"Speed Car King" is a very good movie but I have experienced: watching it on the computer-watching it in the cinema-searching the real events in Chinese on the Internet-it produced "Why is McLaren in the video and photos the first to cross the line? Is he shameless? "The idea-to search for documentaries on the oil pipeline-to meet the great god of popular science in the comment area and follow the footsteps of popular science to slowly understand-finally got a glimpse of the whole story. I was shocked and decided to summarize it here because the real situation, especially the 66 Le Mans race and the film, are quite different.
1. Miles has made a great contribution to the success of GT40. Both the biographer of the accompanying photographer and the person in charge of the Miles team have recognized and made a high evaluation.
2. In the movie, Miles's car 1 had to pit for the first lap because the door could not be closed and the maintenance was delayed. In fact, McLaren's car 2 had a bigger problem and their tires were too bad. After a few laps, it’s useless to replace it with a new one. After finally changing to another brand of tires, it became normal and wasted a lot of time.
3. Because the first and second cars all have episodes. Ford's fastest car is actually the third car of the Shelby American team. Dangni drove him. He has been the leader of the Ford team in the subsequent races until the vehicle broke down. Contest.
4. The fastest lap was run by Miles first and then broken by Gurney. Gurney was the head of the fastest Miles team and confirmed this.
5. Unlike the movie, Ford II didn’t do anything except a helicopter trip at the opening. Before the game, he handed a small note to all relevant important people: "You better win." Everyone was burdened. a lot of pressure.
6. The movie is based on AJ Baime's book
7. For example, in Article 4, the chief of Miles said that Gurney had the fastest lead before retiring. The most important thing is the narration of McLaren's co-driver Chris Amon himself. He said that after Gurney retired, he and McLaren's No. 2 car were always leading. After all Ferraris retired due to breakdowns, the Ford executives were actually Rio Bibi who issued the order to reduce the speed to ensure that the race was completed and the championship was guaranteed. They slowed down but Miles did not follow the instructions so they were overtaken by Miles after a pit stop. The historical article on Ford’s official website is consistent with Amon’s statement. I also found a video and commentary that corroborated the statement that “Car No. 2 has always been in the leading position”.
8. Why did Ford executives demand a speed reduction? Not only did he show up at Daytona before Le Mans, was it really to disgusting that Miles wouldn't let him get good grades? The fact is that Ford almost never completed an endurance race before 1966. The speed reduction was more for stability. Even Sebring in 1966, when Ford had locked in the top two, the car that ranked first broke out 100 yards from the finish line and retired. Guess who this hapless driver is? Dangni. Who was originally ranked second and took this opportunity to jump to the first place? It was Ken Miles. At the end of the game, Miles ignored Ford’s high-level speed-down instructions in order to win the championship and Dangoni launched a private race, only to give up under Shelby’s “threat” (Carroll Shelby climbed on a block and waved a hammer at Ken Miles, who finally obeyed the signal to slow down to spare the cars and ensure they finished.). Regardless of whether Tanganyi's retirement is absolutely related to him or not, this disobedience paved the way for his later encounters at Le Mans.
9. Crossing the line side by side (note that it is not three cars side by side, but Miles and McLaren side by side) who made the proposal first? It is difficult to verify at present, but the Le Mans Organizing Committee definitely plays a very important role in it. They hope to expand its global influence. But after agreeing to tied for the championship, they regretted that Rio Bibby and Carroll were in a difficult choice.
10. The last time the driver changed the round, Miles started driving. At this time, the Le Mans Organizing Committee has not yet repented. At this time Miles was instructed to slow down and wait for McLaren. Miles is looking forward to the Triple Crown. He must be very unhappy to hear such instructions, but in the end he obeyed. Then comes the cruel moment.
11. Regarding the side-by-side dash line. At the beginning, I saw a lot of videos and pictures showing that McLaren’s No. 2 car hit the line first and was very puzzled. However, I found a live video with a smaller angle of view deviation and the post-match live broadcast content "Two cars cross the line side bye side." as evidence. The original author of the film, AJB, and the author of another book, PL, also said it was deadheat. The record article on Ford's official website also said: "On the last lap, three Fords hit the line with Miles and McLaren at the same time. Hutcherson followed and finished third. The photo looks like McLaren. At the last moment, it accelerated rapidly, but the checkered flag was actually waved some distance before the end and was monitored by IBM’s latest electronic timer.” After that, I felt that this controversy could basically eliminate McLaren and Ah. Mongolia is respectable. Fortunately, there are a lot of comments insulting these two on the oil pipeline in China.
12. There are divergent opinions about how the side-by-side rush line that was finally realized was realized. I have summed up two theories.
13. The first type: What is shocking is that the historical records article on Ford's official website gives an explanation that is totally unfavorable to one's own image. :
"Leo Bibby and Carol Shelby discussed informing the drivers of the decision to reset the rules of the race committee. The two discussed that there are many factors that need to be considered. Ken Miles started in the GT40 Mark II in February 1965. He did a lot of car preparations to prepare for the race, but McLaren joined in when the project just started in 1963 and has been working according to the standard. He is a real team player. Both drivers feel that they have a chance to win. At the end of the race, no one can have the advantage of more than one or two laps in the second stage. Rio Bibby finally decided not to notify the driver to allow the situation to reach the finish line at the same time, which means that McLaren’s car group will win the championship. It’s a more adult beauty/flexible and popular approach than to mention after the fact, “Let Ken win, but McLaren and Amon acted exactly as we were asked to alleviate our guilt facing Miles. The result is not what I like to see. That’s it.’ In the end Bibby felt that Ken Miles’ attempt to spur/stimulate Dangone at Sebring was a rebellion large enough for him to make a decision to favor McLaren/Amon’s team.” Different people have different opinions on the nature of this behavior.
13. The second is what the two biographers and some other parties said: At that time, there was no intercom system in the car to notify the driver of the second change of the rules.
14. After the game, Miles was shocked and sad when he learned that he was not a champion, but he finally calmed down and came to the stage to congratulate the photos as evidence. Miles and McLaren used to be co-drivers in the '65 years of Sebring and Le Mans.
15. Myers in reality is not as unruly as in the movies. His team leader praised him as a real team player. Miles once said: "I work for Ford Motor Company. If they ask me to win the game, ok if they ask me to jump into the lake, I will probably do it too. "
That's probably it. My English is only level 6 and I spent 4 or 5 days off work to simply piece together the whole picture of the incident. Every sentence in the article has its source. Friends who have questions can bring it up and I will post it to you.
Thank you for "The King of Speed Cars". You are a very good movie. Without you, I would never have the opportunity to understand this wonderful history!
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