{"id":28295,"date":"2016-06-23T16:14:18","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T23:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=28295"},"modified":"2016-06-23T16:14:18","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T23:14:18","slug":"ford-wins-lemans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/ford-wins-lemans\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford Wins LeMans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/unnamed2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28298\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/ford-wins-lemans\/unnamed-68\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/unnamed2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"680,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"unnamed\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/unnamed2-300x159.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/unnamed2.jpg\" class=\" size-full wp-image-28298 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/unnamed2.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed\" width=\"680\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/unnamed2.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/unnamed2-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/unnamed2-678x360.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ford had a case of Deja Vu this past weekend at LeMans. The No. 68 Ford GT took home the gold in the GTE pro class, beating their old time Italian nemesis Ferrari. Dirk Muller, Joey Hand, and Sebastien Bourdais were the men that drove the GT 24 hours through the checkered flag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a historic moment for the Ford Motor Company,\u201d Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford, said in a statement. \u201cWe dared to dream that we could return to Le Mans, 50 years after the incredible 1966 win and take on the toughest competition in the world. The pride we all felt when the Ford GT crossed the line at Le Mans is indescribable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mzVDgDOBXLU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hand was in the driver\u2019s seat when the GT took first place in the 20th hour and never gave it up.\u201cWe put it all on the line as drivers today\u2026and the car just kept on trucking,\u201d Hand said after the race.<\/p>\n<p>The victory is especially sweet for Bourdais, a Frenchman who has competed in Le Mans 10 times without a win \u2014 until Sunday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28297\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28297\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1966_GT40s_LeMans_HR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28297\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/ford-wins-lemans\/1966-gt40s-le-mans\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1966_GT40s_LeMans_HR.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1050,648\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Wieck&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;1966 GT40s Le Mans. 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(09\/08\/2011)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1966_GT40s_LeMans_HR-300x185.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1966_GT40s_LeMans_HR-1024x632.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-28297 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1966_GT40s_LeMans_HR-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"Ford GT, LeMans\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1966_GT40s_LeMans_HR-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1966_GT40s_LeMans_HR-1024x632.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1966_GT40s_LeMans_HR.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1966 GT40s Le Mans. (09\/08\/2011) Photo: Hemmings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere was so much effort, so much emotion, and to be the one that wins the trophy to give to the Ford family and everyone involved is very special,\u201d Bourdais said. \u201cEverything aligned for us today &#8212; the history, the Ferrari\/Ford battle, 50 years on and the Ford family being here. To come out on top of all that is an amazing feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ford has won the event in 1967,1968, and 1969 before taking themselves out of the race. It should also\u00a0be noted that in this year&#8217;s race the No. 67 Ford GT had early gearbox problems and even crashed into a wall eventually finishing 9th out of 14 cars.<\/p>\n<p>The next event for Ford will be at Watkins Glen on July 3rd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Ford had a case of Deja Vu this past weekend at LeMans.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":28296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3470],"tags":[451,345,2316,4628,645],"class_list":["post-28295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-endurance-racing","tag-ferrari","tag-ford-gt","tag-gte","tag-lemans"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016-ford-gt-le-mans-2_1600x0w-e1466723003206.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-7mn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28299,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28295\/revisions\/28299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}