The 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 34th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 18 and 19 June 1966. It was also the seventh round of the 1966 World Sportscar Championship season. This was the fi
Ford GT40 Mark II
The aftermath of the nighttime accident at the Esses which resulted in the retirement of cars #20, #34, #42, and #53.
The Ford GT40 is a high-performance mid-engined racing car originally designed and built for and by the Ford Motor Company to compete in 1960s European endurance racing and the World Sportscar Champio
1966 24 Hours of Le Mans
…18 and 19 June 1966. It was also the seventh round of the 1966 World Sportscar Championship season. This was the first overall win at Le Mans for the Ford GT40 as well as the first win for an American constructor in a major European race since Jimmy Murphy's triumph with Duesenberg at the 1921 French Grand…
The Lola Mk6 that the GT40 was developed from
Prototype chassis GT 104, which finished third at the Daytona 2000 in 1965
GT40 Mk I (chassis P/1030), later modified by Ford Advanced Vehicles in August 1967 to be street legal