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Ken miles already had a well respected career in the auto racing world but leading ford to defeat ferrari at the 24 hours of le mans in 1966 made him a star.

Ferrari cars edinburgh future ferrari supercar. Directed by james mangold. Peter miles is still actually around. The 427 gt40x 1965 dearborn when the remaining cars arrived at shelbys workshop in los angeles in december ken miles shelbys developmental driver got to work on them.

Revenge it seems still pays. The new ford v ferrari. Ferrari miles son peter who idolizes his dad is there on august 16 1966 at the riverside raceway along with carroll shelby to work on the experimental ford j car that is being developed so.

The 2020 ford gt begins at 0000 while the track only ford gt mk. Ford v ferrari titled le mans 66 in some european territories is a 2019 american sports drama film directed by james mangold and written by jez butterworth john henry butterworth and jason kellerthe film stars matt damon and christian bale with jon bernthal caitriona balfe tracy letts josh lucas noah jupe remo girone and ray mckinnon in supporting roles. Although that glory was short lived for miles who died behind the wheel soon after he is still considered one of racings great american heroes with his feat inspiring the recent film ford v ferrari.

American car designer carroll shelby and driver ken miles battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car for ford in order to defeat ferrari at the 24 hours of le mans in 1966. In fact he attended the premiere of ford vs. Ii sells for 12 million the first car from a ford factory to cost more than million.

I guess peter. The actor didnt actually do any of the driving in the film. The ford v ferrari battle at the le mans 24 hours race of 1966 was a personal feud between henry ford ii and enzo ferrari that played out on endurance racings grandest stage the story dramatic enough to warrant a hollywood telling of the story that took ford to the top step at la sarthe.

The information from peter miles helped christian bale to become ken miles in ford v ferrari in all but one regard. Peter miles also consulted with bale on the film at least in a limited capacity as he told lemans. With matt damon christian bale jon bernthal caitriona balfe.

Ken miles crew chief in 1966 and peter miles kens son.