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Car of The Month

Rick Ryckman’s 2008 Terlingua Edition
I took delivery of my Terlingua at the 2008 Terlingua event put on by
Shelby Automotive in Sept of 08. She is the second Terlingua produced that
is in private hands. Her Shelby Registration # is 08TRT0402. Instead of
putting the 08 racing number on the side of my car, I went with the number
15 to represent my daughter Shelby Caitlyn Ryckman. She was born 08/15/08.
My daughter Shelby made the Shelby Magazine in January 09 when I took her
to the "Meet & Greet" with Carroll Shelby at the Terlingua event. The
picture is of Carroll & Cleo Shelby with me holding my daughter Shelby up.
My daughter was 6 weeks old at the time and it was her first magazine
appearance. As to the stories of what went on and took place at the 2008
Terlingua event, I'll just say that I had a boat load of fun, stupid antics
(my personal stupid antic was having the cruise control set at 120mph on my
Terlingua then passing the Sheriff and having him wave at me as I flew past
him) and we will be continuing this yearly event until we die. I had a
reporter ask me why my Terlingua has "Pilot & Co-Pilot" on the car instead
of "Driver & Co-Driver". I simply replied "Which goes faster?" I have my
navigator listed over the rear quarter window as "Navigator - Shelby
Ryckman" (keep in mind, she was 6 weeks old at the time) and I just kept
telling people that "yes my navigator is a baby, we're lost and having fun
doing it."

This 2008 Shelby Terlingua is a Vortech/Paxton Supercharged V6 track rat.
My Terlingua puts out 296rwhp and 292 torque. She also tops out around
140mph. The rear axle has been switched out for a 8.8" rear axle with 3:73
gearing. She'll out brake Mustang GT's and carve corners with the best of
them. Stock on the Terlingua Performance Package is the 6 piston Shelby big
brake kit. The Terlingua features a deep draw hood with functional heat
extractors, 07-09 GT500 rear fascia, Shelby CS6 front fascia and a Ford
Racing Performance Handling Pack. Unique to the Terlingua is the side
exhausts by Borla.

A lot of people do not know the history of the Terlingua Racing team, so
I'll give it to you in a nutshell. The history and lore regarding the
Terlingua Racing Team is shrouded in stories and myth. What the true story
is, it's hard telling at this point. I've heard many different versions and
am telling you the one I like best. In 1962 or thereabouts, a friend of
Carroll Shelby's talked him into buying 200,000 acres of West Texas to use
a tax write off. The purchase of the land included the little known town of
Terlingua which had a population of 9. Carroll and friends set up shop down
in Terlingua and Carroll would fly everyone down there in his DC2 airplane
(Yes, Carroll was a pilot as well) and they would (rumor has it) race cars
and do what comes natural to a bunch of guys with fast cars and live in the
"fast lane". Well, when Carroll started with the racing his own team, they
needed a name for the team. His friend Bill Neale suggested the "Terlingua
Racing Team" and on a napkin drew out the shield and logo of the would be
racing team. So the story goes, Carroll saw the 1860 on the logo and asked
Bill what it was there for. Bills response was "Well, in 1860 is when the
miners had the very first mine cart race through downtown Terlingua." to
which Carroll replied with "Really? That is very cool, where did you dig up
that bit of information" and Bill replied back with "I didn't, I made it
up." The 1860 is still on the shield and fits the team spirit as well (more
on that shortly). The 3 feathers on the shield represent Terlingua, which
means "3 tribes". Terlingua was a local battleground for 3 Indian tribes
throughout the years who contested the land against each other. The
Terlingua Racing Team logo has been on numerous winning cars throughout the
years. Carroll and friends used to go around at the Indy 500 and other
races and slap the Terlingua Racing Team sticker on unsuspecting cars when
their drivers and teams were not paying attention. In their own right, the
Terlingua Racing Team has won numerous races and championships including
the 1967 Trans-Am championship with Jerry Titus behind the wheel. This
crest was on Ken Miles GT 350 at Green Valley, TX, when it was raced for
the first time. That was also the very first time a GT 350 was raced. Miles
won by the way. It was on Parnelli Jones's King Cobra at the '64 LA Times
Grand Prix and on four Indy 500 winners. That crest was on cars that won at
LeMans, Sebring, Riverside, Laguna Seca and graced the side of the Shelby
Trans-Am Mustangs during '67 & '68.

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