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@IsaacRM92 - A nice detail that was absolutely totally fiction! It never frickin happened! Enzo didn't attend races his cars were entered in outside of Italy and relied on his crew to keep him advised as to the status of his cars. You really need to understand the MAJOR difference between a movie, and a documentary, because your comments clearly show that you don't!
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@Craig Warner - No, Ford did not know the consequences of a staged 3 car simultaneous finish - it had never been done or even attempted before. If you still insist on hating something for it, you should direct your anger at the ACO - the governing body responsible for, among other things, the rules. Ford had enough sense to ask them if this type of finish would be OK and the ACO replied, yes! It was only at the very end of the race that they took a closer look at their rules and then declared it was not possible. There can be only one winner, and they sure as hell should have known that! Unfortunately this was not made clear in the movie.
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@05Rudey - As an American, I have to say that I was very surprised to hear that there is next to nothing in Sutton Coldfield commemorating Ken Mile's achievements in motor racing. He was, however, inducted into The Motorsports Hall of Fame here in America! He has received much more recognition for his talents here in the U.S. than his native country, England! That is shameful in my book!
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@Redwan Kabir - Actually, the GT40 didn't have a "Shelby" engine as you say, but rather a NASCAR engine that was slightly de tuned and reworked for endurance racing by the other major contributor to the car's success - Holman-Moody.
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@McLarenMercedes What are you trying to say? "That year" was 1966, and Dan Gurney DID NOT win that year. His win was the following year.
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@viniciusferrari2653 - He never was a bad guy? Really? After hearing that one of his drivers had crashed during a race, Enzo first asked what condition the car was in - no thought at all for the well being of the driver! When Brian Redman was trying out for the Ferrari team, Enzo lied to him by telling him his time was slower than it actually was, in order to get him to push harder. Redman discovered this and said "If I drive for Ferrari, I'll be dead in a year." Sir John Surtees and Phil Hill, both top class drivers, got fed up with Enzo's B.S. and left the Ferrari team. Carroll Shelby was not a person who spoke outwardly negative about anyone. The worst thing I have read that Shelby said about Enzo was he didn't like the way he treated his drivers. Enzo saw Shelby's many victories in U.S road racing and his win at Le Mans in 1959 and asked him twice to drive for Ferrari - Shelby declined. Enzo's ongoing affair with his mistress resulted in his illegitimate son, a fact everyone is aware of. I don't know how you would define a "bad guy", but he sure as hell wasn't any saint! 😉
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Orcawhale - The general consensus is that Ferrari never intended to sell to Ford, but instead used them to get the Italian government or another Italian manufacturer to buy them, and that's just what happened when Fiat purchased them in 1969.
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@wolololer - Uhhhhhh, the word you meant to say is scapegoat, not escape goat.
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@JERRY P - You do that - stick to Chevys, the company that screwed the American taxpayers out of $9 billion in devalued stock when we bailed their sorry asses out of bankruptcy! You Bow-Tie lovers will never see GM ever accomplish what Ford did. You also will never see GM for what they are today! Nothing at all like the old GM was.
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@JasonsDeathCurse - You are absolutely correct......all the money in the world will not enable a company that has no experience in the very unique arena of endurance racing, to make a winning car overnight! I've seen, and evidently you have too, way too many guys thinking you can buy your way to victory, and that is absolutely not true!
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@mr8883 - Miles and his wife had one son - Peter Miles, who helped Christian Bale in the production of Ford vs Ferrari. He is now 71 years old. He never felt that there was anything "fishy" about his Father's death. Why do you?
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@mr.gaming6277 - Screw the many untrue scenes in the movie. Fact: Carroll Shelby said he felt Henry Ford ll never got the credit he well deserved after risking not just a ton of Ford money, but the very reputation, world wide of the company. Shelby went on to say he was always treated with respect from the Deuce and he knew a hell of a lot more about how Ford should operate than anyone ever gave him credit for. "I have a great deal of admiration for him." That's the difference between the man depicted in a movie and the man in real life! You would do well to read the factual information on HF ll rather than form an opinion of him through a movie with many errors and outright false depictions of him.
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@El34 Glow - No, it is not true - pure Hollywood extra hype is all that it is! Just like Shelby locking Beebe in the office and Shelby taking the joy ride with the Deuce - never happened. Read a few of the many factual books written on the subject and you'll see the light! A good place to start is A.J. Baime's book - Go Like Hell.
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@rumblefish9 There is no "official" triple crown, but there is more than one in motor racing, and there is one in horse racing - the oldest triple crown of any kind!
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@Ryan 9638 Anyone with a real interest in '66 Le Mans knows exactly what Ken Miles accomplished. Many young folk who never heard of him before this movie are the ones who didn't know!
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@mr8883 Spoken like an experienced high speed, technical minded test driver! Give me a break! You are nothing more than just another conspiracy theorist who has nothing better to do than stir things up by claiming unsupported, untruths about situations you feel you can attack. I'll bet you don't think man landed on the moon and George Bush brought down the World Trade Center. Get a better life, Dude!
