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 We were warned to be careful with the gearbox as they were new and unproven and both cars retired with gearbox failures. The McLaren team was commissioned by Ford to build a lightweight version of the GT40 for possible use in 1966. I did the testing of this and drove it in some Can Am type events in the US in late '65.
On the 50th anniversary of Ford’s 1966 win in 2016, Rushbrook’s team led Ford to victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans’ GT class after an epic duel with a Ferrari 488.
Shown here in this famous photo from the 1966 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is Bruce McLaren (L), Henry Ford II, and Chris Amon (R) on the victory rostrum. The recent class win by the new Nov 22, 2019. Even if you've seen the movie, you don't know the whole story behind Ford 's historic triumph over Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. Taking a deeper dive into the events
When Ferrari conquered Le Mans: how it won nine times — so far. Ferrari's golden era at Le Mans saw it win seven of eight races in the '50s and '60s. Andrew Frankel examines the characters and cars behind the victories. Ferrari claimed a clean sweep of the podium places at Le Mans in 1964. Graham Hill (pictured) was second, driving with Jo
Ford wanted to organise a true 'dead heat' to have two cars win the race, essentially. So Miles gave back those 3 laps, leading to the story of the finish as shown. If you want to read a less dramatised version of the race (compared to the movie), we had a user write a race report for our Le Mans Legends celebrations last year!
Ford dominated the Le Mans 24 Hours race in 1966, winning it for the first time, and taking all the podium places with its updated MkII and stellar driver line-up. But instead of euphoria on the podium, Chris Amon and Bruce McLaren , who were classified first, were strangely subdued.
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British-born Ken Miles was a gifted race car engineer and driver. Through his work for Carroll Shelby, Miles got involved in Ford's GT racing program. Miles won the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1966, and he placed second at Le Mans. Miles died in a crash while testing Ford's J-Car later that year. 18 June 1966 - 19 June 1966.
Ford V. Ferrari, Showcasing The 1966 Battle at Le Mans, Comes Out Nov. 15. Buried in today’s news that we are getting more Star Wars movies, which I’m not sure anybody really. Ford did indeed The car competed throughout the 1965 season, winning in its class again at the 24 Hours of Le Mans thanks to an Anglo-American duo of Jack Sears and Dick Thompson as the only Cobra which finished
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Ferrari's last Le Mans win came in 1965, with the 250 LM beating the potent Ford GT40 for one final time. After many years absent at the top of sports car racing, Ferrari is finally heading back to Le Mans. The iconic Italian manufacturer has been present at Le Mans for decades in the GT category, but it is returning to the top level of sports

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