Ford Shelby Ken Miles

Kenneth henry miles 1 november 1918 17 august 1966 was a british sports car racing engineer and driver best known for his motorsport career in the us and with american teams on the international scene.

Ford shelby ken miles. At mecum s latest auction held in indianapolis this past weekend this. One of the key and iconic figures to that program was legendary racer ken miles portrayed in the film by christian bale. Ken miles stepping into dolphin mk 2 march 1961. Miles eventually had no choice but to turn his focus to the lone remaining top level racing project at shelby american leading to ford s factory backed wins in 1966 and 1967 the latter of which.

The prototype 1965 ford mustang shelby gt350r famed for being raced by ken miles sold friday at mecum s 33rd original spring classic in indianapolis for 3 85 million making it the highest. The flick follows the true story of the time ford almost bought ferrari. Ken miles was a race car driver hired by shelby as a test driver ken miles at 12 hours of sebring sebring international raceway 27 march 1965. The actual prototype 1965 ford mustang shelby gt350r that the real ken.

That record didn t last long this 1965 ford shelby mustang gt350 competition or gt350r just sped past the dollar amount. How ken miles helped ford beat ferrari before dying tragically behind the wheel from motorcycle races and commanding wwii tanks to leading ford to victory over ferrari at 24 hours of le mans in 1966 ken miles lived and died in the fast lane. And tragically ken miles did die shortly after le mans 66 while testing ford s experimental j car at the riverside raceway on aug. He is an inductee to the motorsports hall of fame of america.

Matt damon and christian bale s new movie ford v ferrari has piqued people s interest in ken miles death.