Onboard video of a Ford GT40 making some laps around the Spa Francorchamps ahead of the 6 hour endurance race....
Some highlights from the infamous 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans that marked the first time Ford won the prestigious...
As a tribute to Alan Mann Racing’s 1966 Ford GT lightweight experimental prototypes, Ford is introducing the Ford GT Alan Mann Heritage Edition. The limited-edition vehicle celebrates the role the prototypes played in the history of the development of the Ford GT. “Whether it’s going like hell at the racetrack...
A new Historic Racing Festival to celebrate Snetterton’s rich motorsport heritage has been launched by Motor Racing Legends. The ‘Snetterton...
As a tribute to the Ford GT supercar, the prototype vehicle that gave life to the program more than a...
Everrati, a leading technology company specializing in the integration of advanced electric vehicle powertrains, and Superformance, the leading manufacturer of 1960s-era continuation component sports cars, have formed a strategic partnership – with the first new model being an electrified version of the legendary GT40. Everrati was founded to re-engineer iconic...
Motor Racing Legends has announced the launch of a brand-new, historic one-make race series for the Ford GT40, with two...
Artist Fernando Hoyos visually examines the design evolution and family lineage of the famed Ford GT40 in this illustration, starting...
Developed first as a show car to celebrate the Ford Centennial, the Ford GT40 concept car came as a big surprise when it hit the 2003 Detroit Auto Show. Journalists salivated, enthusiasts beamed, and inside Ford, the bean counters quietly went to work to determine the impossible; make it a...
On April 24-25, the fourth annual Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance, the premier concours event in the City of Brotherly Love, will...
Lloyd Ruby hailed from Wichita Falls, Texas, up in the north central part of the state, not far from the...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations set forth by the FIA (Federation International Automobile) in the International Championship of Makes from 1964-1971, and the World Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. The regulations changed somewhat as the...
Mecum Auctions has announced that it will be selling the 1965 Ford GT Competition Prototype Roadster GT/109, the only open-cockpit...
Fair disclosure—I’ve wanted to write about this car for years. The Ford GT appeared, in 2005, as a production offering...
RM Sotheby’s has announced that a 1966 Ford GT40, chassis number P/1016, one of three GT40s that propelled Ford to its first-ever 24 Hours of Le Mans victory, is the latest star entry for the company’s forthcoming flagship auction in Monterey, California (August 24-25, 2018). As part of the trio of...
Shelby Legendary Cars, the official licensed builder of authentic 1960s Shelby continuation Cobras, Daytona Coupes and GT40s, has moved to...
1969 Mirage M2-BRM The Mirage profiled here is no optical illusion, although it is certainly as beautiful as some optical...
2017 Holiday Gift Guide Leather Tool Bag The GARNY leather tool bag was influenced by the traditional 1930s design. Handmade from U.S.-sourced vegetable-dyed leather. The dark brown is harness leather, will turn to a slightly lighter, reddish brown color. Leather thickness is 8-10 oz., 3.2mm-4mm. The side panels are saddle...
One week after the 1966 12 Hours of Sebring, the racing world experienced another tragic weekend, this time in France,...
The 16th annual Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance, one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing automotive and motorsports enthusiast event weeks, will this year pay tribute to the grit, gruel and glamour of endurance racing. Now in its ninth year, the Festival’s “Life” exhibits honor automotive culture and...
Fifty years after its first victory, to the day, Ford returned to Le Mans and won again, this time in...
Drawing from two hemispheres, four continents and numerous states up, down, between and beyond America’s two coasts, Lime Rock Park’s Historic Festival 35, presented by the Prestige Family of Fine Cars, has drawn nearly 275 authentic vintage racecar entries for its 36 races on Saturday, September 2 and Labor Day...
The news has emerged that Roy Lunn, known to many as the Godfather of the GT40, passed away on August...
A 1971 Lamborghini Miura SV, a 1966 Ford GT40 and a 1935 Frazer Nash took top honors at the second annual Heveningham Hall Concours d’Elegance July 9 during the County Fair at the 5,000-acre 18th Century county estate in Suffolk. The Concours hosted of 50 cars from 1903 to 2017,...
1966 Lola T70 SL71/48 Proper warming up of components and attention paid to maintaining balance with the handling were the...
The Donington Historic Festival April 28-30 is the first outside event of the 2017 motor racing season attended by VR‘s...
1967 Shelby King Cobra Can-Am If you were Carroll Shelby, 1966 was a pretty good year. Coming off his Cobras winning the 1965 FIA GT championship, Shelby took over command of Ford’s struggling GT40 program and in 1966 finally handed Henry Ford II the 24 Hours of Le Mans victory...
