Driving The Ford GTs That Won Le Mans 50 Years Apart Unites Digital and Analog
On an unseasonably toasty afternoon earlier this fall, the pit lane at Virginia International Raceway was suddenly shaken by the unmistakable crackling idle of a Ford big-block V-8. Every head snapped toward the cacophony, which was thundering from a black 1966 Ford GT40 Mark II splashed with a large “2” on both doors. As soon as the car came to rest, the mechanics, engineers, and Ford employees, who had assembled at VIR for their own event meant to showcase the much newer Ford GT LM race car, swarmed toward the 53-year-old relic. All the planned activities for the day came to a full stop.
