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The fame for Ken Miles after Ford's victory over Ferrari at Le Mans 1966 was tragically short-lived. Two months later on August 17, 1966, he was killed test driving a Ford J-car at a California raceway. The car broke into pieces and burst into flames upon impact. Miles was 47.
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The 1998 Le Mans 24 Hours wasn't an especially memorable one for the TWR-run Nissan programme. But for Erik Comas, racing alongside Jan Lammers was a joy that prompts him to select the 1988.
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Ayrton Senna (born March 21, 1960, São Paulo, Brazil—died May 1, 1994, Imola, Italy) Brazilian race-car driver who gained fame for being a fierce competitor renowned for his ruthless and risky maneuvers on the Grand Prix circuit.
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On June 16, 1996, also at the young age of 22, Alexander Wurz beat the record still in place to this day of the youngest winner at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. On November 9, 1985, Garry Kasparov became the youngest World Chess Champion at the age of 22 after a historic match with Anatoly Karpov.
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Alexander Wurz waited the longest between his inaugural victory at the 1996 event and his second win—following 12 years, 11 months, 29 days later—at the 2009 edition. Luigi Chinetti is the oldest Le Mans winner; he was 47 years, 11 months and 9 days old when he won the 1949 event.
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The 1996 F1 GTR of Gulf Racing at Brands Hatch. Gordon Murray, creator of the McLaren F1, originally saw his creation as the ultimate road car, with no intention to take the car racing.
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The 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 64th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 15 and 16 June 1996. It was won by a Tom Walkinshaw-Porsche prototype run by Joest Racing with drivers Davy Jones, Manuel Reuter and Le Mans rookie Alexander Wurz completing 354 laps.
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Reuter, Jones and Wurz won the 1996 Le Mans 24 Hours with the TWR Porsche WSC-95 n.7. The trio won in front of the two official Porsche 911 GT1 with a gap of one lap on the second and thirteen on the third, the steady pace was able to compensate for the low speed against the GT1 Stuttgart, the prototypes Ferrari 333 SP and McLaren F1 GTR. CHASSIS
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The 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 64th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 15 and 16 1996. The 1996 race was won by a car that was considered by Porsche to not be a factory-backed entry, instead run by Joest Racing. Porsche themselves sent a team to compete in the GT1 class with a new mid-engined Porsche 911 GT1 with the intent of winning the race overall, defeating custom-built.
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Luigi Chinetti is the oldest Le Mans winner; he was 47 years, 11 months and 9 days old when he won the 1949 event. Wurz is the event's youngest winner; he was 22 years, 4 months and 1 day old when he won the 1996 race. [9] There have been a record 34 victors from the United Kingdom, followed by France with 28 and Germany with 18. A total of.
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Ken Miles stepping into Dolphin Mk.2, March 1961. Kenneth Henry Jarvis Miles (1 November 1918 - 17 August 1966) was a British sports car racing engineer and driver best known for his motorsport career in the US and with American teams on the international scene. He is an inductee to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.
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In all, 10 Americans have been victors with 16 wins between 1958 and 1996: Phil Hill, Masten Gregory, Dan Gurney, A.J. Foyt, Hurley Haywood, Don and Bill Whittington, Al Holbert, Price Cobb and Davy Jones. -Three-time winner in Le Mans (1958-61-62), Hill (1927-2008) also became the only driver in the history of motorsports to win the 24 Hours.
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1996 24 Hours of Le Mans Results and Competitors 64émesGrand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1996 Circuit de la Sarthe For posters, vintage photographs and other memorabilia of the 1996 Le Mans race, please go here. Class Winners:
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Le Mans in 1996 The 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 64th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 15 and 16 June 1996. It was won by a Tom Walkinshaw-Porsche prototype run by Joest Racing with drivers Davy Jones, Manuel Reuter and Le Mans rookie Alexander Wurz completing 354 laps.
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The Le Mans winner is determined by calculating which vehicle traversed the furthest distance. The 24 Hours of Le Mans is held in France and is literally a nonstop daylong event. Teams with 3 drivers compete, swapping out drivers every few hours or sooner. There are rules preventing a single driver from being behind the wheel for more than 14.