The 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 24 Heures du Mans) is an endurance-focused sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. It is widely considered to be one of the world's most prestigious races, and is one of the races—along with the Monaco Grand Prix and Indianapolis 500—that form the Triple Crown of Motorsport, and is also one of the races alongside the 24 Hours of In the process the all-American combination averaged over 135mph and smashed the Le Mans distance record – covering 28 laps more than the 1966 victors and 40 more than the 1965-winning Ferrari – to justify Ford’s multi-million dollar programme in front of over 300,000 spectators. The crushing pace was underlined by the fact that just 16 1966: Ford’s first Le Mans win. Ford was desperate to win Le Mans in 1966, but had to overcome political in-fighting as well as Ferrari. This is how the Blue Oval scored a famous first victory. For racing teams, it to 20 to 30 minutes to change the brake rotor. The wheel bearing also needed to be serviced in some cases and adjusted to the correct pre-load to finish the job. As speeds increased at Le Mans, rotors would often crack or deform due to the heat. LeMans, LeMans, France, 1966. Mechanic works on Ford MKII brakes. The 2017 Ford GT wins Le Mans 50 Years after its first win in 1966. Photo courtesy Bill Nelson. Now, five decades later, Ford is back in full factory force, campaigning four Ford GTs (numbers 66 Updated Sep 14, 2020, 1:52 PM. Following Miles’s death in testing just months after Le Mans ’66, Ford suffers another blow when Ferrari’s new 330 P4 blows away its GT40s in the 1967 Daytona
The 1966 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the most important races in Ford’s history. The Ford GT40 finally reached the success that was expected from it, and Ford trampled Ferrari
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