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PRESTON LERNER, contributeur régulier du magazine Automobile, a écrit sur le sport automobile dans toute la
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presse, de Sports Illustrated au New York Times. Il a écrit
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en partenariat avec Matt Stone Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman et History’s Greatest Automotive Mysteries, Myths and Rumors Revealed.
À la conquête du Mans
DAVE FRIEDMAN était le photographe officiel de Shelby American dans les années 1960 et a suivi l’équipe en course tout autour de la planète. C’est un photographe de sports automobiles de longue date, il est l’auteur de plusieurs livres sur
à Newport Beach en Californie.
Every automaker that's gone big-time sports car racing in the modern era has followed the corporate template established by Ford Motor Company
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a half-century ago. In 1963, after Enzo Ferrari spurned his attempt to buy Ferrari, an indignant
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Henry Ford II launched a cost-no-object campaign to humble his rival and win Le Mans. And win
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Le Mans he did, sweeping the podium in 1966 and winning again the next year. Privately owned Fords also triumphed in 1968 and 1969. To this day, the big, bad V-8-powered Ford GTs are renowned
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d’autres ouvrages comme photographe. Il vit
as some of the most technologically advanced and successful prototypes in motorsports history. Ford GT details the complete history of Ford’s groundbreaking Le Mans assault.
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À la conquête du Mans
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FORD In 1963, Enzo Ferrari let it be known that he might be willing to sell his firm. Ford Motor Company, looking to upgrade its image, sent emissaries to Italy to arrange a corporate marriage between the two automakers. But after laborious negotiations, Ferrari got cold feet, and Ford was left standing at the altar. Henry Ford II took the rebuff as a personal insult. “If that’s the way he wants it, we’ll go out and whip his ass,” he growled. Thus began the biggest and most expensive assault on Le Mans the sport had ever seen. Because support for the program came from the top of the corporate totem pole, Ford lavished unprecedented resources on the groundbreaking Ford GT. Only the best would do—the best drivers, the best designers, the best engineers, the best team managers. The cast of characters included legends such as Carroll Shelby, Dan Gurney, Phil Remington, Ken Miles, John Wyer, A. J. Foyt, John Holman, Bruce McLaren, Eric Broadley, and Phil Hill. Ford GTs finished 1-2-3 at Le Mans in 1966 and followed that win with an even more dominant victory the next year. Ford GT40s also won Le Mans in 1968 and 1969. By the time Henry Ford II retired from sports car racing, he had indeed whipped Ferrari's ass. Ford GT40 célèbre le cinquantième anniversaire de cette emblématique victoire de Ford, fournissant l’historique détaillé des événements qui menèrent à cette victoire, ainsi qu’à celle qui suivit en 1967. Les deux dernières saisons de la GT40 en compétition, en 1968 et 1969, sont également traitées pour donner une vue d’ensemble de cette remarquable épopée. L’auteur, Preston Lerner, raconte les hauts et les bas du programme compétition de Ford, illustré par les images d’époque du photographe de Shelby American, Dave Friedman. Revivez l’une des plus