Ford GT40 Mark II Driven by Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon at the 24 Heures du Mans (24 Hours of Le Mans) Race, June 1966
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Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon won the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans in the #2 Ford GT40 Mark II. Ford swept the podium that year with first, second, and third places. The company attempted a dramatic three-way tie but, because McLaren and Amon started farther back in the grid, they technically covered more distance in the French endurance race.
Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon won the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans in the #2 Ford GT40 Mark II. Ford swept the podium that year with first, second, and third places. The company attempted a dramatic three-way tie but, because McLaren and Amon started farther back in the grid, they technically covered more distance in the French endurance race.
Artifact
Slide (Photograph)
Date Made
18 June 1966 - 19 June 1966
Subject Date
18 June 1966 - 19 June 1966
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.1200
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 2.0 in
Width: 2.0 in
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