In spite of almost 50 years passing since the 1-2-3 win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, the Ford GT40 remains one of the most legendary race cars. Ever. After six years of Ferrari dominance, the ...
Legendary Cars—Including the Shelby Daytona Coupe That Won the 1965 GT Championship—Drivers, and Builders on Hand at Historic Event Imagine running down the Mulsanne Straight at 200 mph, driving on ...
Ford Motor Company teases a fresh new upgrade for the car company's GT platform, a supercar known to dominate the late 60's beating Ferrari in 24 hours of Le Mans, with retro decals and liveries to ...
Retired Ford engineer Mose Nowland, 85, remembers the time in 1966 that he rushed to North Carolina, then to California, to fix leaks found in two GT40 race cars about to be sent off to the 24 Hours ...
A good chunk of James Mangold’s “Ford v Ferrari” is devoted to a diligent recreation of the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race, and it all leads to a climax that, if you don’t know anything about it, feels ...
If you thought it was important for Ford to beat Ferrari at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, check out “8 meters,” produced by Kahn Media about the famous 1966 race when Henry Ford II, The Deuce, made ...
In the United States the single most effective way to make an already hard to see out of car worse is to change its drive position from left-hand drive to right-hand drive. If you think we’re kidding ...
The recent class win by the new Ford GT at the 2016 24 Hour of Le Mans brought many Ford enthusiasts to their feet as history was repeated fifty years later. Many of us watched the race or listened to ...
For a teenage boy in 1966, life was often a hair-raising adventure, an orgy in sensory overload. The Beatles and the Beach Boys permeated the soundtrack of our lives, and if you were a kid interested ...
Ford racing driver Ken Miles didn’t officially win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but he did notch Ford’s first 24-hour win in the legendary GT40. Miles, whose role in the development of the race car and ...
Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car fanatic, he started working his way through the echelons of the automotive industry, starting out as social-media ...
Ford had to spend three years and about $3 million before reaching its goal of becoming a leader in motorsports: In 1966, the Ford GT40 won the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The win wasn't easy for Ford. It ...