Ford Gt40 Win Le Mans 1966, 1966 Le Mans Gt 40 Crossing The Finish Line Ford Gt40 Le Mans Ford Racing

During the 1960s ford had his sights on le mans and more specifically taking down ferrari.

Ford edge 2015 rims. To do this the american car company giant had to not only build a car that could compete during le mans they had to build a car that would win it enter the ford gt40 and the real life ford v ferrari was written. The result was the gt40 a car that. This car took second place overall all three top finishers were ford gt40s in the 1966 24 hours of le mansthe 1 car was driven by ken miles and denny hulme and together with the 2 car driven by bruce mclarenchris amon 1st overall and 5 car driven by bucknumhutcherson 3rd overall gave ford its first victory in a 24 hour race.

Empty handed on his return to detroit fords point man don frey was told by henry ford ii to go to le mans and beat his ass or so the legend goes. During the 1960s ford had his sights on le mans and more specifically taking down ferrari. And this is the car that earned ford that first win back in 1966.

Ford gt40 mk ii front. The 1966 24 hours of le mans was the 34th grand prix of endurance and took place on 18 and 19 june 1966. To do this the american car company giant had to not only build a car that could compete during le mans they had to build a car that would win it enter the ford gt40 and the real life ford v ferrari was written.

Bruce mclaren and chris amon drove this black and silver gt40 chassis p1046 to first place at le mans 50 years ago. On the podium from left to right are winners bruce mclaren. It was also the debut le mans start for two significant drivers.

Ford ceo henry ford ii second from left with ford drivers after their success in ford gt40 at the 24 hours of le mans on june 19 1966. 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. Moreover ford entered a total of eight mk iis in the 1966 24 hours of le mans including three from shelby american three from holman moody and two from uk development partner alan mann racing.

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.