By the early 1960s, Ford Motor Company, built to bring
automobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Baby
boomers were taking to the roads in droves, looking for speed not
safety, style not comfort, and Ford didn't offer what these young
drivers wanted. Meanwhile, Enzo Ferrari lorded over the European
racing scene, crafting beautiful, fast sports cars that epitomized
style."Go 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 engineer named Carroll Shelby,
concocted a scheme to reinvent the Ford 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
LeMans."Go Like Hell" transports readers to a risk-filled, glorious
time through this brilliant portrait of a rivalry between two
industrialists, the cars they built, and the "pilots" who drove
them to their victory, or doom.
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