Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans

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		Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans
		Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans

By the early 1960s, the Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Young Henry Ford II, who had taken the reins of his grandfather’s company with little business experience to speak of, knew he had to do something to shake things up. Baby boomers were taking to the road in droves, looking for speed not safety, style not comfort. Meanwhile, Enzo Ferrari, whose cars epitomized style, lorded it over the European racing scene. He crafted beautiful sports cars, "science fiction on wheels," but was also called "the Assassin" because so many drivers perished while racing them.

Go Like Hell tells the remarkable story of how Henry Ford II, with the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and a former racing champion turned engineer, Carroll Shelby, concocted a scheme to reinvent the Ford company. They would enter the high-stakes world of European car racing, where an adventurous few threw safety and sanity to the wind. They would design, build, and race a car that could beat Ferrari at his own game at the most prestigious and brutal race in the world, something no American car had ever done.

Go Like Hell transports readers to a risk-filled, glorious time in this brilliant portrait of a rivalry between two industrialists, the cars they built, and the "pilots" who would drive them to victory, or doom.

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The book really tells a great story, of the golden age of car racing , of the war between 2 automotive industry giants.

书的用料不太够精装的标准……

From a guy who has studied copious volumes of material on the 1960's battle for LeMans, Baime really got this one right, and most of the luminaries discussed in the text have long since left us. I think I might have noted one minor factual error in the entire book...

So much of the material written about the Ford v. Ferrari battle back in the day only dealt with the facts, and never went into the personalities involved. Baime really gets to the heart of the interpersonal aspect of this whole colossal battle, such that the machinery involved almost takes a backseat, and really, what he has done here is something to be treasured because almost to a man all the people involved are gone. The Mk II's, Mk IV's, P3's and P4's will always be in a museum or racetrack somewhere, but the people that built these amazing conveyances are the real story and Baime has told that better than anyone.

If there was one thing lacking here it was that he didn't really tell the story of the 1967 campaign in any detail, and that in itself was a fascinating story and very much unique in its own way. Still the book gets 5 stars because it is such a well-written, engrossing tale.

I waited awhile to read this one, but am glad I finally picked it up.

This is an outstanding book, with very complete research, and beautifully written. I give it the highest recommendation to one and all -- and particularly to my fellow gearheads!
I was there when it all happened. I was the Parts & Accessories Manager at Shelby American from 1965-67 (on Staff and reporting to the General Manager). When I joined Shelby American in early 1965 (at the Venice facility), I shared an office with Ken Miles and Dave McDonald.
When the Ford Board of Directors visited Shelby American at the airport facility, I piloted a GT350 around our "race track" with Henry Ford II as a passenger -- along with many of the other Board members and executives. This one afternoon is a untold story that deserves it's own book!
I worked closely with George Merwin, Ray Geddes, an others mentioned in the book.
I went to Ken Miles funeral -- along with almost all the Shelby American employees. He was certainly respected, if not loved, by all.
My advice to the world -- but and read this book today!
-- Tim Foraker

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