THE FORD GT AT LE MANS CLASSIC 2014.
The EUROPEAN FORD GT OWNERS CLUB organizes its first gathering of owners of Ford GT, 4, 5 and 6 July 2014, at the MANS CLASSIC.
Why ?
- 1 / Le MANS, land of glory for Ford.
Without Le Mans and its famous « 24 heures » race, our dear cars would not exist.
Let us remember that it all started when Henry Ford decided that Ford had to win the 24 heures of Le Mans. To do this, he first tried the easy way to buy the invincible Ferrari factory. Furious at not being reached , he took the bet to beat Ferrari with the only genius of his company .
The result was the birth of the GT40.
Mission accomplished : She won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969.
When in 2005, Ford decided to build the CENTENNIAL CAR, our FORD GT, it was decided that it would be an " evocation " of the glorious GT40.
So, without LE MANS, our Ford GT would not have existed.
- 2/ Fiftieth Anniversary of the Ford GT40.
As a reminder, the first Ford GT40 was born in 1964. It first ran at the Nürburgring and after, at Le Mans.
A fiftieth anniversary must be celebrated.
- 3/ 2014 : The first 10 years of the Ford GT.
Do not forget that the first Ford GT was completed August 24, 2004.
Ten years, must also be celebrated.
- 4 / Held every two years , LE MANS CLASSIC became one of the most important manifestation of legend cars worldwide .
The combination of these facts leads our very young club of enthusiasts, to organize the first gathering on this occasion, with the ambition to honour the Ford GT owners.
How ?
This is David (GT101), the delegated « National Leader » of our Club for Great Britain, who is responsible of the stewardship base. He attended to book hotel rooms and arrange the reception dinner on Friday evening. To recap, the Le Mans Classic brings together more than 100,000 people and 10,000 cars. A year in advance, there is no more hotel room to rent, less than 100 km around Le Mans.
David also organizes traveling together between Britain and Le Mans.
For the location of cars inside the circuit, he is assisted by Alain (Co-Director founder), who is in friendly and professional relationship with the organizers of the Le Mans Classic. It is a hard job, because of the enormous demand, and because we dont want the poor space allocated to the FORD GT in 2012.
Finally, and most importantly, we will work to enrich the program of this weekend, so it really becomes an event for the Ford GT owners.
This is a very big job. We will keep you regularly informed.
To make that weekend as pleasant as possible for you, we need to know your wishes as soon as possible.
Please indicate what you would enjoy doing.
Please indicate if Madam wants another program than Monsieur.
Do not hesitate to mention what you would like to do before the weekend, or after the weekend, and why not, around Le Mans, for example in the beautiful « Castles of the Loire » area, close to Le Mans, ETC….
We can not be certain to make you happy , but we promise to try.
