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Le Mans 66 Driving Experience

Le Mans 66 Driving Experience

Le Mans 66 Driving Experience


Drive a GT40 and get into the 'Le Mans 66' endurance motor racing spirit! This wonderful car is a faithful replica of the Ford GT40s that won the Le Mans 24 hour race in 1966 1967 1968 and 1969 - and this is your chance to drive it. The story of this formidable car is told in the hit 2019 film 'Le Mans 66' starring Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby and Christian Bale as Ken Miles. The plot is based on motoring folklore. Henry Ford II was negotiating to buy Ferrari in the early 1960s. Enzo Ferrari wanted to be head of the motorsport division of the newly merged company but Ford refused. Before you know it Enzo had gone with Fiat. The deal was off and Ford promised to take Ferrari on at their own game by producing a race-winning long distance car with Shelby as the designer and Miles as the driver. That car was the Ford GT40. The GT bit is for Grand Touring whilst the 40 bit is a reference to the 40-inch height of the car - the very lower limit of the racing rules. The car snatched the L...
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