Le Mans 1965 is the craziest race you haven't heard about
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Published 2019-07-31
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We have all heard about the Ford vs Ferrari battles of the 1960s but this one you probably haven't heard about. In 1965 both teams pulled out all the stops for Le Mans. John Ficarra tells the unbelievable story of the race where everything went wrong. Check out what John is doing now at ficarraclassics.com/.
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All Comments (21)
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After listening to this story for the third time, I’m confident that VinWiki could be a top-of-the-charts podcast.
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This is honestly great... no CrAzY dramatic music.... no loud voice over. Just a guy telling a great car story like a normal conversation.
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I was at Goodyear in '65, and as I recall, the Goodyear guys were completely out of standard race tires after they were deemed faulty and the Fords were history.. All that was left were rain tires, and that's what the winning Gregory/Rindt car rolled on to victory. Very, very unusual LeMans.
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When he described the engine starting up, it gave me chills.
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John ficarra is a great addition to the storytelling team. Thanks for another great story!
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This guy is proof of never judge a book by its cover. He's a great storyteller and this was an awesome story. The details he knew were amazing
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Wow. You know you’re watching a great video, when the storyteller makes a 20 minute video feel like a minute.
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Ugh. I could listen to this story forever. Thank you so much…
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I love the way this guy tells stories.
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i want this guy to just sit and tell me stories all day
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"it looked like a little warrior" Given the car's history, that's probably the truest description anyone could ever come up with, and probably the best complement! Thanks for the video.
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You can literally hear the reverence for that car in his voice when he's describing it start. That's awesome!
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A 20 minute video from vinwiki? Christmas came early.
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So many awesome twists in this one. Thanks for sharing John!
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Well told. An interesting sidelight that was not mentioned is that Luigi Chinetti, the owner of the car, drove the first Ferrari to win Le Mans in 1949.
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This was truly a golden era of race car design and driver personality. I was astounded to learn of the basic engineering errors made in the development of the early GT 40's and at Goodyear. The road to victory is long and twisted and full of hard lessons. It was a world of Shelby, Ferrari, Chapman, Gurney, Clark and old Graham Hill. These cars are over 50 years old and they still have the power to thrill us. Thank you for a great story.
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I grew up listening to the story of this car and that race because Masten was my grandfather’s brother. The entire video I got to relive story time with grandpa and I loved it. Thanks @VINwiki for producing this one!
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That genuinely did not feel like 20 minutes. That was all an extremely interesting watch.
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This guy tells stories beautifully. I could listen to him read the phone book.
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Just watched Ford Vs. Ferrari, cool to see this after the fact.
