They wanted the headlines to read Ford Wins Le Mans, not Miles Becomes The First to Sweep Daytona, Sebring, and Le Mans. The ostensible villain of the first half of Ford v Ferrari: the Scuderia Ferrari … [29] At the end of the first hour Fords were 1-2-3, with Gurney leading by 24 seconds from Graham Hill and Bucknum. As before, the Groups were split up in classes based on engine size, there was a sliding scale of a minimum weight based on the increasing engine size (from 450 to 1000 kg for 500 to 7000cc) as was fuel-tank capacity (60 to 160 litres). However, the crash did not stop him, and he soon recovered from his i… Phil Hill, in the Chaparral, broke up the Ford-Ferrari procession in 10th. Yet during raceweek, with news that new FIAT chairman Gianni Agnelli would be at the race, Dragoni changed the plan, putting Scarfiotti (Agnelli's nephew) in first. Fact: There really was a company in Italy named Ferrari that made excellent and fast sports … At 8 am, a pit-stop for the Filipinetti Ford running 5th spilled petrol on a rear tyre. 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 of … Ken Miles, right, and Carroll Shelby deep in conversation at the 1966 Le Mans event Credit: Getty - Contributor “He was a promoter, the one who … Ford's Mark IV was ready in time for the 12 Hours of Sebring, where it won on its maiden outing. by Graham Goodwin That was my fuck up, I take full responsibility for it, and I’m very sorry for it because, as you know, Ken was killed at Riverside two months later. Extensive work was done in the wind tunnel, and improving the brakes, handling and engine – not least improving the fuel economy. There were no engine limits on the GTs or Prototypes. We led most of the race, at record speed, until we retired with an overheating engine at the end of the 17th hour.”, Charlie Agapiou – Crew Chief: “There was some talk in the pits that Ford thought that Ken did not follow team orders and pushed Gurney to the point of breaking. Ken Miles is besieged by spectators seeking autographs, and press and photographers wanting to know what happened at the finish. With Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe. Ken Miles is besieged by spectators seeking autographs, and press and photographers wanting to know what happened at the finish. Ken Miles' death in Ford v Ferrari isn't too far off from what really happened - though the movie changes some details for storytelling purposes. I looked at Leo Beebe and said ‘What do you think ought to happen Leo?’ He said ‘ I don’t know, I’d kind of like to see all three of them cross the finish line together.’, Leo Beebe did not tell me what to say or do so I said: ‘Oh hell, let’s do it that way then,’ not knowing that the French would interpret the rules the way that they did. [14] After only 9 laps, Rindt's Ford blew its engine at the end of the Mulsanne straight, so there would be no consecutive win. 0 Comments, © 2016 Dailysportscar. In hindsight, we probably should have done it differently, but we were trying to control our destiny and insure a Ford win and we did just that.”. The gold Bucknum/Hutcherson car was third, but twelve laps behind. 2. [36][41], At the last pit stop, the Mark IIs were still in front. My job was to know all of those things, but I wasn’t consulted when the decision was being discussed.”. [4], As Group 7 were ineligible for FIA events, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) opened its entry list to Group 3, 4 and 6. There were times when I was runnin’ down the Mulsanne, in the rain, at night, at over 200 mph, where I thought what the fuck am I doing here.”. Following team orders (featured), Dan Gurney leads Ken Miles out of the Mulsanne Hairpin during the early part of the race. The Ford-France and Essex cars had already retired with engine issues during the night.[29]. [20] Not listened to, Surtees, Ferrari's 1964 F1 World Champion, quit the team. Amon 22, is the youngest winner in the history of the event. Siffert/Davis were leading a train of Porsches in 7th and the nearest Ferrari was the Bandini/Guichet P3 limping in 12th. Shelby American Collection Event Poster. The 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 34th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 18 and 19 June 1966. We weren't sure who had won initially. The new A210 had a 1.3L Gordini-Renault engine with a Porsche gearbox making it more durable if only a little faster at 245 kp/h (150 mph). Shelby ran three cars himself for Americans Dan Gurney and Jerry Grant, Miles was now paired with New Zealander Denny Hulme after Ruby had been injured in a plane crash a month earlier. [30] The official Ford press release, erroneously dated 7/5/1966 (possibly US-style dating: July 5th 1966), claims: .