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This article is about the race. For the 2019 film released internationally as Le Mans '66, see Ford v Ferrari.
1966 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 34th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 18 and 19 June 1966.[1][2] It was also the seventh round of the 1966 World Sportscar Championship season. This was the first overall win at Le Mans for the Ford GT40 as well as the first win for an American constructor in a major European race since Jimmy Murphy's triumph with Duesenberg at the 1921 French Grand Prix.[3] It was also the debut Le Mans start for two significant drivers: Henri Pescarolo, who went on to set the record for the most starts at Le Mans; and Jacky Ickx, whose record of six Le Mans victories stood until beaten by Tom Kristensen in 2005.
Le Mans in 1967
^Motor Sport, July 1966, Pages 596-597.
^"1966 24 Hours of Le Mans Entry list" – via Sportscars.tv.
^"The ACO statistics of winners" (PDF).
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