Ken Miles
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Kenneth Henry Jarvis Miles 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, along with driver and designer Carroll Shelby, the Ford GT40, the car that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969. Miles and Shelby's efforts at Le Mans were dramatized in the 2019 Oscar-winning film Ford v Ferrari.
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Miles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Sutton Coldfield
- Place of death
- Riverside International Raceway
- Employer
- Carroll Shelby International
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Sport
- motorcycle sport
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- date of birth
- 1918-11-01
- date of death
- 1966-08-17
- Commons category
- Ken Miles
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- number of wins
- 0
- pole positions
- 0
- podium finishes
- 0
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1
- place of burial
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery
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