The SHELBY AMERICAN
Fall 2015 347
The sheriff directed everyone in
the tent to immediately move to the
pedestrian tunnel under the start/fin-
ish line. The wind picked up, blowing
through the tent and making a sham-
bles of the food line. Lights strung up
around the tent’s perimeter began
popping like flashbulbs. Carroll
Shelby was hustled to a car and driven
off the grounds.
The main worry was the sea of
aluminum enclosed trailers in the
paddock. It is a well-known fact that
tornados usually strike trailer parks.
The thinking is that they are somehow
attracted by aluminum which is used
in the construction of mobile homes. It
was all too easy to imagine aluminum
trailers being tossed around and spin-
ning through the air like chaff in a
bombing raid.