And today, you have the legend himself to thank every time you walk through the doors of a Chili’s. Carroll Shelby and his friends pose in front of the Terlingua Ranch House (1965), via ...

In the meantime, Shelby also had started the World Chili Cookoff competition, and he began marketing Carroll Shelby Original Texas Chili. In recent years, Shelby worked as a technical adviser on ...

Wieck Photo Database, courtesy of Shelby American. Carroll Shelby made chili, too, going so far as to host cook-offs and even marketing his own Texas Brand Chili Kit, available today on Amazon.

I’d asked. “I own the Chili Society,” she said. “You own the Chili Society?” I asked. “Carroll Shelby gave it to me,” she said. “The Carroll Shelby?” “Yes, the car guy.

Throughout his career, Shelby kept a host of other businesses alive, from deodorants to a chili festival. He also launched the Carroll Shelby Foundation to aid children in need of organ transplants.

Ever walk through your grocer and notice a nifty-looking brown paper bag with the words: "Carroll Shelby's Original Texas Brand Chili Kit?" That's Shelby. And by the way, the kit is still around ...

Carroll Shelby, the legendary car designer and champion auto racer who built the fabled Shelby Cobra sports car and injected testosterone into Ford's Mustang and Chrysler's Viper, has died.