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Mar 20, 2024 · Ken Miles is an important name in Ford motorsport history as he drove the GT40 for 24 Hours of Le Mans, but where is the car now? Here's what you need to know.
Feb 5, 2022 · Place: 1st. Drivers: Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby. Date: 6/19/1966. Track: Le Mans. Place: 2nd. Drivers: Ken Miles and Denny Hulme. 1967 Race Season with Ford/F.A.V. Date: 5/2/1967. Track: Daytona. Place: DNF. Driver: Ronnie Bucknum and Frank Gardner.
Jun 6, 2023 · Ken Miles, left, talks with Carroll Shelby during the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966. Miles, in the eyes of many, had a win stolen from him that year. The winning assault of the Ford camp was...
Aug 17, 2017 · At Daytona in 1965, the MkII GT40 scored its first win, with Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby at the wheel. A podium in Sebring followed a month later, but the rest of the year and Le Mans was a...
As an automotive engineer, he is known for developing the Ford GT40 along with driver and designer Carroll Shelby, which won at Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969. His and Shelby's efforts at Le Mans were dramatized in the 2019 Oscar -winning film Ford v Ferrari .
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Apr 13, 2022 · After leading Ford to victory over Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June 1966, Ken Miles died just two months later while testing race cars in Riverside, California. Discover the true story of the race car champion played by Christian Bale in "Ford v Ferrari" and his triumph at the historic Le Mans '66 grand prix.
Nov 15, 2019 · Ken Miles and Bruce McLaren’s GT40 retired in the 1965 Le Mans race. Motorsport Images. The 1965 Le Mans race — the second to feature GT40s — put Ford on the edge of breaking point, with each of the GT40s suffering retirements relating to poor reliability while Enzo’s Ferraris took victory.