{"id":495111,"date":"2016-01-01T00:53:08","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T08:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=23411"},"modified":"2024-12-02T00:02:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T00:02:46","slug":"product-reviews-january-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-january-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"[Book Review] Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans<\/h2>\n

By Preston Lerner and Dave Friedman\"\"<\/a><\/i><\/h3>\n

The story is a familiar one. After Henry Ford II\u2019s attempt to buy Ferrari is rebuffed, he vows to defeat the Italians at Le Mans, creates a bold new car that requires a great deal of development before finally winning, then repeats the triumph the following year and is finally spared the pain of withdrawal by a rules change.<\/p>\n

This book comes from two stellar journalists with extensive histories of their own, Preston Lerner, whose previous work includes the definitive story of Lance Reventlow\u2019s Scarabs, and Dave Friedman, who was Shelby American\u2019s official photographer all through the Cobra and Le Mans eras.<\/p>\n

While Friedman\u2019s imagery sets a high bar for Lerner to match, the author ferrets out the details behind the scenes and then stirs them into a coherent narrative to simplify the task. He takes readers into tense preliminary meetings, rainy test sessions and, of course, actual races, all while putting everything into precise perspective.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all here: the failures of the first two attempts; the confusion surrounding the mishandled \u201966 finish when the team finally won; the vindication of \u201967 when Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt delivered the cherished all-American triumph driving a car made in the USA; and an Epilogue discussing the \u201968 and \u201969 victories by private GT40s while looking ahead to Ford\u2019s official return to Le Mans in 2016.<\/p>\n

