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Miles was born on 1 November 1918 in Sutton Coldfield, then in Warwickshire, now in the city of Birmingham. [1] He was the son of Eric Miles and Clarice Jarvis. [2] After a failed attempt to run away to the United States, [3] Miles left school at the age of 15 to work as an apprentice at Wolseley Motors, [2] who sent him to a technical school to broaden his knowledge of vehicle construction. [3]
Carroll Hall Shelby (January 11, 1923 – May 10, 2012) was an American automotive designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur.. Best known as a designer for his involvement with the AC Cobra and Mustang for Ford Motor Company, he also developed the Ford GT40 with racing legend Ken Miles, the car that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969.
This essentially paved the way forward for Ford to dominate yet again, with both Shelby GT40's leading 1–2. Gurney and Grant were still leading- and on the last lap, while Gurney was driving, the car's engine failed. People at the pits were expecting Gurney to take victory—but Ken Miles crossed the finish line first in the GT40 X-1.
Directed by James Mangold, starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale in the roles of Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles, respectively. The film was released on 15 November 2019. At the 92nd Academy Awards, the film received four nominations, including Best Picture and Best Sound Mixing, and won for Best Sound Editing and Best Film Editing.
Shelby-American Inc. Ken Miles Bob Holbert Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe: Ford 4.7L V8 did not arrive DNA P 5.0 7 E. Hugus (private entrant) Ed Hugus Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe: Ford 4.7L V8 did not arrive DNA P 3.0 26 Owen Racing Organisation: Graham Hill Richie Ginther: Rover-BRM: Rover Turbine: withdrawn DNA P 2.5 28 Automobili Turismo e Sport ...
At 13:15 Behra pitted and handed his 450S over to Fangio. During his spell, Behra had broken the lap record several times, and at this point, had a fairly large lead over teammate Moss. The Ferraris of Collins and Portago were third and fourth with Carroll Shelby now in fifth in a Maserati. [citation needed]
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The second major event at the track, in November 1957, was a sports car race featuring some of the top drivers of the day, including Carroll Shelby, Masten Gregory and Ken Miles. Another driver entered was an inexperienced local youngster named Dan Gurney , who had been offered the opportunity to drive a powerful but ill-handling 4.9-liter ...