Ford Win Le Mans Ken

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Ford win le mans ken. It was also the debut le mans start for two significant drivers. The pair had inherited victory from fellow ford driver ken miles in car no1 who had earlier pulled out a lead of. The next year he won the 24 hours of daytona sharing the ford gt mk ii with lloyd ruby and then won the 12 hours of sebring several months later sharing the drive with denny hulme miles. A good chunk of james mangold s ford v ferrari is devoted to a diligent recreation of the 1966 24 hours of le mans race and it all leads to a climax that if you don t know anything.

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. Ii p 1046 won the 24 hours of le mans the first for the blue oval and for america itself. Share or comment on this article. It was also the seventh round of the 1966 world sportscar championship season this was the first overall win at le mans for the ford gt40 as well as the first overall win for an american constructor.

Ford was going to build a car to beat ferrari in the world s most important race le mans a race ferrari had won five years in a row. Ford s first two defeats at le mans in 1964 and 65 were overseen by another persnickety brit john pappy wyer shelby s former boss on aston martin s racing team but pappy did get. The 1966 24 hours of le mans was the 34th grand prix of endurance and took place on 18 and 19 june 1966. It has been more than 50 years since the ford gt40 mk.

Henri pescarolo who went. A smart bet would be on the ken miles car from the 1966 le mans race the race he should have won. Ford went continued to win le mans in 1967 1968 and 1969 advertisement. Earlier in the year also with mclaren he had finished second at the 12 hours of sebring.

Ken miles and lloyd ruby celebrate the 1966 24 hours of daytona win. 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.