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Kenneth Henry Jarvis Miles (1 November 1918 – 17 August 1966) was an English sports car racing engineer and driver best known for his motorsport career in the U.S. and with American teams on the international scene.
As the film sadly depicts, just a few months after Ford defeated Ferrari in the 1966 Le Mans, Ken Miles was killed while testing out a new Ford vehicle (the J-car) at California's Riverside International Raceway. Miles' Ford test car suddenly flipped, crashed, and caught fire.
While driving it at 200 miles per hour the Riverside International Raceway in California, Ken flipped the car over. It caught on fire, and Ken was immediately ejected and killed. His death took place just two months after the race that served as the subject of the Ford v. Ferrari film.
The fame for Ken Miles after Ford’s victory over Ferrari at Le Mans 1966 was tragically short-lived. Two months later on August 17, 1966, he was killed test driving a Ford J-car at a California raceway.
Ken Miles, left, talks with Carroll Shelby during the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966. Miles, in the eyes of many, had a win stolen from him that year. The winning assault of the...
Ken Miles is an important name in Ford motorsport history as he drove the GT40 for 24 Hours of Le Mans, but where is the car now? Here's what you need to know.
Ken Miles survived World War II at the controls of a British Army tank only to perish behind the wheel of a prototype race car, but not before winning the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring and many other sports car races in a variety of machines.
Ken was killed at Riverside Raceway on Aug. 17 while testing one of the Ford J-car prototypes. The testing program that was being carried out was to determine whether the J-car was...
Ken Miles (Christian Bale), the other half of Ford v Ferrari’s motorsport bromance, was an English race car driver who became the winning man for an American automobile giant.
Did Ken Miles die shortly after the 1966 Le Mans race? Yes. Ken Miles, who is portrayed by Christian Bale in the film, died two months after the 1966 Le Mans. He was killed during a freak accident while test driving the Ford J-car, which was to be the successor to the Ford GT40 Mk II.