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The Ford GT40 is a high-performance endurance racing car designed and built by the Ford Motor Company. It grew out of the "Ford GT" (for Grand Touring) project, an effort to compete in European long-distance sports car races, against Ferrari, who had won the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans race from 1960 to 1965.
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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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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.
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According to legend, so many black-and-silver GT40s were floating around that Ford lost track of which one had won Le Mans. So 1046 was sold for next to nothing, and at one point, it ended up in.
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Bruce McLaren, Henry Ford II, and Chris Amon on victory rostrum after 24 Hours of Le Mans 1966. With the slowdown in place, Gurney built a lead of a lap on Miles and was cruising along to victory until the unthinkable happened. The engine threw a rod with the car rolling to a stop a mere hundred yards from the finish line.
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Jun 19, 2016 How do you celebrate the 50-year anniversary of kicking Ferrari's butt at the 24 Hours of Le Mans? By doing it again, of course. The No. 68 Ford GT, piloted by Joey Hand,.
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As we all know, the Ford GT40 is one of the most iconic cars in motorsports thanks to the amazing feat they have achieved in the 24 Hours of Le Mans where they beat Ferrari at their own game.
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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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Home Ford GT Features 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.
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That nostalgia increased when the four cars for Le Mans 2016 were numbered 66, 67, 68 and 69, reflecting the four consecutive years Ford won Le Mans with the MkII, the MkIV and the GT40. And the World Endurance Championship could hardly have written a better script for the 2016 race, as Ferrari and Ford went head-to-head once again.
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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 dominating.
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Fehan insists he's delighted that Ford is back in GT racing and downplays the implications of the Rolex 24 for Ford's Le Mans ambitions. "Testing and racing are different animals," he says.
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More specifically, Le Mans. Carroll Shelby took over the Ford racing program in 1965 and in its running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans the following year, the GT40 Mk II finished first, second, and.
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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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In 2016, Ford Motor Company surprised the world by revealing a second-generation Ford GT that not only celebrated the storied GT40, but set out to reclaim the same mantle that made history. Charged with creating a supercar for the street that could again claim victory at the 24 Hours Of Le Mans, Ford Performance delivered.