Ken Miles betrayed? The story of how Ford lost their soul скачать в хорошем качестве

Ken Miles betrayed? The story of how Ford lost their soul

Ken Miles and Ford's 1966 Le Mans betrayal remains one of motorsport's darkest scandals, a calculated conspiracy that robbed the legendary British driver of the triple crown he'd earned through sheer brilliance and sacrifice. This explosive story reveals how corporate greed destroyed a driver's dream just hours before he could make history as the first person to win Daytona, Sebring, and Le Mans in a single season. The betrayal began with Henry Ford II's humiliation at the hands of Enzo Ferrari in 1963. After Ferrari backed out of a sale agreement and allegedly called Ford a "fat tractor salesman" who built washing machines instead of race cars, Ford declared war. They poured millions into developing the GT40 and hired Carroll Shelby to transform it into a Le Mans winner. The missing piece was Ken Miles, a brilliant engineer-driver who rebuilt the GT40 from a beautiful failure into an endurance racing destroyer. Today, Ken Miles is remembered as a martyr, a genius who deserved better. While the official record lists McLaren and Amon as the 1966 Le Mans winners, racing fans know the truth: Ken Miles won that race. He earned it through 20 hours of perfect driving, flawless strategy, and absolute dominance. Ford stole it from him not because they were evil, but because they were corporate, valuing branding over humanity and image over integrity. The betrayal reveals Ford's true priorities in 1966. They didn't just want to beat Ferrari; they wanted to win in a specific way for a specific audience with a specific photograph. In that calculation, Ken Miles became expendable. The driver who made victory possible was sacrificed for shareholders and marketing executives sitting 4,000 miles away in Dearborn, Michigan. This scandal tainted Ford's greatest motorsport triumph. Yes, they beat Ferrari at Le Mans, but they lost their soul, the respect of the racing community, and the loyalty of drivers who bled for them. Sixty years later, people are still angry about what happened to Ken Miles because some betrayals never heal. They just become legend, a permanent reminder that even in victory, integrity matters more than image.