Ford GT40s run at Le Mans for the first time during trials for the 24-Hours of Le Mans (1964).
Jim ClarkPeter Bryant
2 Four-time 500-cc Motorcycle Grand Prix World Champion and auto-racer Mike “The Bike” Hailwood is born in Birmingham, England (1940).
3 Carrol Shelby drives a Birdcage Maserati to victory in the Los Angeles Examiner Herald—Express International Grand Prix at Riverside, California (1960).
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