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, The McLaren-Amon and the Miles-Hulme cars were running within seconds of each other as the race neared its end, with the Bucknum-Hutcherson car hanging back as insurance. Ken Miles was in one and Dick Hutcherson and Bruce McLaren were in the others. Ken Miles heads for the victory stand, with Denny Hulme sitting on the deck lid waving to the crowd. They ran a good race and did what we had told them to do.”. With Shelby now fully concentrated on the Ford program, the Cobra GTs were abandoned. TJS - Web Design Lincolnshire, DTM Dealt Body Blow By Audi Post 2020 Pull-Out, COVID19 Update: French Government Rule On Mass Attendance, Join the conversation across Facebook, Twitter & Instagram, LMDh & Dakar Programmes Set To Replace Formula E & DTM For Audi Sport, Absolute Racing Commits Two Car GT Entry To Asian Le Mans Series. Width in 18 20 21.97 23.98 25.99. However it was a new design that was entered. Directed by James Mangold. Neither Ford nor Ferrari fielded a factory team for the Manufacturers' Championship that year; however, the John Wyer team running the Group 4 GT40s brought home the title for Ford and in 1969 achieved wins with the GT40 at Sebring and Le Mans. The following year, they won again. [14] Two months later, Ken Miles died at Riverside while testing the next generation Ford GT40 J-Car, which became the MkIV that won Le Mans in 1967. Previously unseen amateur footage of the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans with reflections by Ford icons who were there that day. I recall it was damp and we were running on intermediate Firestone tires and at 210–220 mph [355 kmh] on the Mulsanne Straight, the tires were shedding tread. Each of the eight cars was painted in a colour from the Mustang road-car range. [20] Last minute raindrops caused a flurry of tyre changes and some cars switched from Firestone to Goodyear or Dunlop. [15] There had been instant excitement when Edgar Berney spun his Bizzarrini on the start-line amongst the crowd of departing cars. Production of what would become the ubiquitous Le Mans car had started in late 1964 and the new 911 S model had its ‘boxer’ 6-cylinder engine tuned to 160 bhp. Sam Smith, Adam Carolla's 'The 24 Hour War' Is a Car Movie by Car People That Isn't Just for Car People, Road and Track, Jan. 18, 2017.[60]. Leo Beebe came up to me and said ‘ Who do you think should win the race?’ I thought, well hell, Ken’s been leading for all of these hours, he should win the race. When he pitted on the first lap in order to fix the door, Ken lost several places. From The Archives: Who Really Won Le Mans ’66. [36][38], During the night the Ferraris started to suffer from overheating. Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon also shared a GT40, while another GT40 – the one which is set to auction – was driven by Ronnie Bucknum and Dick Hutcherson. They joined Ford France, Scuderia Filipinetti and new privateers Scuderia Bear and Essex Wire. It demonstrated that production engines could compete with racing powerplants and that an American-built car could top Europe's best. So is the automobile itself. Just before 4pm, it started to drizzle again. 24/10/2019 - 17:01 [7] But this year, a significant new manufacturer entered the fray: Matra had bought out Automobiles René Bonnet in 1964, rebadging the Djet. Two New Zealanders in a car painted black and silver, New Zealand’s sporting colours, what could be better?”. Ferrari never won Le Mans again, but Ford wouldn't go back until 2016. Ken Miles Le Mans 1966 Winner GT40 T-Shirt Men & Women Race Car T-Shirt Unisex. Leo Beebe came up to me and said ‘ Who do you think should win the race?’ I think that they deserved to win. [45], The Ford team's decision was a big disappointment for Ken Miles, who was aiming for the 'Endurance Racing Triple Crown'—winning Daytona-Sebring-Le Mans—as a reward for his investment in the GT40 development. [15] The Holman & Moody crew took 70 minutes to repair it only for Mark Donohue to have the rear boot blow off down the Mulsanne and find the differential had been terminally damaged. [7][20] Chris Amon was fastest at the test weekend in the experimental Ford J-car with a 3:34.4 lap. The film was released on 15 November 2019. Carroll Smith – Shelby American Race Team Manager: “I could tell that something was up regarding the finish but I wasn’t advised of what that decision was. Ken should have won the race, and in most everyone’s mind, he did win the race. "What happened to the movie adaptation of "Go Like Hell? Results taken from Quentin Spurring's book, officially licensed by the ACO[61] Class Winners are in Bold text. [14][11][20], A notable absentee at the test weekend was the Ferrari works team. Parkes was 6th ahead of Bonnier in the Chaparral who had already been lapped. Despite finishing 26 laps behind the rest of the field. Bruce McLaren prepares to leave the pits after his car’s final pit stop is completed. Fourth, 20 seconds further back, was the first NART Ferrari, of Rodriguez. The 5.3L small block put out 420 bhp and had a semi-automatic transmission. [7], Once again there was rain at the April testing weekend. Ferrari found the production requirement for homologating the P4 under Group 4 daunting and withdrew from competition in the sport-racer classes. These and other questions have been hotly debated by the Shelby American crew, journalists and historians who were at Le Mans in 1966 – for over 40 years now. There were also P2/P3 hybrids for the Ecurie Francorchamps (Dumay/"Beurlys") and Scuderia Filipinetti (Mairesse/Müller. Three more examples were produced and prepared for the Le Mans 24 Hours, while Ford's championship hopes rested on the older GT40s and the new GT40-derived Mirages to gain points in the intervening races. The third was a quiet though significant entry: Jacques Dewes, ever the pioneering privateer, brought the first Porsche 911 to Le Mans. [33][34][20] Miles had to pit after the first lap to fix his door after colliding with Whitmore's Ford at the start. There were only three GT entries: the Ferrari customer teams Ecurie Francorchamps and Maranello Concessionaires both entered a 275 GTB. We finished fifth. Sleeve length in 7.25 7.76 8.23 8.75 9.26 . [28][27][38], After 6 hours, heavy rain was pouring down. [28], The new Group 4 category started attracting interest as the earlier prototypes were meeting the homologation and production requirements. I leaned over and told him ‘I don’t know what they told you, but you won’t be fired for winning Le Mans.’ He would never talk about it after the race was over and we were the best of friends.”, John Collins – Shelby Team Mechanic: “After Carroll talked to Ken during the final pit stop, I heard Ken say, in a loud voice, ‘So ends my contribution to this bloody motor race,’’ and he threw his sunglasses across the pit.”. It was during this time that Passino sent John Cowley down to the scorer’s and timer’s tower and told them that we had miscredited a lap on Ken’s car and to take a lap away from that car. We figured that in order to ensure a Ford win and keep those three guys from racing each other to the end, that we would have a dead heat finish. When Ferrari was able to enter a homologated car for 1970, the class they competed in was dominated by the Porsche 917. There was a bit of history to that. 14. Chris and I really enjoyed everything about Le Mans. 30 November 2020 [29][15][19], On a cool and cloudy afternoon, it was Henry Ford II this year who was the honorary starter. The 1966 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the most important races in Ford’s history. Gregg parked the car waiting for the last lap, but at 3.50pm he could not get it restarted and missed the formation finish. That was absolute bullshit. He did his two laps, his first ever at Le Mans on raceday morning to qualify. McLaren, who builds his own Formula and sports cars, is 28. Carroll Shelby: “In 1966, Ford didn’t cost Ken Miles the race at Le Mans, I did, and I regret it to this day. Surtees was furious and stormed off to Maranello