Ford At Le Mans 1965

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Ford at le mans 1965. Foyt piloted a ford mark iv around the circuit de la sarthe for 24 brutal hours. This 1965 ford gt40 is one of just five ever built and one of just two still in existence today. In 1968 this car was rebuilt to gulf specification and renumbered gt40p 1084. The last lap of the 1965 le mans 24 hour as shown live on ortf.

Jochen rindt and masten gregory win in a ferrari 250lm. It was also the twelfth round of the world sportscar championship. 1965 24 hours of le mans for 1965 ford took control of the racing division away from eric broadley and lola cars and gave it to carroll shelby and his team of mechanics and drivers. This car took second place overall all three top finishers were ford gt40s in the 1966 24 hours of le mans the 1 car was driven by ken miles and denny hulme and together with the 2 car driven by bruce mclaren chris amon 1st overall and 5 car driven by bucknum hutcherson 3rd overall gave ford its first victory in a 24 hour race.

Ford motor company returned to le mans for a rematch with ferrari in 1967. Entered by rob walker the car was prepared by shelby american and driven in the race by bob bondurant and umberto maglioli it failed to finish. A lot has been said about carroll shelby and ridiculously at least most of it is true. Gt40p 1004 at scrutineering for le mans 1965.

Ford gt40 mk ii front. 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. The 1965 season had started well at least the cars were capable of finishing. The 1965 24 hours of le mans was the 33rd grand prix of endurance and took place on 19 and 20 june 1965.

If you have about 10 million lying around that is. The ford v ferrari battle that played out at the le mans 24 hours race of 1966 was a personal feud between henry ford ii and enzo ferrari that played out on endurance racing s grandest stage the story dramatic enough to warrant a hollywood telling of the story that took ford to the top step at la sarthe. While ford bested the italians with the gt40 mark ii in 1966 this time it fielded an all new car. Dan gurney and a j.

The two drivers like the crew members and ford executives there with them hoped all the while that neither they nor.