Ken Miles Revisited

“Revisited” because this is my second column about Ken. My March 2006 column was the first, but in rereading it there were some things I left out and would like to tell about.

A short time ago, while looking for a photograph, I came across a negative of Miles I had never printed. So I made an 8×10 and I gave it to Carroll Shelby. Shel told me that not a day goes by that he doesn’t think about Ken. Perhaps more than anyone else, Miles was responsible for the success of the Cobra and Shelby’s sixties-era racing program. As a matter of fact, a Cobra never won a race until Ken joined Shelby’s team. Miles was not only a great race driver, but also a very talented designer and mechanic.