Ford GT40 race car with number 11 on track, 1966 Daytona

20 Figure 33 Final Layout 0' Canponenh for to MK II Figuro 34 - Winning MK II a! Duybm 1966 ( . . .t 4 . llsllh 1,1me 3.3). The Ile 11 curs vlrtuully . t u. mu- all the wny. nishing rst second hurl thmhfor their rst victory (19119111034) 1 llfuhltllthuh'lll1g [0 hole that in 1965 when this thu 35::utjpntximutcly at the hulf-wuy point. 1mm thHm-k (.1 ~10 uverugcd 99.9 mph. In 0 w' L. uvnt was of 24 hours duration and lnnlng uvcrzlgc was 109 mph. 'Ihls 1n- mVNN lht I" - .tst- (UIIIIILHUUIL moving mtlure Of lhls eld of LV(HILhtyhTttnlCl fun: in 1066 wus the Sebring Stlt'tng um ,k 11 11 s nished rst and second. (1'1 4 n 1 :htnncc und htp records. and a lthht'tl 133 d Over-uh. The car that 5| vus tut open version 01' the MK II "1111 m "HIM tthtmtuum Indcrbodv Ihut wne dost - ( lhv .l ("igun 35). B One car was entered in the Spa 1000 Kilo- meter Race and nlshed smnd. After nttcndlnu the practice match in April. eight cars were prepared for the Le Mans event that took place onJunc 18-19. 1966. MK '5 qualied 1n the rst four plum and set :1 nmv lnp record 013 mln. 31 m: 01142 mph The race took place tn cloudy weather with 1mm:- mtttcnt showers durlng the 24 houni. MK 11's nutshed rst. amend. and thtrd and. despite the weather condhtona. establtrhcd a new no on! (or the 24 hours of 126 mph (pnvious host wus 122 mph on a dry track). (Figure 36). Al a result of Mnntng Duytonu. Srhrhtg: 1.0 Mum. and utshtng sownd ut Spa, the Mk 11 also won the World Champlonshtp [or of totypo curs In 1966. thereby meeting the orig nul obju'th'es set forth tn 1963