Ford Gt40 Le Mans Ken Miles, Ken Miles Ford Gt40 From Ford Vs Ferrari Could Be Yours

The story in a nutshell.

Ford quarterman. 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. The le mans finish however was clouded in controversy. 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.

A good chunk of james mangolds 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 dont know anything. With a team consisting of carroll shelby ken miles bruce mclaren and chris amon ford total performance was born and its lovechild was the ford gt40 mk. Not only did he develop the gt40 he also won the daytona and sebring 24 hour races driving a ford in 1966.

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. A podium in sebring followed a month later but the rest of the year and le mans was a disaster. 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.

Ferrari is set to be bought by ford. This disintegrated when the no1 car was forced to. Then in june at the 24 hours of le mans the gt40 achieved yet another 123 result.

Ii taking second and a mk. Ken miles death in ford v ferrari isnt too far off from what really happened though the movie changes some details for storytelling purposes. At daytona in 1965 the mkii gt40 scored its first win with ken miles and lloyd ruby at the wheel.

Entered by shelby american the ford. Video also features christ. 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.