Here's the real story behind the Le Manswinning Ford GT40 Top Gear
50 years to the day following the historic podium sweep at the Le Mans 24 Hours by the Ford GT40, the new Ford GT returned to Le Mans and claimed the GTE Pro.
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In fact, it was an expat Brit called Roy Lunn - who sadly passed away earlier this month - who had been involved with Aston Martin's 1949 Le Mans effort and was running Ford's advanced.
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The Ford GT, also known as the GT40, first won Le Mans in 1966. The mid-engine V8 supercar went on to win the world's most prestigious race three more times, putting Ferrari down while.
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Hop in a true 1966 Ford GT40 for a lap around the 24h of Le Mans circuit by night. Recorded during Le Mans Classic 2022 second race, this ford gt40 made it t.
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Ford GT40: The spirit of Le Mans April 2020 - Motor Sport Magazine Home » Issues » April 2020 » Ford GT40: The spirit of Le Mans Ford GT40: The spirit of Le Mans Fifty years split the original Ford GT and the latest version, and both were created with one goal: to win the Le Mans 24 Hours.
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The 85th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 85 e 24 Heures du Mans) was a 24-hour automobile endurance race for 60 teams of three. Ford took the GT World Endurance Manufacturers' Championship lead from Ferrari with six races left in the season. Race results. The minimum number of laps for classification (70 per cent of the overall winning car's.
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Today, we're with Steve Volk at the Shelby American Museum talking about the Le Mans Winning Ken Miles @ford GT40! In September 1965, two new Mk. I chassis,.
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The eventual GT40 that won in the 1966 Le Mans was driven by Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon, who were both racing legends from New Zealand. As we all know, Bruce McLaren was the founder of McLaren cars, and Amon was one of the fastest guys in Formula One in the 60s and 70s. Not to mention, Ken Miles' teammate Denny Hulme won the Formula 1 title.
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Le Mans Trials, April 1966 Slide (Photograph) Anxious to stay ahead of the competition, Ford planned to compete in 1967 with the "J-Car," designed to comply with Appendix J of the Le Mans rulebook. It was leaner and lighter than the GT40, but aerodynamically the J-Car was a disaster.
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With time and resources now fully available to the Le Mans Committee, the perfect partnership of Ford Engineering, and the racing acumen of Shelby and Holman & Moody, combined to fully develop the 427 GT40.
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The 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans was the last for the factory Ford GT program. The first privately run GT, the #85 car fielded by Keating Motorsports, finished first in the GTE-Am class, but.
The Ford GT is off to Le Mans. Here's who's driving it Top Gear
First unveiled to the media at Le Mans last year, the Ford GT's Le Mans victory comes 395 days after the car turned a wheel for the first time on May 20, 2015, at Calabogie Motorsports Park in Canada. A Herculean effort from the Ford Chip Ganassi team has transformed the car into a Le Mans winner in just over one year.
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Meet The 1966 Ford GT40 Mk II That Won Le Mans For America It's time to know more about the legendary Le Mans-winning car. Nov 10, 2019 at 5:47am ET By: Jacob Oliva The 'Ford V.
After 50 Years, the ’66 Le Mans Winning Ford GT40 is Reborn
The first GT40 models were powered by a 289 cubic inch V8 borrowed from the Fairlane, but all three cars Ford sent to Le Mans in 1964 broke down, and Ferrari took its fourth straight Le Mans win.
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Ford The release of Ford v. Ferrari, which tells the story of Carroll Shelby, Ken Miles and Ford's quest for Le Mans glory has us going through the archives. From the October 1966 issue.