Ken Miles

Ken Miles
Ken Miles
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Henry Jarvis Miles

(1918-11-01)1 November 1918
Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England
Died17 August 1966(1966-08-17) (aged 47)
Riverside International Raceway, California, U.S.
Resting placeHollywood Forever, Hollywood, California, U.S.
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/service British Army
Years of service1939–1946
RankStaff sergeant
Battles/warsWorld War II
Ken Miles stepping into Dolphin Mk.2, March 1961.

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. He is an inductee to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. As an automotive engineer, he is known for developing the Ford GT40 along with driver and designer Carroll Shelby, which won at Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969. His and Shelby's efforts at Le Mans were dramatized in the 2019 Oscar-winning film Ford v Ferrari.


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