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  1. Mar 20, 2024 · How Ken Miles Really Died (& Why Ford v Ferrari Changes It) By Colin McCormick , Sandy Schaefer & Tom Russell. Updated Mar 20, 2024. Link copied to clipboard. Summary. Ford v Ferrari alters the details of Ken Miles' fatal crash, adding emotional weight to the story.

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  2. Jun 6, 2023 · Ken Miles, left, talks with ... Scarfiotti would crash his P3 and Surtees would leave Ferrari’s F1 team in favor of Cooper. ... and as seen in photos, Miles intentionally braked at the finish to ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ken_MilesKen Miles - Wikipedia

    After almost a day of testing at Riverside International Raceway in the very hot Southern California desert, Miles approached the end of the track's one-mile (1.6 km) downhill back straight at top speed—over 200 miles per hour (320 km/h)—when the car suddenly flipped, crashed, and caught fire.

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  5. Oct 20, 2009 · David Rider. Can-Am version of 1966 J Car,Ken Miles August 17th 1966. Ken Miles lost his life moments after this photo was taken.He clipped a curb at the end of Riverside Raceways straight going into turn nine and they suspect a chassis failure caused him to lose control and crash.

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  6. Oct 26, 2021 · As the race entered the last hour, the #1 was ahead. Ken Miles took the wheel in the 347th lap. He was 34 seconds ahead of the #2, which had already refuelled and would not need another pit stop. He was doing 4-minute laps as instructed by Carroll Shelby. The #2 was lapping in 3:54, sometimes faster.

  7. Aug 17, 2021 · August 17, 2021 ·. We remember racing legend Ken Miles, who died 55 years ago today in a crash while testing Ford's J-Car. It was the darkest hour in Ford's 1960s Le Mans campaign. Lessons from the crash led directly to the Ford Mark IV, which went on to win Le Mans in 1967. 1.8K.

  8. Jun 21, 2023 · A snapshot of Ken Miles – British to the end though US-based, maximising his resources, completely unfazed by anyone else’s view of him. Ken Miles – unseen buttress to the Carroll Shelby operation, and most famous for not winning Le Mans. That muddled triumph of 1966, when three Ford MkIIs bellowed across the line at La Sarthe to claim ...

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