Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (521 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00FRIHFQM |
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| Number of Pages | : | 571 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Go Like Hell transports readers to a golden era in racing when Ford's innovative strategy led to victories on the track and renewed respect for the American automobile.. Meanwhile, Enzo Ferrari lorded over the European racing scene, crafting beautiful, fast sports cars that epitomized style. They would enter the high-stakes world of European car racing, where an adventurous few threw safety and sanity to the wind. Baby boomers were taking to the roads in droves, looking for speed not safety, style not comfort, and Ford didn't offer what these young drivers wanted. They would design, build, and race a car that could beat Ferrari at his own game, at the most prestigious and dangerous race in the world, the 24 Hours of LeMans. By the early 1960s, Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Baime tells the remarkable story of how Henry Ford II, with the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and a former racing champion turned engineer named Carroll Shelby, concocted a scheme to reinvent the Ford company
Worth a buy Michigoon Go Like Hell isn't quite what I was expecting, but it is certainly worth owning if you're any kind of gearhead.Pros:-Does a great job telling the overall story surrounding Ford's winning years at LeMans, particularly 1965 and the big win in '66. The writer is advertised on the jacket as being associated with Playboy, and that's the sort of writing you should expect.-Lost of human interest stories. The book focuses mainly on the people involved, and their businesses, rather than getting overly deep into mechanical aspects. You'll learn a lot about the people in. Why aren't there ten stars? Philip W. May For people addicted to the car disease this is one super book. I thought I was pretty tuned in back when Hank Deuce decided to go for Ferrari's jugular. But this book revealed all kinds of stuff I missed-- big and little. Big stuff, like the fact that Enzo Ferrari had an illegitimate son. Little stuff like Bruce McClaren having one leg shorter than the other. Also a detailed description of Carroll Shelby's Cobra and Mustang GT350 operation at Los Angeles airport. And a lot of new info on Ken Miles-- one of my heroes because of his MG Specials. And so much more. "Go Like Hell. And Then Go Further" according to Bcorig. First of all, being, or having been, a race car nut is helpful if you wish to enjoy this book.In 1970, after the Ford assault on LeMans I came interested in American Sports Car racing. In '70 - '72 I did some work, nothing to really speak of, with the SCCA out at Bridgehampton through friend at work named Rick Holzer.In that my interests were A through G class sports car racing, FIA Group 5 Sport and Prototype, F-1 Trans Am, Can Am and IROC. NASCAR, INDY and Formula 5000 not so much. I read avidly of the 917, 512 T20 racers but got to the tracks (Watkins Glen,