What is the famous line from Ford vs Ferrari?
Ken Miles: You’re gonna build a car to beat Ferrari with. Ford. For Ford to take on this small, independent manufacturer whose racing machines were built in a barn, it needed a budget of $25-million and quite a lot of trial and error to succeed.
Did Ken Miles really win Le Mans?
Additionally, McLaren’s #2 started in second position behind Miles’s car and had therefore covered 8 meters more distance during the race. Regardless of the reason, McLaren’s #2 was declared the winner with Miles denied the unique achievement of winning Sebring, Daytona, and Le Mans in the same year. Ultimately, due to a technicality, Ken Miles was given second place instead of first. The race officials ruled that since the car driven by Bruce McLaren/Chris Amon had started the race further back, their car therefore covered a greater distance in the same amount of time.Miles won the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1966, and he placed second at Le Mans. Miles died in a crash while testing Ford’s J-Car later that year. British-born Ken Miles was a gifted race car engineer and driver.