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Ken Miles
Ken Miles
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Henry Jarvis Miles
(1918-11-01)1 November 1918 Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England
Died
17 August 1966(1966-08-17) (aged 47) Riverside International Raceway, California, U.S.
Resting place
Hollywood Forever, Hollywood, California, U.S.
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Military service
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Branch/service
British Army
Years of service
1939–1946
Rank
Staff sergeant
Battles/wars
World War II
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. As an automotive engineer, he is known for developing the Ford GT40 along with driver and designer Carroll Shelby, which won at Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969. His and Shelby's efforts at Le Mans were dramatized in the 2019 Oscar-winning film Ford v Ferrari.
West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in 2020. (key) KenMiles was married to Mollie and had a son, Peter Miles (born September 28, 1950). He was also a close...
February 2010. "Crash kills ace driver KenMiles". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). UPI. 18 August 1966. p. 1C. "Miles dies in crash". Daytona Beach Morning...
designer, he is known for developing the Ford GT40 along with racing legend KenMiles, which won at Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969. As of 2024, it remains...
Christian Bale as KenMiles, British race car driver Jon Bernthal as Lee Iacocca, vice president of Ford Caitríona Balfe as Mollie Miles, Miles' wife Tracy...
rev-limit setting for the 24h race. The new year started with promise with KenMiles and Lloyd Ruby winning both the inaugural 24 Hours of Daytona and then...
car was designed by Carroll Shelby, Phil Remington, and race car driver KenMiles. The Ford GT began life as a concept car designed in anticipation of the...
His performances as politician Dick Cheney in Vice and race car driver KenMiles in the sports drama Ford v Ferrari (2019) earned him a second win and...
races. In two races, they finished 1–2–3. In 1965, McLaren and co-driver KenMiles raced a Ford GT40 in the 24 Hour Race at Le Mans. The car was leading...
management the GT40 driven by Lloyd Ruby and KenMiles won the first race of the 1965 season at Daytona, and Miles and Bruce McLaren finished first in the...
alignment of where he felt that they should be. He then placed driver KenMiles in the car, and using scrap wood and gaffer tape, designed the windscreen...
to do so in 2010. No driver has won the three events in the same year. KenMiles lost the chance to win all three events in the same year when a problem...
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24-hour length as Le Mans. The first 24 Hour event in 1966 was won by KenMiles and Lloyd Ruby driving a Ford Mk. II. Motor Sport reported: "For their...
winning the crown with second-place finishes in the third event, such as KenMiles (1966 24 Hours of Le Mans), Mario Andretti (Le Mans 1995) and Allan McNish...
top drivers of the day, including Carroll Shelby, Masten Gregory and KenMiles. Another driver entered was an inexperienced local youngster named Dan...
It began June 25, 1961, and ended October 22, 1961, after four races. KenMiles won the season championship. World Sports Racing Prototypes: 1961 USAC...
time for Le Mans, two cars would be raced by Phil Hill/Chris Amon and KenMiles/Bruce McLaren. Meanwhile, FAV was tasked with production of the requisite...
near the end. Gurney pushed his car over the finish line, beaten only by KenMiles and Lloyd Ruby. However, his actions were ultimately determined to be...
with KenMiles in the lead. In the lead half-hour of the race, the Fords bunched up together in a pre-arranged plan for Bruce McLaren and Miles to cross...
1966, it achieved numerous victories. American-British race car driver KenMiles took the 2.0-liter class in the Las Vegas Stardust and Laguna Seca USRRC...
commissioned racing driver and fabricator KenMiles to build another prototype as quickly as he could. Miles was provided with a budget of $800, a Series...
Shelby discusses his life changing win at Le Mans in 1966 with driver KenMiles against rival car manufacturer, Ferrari. He also describes his days as...
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THE SPOTLIGHT: Miles Ocampo's moment has come". Retrieved August 2, 2023. "Miles Ocampo waging Best Supporting Actress sa MMFF 2023" [Miles Ocampo won Best...
Miles Straume is a fictional character played by Ken Leung on the ABC television series Lost. Miles is introduced early in the fourth season as a hotheaded...
"The Wroeken".[citation needed] Christian Bale (playing racing driver KenMiles, from Sutton Coldfield) uses the phrase “It’s just a quick ride round...
Lovely finished 2nd in class and 3rd overall behind Carroll Shelby and KenMiles. He won the 1960 3 Hours of Westwood. In 1961 he sold his Ferrari for...