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Jun 12, 2015 · The 427-powered GT40 Mark II sent the Italians packing at Le Mans, and Ford teams took up the entire podium—with Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon on top. In fact, the best Ferrari—a 275GTB/C ...
Oct 5, 2022 · While it may be a Le Mans inspired edition, the final 2022 Ford GT LM Edition supercars aren't going to come with any Le Mans-worthy performance. The GT's 3.5-liter twin-turbo EcoBoost V-6 engine ...
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Nov 11, 2019 · The Ford Mark II engines peak at about 6,200 rpm and orders were given not to exceed 6,100. On Thursday's practice Ken Miles smashed Phil Hill's existing record of 138.360 mph (set in '65 with a ...
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Apr 7, 2022 · Published Apr 7, 2022. After a long break, Ford came back to the Circuit de La Sarthe in 2016 with the all new Ford GT. via Ford. Ford has a long history of success at Le Mans. Who can fail to forget of course the epic contest that Ford had with Ferrari over many years, culminating in that historic Ford victory with the GT40.
Aug 23, 2016 · Fifty years prior to the conclusion of this year's 24 Hours on Sunday, June 19, as the Dutray clock cantilevered over the front straight tick-tocked past 4 p.m., the black-and-silver car—chassis ...
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Jun 12, 2015 · The new race car – a further proof point of Ford innovation – is based on the all-new Ford GT supercar unveiled in January. Both the production car and race car will arrive in 2016 to mark the 50th anniversary of Ford GT race cars placing 1-2-3 at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ford went on to repeat its victory at Le Mans in 1967, 1968 and ...
LM GTE. Grand Touring Endurance, shortened to GTE, was a set of regulations maintained by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and IMSA for grand tourer racing cars used in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 hours of Daytona GTLM, and its associated series. The class was formerly known as simply Group GT ( Group N-GT in the FIA GT Championship ...
