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The United States is heavily competitive in the World Sports Car Championship due to the innovative Corvette Stingray, Shelby Cobra, and Ford GT40. The GT40 would prove to be a major success in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, winning it four consecutive times. [1] Racing legend Jim Hall establishes Chaparral Cars, a highly innovative team in the Can ...
The Ford Fairlane, Ford Falcon, and Ford Galaxie were stylistically modified in line with the performance image in the 1960s, given squared-off and more aggressive looks. . The Ford Mustang, designed to look sporty in stock form, was given performance potential with the creation of in-house Ford designs such as the Boss 302 Mustang, Boss 429, as well as the Shelby Mustan
The mainstream full-sized Ford line of cars from 1960 to 1964 was now complemented by a variety of other Fords, including the Thunderbird and compact Falcon, and from 1962 the midsized Fairlane. So the mainline car grew even more, now riding on a 119 in (3023 mm) wheelbase.
The Ford GT40 is a high-performance mid-engined racing car originally designed and built for and by the Ford Motor Company to compete in 1960s European endurance racing. Its specific impetus was to best Scuderia Ferrari, which had won the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans race for six years running from 1960 to 1965. Around 100 cars have been ...
The following is an overview of the events of 1960 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Ford Fairlane 500 Thunderbolt rear view Modified, street-driven, 1964 Fairlane Thunderbolt. Based on the standard two door post sedan Fairlane and named for a factory experimental Fairlane of 1963, the Thunderbolt combined the light weight of Ford's intermediate-sized body introduced in 1962 with a "high rise" 427 cu in (7.0 L) V8 engine with dual 4-barrel Holley carburetors intended for use ...
The company currently operates out of Charlotte, North Carolina, but is no longer a race team. Holman-Moody continues to manufacture racing vehicles using vintage parts and methods, along with special editions of modern Ford sports cars. [1] The race team built virtually all of the factory Ford racing vehicles of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. [2]
The 1960 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the tenth season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began April 3, 1960, and ended November 13, 1960, after seventeen races.