Co-drivers Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby led a 1-2-3-5 Ford domination at Daytona, kicking off a magical season for the Ford GT40 MK II, with additional 1-2-3 wins at Sebring and Le Mans.
Ford vs. Ferrari: Entry and Failure - 1964. The origins of the Ford GT40 and the victory at Le Mans in 1966. A sparsely worded newswire release was issued on May 22, 1963 noting, âFord Motor Company and Ferrari wish to indicate, with reference to recent reports of their negotiations toward a possible collaboration that such negotiations have
As for the other Ford GT40 roadsters, chassis GT/108 was the prototype, and never raced in period. Perhaps the most original example, it sold at a 2014 RM Sothebyâs auction for $6.93 million . Chassis GT/109, the sister car to 108, was prepared for the 1965 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans by Shelby American, and during the race it was
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The early 1960s were all about Ferrari, but Fordâs domination of the Le Mans 24 Hours during the second half of the 1960s has now passed into legend as the archetypal story of what sheer force of will can achieve. Commercial considerations be damned: Ford had to win. And it was all Enzo Ferrariâs fault.
Three iterations of the GT40 won over those four yearsâthe Mk II in 1966, Mk IV in 1967, and Mk I in 1968 and 1969. The gallery features photos from the Fordâs 1960s Le Mans run. 24 Hours of
The alleged 1967 Le Mans winner, J6 driven by Dan Gurney and A. J. Foyt, was kept by the company and ultimately displayed in the Ford museum. They donated J8 to the Harrah Automobile Collection on February 26, 1968. Some paint work was apparentley added to the front because the configuration of the letter â4â appears different than when raced.
The photo finish of three GT Mark IIs at the 1966 Le Mans race. The initial race of the year was in February at Daytona, which was increased from 12 hours to 24 hours. Ford fielded five teams, three under Shelby and two under Holman & Moody, including an experimental automatic transmission.
-The best-placed Alpine (eighth) was driven by Jean Vinatier and André de Cortanze. The latter went on to enjoy a brilliant career as an engineer, during which he designed the Peugeot 905 that triumphed at Le Mans in 1993, and the Toyota GT-One that raced in 1998 and 1999. Winners: Overall: #9 Ford GT40, Lucien Bianchi and Pedro Rodriguez
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