Ford Gt40 Le Mans 66 Ken Miles, Ford Gt40 Lemans 1966 Racedepartment

Repro world war ii veterans in motorsportsshelby collections dua bulan setelah le mans miles menemui ajalnya saat tengah mengujicoba mobil j car yang dikembangkan shelby bersama miles di riverside international raceway california 18 agustus.

Ford escape floor mats 2016. At daytona in 1965 the mkii gt40 scored its first win with ken miles and lloyd ruby at the wheel. The ford j car was intended to be the successor to the all conquering ford gt40 mkii and despite reliability problems showed potential in the springtime le mans trials. Ken miles the unsung hero of le mans 1966 gets a dig in at ford central presshulton archivegetty images the winners podium at the 24 hours of le mans france on june 19 1966.

For years hollywood wanted to adapt the true story of fords triumph over the perennial champion ferrari at the 1966 24 hours of le mans race and for good reason. With british racer engineer ken miles at the wheel the test car lapped at an average of 2015 mph reaching 210 mph on the straights. After 50 years the 66 le mans winning ford gt40 is reborn 4 photos it was in 1966 when ford had a feud with ferrari after a failed attempt to buy the italian racing empire.

After the death of walt hansgen in a j car ford while testing at le mans in april the decision was made to shelve the j car and focus on the proven mk iis and little. Ii taking second and a mk. Then in june at the 24 hours of le mans the gt40 achieved yet another 123 result.

Ken miles and bruce mclarens gt40 retired in the 1965 le mans race motorsport images the 1965 le mans race the second to feature gt40s put ford on the edge of breaking point with each of the gt40s suffering retirements relating to poor reliability while enzos ferraris took victory. The le mans finish however was clouded in controversy. Tiga mobil ford gt40 mk ii yang finis urutan satu dua dan tiga di 24 hours le mans 1966 foto.

This disintegrated when the no1 car was forced to. The no1 car of ken miles and denny hulme held a four lap lead over the no2 car of bruce mclaren and chris amon. Two and three in 66 but ken.

Miless verdict was brief and to the point. A podium in sebring followed a month later but the rest of the year and le mans was a disaster. Thats the car i want to drive at le mans this year.

The real life le mans 66 ended with a historic finish. Ford trounced the frontrunner ferrari as all three ford cars crossed the finish line in a dead heat.