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1964; Ford announces it has a new 200-mph GT car that "bears a striking resemblance to a Lola-Ford, although Lola is never mentioned.".(50th Anniversary countdown)
John Wyer is commissioned to race the vehicle in international events. One Ford official says, "If we can't buy Ferrari, we'll do our damnedest to go out and beat them.'' We will come to know the car as the Ford GT40.
Also opening the year is news that Jim Clark has claimed his seventh Grand Prix win of 1963, a new single-season record, in the F1 season's final race at South Africa.
Race officials for the Indy 500 say they expect 70 entries for the May classic.
Italy's Alfa Romeo Cars sets up its U.S. headquarters in Newark, New Jersey.
A photo shows Carroll Shelby standing behind a wood styling buck of his latest creation, the "Daytona Cobra'' Coupe.
In an advertisement, Castrol claims a Jaguar 3.8-liter Mk 2 averaged 106.5 mph for 10,000 miles-all completed in four days.
A.J. Foyt sets a new closed-course speed record at the Goodyear test track in Texas: 200.4 mph.
- 1974; Austrian Niki Lauda wins his first Grand Prix race in only his...
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek November 19, 2007 700+ words
...coming schedule and shortens some others. The South African Grand Prix is postponed, all racing except for the Tasman Series is canceled in New Zealand, and the Monte Carlo Rally is canceled, all because of the fuel shortage. Gas crisis or...
- Goodyear Offering Rides on Renowned Grand Prix Tracks.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 27, 2002 700+ words
...tires at the world-renowned A1 Ring, home of the Austrian Grand Prix. For those who might be a bit faint of heart, or perhaps...launched on eaglef1.com, Bell will be viewed racing on a Monte Carlo rally stage course in a BMW M3 (to be launched Oct. 1), and...
- Monte Carlo Rally: Tommi is too hot for Macca.
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) January 20, 2001 700+ words
COLIN McRae's lead of the Monte Carlo Rally was finally obliterated by Tommi Makinen this afternoon. The fired-up Finn, 30 seconds adrift at the start of the day, powered...
- Monte Carlo Rally: Burns' agony at no-go Subaru.(Sport)
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England) January 21, 2001 700+ words
...his World Rally Championship bid could have ended after the engine in his Subaru packed up after the first day of the Monte Carlo Rally. Burns finished day one in fourth place, but on the drive to the safety of the service park his car's engine started to...
- Rear View Mirror: Monte Carlo rally.(Features)
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England) January 30, 2005 700+ words
Byline: Brian Twomey AN accident filled Monte Carlo rally saw Sebastian Loeb make a great start to defending his driver's title. The Frenchman brought his Citroen Xsara WRC home in first...
- 2 killed in Monte Carlo Rally
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times January 24, 1989 700+ words
Rally driver Lars-Erik Torph and a Swedish compatriot were killed while watching the Monte Carlo Rally Monday when Italian driver Alessandro Fiorio careened off the road into a crowd at Aubenas, France. Fiorio, driving a Lancia...
- Death of 2 Spectators Mars Monte Carlo Rally
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post January 24, 1989 700+ words
Massimo Biasion of Italy, driving a Lancia Integrale, hung on to his lead in the 57th Monte Carlo rally yesterday in Monaco, a day marred by the deaths of two Swedish spectators. Alessandro Fiorio, also in a Lancia, ran off a dry...
- Rallying: McRae makes costly error in the Monte Carlo Rally
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London January 25, 1994 700+ words
...BRITAIN'S Colin McRae, pictured above being helped by spectators, slid off the road in the third stage of the Monte Carlo Rally at Burzet yesterday. His Subaru hit the Mitsubishi of Armin Schwarz, which cost him more than an hour. Meanwhile...
Source: HighBeam Research, 1964; Ford announces it has a new 200-mph GT car that "bears a...