🦄 Ford Gt40 Winner Le Mans 1966

Drivers Sebastien Bourdais, Joey Hand, and Dirk Muller won their class at Le Mans with this Ford GT in 2016 -- fifty years after Ford Motor Company's first victory in the French endurance race. The GT's carbon-fiber body, direct fuel injection V-6 engine, and flying buttress features were all state-of-the-art, but the car's look recalled the original GT40 of the 1960s.

^{The original race car painted in Gulf Oil colors was a Ford GT40 (chassis that was raced at Daytona and Sebring in 1967 as an independent entry by Gulf Oil executive vice president Grady Davis. It carried Gulf’s corporate colors of dark blue and orange. In 1967, for the upcoming season the CSI (Commission Sportive Internationale, the sporting}

33èmes Grand Prix d´Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1965 Circuit de la Sarthe For posters, vintage photographs and other memorabilia of the 1965 Le Mans race, please go here. Date: June 19-20, hot sunny Track Length (m): 13 461 Attendance: Pole Position: Phil Hill, Ford Mk GT II, 3:33.00 = 227.509 km/h Entries: Fastest Lap: Phil Hill, Ford Mk

Co-drivers Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby led a 1-2-3-5 Ford domination at Daytona, kicking off a magical season for the Ford GT40 MK II, with additional 1-2-3 wins at Sebring and Le Mans. BACK TO LIFE 1966 GT40 Le Mans Winner is Being Restored. By Lexi Shorey - March 6, 2015. At the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans something amazing happened. It was a long time in the making, but finally an American car won the race. To be more specific, a 1966 Ford GT40 Mark II won the race. In fact, the GT40 made up the top three finishers. Chassis P/1016 is believed to be the only GT40 Mk II that ever raced with the unusual PowerShift automatic transaxle. For the 1966 Le Mans race on June 18th and 19th, GT40 P/1016 received final preparations on the day before the race, including the addition of matte Day-Glo pink highlights on the nose and flanks of its Kandy Gold bodywork. QBwqI. 24 371 461 229 489 240 395 13 188

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