to argue his case with Enzo Ferrari. Ken Miles was to run second and lap one to two seconds slower than Gurney, while Bruce McLaren was to run third and lap between 3:41.0 and 3:42.0. Then Schlesser's Matra ran into the CD of Georges Heligouin avoiding the accident. With the 2.0L flat-6 engine from the 911, it had recently been homologated for Group 4 with the requisite 50 cars. [26] The final finisher was the little Mini Marcos. [32], There were also two significant dramas in practice. [14][41][47], In a race of attrition it was fortunate the big teams brought such quantity – only 3 of the 13 Fords finished and only the two GTs finished from the 14 Ferraris entered. Miles won the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1966, and placed second at Le Mans. [12] One of the big improvements Holman & Moody brought with them was a quick-change brakepad system to save time in the pits. The Bucknum / Hutcherson Holman & Moody entered Ford moved from ninth starting position to third position at the end of the first hour, and that’s where they eventually finished. I am sure that, after looking at the pictures and reading the quotes by those who were involved with the Ford effort that day, the debate will carry on for another 40 plus years. He was a lap ahead and Passino and Cowley went down and took the lap away. Jochen Rindt, the previous year's winner, had moved across from Ferrari to Ford, in the new Canadian Comstock Racing Team. It had taken three attempts for Ford to win Indianapolis and the NASCAR Championship, and now it added the Le Mans 24 Hours. The Miles / Hulme Ford Mk. The Ford J-car was intended to be the successor to the all-conquering Ford GT40 Mk.II and, despite reliability problems, showed potential in the springtime Le Mans trials. Within another hour Miles and Hulme had taken the lead. The other Porsches came in 4th to 7th led by Siffert/Davis, who also claimed the Index of Performance. Taken from Quentin Spurring's book, officially licensed by the ACO, As calculated after Le Mans, Round 4 of 4[65], This article is about the race. [14][41][42][43][44], At their last pitstop, the 7th-placed Porsche of Peter Gregg and Sten Axelsson was stopped by engine problems. Ford vs Ferrari. [16][18] Fighting on two fronts, the company also took on Porsche in the 2-litre class with its Dino 206 S with a pair from NART and another for Maranello. Formerly the object of laughter, it had become a crowd favourite running like clockwork. [11] The third car was the all-Kiwi pairing of Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon. Three days earlier Marcos-boss Harold Dermott had made a deal to buy the car with the intention to restore it and put on museum display. [58] The production was well received critically, attaining a "100%" rating on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes.[59]. Foyt, Jackie Stewart and Lloyd Ruby. Since McLaren and Amon had started 60 feet behind Miles and Hulme, they were declared the winners. The resulting warpath employed everyone from Bruce McLaren to Carroll Shelby and Indy 500 legend A.J. [16][18][19], The second incident was more serious – Dick Thompson in the Alan Mann Ford Mk II collided with Dick Holqvist who was going far slower in the Scuderia Bear Ford GT40 and pulled right in front of him at Maison Blanche. [15][19] At the end of the first lap Ford's cars led – Hill ahead of Gurney then Bucknum, Parkes in the Ferrari, followed by Whitmore's Ford, the Chaparral, then the GT40s of Scott and Rindt. The Fords were further delayed as a number chose to change brake pads early. Ex-Ferrari engineer Giotto Bizzarrini had fallen out with Renzo Rivolta and with his own company brought his new design, the P538, but still using the 5.3L Chevrolet engine. During the next pit stop, Ken’s co-driver was told to slow down and let the others catch up and Denny did as he was told. Bruce McLaren: “After the win at Daytona I said that the Fords could and should win at Le Mans. He and team manager Eugenio Dragoni had decided that he, as the fastest Ferrari driver and driving with Mike Parkes, would act as the hare to bait and break the Fords. This was the first overall win at Le Mans for the Ford GT40 as well as the first overall win for an American constructor. Ferrari took