Must see movie for car nuts

Spartacus

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No im affraid you are all wrong . Have you not seen Johnny Depp in From H3ll ?
 
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Doctor Houx

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Ken "Teddy Teabagger" or "Sidebite" Miles should have won LM in 66. He was leading toward the end when told to slow up to allow the 2 other team cars to catch up for a formation finish. All were close together when McLaren accelerated and crossed the line just ahead of Ken, robbing him of the victory. He was killed racing before he could get his revenge at LM in 67, where the GT40 won again.
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As for Shelby, he is my all time Hero.......................
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1) He co drove the AM DBR1 to Aston's only LM victory in 1959, suffering from a heart condition he failed to disclose. He lived to 89, dying 10th May 2012, having lived with it for most of his life.
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2) He convinced Ford against the all the odds that sticking one of their V8's in the ancient AC Ace would blow away the Corvette - and proved them right straight out of the box. The legend of the Cobra was born.
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3) He Developed the Cobra into the Daytona Coupe with Peter Brock and did the same to the Ferrari GTO to take the class win at Le Mans for a tiny budget.
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4) Did the same for Ford with the GT40, not forgetting the Lola contribution, plus John Wyer managing the team. Wonder what gets airbrushed in the film I wonder?
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5) He was married 7 times! Enough said!
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He's the reason I've been to Le Mans every year for 33 years and bought a property opposite the Hotel De France - the AM team base in the 50's. All the rooms in the hotel are named after LM winners and his is the one on the 1st floor furthest left in my Avatar. Have stayed in his room several times.

Best of all, I met him at Le Mans several years back when racing my DB4 GT at the 2010 LM Classic. He told me the DBR1 "had a sh1t gearbox, which is ironic seeing as David Brown's main businesses was tractor and gear making factories". He also told me who he supported in the 24H a couple of weeks previously, saying "its because he has the same helicopter as mine". He told me he flew it most weeks despite being in his 80's.

They say don't meet your heroes for fear of disappointment. He was anything but. He signed the underbonnet of my car, and its one of my most treasured memories. Every time I work on it or race it, I think of the great man. True Legend!
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Oneball

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Not sure you’re right about Miles/McLaren. The ACO has told Ford that if they try for a tie between their cars that their starting position would be taken into account and that the McLaren car would therefore win. Supposedly Ken Miles slowed down to protest against being told to let the others catch up.
 
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