Ford Mk IV Race Car at the Sebring 12 Hours of Endurance Race, 1967
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Artifact Overview
Bruce McLaren and Mario Andretti won the 1967 12 Hours of Sebring in the #1 Ford Mark IV. It was the all-new Mark IV's competition debut, making the victory all the more impressive. Sebring was a dress rehearsal for the 24 Hours of Le Mans later in the year. A Mark IV went on to win that race too.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Date Made
27 March 1967-02 April 1967
Subject Date
27 March 1967 - 02 April 1967
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.N.670417.32
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Dimensions
Height: 0.875 in
Width: 1.375 in
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Ford Motor Company returned to Le Mans for a rematch with Ferrari in 1967. While Ford bested the Italians with the GT40 Mark II in 1966, this time it fielded an all-new car. Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt piloted a Ford Mark IV around the Circuit de la Sarthe for 24 brutal hours. The two drivers, like the crew members and Ford executives there with them, hoped all the while that neither they nor their machine would break under the strain.