These were Ford’s glory days. The Ford GT40 won Le Mans four years straight. From 1966 to 1969, Ford ruled the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the historic endurance race competition that takes place at the Circuit de la Sarthe, in France. Related: 10 Things Most Gearheads Don’t Know About The 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe
In 1966, Ford won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time. How fast was Ken Miles going when he died? After almost a day of testing at Riverside International Raceway in the brutally hot Southern California desert summer weather, Miles approached the end of the track’s 1-mile (1.6 km), downhill back straight at top speed ( 200-plus mph

The GT40 was developed by Ford with one objective - to beat Ferrari and win Le Mans. In 1966, after great financial outlay and at the second attempt, the GT40 did just that. Alan Mann Racing was involved with two versions, the small block MKI, and the big block MKII, which won Le Mans in ’66. After extensive development testing in 1965, Alan

3. Olivier Gendebien, Phil Hill ( 1958, 1961, 1962) Jacky Ickx, Derek Bell ( 1975, 1981, 1982) Tom Kristensen, Frank Biela, Emanuele Pirro ( 2000, 2001, 2002) Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer, Benoît Tréluyer ( 2011, 2012, 2014 ) Lowest start position before win. 16th. Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood in 1970.
1966 Ford Mk II Bruce McLaren, Chris Amon 1967 Ford Mk IV A.J. Foyt, Dan Gurney 1968 Ford G.T. 40 Pedro Rodriguez, Lucien Bianchi 1969 Ford G.T. 40 Jacky Ickx, Jackie Oliver 1970 Porsche Richard Attwood, Hans Herrmann 1971 Porsche . 488 212 123 172 330 329 219 384

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