the Manufacturers' title for 1967, edging up-and-coming Porsche by two points. [17][6] Driven by Phil Hill and Jo Bonnier, they made a big impact winning the Nürburgring round just two weeks earlier. [37] At dusk it started to drizzle, reducing the power advantage of the big Fords, and allowing the Ferraris to keep in touch. Dick Hutcherson: “That race track was kind of neat. Leo Beebe – Manager of Ford’s Special Vehicle Dept. Up against them was Ed Hugus’ modified Ferrari 275 GTB and the Equipe Nationale Belge ran its 250 LM. 3. In 1929, when he was 11 years old, he started riding a “350cc Trials Special Triumph bike.” Once, while riding the bike, he met with an accident and broke his nose and three teeth. Finally, in August 1966, Shelby American resumed testing and development work with Miles se… After returning to the race, he had to go like hell in order to get back in second place behind Gurney. But Beebe pushed on with his plan anyway. [25] But the Mini Marcos would become the 'darling of the crowds' later on in the race. The year after that, they won a third time. Driven by Ken Miles and Denny Hulme, this is the car that would have won but for the Ford decision to stage a photofinish with three cars crossing the finish line simultaneously. Size Chart S M L XL 2XL. Chris Amon was interviewed in 2016: With the field covered it was now that Leo Beebe, Ford racing director, contrived to stage a dead heat by having his two lead cars cross the line simultaneously. For Le Mans, we decided to set a pace for ourselves. The Ford-Ferrari war pivoted on how these men operated and thought, and they made that story what it was." I took over from Bruce and he spoke to Firestone and they generously said we could switch to the Goodyears the other GT40s were running. When I was called in to change tires, I think Bruce's frustration had reached boiling point, he put his head through the car door and said 'Go like hell!'." By contrast, 5 of the 7 Porsches finished (including their 911 in the GT class) as did four of the six Alpines, showing much better reliability. Miles died … At halfway the Ford Mk IIs held the top-4 places (Miles/Hulme, Gurney/Grant, McLaren/Amon, Bucknum/Hutcherson) with GT40s in 5-6-8: Essex, Filipinetti and Ford-France (Revson/Scott, Spoerry/Sutcliffe, Ligier/Grossman). Phil Remington talks to a very distraught Ken Miles, as a less than happy Bruce McLaren (foreground) contemplates the Ford-ordered blanket finish. 11. at Le Mans 24 Hours". Taken with critical injuries to the American military hospital at Orléans, he died five days later. There were six GT40s entered by customer teams, with the 4.7L engine. I don’t know what they told Ken during that final pit stop, but he wasn’t very happy as he entered the car to finish the race. [14][39] As the rain eased, the Fords of Miles and Gurney retook the lead. On his out-lap Spoerry lost traction and spun at the Esses wrecking the car. Having slowed to accommodate the Ford finish decision, the Miles … Bruce McLaren takes the Ford that he shared with fellow New Zealander Chris Amon through the Mulsanne hairpin. Defending class-champions Austin-Healey had two works entries. [36] By then all three Dinos were out with mechanical issues, removing one threat to Porsche. 1. This year a new customer team, the Ecurie Savin-Calberson was supported by Alpine, with former Index winner Roger Delageneste. 6. This is by far the biggest race that I’ve ever won and the same goes for Chris. I found a photo which graphically shows why Ken Miles did not win the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. [8][15] Also pitting on the first lap was Paul Hawkins whose Ford broke a halfshaft going down the Mulsanne Straight lurching him sideways at nearly 350 km/h. They all said Le Mans is different, Le Mans is a car breaker and you can’t beat Ferrari there. Miles/Hulme were leading, followed by McLaren/Amon holding station on the same lap. [14][15], Ferrari's response to the Mk II was the new Ferrari 330 P3. The French officials stopped us and said that we didn’t belong there, that we’d finished second. [8] Copying Ferrari's tactic of overwhelming numbers, they put in fifteen Mark II entrants; eight were accepted by the ACO. II sits abandoned at the finish line as the victory celebration continues in the background. Foyt, putting the stops to Ferrari's unbroken, five-year winning streak at La Sarthe. But had they really won? It was a record shattering performance as the winning car covered more miles (3,009.3) at a faster speed (125.38 mph) than any previous entry. And in 1969, a fourth. He aimed for the escape road at the end of the straight, not realising it was blocked by a sandbank, which he hit at about 190 km/h (120 mph). This time six were built and prepared by Shelby American. 