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Kenneth Henry Jarvis Miles (1 November 1918 – 17 August 1966) was an English sports car racing engineer and driver best known for his motorsport career in the U.S. and with American teams on the international scene. He is an inductee to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.
Mar 20, 2024 · In Ford v Ferrari, rather than ejecting Ken Miles after an unexplained fault, his Ford test car crashes after experiencing brake failure. He is killed in the ensuing fire, resulting in the Ken Miles death scene.
Apr 13, 2022 · After leading Ford to victory over Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June 1966, Ken Miles died just two months later while testing race cars in Riverside, California.
Miles died having given Ford and Shelby everything he had, but his life was taken away by the GT40. Find out about legendary Le Mans driver, Ken Miles, his career in the World Sportscar Championship incl. races, teams and much more.
Nov 15, 2019 · Ken Miles (Christian Bale), the other half of Ford v Ferrari’s motorsport bromance, was an English race car driver who became the winning man for an American automobile giant.
Jun 21, 2023 · Ken Miles – unseen buttress to the Carroll Shelby operation, and most famous for not winning Le Mans.
Nov 14, 2019 · Miles in a Ford GT40 at Riverside in 1965. His last season, of course, was the season of his greatness with victories at the Daytona 24-hr, the Sebring 12-hr and except-for-a-fluke, the Le Mans...
Ken Miles survived World War II at the controls of a British Army tank only to perish behind the wheel of a prototype race car, but not before winning the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring and many other sports car races in a variety of machines.
Ken Miles (here with Bruce McLaren) was an English sports car racing driver and engineer, best known for his motorsport career in the US and his crucial role in Ford victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Jun 6, 2023 · Ken Miles, left, talks with Carroll Shelby during the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966. Miles, in the eyes of many, had a win stolen from him that year. The winning assault of the...
