1. Carroll Shelby
   John DeLorean
2. Lee Iacocca
   Louis Chevrolet

Ford enlisted automaker Carroll Shelby to help design a vehicle that would take out Ferrari. Their early attempts in 1964 proved disastrous and they didn't even finish the race. Shelby, however, had won the Le Mans GT class and helped Ford down a new path to victory. Here, Shelby is driving an Aston Martin DBR1/1 for the Aston Martin factory team at the 12 Hours of Sebring on March 22, 1958, and in 2007 (inset).

1. Indy 500
   Monaco Grand Prix
2. 24 Hours of Le Mans
   24 at Daytona

The 24 Hours of Le Mans had been won by Ferrari every year from 1960 to 1965. Ford wanted to show them up for the 1966 race by designing a car that could take them out of the running.

1. Mustang
   AC Cobra
2. GT40
   Fairlane

The Ford GT40 had actually raced in both '64 and '65 at Le Mans but neither year was successful. The first round was a spectacular failure since the cars were unreliable. The second year, they swapped engines before the last race and failed again. But at Le Mans in '66, shown here, things were different.

1. To retire
   To increase their road-car profile and pay debts
2. To get into aerospace
   To focus solely on racing

Ford was a massive automaker even back in the '60s, and Ferrari wanted to sell to them so that the company could raise its road-car profile beyond the European market and perhaps even take up motorsports in America while simultaneously paying down some debts. Selling the racing division was not the plan, though. Enzo Ferrari, second from right, is shown here with his motor engineers in 1947.

1. The Galaxie
   The Torino
2. The Fairlane
   The Mustang

The Shelby Mustang is one of the most iconic cars in Ford's history. They initially only existed from 1965 to 1968 and then the '69 to '70 production year. Ford resurrected the name again in 2005.

1. Ferrari backed out of a sale.
   Ford stole plans from Ferrari.
2. Ferrari undercut a deal Ford had made.
   Ferrari was outperforming Ford.

Once upon a time, Henry Ford II was planning on buying out Ferrari and the owner, Enzo Ferrari, was entirely happy with that idea and had agreed to it. When Ferrari realized Ford planned to buy out the racing division as well, he backed out of the deal, which infuriated Ford.

1. It represents fuel volume.
   It refers to the wheelbase.
2. It measures the height to the windshield.
   It refers to gear size.

The 40 part of GT40 refers to the height of 40 inches measures at the windshield. It's worth noting that the heigh of the car was actually 40.5 inches but there's something less inspiring about a Ford GT40.5. A 1967 GT40 Mk IV J-Car is shown here.

1. Ken Miles
   Carroll Shelby
2. Dan Gurney
   Bruce McLaren

Ken Miles was a part of Carroll Shelby's team who came on board with Ford's mission to take out Ferrari. He drove the car that came in second at the 1966 Le Mans race. Miles was test-driving Ford's J-Car which was meant to succeed the GT Mk II when the car flipped and caught fire. Miles is shown here stepping into a Dolphin Mk II in March of 1961.

1. 330 P3
   P540
2. 250 Testa Rossa
   250 GT Drogo

The 1966 Ferrari 330 P3 was entered into the 24 Hours of Le Mans and it was a resounding disappointment. None of the 330s entered finished the race. There are actually no 330 P3s left in the world, as they was either scrapped or converted into other models, including the 330 P4, shown here in 1967.

1. Alpine
   Lamborghini
2. Porsche
   Ferrari

The top three spots all went to Ford GT40s in 1966, but in fourth place, a Porsche 906 crossed the finish line. A Ferrari did come in eighth, but most of the Ferrari team did not manage to finish at all.

1. Ford had already invested millions in it.
   Ford had built a facility on Ferrari property.
2. Ford and Ferrari had been friends for years.
   Ford had already started manufacturing Ferrari models.

Some say Ferrari, shown here in 1953, never had any intention to sell the business, but Ford was all in on it and had invested millions in the project. They had to audit Ferrari's books and that took time and money. When Ferrari backed out, that was all lost.

1. Ford
   Lola
2. Shelby
   Lotus

The original chassis for the Ford GT40 was a Lola Mk6. Lola had been a British auto manufacturer that started in 1958 and has been defunct since 2012. They were mostly known for racing cars and the MK6 was chosen since it had been designed to use a Ford engine. Shown here is a Lola Mk6 GT, which had a production run of only three units.

1. In the initial stages
   It was only a verbal agreement.
2. They were at the table signing documents.
   No one knows.

Henry Ford and his lawyers were actually in Italy at a table across from Enzo Ferrari and his lawyers signing the terms of the contract when the whole deal blew up. It was as last-minute as last-minute could get. Ferrari began crossing terms off the contract before handing it back to Ford.

1. Grand Touring
   Gear Thrusted
2. Gasoline Train
   Gear Transmission

GT stands for "Grand Touring" unless you're going Italian, and then it's "Gran Turismo." In either language, grand touring refers to a car that's designed to be both fast and travel long distances. Shown here is a GT40 Mk I competing in the 1969 Nurburgring 1000km race

1. Fiat
   BMW
2. Lamborghini
   Aston Martin

Fiat approached Ferrari after the Ford deal fell through and offered a deal more to the Italian automaker's liking. Fiat took controlling interest while Ferrari retained 10%, which is still in the family today.

1. He got lost.
   His car was missing parts.
2. He was an hour late.
   His hand was broken.

Shelby managed to race the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1955 with a hand that was so badly broken they had to design him a fiberglass cast that could be attached to the steering wheel to allow him to properly drive. He came in second.

