Ferrari Car Le Mans 1966 Best Supercar For Drifting

Theres an argument to be made that the 166 mm is the most important car in ferraris racing history.

Ferrari f1 shell dodge viper generations. He also resurrected his racing marque scuderia ferrari to differentiate road cars to the racing spec cars. Previously unseen amateur footage of the 1966 24 hours of le mans with reflections by ford icons who were there that day. Check out our first hand account of the legendary 1966 24 hours of le mans.

How ford beat ferrari at the 1966 24 hours of le mans. After a full podium sweep by the blue oval at the 24 hours of le mans in 1966 enzos directive to chief engineer mauro forghiere was blunt. The great depression saw bentley sold to rolls royce in 1931 but the bentley boys legacy is forever etched in le mans folklore.

More a beginners guide to le mans. Buy the replica gt40 hero car actually used in the ford v ferrari movie. Karges executive director at the petersen museum.

In order to continue racing enzo ferrari needed to sell road cars to fund his passion so he kept going. Trying to outdo the other in having the best prepared car. The story of fords triumph over ferrari at the 1966 24 hours of le mans will be told for generations said terry l.

Cameras to snare london supercar drivers. Faced with competition from the mighty gt40 mark ii reliability plagued not only the 365 p2. Racing is in the bloodline.

The release of the movie ford v ferrari next week has lots of people googling the famous 1966 le mans race where ford finished 1 2 3 boxing out ferrari. For the 1966 season ferrari used both a hot rodded 30 liter 275 engine fitted with 4 cam but 2 valve heads and lucas fuel injection with a claimed 360 hp and at four races a 24 liter v6 for drivers john. Unfortunately the champagne soon ran dry.

These were used to support the newer 330 p3 for the outright victory at the 1966 24 hours of le mans. Under the ferrari badge their first production car was the 1947 125 s powered by a 15 l v12 engine. 1966 ferrari 365 p2 spyder in 1966 ferrari upgraded their 365 p2 cars with body modifications by drogo.

Win built in 1967 the 330 p4 featured a 450.