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Jul 15, 2020 · Advertisements With the release of the Ford v Ferrari movie, there has been renewed interest associated with my 2016 article here on Hemmings concerning Ford executive Leo Beebe and the end of the 1966 Le Mans race. Comments, around 200 in number four years after initial publication, show the passion of people on both sides of the dispute. With that […]
Nov 14, 2019 · Here’s what happened: Ford crushed Ferrari at ’66 Le Mans. So decisive was their performance, so dominant the GT40 that three Fords were 1-2-3 near race’s end, with Miles way out in front. Ford Motor Co. wanted to underscore the Ford dominance by having all three Detroit cars in the victory shot, so Beebe ordered Miles to ease up so the ...
Dec 14, 2020 · Shelby’s relationship with British-born Ken Miles, one of the drivers in the 1966 Ford team, provides the basis of the 2019 film Ford v Ferrari. Miles, (played by Christian Bale ), was a driver ...
Nov 12, 2019 · The Ford v Ferrari movie depicts automotive designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and British driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) as mavericks who fight corporate interference, namely from Ford's racing director, Leo Beebe (Josh Lucas). In order to create a more compelling story around its two main characters, Shelby and Miles, the movie largely ...
Jan 9, 2020 · The major antagonist of the film is the character of Leo Beebe, an executive within the Ford Motor Company who was a real person, but not the type of person the movie portrays, according to those ...
May 30, 2023 · And after the reference he wrote for Beebe in the Navy, it was hardly surprising that Beebe joined Ford Motor Company in 1945. Nineteen years later, he was selected to oversee the racing programme. He protested to Lee Iacocca, who had made the initial contact, that he’d never been to a motor race, but Iacocca reassured Beebe that it was an ...
Jul 7, 2001 · Before going to Glassboro, Mr. Beebe spent 28 years at Ford Motor. At Ford, he took leaves to handle public service assignments. In the late 1950's, as vice chairman of the Committee for Hungarian ...
