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Kenneth Henry Jarvis Miles (1 November 1918 – 17 August 1966) was an English sports car racing engineer and driver best known for his motorsport career in the U.S. and with American teams on the international scene. He is an inductee to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.
Mar 20, 2024 · There's another moment in Ford v Ferrari in the buildup to the Ken Miles death scene that — while created with a heavy dose of creative license — underlines how complex Miles's relationship with his loved ones was due to his work, and why his death was such a tragedy.
Apr 13, 2022 · After leading Ford to victory over Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June 1966, Ken Miles died just two months later while testing race cars in Riverside, California.
Ken Miles. Until Ford v Ferrari, Ken Miles was the unsung mastermind of Ford's 1966 Le Mans victory. Here's the full story of the World War II veteran turned legendary race driver and car developer who lost his life too soon
Nov 15, 2019 · Ken Miles (Christian Bale), the other half of Ford v Ferrari’s motorsport bromance, was an English race car driver who became the winning man for an American automobile giant.
Nov 14, 2019 · Ferrari, focuses on British driver Ken Miles, an unsung motorsports hero. In honor of Miles, we're republishing James T. Crow's obituary of the driver from the November, 1966 issue of Road &...
Apr 28, 2020 · Did Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon really win the 1966 race at Le Mans, or did Ken Miles and Denny Hulme win, and have the race stolen away from them in a political move that was well beyond their control?
Oct 16, 2023 · Ken Miles – unseen buttress to the Carroll Shelby operation, and most famous for not winning Le Mans.
Ken Miles survived World War II at the controls of a British Army tank only to perish behind the wheel of a prototype race car, but not before winning the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring and many other sports car races in a variety of machines. He also played a key role in turning Carroll Shelby's Cobra into a race-worthy machine.
British-born Ken Miles was a gifted race car engineer and driver. Through his work for Carroll Shelby, Miles got involved in Ford's GT racing program. Miles won the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1966, and he placed second at Le Mans.
