Today, we're with Steve Volk at the Shelby American Museum talking about the Le Mans Winning Ken Miles @Ford Motor Company GT40! In September 1965, two new Mk. I chassis, P/1015 and its sister car, P/1016, were flown from FAV in Slough, England, to Shelby American to be built up there as team cars for the 1966 Daytona race.
In addition to four consecutive overall Le Mans victories, Ford also won the following four FIA international titles (at what was then unofficially known as the World Sportscar Championship) with the GT40: 1966 International Manufacturers Championship – Over 2000cc. What years did Ford win at Le Mans? In 1966, Ford won the 24 Hours of
Now, in time for the 50 th anniversary of Ford's first win at the Circuit de la Sarthe, chassis P/1046 heads off for a 20-month restoration. A victory for Ford at Le Mans in 1966 was all but given. Though the racing program was shadowed by the tragic death of Walt Hansgen in April testing, the Ford GT40 Mk IIs had been developed to a point
The Le Mans 24 Hours McLaren and co-driver Chris Amon won the race in a Ford GT40 in 1966, completing a Ford 1-2-3 result. It was the first time in history that any car had won both the Grand Prix de France and the World Championship of Drivers - with three different manufacturers taking top spot. McLaren had been attempting to become the first
"Ferrari’s last win at Le Mans was in 1965 with its 250 LM, and at that time, Ford was just beginning to gain steam with its GT program. By 1966, Ferrari’s Le Mans dynasty was at an end."
In 1966, after two previously unsuccessful attempts, Ford was ready to challenge Ferrari for the win in the world's most well-known race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Ford GT40 racing program was
The book covers the GT40's mixed results in 1964 and 1965. For 1966, Ford turned to legendary stock car racing team, Holman-Moody, to field a team of GT40s alongside the Carroll Shelby-run team. You can find the rest of the story in HOLMAN-MOODY: The Legendary Race Team by Al Pearce and Tom Cotter. The No. 5 Holman-Moody GT40 comes in for a
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is more than simply an endurance race. It has been a concentrate of excitement since its first edition in 1923. Over this long history, Ferrari has amassed nine overall victories and 29 class wins: a prestigious roll of honour for the Prancing Horse, which returns to the top class of the FIA WEC after half a century
Leo Beebe. Fifty years have elapsed since Ford Motor Company’s overwhelming victory at Le Mans in 1966 and the controversy over who did win, or who should have won, the race. Ford and its Director of Special Vehicles, Leo Beebe, were both praised and vilified in the motor sports world and press at the time and, in some ways, nothing has changed.
However, Porsche’s very first win at Le Mans came in 1951 courtesy of an aluminium-bodied 356L with a 1100cc engine that put out around 45 horsepower, winning its class.
Ford went on to win Le Mans four consecutive times: 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969. Ford's 1967 win was especially sweet as it was an all-American affair. Where the 1966 winners drove a British-designed chassis and driven by Kiwis, the GT40 MkIV was designed by Ford and Americans Dan Gurney and A. J. Foyt brought home the glory for Ford--and America.
Playing 1960s racing icons, Christian Bale and Matt Damon try to convince their bosses at Ford the American company can win Le Mans. (1966) and “Le Mans” (1970), respectively, as did Tom
The first win by the GT40 was at the 1965 Daytona, with Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby at the wheel. Sebring followed, but Le Mans was another damp squib. 1966 was a total win – 1-2-3 finish at Daytona, followed by a Ken Miles win at Sebring and then that 1-2-3 finish at Le Mans. The GT40 was at its best in 1966, often with Ken Miles at the wheel.
The Ford GT40 that won the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans was fully restored in time for the 50th anniversary of its legendary victory. And this is the car that earned Ford that first win back in 1966.
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