{"id":460826,"date":"2006-06-01T06:30:27","date_gmt":"2006-06-01T13:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=72947"},"modified":"2024-11-03T13:39:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T13:39:49","slug":"the-40s-40th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-40s-40th\/","title":{"rendered":"The 40\u2019s 40th"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just after 4:00 pm on the rainy Sunday of June 19, 1966, a trio of squat, massive, 427-engined American coupes splashed by a Frenchman waving a giant, sodden checkered flag, and thereby rumbled into international immortality.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_699401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-699401\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-699401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Lyons\" width=\"300\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/FL-PETELYONS-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/FL-PETELYONS-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/FL-PETELYONS-293x415.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-699401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Lyons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We mark several towering milestones this year, but one of the tallest is the 40th anniversary of the Ford GT40\u2019s first victory at Le Mans\u2014its first of four.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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