Available for US$60<\/strong> from enthusiast bookstores or direct from publisher Motorbooks at www.QuartoKnows.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans By Preston Lerner and Dave Friedman The story is a familiar one. After Henry Ford II\u2019s attempt to buy Ferrari is rebuffed, he vows to defeat the Italians at Le Mans, creates a bold new car that requires a great deal of development before finally winning, then repeats the triumph the following year and is finally spared the pain of withdrawal by a rules change. This book […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":527507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,56,64,11339],"tags":[2942,17152,60,20226,65,22010,17944,17940,3297],"class_list":["post-495111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-ferrari","category-ford","category-product","tag-car-books","tag-car-culture","tag-ferrari","tag-ferrari-featured","tag-ford","tag-ford-featured","tag-ford-books","tag-product-reviews","tag-products"],"yoast_head":"\n[Book Review] Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-january-2016\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[Book Review] Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans By Preston Lerner and Dave Friedman The story is a familiar one. After Henry Ford II\u2019s attempt to buy Ferrari is rebuffed, he vows to defeat the Italians at Le Mans, creates a bold new car that requires a great deal of development before finally winning, then repeats the triumph the following year and is finally spared the pain of withdrawal by a rules change. This book […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-january-2016\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-01-01T08:53:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-02T00:02:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PR201601-fea.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"597\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Zimmermann\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Zimmermann\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/product-reviews-january-2016\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/product-reviews-january-2016\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Zimmermann\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/96b206a07dacd5614967544b2c3b0e35\"},\"headline\":\"[Book Review] Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-01T08:53:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-02T00:02:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/product-reviews-january-2016\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":276,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/product-reviews-january-2016\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/PR201601-fea.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Books\",\"Car Culture\",\"Ferrari\",\"Ferrari (Featured)\",\"Ford\",\"Ford (Featured)\",\"Ford Books\",\"Product Reviews\",\"Products\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Car Culture\",\"Ferrari\",\"Ford\",\"Products\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/product-reviews-january-2016\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/product-reviews-january-2016\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/product-reviews-january-2016\\\/\",\"name\":\"[Book Review] Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/product-reviews-january-2016\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/product-reviews-january-2016\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/PR201601-fea.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-01T08:53:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-02T00:02:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/96b206a07dacd5614967544b2c3b0e35\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/product-reviews-january-2016\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/product-reviews-january-2016\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/product-reviews-january-2016\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/PR201601-fea.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/PR201601-fea.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":597},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/product-reviews-january-2016\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"[Book Review] Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Supercars.net\",\"description\":\"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/96b206a07dacd5614967544b2c3b0e35\",\"name\":\"John Zimmermann\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/DNFD62DX0AA8wcD-293x293.jpeg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/DNFD62DX0AA8wcD-293x293.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/DNFD62DX0AA8wcD-293x293.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"John Zimmermann\"},\"description\":\"John Zimmermann was exposed to racing at birth. His father worked for famed race car builder Kurtis Kraft, and later as a mechanic at Indianapolis and on the Championship Trail for drivers such as Rex Mays, Ted Horn, and Troy Ruttman. John has written about racing for more than 25 years, first at RACECAR before helping found both On Track and RACER, overseeing the latter for a dozen years. He was also motorsports editor at AutoWeek and editor of SportsCar, and his book The Atlantic Championship celebrates the first 25 years of Formula Atlantic. His freelance work has appeared in Road & Track, Motor Sport, Autosport, and Vintage Motorsport, among others.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/john_zimmermann-2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"[Book Review] Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-january-2016\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"[Book Review] Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans","og_description":"Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans By Preston Lerner and Dave Friedman The story is a familiar one. After Henry Ford II\u2019s attempt to buy Ferrari is rebuffed, he vows to defeat the Italians at Le Mans, creates a bold new car that requires a great deal of development before finally winning, then repeats the triumph the following year and is finally spared the pain of withdrawal by a rules change. This book […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-january-2016\/","og_site_name":"Supercars.net","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/","article_published_time":"2016-01-01T08:53:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-12-02T00:02:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":597,"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PR201601-fea.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"John Zimmermann","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@supercars_net","twitter_site":"@supercars_net","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"John Zimmermann","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-january-2016\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-january-2016\/"},"author":{"name":"John Zimmermann","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/96b206a07dacd5614967544b2c3b0e35"},"headline":"[Book Review] Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans","datePublished":"2016-01-01T08:53:08+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-02T00:02:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-january-2016\/"},"wordCount":276,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-january-2016\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PR201601-fea.jpg","keywords":["Books","Car Culture","Ferrari","Ferrari (Featured)","Ford","Ford (Featured)","Ford Books","Product Reviews","Products"],"articleSection":["Car Culture","Ferrari","Ford","Products"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-january-2016\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-january-2016\/","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-january-2016\/","name":"[Book Review] Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-january-2016\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-january-2016\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PR201601-fea.jpg","datePublished":"2016-01-01T08:53:08+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-02T00:02:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/96b206a07dacd5614967544b2c3b0e35"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-january-2016\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-january-2016\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-january-2016\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PR201601-fea.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PR201601-fea.jpg","width":1080,"height":597},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-january-2016\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"[Book Review] Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/","name":"Supercars.net","description":"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/96b206a07dacd5614967544b2c3b0e35","name":"John Zimmermann","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DNFD62DX0AA8wcD-293x293.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DNFD62DX0AA8wcD-293x293.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DNFD62DX0AA8wcD-293x293.jpeg","caption":"John Zimmermann"},"description":"John Zimmermann was exposed to racing at birth. His father worked for famed race car builder Kurtis Kraft, and later as a mechanic at Indianapolis and on the Championship Trail for drivers such as Rex Mays, Ted Horn, and Troy Ruttman. John has written about racing for more than 25 years, first at RACECAR before helping found both On Track and RACER, overseeing the latter for a dozen years. He was also motorsports editor at AutoWeek and editor of SportsCar, and his book The Atlantic Championship celebrates the first 25 years of Formula Atlantic. His freelance work has appeared in Road & Track, Motor Sport, Autosport, and Vintage Motorsport, among others.","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/author\/john_zimmermann-2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}