Determined to defeat the Italian marque after several failed attempts in the years prior, Ford developed the GT40 and, ...
After the 1960s, Ford exited from the top-tier prototype class and competed in production-focused class racing around the ...
The latter took a class victory at Le Mans in 2016, marking 50 years since the original Ford GT40 took a 1-2-3 victory against Ferrari. This would be the start of a four-year dominance at Le Mans ...
Ford, spurned by racing and sports car icon Enzo Ferrari, decided to go after the ... Ford wouldn't come back to the track until 2016 with the Ford GT, but even then, it was only in lower tiers ...
Ford had four consecutive overall victories at Le Mans from 1966 and 1969 under the direction of the late Carroll Shelby. That dominance led to the storied rivalry with Ferrari depicted in the ...
Ford GT40, the first to be delivered to a private customer in the UK, has just been sold for $7 million at the Kissimmee auction ...