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A studio photo isolated on white background of a le mans race car gt40 ford in racing colours gt40 ford racing car.

White gold lifted 2021 ford f150. Get premium high resolution news photos at getty images. 1968 le mans winner the gulf oil liveried ford gt40 was a radical departure from the then standard of sports car. Watch the bittersweet story behind the ford gt40s 1966 le mans photo finish petersen automotive museums new film 8 meters chronicles the final moments of the famed race.

The pair had inherited victory from fellow ford driver ken miles in car no1 who had earlier pulled out a lead of. Drivers teams cars and constructors from the worlds top motorsports in high definition. A total of six mk ivs were constructed.

May 28 2019. View our high res photo galleries for le mans. The real life le mans 66 ended with a historic finish.

Tragedy and a photo finish at le. The le mans 24 hours. The 1966 24 hours of le mans was the 34th grand prix of endurance and took place on 18 and 19 june 1966.

View all our photos. Le mans june 18 19 1966. Henri pescarolo who went.

1 one of the mk ivs was rebuilt to the ford g7 in 1968 and used in the can am series for 1969 and 1970 but with no success. Three ford gt40s lead the way through the esses early in the race. It was also the seventh round of the 1966 world sportscar championship seasonthis was the first overall win at le mans for the ford gt40 as well as the first overall win for an american constructor.

50 years later exactly the petersen automotive museum and superformance have released a documentary called 8 meters detailing the dramatic conclusion of the 1966 le mans photo finish. It was also the debut le mans start for two significant drivers. The leading gt40 is the ford france entry for guy ligier and bob grossman which.

Ford trounced the frontrunner ferrari as all three ford cars crossed the finish line in a dead heat.