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  1. Mar 20, 2024 · As the film sadly depicts, just a few months after Ford defeated Ferrari in the 1966 Le Mans, Ken Miles was killed while testing out a new Ford vehicle (the J-car) at California's Riverside International Raceway. Miles' Ford test car suddenly flipped, crashed, and caught fire.

    • Sandy Schaefer
    • Christian Bale
    • James Mangold
  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 ...

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    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. Feb 5, 2020 · Getty. “I’d rather die in a racing car than get eaten up by cancer," Ken Miles is quoted as saying in Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans, which tells ...

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  6. Nov 12, 2019 · Yes. Video and photos exist of the three Ford race cars finishing together at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. It's true that Ken Miles had been minutes ahead of the other cars, but due to self-serving instructions from Ford, combined with a technicality, Miles was given second place instead of first.

  7. Mar 28, 2024 · Two months after having his 1966 Le Mans victory robbed by McLaren, Miles suffered a fatal car crash on August 17th. As seen in the thrilling racing movie , Miles was test-driving the Ford J-Car ...

  8. Nov 17, 2019 · As a final note, Christian Bale's Ken Miles really did die in a crash only two months after the 1966 race. It was certainly a tragic end to an otherwise heroic story. Dirk Libbey

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