It was a historic night: the first victory for the Ford GT40, the Ford that beat Ferrari. It was the debut of the Shelby American Ford racing team. It was also the first time an American car had won a ...

Ford Motor Company On February 28, 1965, Ken Miles and Loyd Ruby teamed to race the No. 73 GT40 against the best in the world on Daytona International Speedway's road course, the event billed as ...

Undaunted by a lack of wins, Ford regrouped for 1965 with Carroll Shelby-already a veteran with his Cobras-taking over the GT40 MK II program. He delivered a win at Daytona with Ken Miles and ...