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@barathmahendiravarman1679 Ya, Europeans respect everyone. They respected everyone so much that they started both World Wars to show their respect! Get a life, Dilbert!
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@Dohc SMR - Thanks, but I already knew that! Actually, it had aluminum heads but a cast iron block.
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@ahmadfaizul1343 Why do you say Ford didn't appreciate him? He was paid more money by Ford than he had ever made! Forget the contrived movie on Ford vs Ferrari and try reading factual information on this important time in endurance racing history.
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He actually was a well respected individual! It's too bad the producers chose to portray him like that.
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Sprii Actually, Mussolini was the one person who had authority over Enzo! When Tazio Nuvolari wanted to get back with Ferrari again, Benito intervened and convinced Enzo that it would probably be a good idea for him to take Nuvolari back, which he did.
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@antonioferreirakaspers6417 Wow! Talk about distorted and downright untrue statements. First of all, McLaren was no more than another test driver hired to assist Miles in evaluating the GT 40 - he did no design work on this car whatsoever, but supplied feedback to Shelby American on the car's behavior at speed. I don't know who you feel "hated" Miles, but that is total B.S. too! Then you say "the driver with the better car is always the winner." That statement alone tells me you DON"T know motor racing as you would try to have others believe. A perfect example was Tazio Nuvolari winning the 1935 German GP in a very outdated, underpowered Alfa Romeo, soundly defeating the much more powerful and far superior machines of the Reich! Great drivers, sometimes with inferior cars, have won more races than you know! Finally, you try to get us to believe Ford "used" Miles? They paid him more money to drive than he had ever seen before, and he certainly needed money with the IRS bearing down on him for not paying taxes. If you're going to tell the story, you really need to extract the many personal feelings you have shown and try reading factual information.
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@antonioferreirakaspers6417 Oh, but I have, Dude! I've read more factual information and seen more historical documentaries than you will ever know! Suggest you try another approach to bullshitting me about facts vs hearsay!
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Christian Bale was anything but under rated in the movie. Virtually all the comments I've read agreed he did an outstanding job as Ken Miles. Miles' own son, Peter, spent a good deal of time on the set coaching Bale on his father's style.
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@Orcawhale1 - It is generally accepted by many that old Enzo never had any real intention of selling to Ford, but rather used that approach to convince either the Italian government, or more likely, Fiat, to purchase them and get the valuable money he needed to continue his ever increasingly expensive racing programs. Do you really believe a proud, small Italian company would sell out to a massive American company that really had nothing in common with it? Enzo was looking for more funds to use in his racing programs, which by then were bleeding him dry! Also, while Enzo likely used different words to slam Ford, he did do just that, and then got up and walked out to go to lunch, leaving the Ford reps sitting there. Talk about being disrespectful! Ford already had deals with Lotus and Colin Chapman. so they needed to have a hand in determining what races Ferrari could and couldn't compete in to avoid the obvious friction that would have resulted.
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@sschevmale24 That "dude" from GM designed the Cobra Daytona Coupe, not the Ford GT, and his name is Peter Brock.
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@diehardcat Building a race car to run in the 24hrs. of Le Mans is one thing with many companies trying, and many failing...........building one that is capable of winning is quite another!
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@fanisgelis9980 It isn't because they can't afford to make daily driver cars.....it's because they have no interest in doing so!
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@gregd6022 - Shelby wasn't, and never claimed to be an engine tuner. What made him a legend was he had a special skill for attracting the quality of people needed to get a job done. He also was the consummate salesman in selling his ideas to Ford. One source said Shelby could talk a pack of dogs off a meat truck!
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@davids8127 - Red Bull didn't make a winning car themselves, they purchased the cash strapped Minardi Racing team with all their experience in F1.
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@rumblefish9 Good job at contradicting yourself! There is no "official", as you say, triple crown. If that's the case, then the Official TC would not even involve cars - it would be the Kentucky Derby, The Preakness Stakes and The Belmont. That TC was around for many years before any auto TC. Bottom line is the 24 hrs of LeMans, the 24 hrs of Daytona and the 12 hrs of Sebring is one of 2 triple crowns - there is no official TC.
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@Micro My Blood - And your ignorance of the event shows even stronger now too. Take time out from distorted movies and try reading written documentation of the events - it will serve you much better!
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@ashok47098 Great advice that I too have suggested to these kids that think movies are like the gospel! A.J Baime's book, "Go Like Hell" is fantastic - have read it twice in recent years.
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@Flame Resistant Troll - You're 100% right! I'm a Senior and can't help but notice this disturbing trend with the younger set. When I was their age, you only had books to get information from. Now it seems they are just too lazy to do anything that sounds like research, or would rather relate their own, unfounded feelings about history or take whatever their friends say as gospel. It's a very scary happening!
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@ramal5708 Actually, Wyer didn't perfect the GT40, but was involved in its early development. He disagreed with Roy Lunn, Ford's Chief Design Engineer for the GT40 in some critical issues including which power plant to be used. The car was "perfected" by Shelby American, Kar Kraft and Holman-Moody and only then did it become a winner.
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And old Enzo was not at the race at all.