13. Photos courtesy Ford Motor Company. The race became the subject of a 2009 book, detailing the race and the famous background rivalry between Enzo Ferrari and Henry Ford II, by A.J. Carroll Shelby: “In 1966, Ford didn’t cost Ken Miles the race at Le Mans, I did, and I regret it to this day. As you remember we had three cars running up at the front as the race was drawing to its conclusion. With the new regulations this year the ACO received a huge 103 entry requests. Ken got tears in his eyes and said: ‘No, this is my only opportunity to do this and I can’t do that and I won’t do that.’. [39], What could have been a procession was anything but for Ford. Through his work for Carroll Shelby, Miles got involved in Ford's GT racing program. Two cars were entered, one by ASA and one by NART. The quickest Alpine in practice was Toivonen/Jansson (4:20.1), well ahead of the best CD (Ogier/Laurent 4:27.5) and the Austin-Healey's (4:45.1) and ASAs (4:49.8). Ford's Sixties Le Mans program was famously the result of a dispute between Henry Ford II and Enzo Ferrari–Ford had tried to purchase Ferrari (the company), only to have Enzo shut down the sale at the last minute. Baime[48][49] titled "Go Like Hell"—the words shouted by Bruce McLaren to Chris Amon as they drove to their famous victory. [19][20], Chevrolet was the other player in the over 2-litre class. That’s where he was told to be and that’s where he was.”. The Le Mans results boosted Ford over Ferrari for the 1966 Manufacturers' Championship. Finally, the new 911 GT ran well and finished 14th starting a long record of success.[23]. Ken Miles was born Kenneth Henry J Miles on November 1, 1918 to Eric Miles and mother Clarice Jarvis in Sutton Coldfield, England. That achievement was arguably the greatest in the company's history. American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car for Ford in order to defeat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966. Collectively, Ford's wins were one of countless bright moments in a golden decade for both motorsport and culture in general. Ken told me that, in spite of any Ford decision, he wasn’t going to finish second.”. He said ‘Just keep it on the road Hutch.’ Ken Miles and them guys drove those cars faster in the rain than they did in the dry, but I’d never driven a race in the rain before. At the 92nd Academy Awards, the film received four nominations, including Best Picture and Best Sound Mixing, and won for Best Sound Editing and Best Film Editing. [31], Finally, in a subcompetition of its own, there was the tire race between Firestone, Dunlop, and Goodyear. The Ford-Ferrari War was ended by new rules for 1968 that eliminated the P4s and Mark IVs from eligibility for the Sports Prototype class with a 3-litre engine capacity limit. But that makes sense: Both Le Mans and international motorsport are different now, tamer and less raw. We were warned to be careful with the gearbox as they were new and unproven, and both cars retired with gearbox failures. As the damage was being cleared, Scarfiotti crashed his P3 into the Matra and all four cars were wrecked, although only Scarfiotti was taken to hospital, with minor bruising. For years, Hollywood wanted to adapt the true story of Ford's triumph over the perennial champion Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans … At the age of 15, in 1933, he met his future wife Mollie and purchased an Austin 7 Special that she p… Jacque Passino – Special Vehicle Division, Ford Motor Company: “I guess that 1966 will always be remembered for the huge controversy that was created by the arranged finish. Who had won? Ford the man vowed to get even, aiming his considerable resources at Ferrari's Le Mans record. Such was the interest in Group 6 there were 43 prototypes on the starting grid and only 3 GT cars: After 2 years of its 3-year program, Ford had very little to show for its immense investment. We called Ken in and slowed him down so that Bruce and Chris would win. Four Alpines finished this year, 9-11-12-13, with that of Delageneste/Cheinisse from the Ecurie Savin-Calberson winning the Thermal Efficiency Index. Ford told their cars to drop to 4-minute laps, but Gurney and Miles kept racing hard for the lead. All of those guys were real racers. They absolutely stole that race from Ken and it’s about time that the truth is told, Ken’s memory deserves that.”