In 1965 Ford teams won the Manufacturers' title for the GT class, although Gurney was only with Shelby for Le Mans and did not finish. Gurney joined the Shelby-American campaign in the Sports Prototype class for 1966, which fielded the new 7 liter GT40 Mk II. GT40 Mk IIs were 1-2-3 at three major races, the Daytona 24 Hours, Sebring (third place was a normal GT40) and, at last, Le Mans. GT40s were also 2-3 in the 1000-km races at Monza and Spa. After the 1964 Nassau race, Carroll Shelby stepped in to right the ship. Between 1966 and 1969, the GT40->ke411 went on to win the Le Mans an impressive four times in a row, entrenching it in RK Motors Charlotte acquired the winning racer of the 1966 Le Mans, the car that set the pace for Ford in 1967, ’68 and ’69, in order to restore it to its former glory. The 20-month-long resto
Sebring was actually very important from the standpoint of Ford’s effort for the Le Mans 24. At Daytona earlier that year, we had some issues and Ford felt they needed to come up with a different model car, a little slicker and quicker in a straight line, especially for Le Mans, and Phil Remington was given the task of designing that car quickly.
GT40s & Ford GTs. From the oldest surviving GT40s, two of the 1966 Le Mans winners, 1967 Ford MK IV GTs to the Ford GTs of the mid-2000s and the 2017 - 2022 era Ford GTs are on display at the Shelby American Collection.
Chris Amon, 1966 Le Mans Winner in Ford’s GT40, Passes Away at 73 Famed co-driver with Bruce McLaren, Amon’s #2 GT40 Mark II made history crossing the finish line
