Go Like Hell by A. J. Baime

Author:A. J. Baime
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

By early June, the world press was all over round two of the Ford/Ferrari war at Le Mans. “Enzo Ferrari believes that victory at Le Mans sells more of his cars than all other victories combined,” the New York Times stated. The papers were calling Ford’s quest to end Ferrari’s dynasty the biggest American invasion of Europe since Normandy. “With the great increase in power in the last 12 months,” wrote a columnist in England’s Autosport magazine, “it is more than likely that the Ford and Ferrari prototypes will be capable of achieving 220 mph on the Mulsanne Straight. The sobering thought is that the men who will drive these projectiles must be carefully chosen, for it is certain that not even a Grand Prix driver has driven anything before which could attain this type of speed.”

At Ferrari’s factory, the big transporters with racing cars stacked on their reinforced spines lumbered out of the gate. The news of Ford’s new big-engined Mk II had reached Maranello. “The pistons are as big as wine bottles,” Ferrari was heard saying. At LAX, airport employees carefully wheeled Shelby American racing cars onto TWA big birds as Shelby and Leo Beebe looked on. The two posed for a ceremonial photograph. Shelby flashed his famous smile. Beebe had the look of a man standing under a noose.

Six Fords were entered (plus five Cobras) and ten Ferraris. The prognosticators had picked their winners. But no one was prepared for what they were about to see that weekend.

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