Shelby American Crew at the Daytona Continental 2000 km Race, February 1965

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Artifact Overview

Carroll Shelby's Shelby American racing team entered six cars in the 1965 Daytona Continental 2000-Kilometer Race. Of those six cars, four -- two Ford GT40s and two Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupes -- finished in the top five positions. The overall victory went to the team's #73 GT40 driven by Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby -- the first win by a GT40 anywhere.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Date Made

February 1965

Subject Date

28 February 1965

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.N.650255.10

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 0.875 in
Width: 1.375 in

Shelby American Crew at the Daytona Continental 2000 km Race, February 1965