Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby scored first at Daytona, and Ken Miles and Bruce McLaren second at Sebring. Throughout 1966 and 1969, Ford was an unbeatable winner at 24 Hours of Le Mans, breaking Ferrari's streak and getting the first win for an American manufacturer in a long time.

This car, a Superformance GT40 Mark II, is a “continuation car,” a street-legal re-creation of the winning 1966 Le Mans car. In fact, this particular GT40 Mk II was used in the new film Ford v

And this is the car that earned Ford that first win back in 1966. Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon drove this black-and-silver GT40, chassis P/1046, to first place at Le Mans 50 years ago.

A new chapter in the McLaren Le Mans story began in 1964, when he became part of the mighty Ford effort, which included the newly-recruited John Wyer. The line-up of three GT40s and two Daytona Cobras featured big names such as Richie Ginther, Masten Gregory, Dan Gurney, and Chris Amon, while Bruce was to share a GT40 with 1961 World Champion
1967 Ford GT40 Mark IV In 1966, Ford achieved top honors in the field of international endurance racing. Despite growing costs, Ford decided to continue development of the GT40 for the 1967 season. This campaign was already the largest and most expensive American assault on the predominantly European series. While the 427-powered Mark II cars proved a remarkable success in 1966, their hefty Ford GT40 MKII 1966 competes during the Grid 4 Race 1 at Le Mans Classic 2018 on July 7, 2018 in Le Mans, France. Alpine-Renault A210, Ford GT40, Porsche 906LE, Ferrari 365P2/3, Ford MkII, 24 Hours of Le Mans, Le Mans, 19 June 1966. . 31 392 268 138 143 206 269 16 22

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