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@Hawaiian Punch - You're making the same mistake as others in believing the inaccuracies of the movie! Their relationship was nothing like portrayed in the movie - that's just some Hollywood creation to make it more interesting to the viewers.
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@Horny_Brahmin His respect in your eyes should go down since that scene never happened! He did not attend races outside of Italy.
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@lookoutforchris - You all are making this out to be like a Western gunfight - the good guys and the bad guys. The good guys and the bad guys are whomever you choose them to be, it's a personal perspective with no real validity to it. Very simple - If you are Italian or favor Italian cars, then Enzo was the "good guy." If you are American and looking for your first overall win at Le Mans, then Ford are the "good guys". Same thing goes for the "bad guys."
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@wolololer No problem, your computer program doesn't have spell check? I thought that was pretty standard now. I have an inexpensive desk top and it has spell check.
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@Marti A - You make it sound like Bruce was a designer or engineer that actually worked on this car. He wasn't. Outside of being hired to drive, for the obvious reason, he provided no more than input back to Shelby American while he test drove the car during its production.
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@Duke Craig - I have the same frustrations with those very people! They're the same ones who say "It must be true, it is on the Internet." People like that tend to follow their emotions in making statements rather than using some common sense and doing some research on them.
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@igotdiabeetus2288 - While I am an American, I also have read a good deal about racing over my 72 years. I was even lucky enough to go to Le Mans for the 2009 24hrs. Unlike most of the younger crowd today, particularly young Americans, I know that automobiles and therefore auto racing were started in Europe. America was a somewhat late arrival to scene. The producers of the film were quick to realize that many Americans that might enjoy the film would more quickly relate to Ford vs Ferrari than to Le Mans '66. To some Americans who aren't regular followers of racing, especially in Europe, the name Le Mans would be associated with the old Pontiac car model named the Le Mans. I credit the producers with intelligent marketing in order to draw more people into the theaters to see it.
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@antonioferreirakaspers6417 - Sorry Dude, but McLaren didn't design any part of the GT40 - he was used as a test driver to provide useful feedback from the driver's perspective, just like Miles and other test drivers. No one hated Miles at all - pure bull. Ford was understandably concerned with Mile's aggressive, non conformist style, and didn't want him to risk taking out other Ford team cars in the pursuit of a win. Other companies have dealt with the same issue before. Use your head man, if Ford had hated him as you say, do you think they would have kept him on their payroll testing their latest effort to produce another winner? You would do well to actually read the multitude of accurate information that has been written by several sources over the years, instead of relying on your own emotions for the facts.....doesn't work that way!
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@jjravl Wow! That has to be one of the best examples of a completely unqualified, hearsay pile of manure I have ever heard! "Ford was never a racing company." That is clearly a joke as Ford Motor Co was founded 2 weeks after Henry Ford and an assistant engineer won a race with "999", a racer that the two of them designed + built! It's a fact that Ford has been involved in many more varieties of racing, world wide, than any other American manufacturer. Ford didn't buy Shelby....Shelby went to them for engines after being turned down by General Motors. Ford didn't have any financial or other involvement with the movie at all! "They released another version of the......Ford GT (the F40 is a Ferrari, numb nuts). The newest Ford GT won Le Mans in the GTLM Class in 2017 and has achieved 19 victories, including a Class Championship, in the IMSA WeatherTech series alone. Stop your unsubstantiated crap slinging and stick to XBox toys, as you have no clue as to what you're blabbering about! Oh, we have all heard of Shelby and Miles, but that guy, what did you say his name was...... Webber? He's a complete mystery! By the way, what completely honest and forthright country are you from?
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@Hanover-ek4jy You're taking too much stock in the movie's depiction of him. Read a little about the real Leo Beebe and you'll likely have a very different image of him.
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If you are truly proud to be an American, then you should try reading the truth as to what transpired in that famous finish line fiasco. It was the governing body, The A.C.O. that screwed Miles - not Ford. While you can take issue with Ford's idea for the 3 car finish, they were smart enough to get approval from the ACO before proceeding with it. The ACO initially said "no problem". Unfortunately, they changed their mind at the end of the race, and that is what screwed Miles out of his deserved win. Put the blame where it belongs!
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@Talha Ilyas - Sorry, but you are wrong on both counts. Ken Miles did not build the car, but contributed to its success. Ford did win again, and with an American built car driven by American drivers, in 1967.
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@Talha Ilyas - Oh, but they did. The Ford GT also won in 1968 and 1969, though not with Ford Motor Co involvement. A 2016 Ford GT won, not overall, but in its class, exactly 50 years after their first win. Ford made its point in the 1960s with 4 wins and that was all they had hoped to accomplish. You need to remember that Ford is in the business of making affordable cars and other vehicles for the average citizen. They are not a company that concentrates on racing like Ferrari, Porsche, Aston Martin and other expensive performance vehicle manufacturers. No other American company has accomplished what they have at Le Mans. Ferrari has never won that race in the top class since Ford defeated them in 1966!
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@diehardcat - There was no "acquisition" of Ferrari by Ford, only an attempted one which failed. Ferrari sold to Fiat in 1969.
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