Empty-handed on his return to Detroit, Ford’s point man, Don Frey, was told by Henry Ford II to ‘go to Le Mans, and beat his ass.’ Or so the legend goes. The result was the GT40, a car that ...

A shot of the No. 2 Ford GT40 Mk II piloted by Chris Amon and Bruce McLaren during the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. The No. 2 GT40 ended up winning the race, the first win in a four-year win streak ...

He piloted the Ford GT40 that he and Carroll Shelby engineered to second place in the 1966 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race. That's an incredible feat by itself as the race is ...