Lena Dahl Shelby; Wife of Auto Racer, Oversaw Children’s Fund

Lena Dahl Shelby, 51, who took responsibility for managing the Lena and Carroll Shelby Children’s Fund. The native of Stockholm, Sweden, was married to Carroll Shelby, race driver and developer of the Shelby Cobra automobile. In addition to working with their charity, she was known for raising miniature horses. Socially, Lena Shelby was considered the unofficial leader of the “Swedish mafia,” Los Angeles residents of Swedish descent. On May 1 near Pittsburg, Texas, of injuries suffered in a car accident.