John Wyer and his small team beat the giants of motorsport, clocking back-to-back wins with a better Ford GT40 than Ford could build, and going on to take the first non-manufacturer win overall at La Sarthe. But it never would have happened if he d never been fired.
Thomas J. Stacy Jr. of Hampton Bays, a renowned English horn player, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on the evening of April 30. He was 84.
The documentation provides Ford s archivists and historians with a more complete picture of the GT40.
The reveal of the second-generation Ford GT in 2015 and its subsequent class win at the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans propelled the supercar s forebear, the Ford GT40, to a new level of prominence. The 2019 film Ford v. Ferrari starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale didn t hurt either.
Now, thanks to that elevated status, numerous historic documents relating to the Ford GT40 s development have been recovered. Just last June, we reported on some early GT40 design drawings that Ford shared after its archivists stumbled upon them while searching through the company s styling negatives. Now, a whole new batch of documents has surfaced, after being brought forth by former Kar Kraft engineer Don Eichstaedt, who had firsthand experience with the car.