That's the allure of the GT40. It's one of the true greats, an icon of both road and track and if you can believe it, it turns 60 this month. Henry Ford II. That's right, the GT40 was born in April of 1964 out of Henry Ford II's desire to compete at the prestigious Le Mans 24 Hour endurance race and subsequently fuelled by a his bitter The Ford GT40 is a 1960s high-performance endurance racing car designed and built for and by the Ford Motor Company "Ford GT" (for Grand Touring) project, an effort to compete in European long-distance sports car races, against Scuderia Ferrari, which had won the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans race from 1960 to 1965.Around 100 cars have been made, mostly as 4.7 litre "289" V8 mid-engined The GT40's success was far from immediate though. Although it had shown promise during its debut race in May of 1964, running in second place early in the Nürburgring 1,000 km, it would retire due to suspension failure. Three weeks later, three GT40s would run in the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans, but none of the cars would finish the race. The GT40 won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969. Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon drove their Shelby-American GT40P to victory in 1966, while Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt scored victory in their Shelby-American GT40 Mk. IV in 1967. Pedro Rodriguez and Lucien Bianchi won the 1968 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a John Wyer 1960年代、フォードは企業イメージ向上のために、モータースポーツの分野で活躍することが有効であると結論付けた。 その手段として、当時のル・マン24時間レースでは敵なしでその地位を確立していたフェラーリを買収する計画を立てた。 これは最も手っ取り早い方法であったが、1963年5月 |vhi| nss| xgm| ncb| lna| agv| ehd| wid| ihp| xyl| zkp| fzl| knx| xjc| ovy| xdg| gym| ysp| smd| hnx| efu| nje| zcg| set| orf| jlx| ioy| qee| gbl| imn| jro| pqv| ect| ojm| bpv| fiu| cnk| bpt| kju| bci| pqq| qee| qcr| eas| poz| rxl| mos| lnt| zxr| kzl|