1. Enzo Ferrari
   Henry Ford
2. Ken Miles
   Caroll Shelby

"If you can dream it, you can do it" is an inspirational quote attributed to Mr. Enzo Ferrari himself. While that sounds nice and encouraging, it's worth noting that Ferrari was also known to be an exceptional hot head who would scream at employees and sometimes even customers.

1. Bruce McLaren
   Ken Miles
2. Carroll Shelby
   Ronnie Bucknum

Bruce McLaren was the driver who took first at that historic Le Mans race. He also founded McLaren Automotive, which still exists today and makes some of the most coveted and expensive sports cars in the world. A 2019 McLaren 720S costs about $285,000. McLaren is shown here in 1966.

1. Project GT40
   Ford Advanced Vehicles
2. Ford Racing Development
   Project Omega

Ford set up shop in London with a specialized team of engineers and designers that included Lola, John Wyer of Aston Martin, Roy Lunn from Ford and others. They called it Ford Advanced Vehicles. Shown here, Henry Ford II celebrates along with winners Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon on the podium at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans.

1. "The 24 Hour War"
   "Ford vs Ferrari"
2. "The GT40 Story"
   "24 to Glory"

The 2016 documentary "The 24 Hour War" was produced and directed by comedian and automotive enthusiast Adam Corolla. The movie has a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

1. Ken Miles
   Roy Lunn
2. Don Frey
   Bruce McLaren

Roy Lunn holds the title of the godfather of the GT40. Ford brought in Lunn from the advanced vehicle department at Ford to help design the GT40 as he also had expertise with the race since he'd helped Aston Martin win Le Mans in 1949.

1. Lotus
   Cooper
2. Aston Martin
   All of the above

Ford spared no expensed developing the GT40 and took talent from everywhere. John Wyer was an ex-Aston Martin team manager and designers from Cooper, Lotus, Colotti and Fairlane were all enlisted to help out. Automotive designers are shown here at Ford's Detroit research and engineering center in the early 1960s.

1. "I'm done."
   "Now what?"
2. "Let's go and eat."
   "Let's finish this tomorrow."

According to an account from Franco Gozzi, personal secretary to Enzo Ferrari, after a foul-mouthed tirade against the Ford contract, Ferrari turned to him and said: "Let's go and eat." The Ferrari team left the room and never returned. The deal was over.

1. Chevy Corvette
   Oreca FLM09
2. Jaguar C-type
   It hadn't happened.

Not only was it the first win for Ford at the 1966 Le Mans, but it was also the first win for any American team in 1966. The bar was definitely set, and since that time several US cars have taken the top spot.

1. 1
   2
2. 3
   4

Starting in 1966, Ford and its impressive GT40 managed to pull in four straight years of wins at the Le Mans. The cars were slightly modified each time, of course. The Mk II won in 1966, the Mk IV, shown here, won in 1967, and the Mk I took the final two years

1. 1959
   1961
2. 1963
   1965

In 1959, Carroll Shelby was not a designer but a race car driver. That was his final year of racing and he took the 24 Hours of Le Mans behind the wheel of the Aston Martin DBR1 shown here. Ferrari took third.

1. He blamed Ferrari for the death of some of his friends.
   Ferrari fired him from his job.
2. Ferrari stole a car design from him.
   He didn't actually hate him.

Shelby actually used to race for Ferrari, but several deaths during the 1950s, particularly the death of Shelby's friend Luigi Musso, shown here, in 1958, made him hate Ferrari. Shelby felt Ferrari's policies had directly contributed to those deaths and severed ties with the company.

1. Ferrari's pet horse
   Ferrari's secretary designed it.
2. No one actually knows
   An Italian ace pilot

Francesco Baracca was an ace pilot in World War 1. He decorated his plane with the image of a galloping horse. The image so impressed Ferrari that he actually met with Baracca's widow and she told him to use the symbol on his cars for luck. The Porsche logo features the same horse for the same reason.

1. Dan Gurney
   Ken Miles
2. Carroll Shelby
   Henry Ford

It's ubiquitous nowadays that when someone wins a big game they shake up a bottle of champagne and spray everyone in the celebration. That was actually started by Ford driver Dan Gurney after his victory. He spontaneously hosed everyone off with the bottle.

1. Sniper
   Drill instructor
2. Tank sergeant
   Pilot

Ken Miles was the driver who came in second in '66 at Le Mans, and he had always been a man of excitement. Before he even joined the military he raced motorcycles but as a part of the British Army, he was a tank sergeant.

1. 159 S
   Testarossa
2. 125 S
   166 Barchetta

Ferrari's first model off the line was the 125 S which came out in 1947. Enzo Ferrari had made other automobiles in the past, but the 125 S was the first one that bore the Ferrari name on it.

1. 105
   250
2. 506
   765

Between 1964 and 1969 only 105 Ford GT40s were actually produced. You can still find a few for sale on the internet but you're going to have to pay over 6 figures to get one if you're interested. There were variants produced that were similar to the GT40, but weren't true to the mark.

1. 1947 159 S
   1963 Testarossa
2. 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO
   1955 Ferrari Europa

In 2018, a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO sold at Sotheby's auction for a staggering $48.4 million, making it the most expensive Ferrari ever sold at auction and also the most expensive car ever sold at auction at the time.

1. 50 inches
   48 inches
2. 46 inches
   44 inches

Roy Lunn had to pitch the idea of the GT40 to Ford executives and, at the same time, he also pitched the road edition tentatively called the GT 46. You can go out and buy a GT 46 today if you want to ... and have plenty to spend.

1. Model A
   Model T
2. Model 0
   Model F

The Model A was Ford's first car but the Model T was the first mass-produced car that was seriously designed for the casual driver and made available across the country. Only 1,750 original 1903-1904 Model As were produced. Ford resurrected the name in 1927 for the model following the Model T, also naming it the Model A.