📽️🎞️ Newly unearthed 8mm amateur footage captured by a former American soldier provides an incredible, raw look into the historic 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans where Ford set out to crush Ferrari. Voiceover reflections from icons like Carroll Shelby, Mose Nowland, and Edsel B. Ford II highlight the terrifying reality of running GT40s at 212 mph down a narrow, tree-lined two-lane road with brakes that barely lasted three hours. The true game-changer was hot rodder Phil Remington, who engineered a revolutionary quick-change brake system that allowed pit crews to swap red-hot rotors in under a minute, securing Ford’s legendary 1-2-3 finish. Do you think Ford’s 1966 victory stands as the single greatest mechanical achievement in American motorsport history, or does another era take the crown? What are your thoughts? 🤔💭 ( Media: Ford ) #ford #ferrari #lemans #motorsport #history