It wasn’t an auction record, but it was an eye-popping price. A 1969 Ford GT40 Lightweight racing car was sold at the Mecum Auctions Monterey event for $7,865,000, making it one of the most ...

The famous automotive designer we discussed earlier was Carroll Shelby, and the car was none other than the Ford GT40. The story of this car's development is an incredible tale, involving co-operation ...

Though it might be the least-remembered Shelby Race car, the Monaco King Cobra was one of the most succesful that the Texan ...

Few race cars command such respect as the Ford GT40. It was hard-won, with the vehicle becoming the first American-made car to win the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans, and then not just once, but four ...

The true story is about Ford's effort to build a car to defeat Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans race. The Ford GT40 enjoyed success, winning Le Mans in consecutive years in the late 1960s.

"Ford vs. Ferrari" recounted the 1960s Le Mans races won by the Ford GT40 race car which was developed specifically to spite the Italian automaker after Ford couldn't buy the company.

Ford also brought in its NASCAR racing team Holman & Moody for extra manpower, and with a much bigger and better-prepared team, headed back to La Sarthe for the 1966 running of Le Mans.

Throw in a provenance that includes multiple racing wins, work in one of the most beloved films in automotive history along with an iconic livery and you’ve got the 1968 Ford GT40 Gulf/Mirage ...

An all-out, cost-is-no-object race car, the original Ford GT40 seared a permanent place in the world’s collective gearhead psyche with an epic one-two-three finish at Le Mans in 1966.

Four owners over the years included one ex-Ferrari works driver who drove the MkI GT40 race car at the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans. Over the nearly 58 years of its life, these owners combined to put ...

The idea behind this series of articles was to document the build of a streetable yet extremely competitive open track GT40 from Race Car Replicas (RCR).