What you see here is the paintjob originally used on Ken Miles’ Ford GT40 for the 1966 Le Mans recreated ... as it can reach a maximum speed of no less than 348 kph (that’s around 216 mph ...

where rival Ferrari might sniff out Ford's game in the lead-up to Le Mans. Hence how we ended up at Riverside on a steamy hot spring day, with Ken Miles and GT40 no. 108. Ken Miles was both a ...

looked so strange that no ... to Ford's factory-backed wins in 1966 and 1967, the latter of which coming as a result of the radical GT40 MkIV based on the entirely American-built J-Car Ken Miles ...

It was the final minutes of the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the race was ... Mans GT40 Two of the three GT40s were being run by Shelby-American, with the No. 1 car driven by Ken Miles and ...

"I think it is special that over 50 years later, people are still talking about the GT40, and Ford ... No. 1 Superformance GT MkII replica, the car driven by Christian Bale as Ken Miles for ...

The death of Ken Miles has created an unique sort of void in the lives of an uncommonly large number of people. Personally I have known no other driver ... Miles in a Ford GT40 at Riverside ...

Ken Miles is one of the most important names in Ford's motorsports history. He piloted the Ford GT40 that he and Carroll Shelby engineered to second place in the 1966 running of the 24 Hours of Le ...

In Henry Ford ... of Ken Miles, Carroll Shelby and Jim Clark on circuits including Laguna Seca, Sebring and Daytona in its role as a test and development car. Unlike the 11 other GT40 prototypes ...

So who was Ken Miles? There are reasons he's not as famous as the other figures in this tale. Miles was a very private person and had no ... Ford's next evolution of its winning GT40.

Ken Miles' death in Ford v Ferrari is portrayed accurately ... and their team testing out the GT40 MkII, only for the vehicle's brakes to fail and the car to catch fire, very nearly killing ...