'When he pulled in he just sat in that car, looking like death warmed over,' said his longtime friend Bill Neale to Vanity Fair. 'Though born from drastically different circumstances, Ford and Ferrari shared similar personalities. He spent $10 million on hiring a team of engineering experts who scrambled to design a car that could properly compete with what Enzo Ferrari had spent years finessing. Instead, he spent seven years in the British Army, where he commanded a tank recovery unit out in the field.

Baime, author of Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans to Popular Mechanics. The Le Mans course is 8.5 miles and whatever team does the most laps in a 24-hour time period wins.
Ferrari was the reigning champion having won the last five consecutive years, but Ford finally defeated his rival after investing $10m ($72m in today's money) on a race teamAll that changed after the outbreak of the Second World War put the brakes on his car career.

He died two months after this photo was taken while testing a Ford prototype in Riverside, CABy the early 1960s, his exploits had grabbed the attentions of Carroll Shelby (played in the movie by Matt Damon), who recruited him to assist with the development of the AC Cobra - and later, In 1966, Miles won the inaugural Daytona 24 Hours and also the Sebring 12 Hours, sharing a Shelby GT40 MkII with Lloyd Ruby in both cases.And in June, he and Denny Hulme looked set to win Le Mans for Shelby and Ford. Enzo Ferrari during testing in Modena, Italy in 1964. 'The GT40s didn't fare much better in 1965 either.

By 1963, a $10 million (approximately $78 million in today's money) deal was on the table, but in the eleventh hour, Ferrari balked at the clause that would cede control of his beloved race team to the American company which left Ford returning to Detroit empty handed and humiliated.Thus, the greatest rivalry in the history of car racing was born; Henry Ford II gave his point-man, Donald Frey his marching orders: 'You go to Le Mans and beat his a**. The drivers trade off throughout the day, often amounting to 12 hours or more behind the wheel; whatever team does the most laps at the end of 24 hours wins the raceEnzo Ferrari (right) stands next to filmmaker John Frankenheimer in 1966. 1 car was stopped and officials waved the Amon/McLaren car ahead – as the P.A. This pursuit was a point of pride for the Italian car genius that also left him strapped for cash. He immediately resumed his passion for racing - forging a reputation as both driver and engineer while competing in Sports Car Club of America events during the 1950s, mostly at the wheel of an MG but also Porsches and Ferraris. Leading by a nose is Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon on the left with the Ken Miles and Denis Hulme in the silver car on the rightEnzo Ferrari poses in his factory in Maranello, Italy in 1966. 'Once the brake problem was solved, Ford engineers left nothing to chance. Ford had a domineering personality, that would stop at nothing to get what he wanted. Leo Beebe came up to me and said ‘ Who do you think should win the race?’ Leo Beebe, head of public relations for Ford wanted to stage the perfect photo opportunity that showed all three Ford cars crossing the finish line in a dead heat. Reducing the speed of a 3,000 pound car going 200 mph every few minutes over a prolonged period of time was by an engineering conundrum.
He would have been the only man in history to win Daytona, Sebring and Le Mans.

Besides being an excellent race car driver, he was also a spectacular test driver.'

He was almost 15 when his father was killed, in August 1966, at the age of 47,  while test Ford's 'J car'Henry Ford II (also known as 'the deuce') was the CEO of Ford Motor Company, the automobile empire that was founded by his grandfather Henry Ford I in 1903The year was 1966 and competition between Ford and Ferrari had reached fever pitch. Reducing the speed of a 3,000 pound car going 200 mph every few minutes over a prolonged period of time was by an engineering conundrum.


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