the auto-racer/developer Carroll Shelby to the preeminent American muscle cars of the pre-regulation era, before 1970, makes him iconic still in American automotive history. The most expensive American car ever sold in an auction was a Shelby Cobra, which netted 14 million dollars, in 2016. In 2019, the Academy-Award-winning sports drama film, Ford v Ferrari, featured star actor,…