Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans – Book Review

Book Review, Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans

Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le MansGo Like Hell tells the remarkable story of how Henry Ford II, with the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and a former racing champion turned car builder, Carroll Shelby, concocted a scheme to reinvent Ford Motor company. They would enter the high-stakes world of European car racing, where an adventurous few threw safety and sanity to the wind. They would design, build, and race a car that could beat Ferrari at his own game at the most prestigious and brutal race in the world—the 24 Hours of Le Mans—something no American car had ever done.

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