. The other Chevy was in Texan Jim Hall's Chaparral 2D. Shorter and wider than the P2, it kept the same 4-litre engine but with fuel-injection now put out 420 bhp. [23], Alfa Romeo, and its works team Autodelta, had withdrawn from racing for a year to prepare a new car for 1967. It was the final minutes of the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the race was Ford's to lose.After a long, difficult development and a year's worth of … At the finish: "the idea was that the leading GT40s would cross the line together, but in practice, it wasn't possible to have a dead heat. [10] The works team had a pair of closed-cockpit versions for John Surtees/Ludovico Scarfiotti and former winners Lorenzo Bandini/Jean Guichet. Joining Skip Scott, team owner of the Essex Wire team, was a 21-year old Jacky Ickx in his Le Mans debut.[29][30]. Ken Miles takes his Ford through the Mulsanne Hairpin. Miles would race his grandmother to the breakfast table and the other two weren’t much better. He was supported by Huschke von Hanstein who was prepared to withdraw the Porsche team as well. [20] In the end, the car was reinstated though Thompson was banned. He was instructed to lap at between 3:37.0 and 3:38.0. Did Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon really win the 1966 race at Le Mans, or did Ken Miles and Denny Hulme win, and have the race stolen away from them in a political move that was well beyond their control? It came after years of struggle, more than a few public failures, and enough burnt cash to refloat the Titanic. Ken followed his directions to the letter. When Dearborn won last year, the world went less than nuts. According to the official Shelby American race report, Dan Gurney was instructed to lead the race and break the Ferraris. The only other source that might have revealed any possibility of an irregularity in the scoring would have been the official Shelby American scorers. Porsches now held the next five places and the two Ferrari GTs were 9th and 10th chased by the Alpines. [40] The ACO told him this would not be possible — given the staggered starting formation, the #2 car would have covered 20 metres further, and thus be the race winner. [18] In the end Australian Brian Muir, who was in England was flown over to France. The whole thing really seemed to be so simple.”. 1966 saw the advent of a completely new set of regulations from the CSI (Commission Sportive Internationale – the FIA's regulations body) – the FIA Appendix J, redefining the categories of motorsport in a numerical list. A shocked and dismayed Denis Hulme and Ken Miles enjoy a glass of champagne on the winner’s stand, as Bruce McLaren (far left) and Chris Amon (far right) enjoy the victor’s laurels. After a defective batch of transaxle shafts sank Ford's effort, Ferrari took a 1-2-3 finish with their new P4s and returned the favor of Ford's victory formation. The Hollywood blockbuster that brought the story of Ken Miles, Carroll Shelby and Le Mans 1966 to the silver screen was so good that it’s crying out for a sequel, says Charles Bradley. Bob Negstad – Senior Project Engineer, Ford Motor Company: “At Le Mans, I was the guy that Jacque Passino sent over to Ken Miles to tell him to back off and let the other guys catch up. Holman & Moody, the successful Ford NASCAR race team was brought on board to race another trio – for Mark Donohue/Paul Hawkins, Ronnie Bucknum/Dick Hutcherson, and Lucien Bianchi/Mario Andretti. Ginther was 5th in the fastest Ferrari with a 3:33.0, with Parkes and Bandini in 7th and 8th respectively. [7][8][9][10] The big 7-litre engine now put out 475 bhp.
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