Ford brought six GT production vehicles, in various paint jobs, to Utah. Oh, and the 1966 Le Mans GT40 race car — the number 1 car that Ken Miles and Denny Hulme drove to a second-place finish in Ford's 1-2-3 podium sweep in 1966.
Scissor doors, we salute you.
We were initially allowed a nice, slow drive in formation around one of the two tracks at Utah Motorsports, home to Ford's Performance Racing School.
I saddled up for the first time in a GT.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdI'm in the red car with the dual white racing stripes.
The scenery was spectacular. A snowstorm blew through a day before the event, but the weather was superb during our drive.
As you can see, we have the GT's in track mode, with their rear wings deployed.
It might look like we're moving fast, but we aren't. Top speed was held at 40 mph.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdA stunning trio. That's easily something like $1.2 million worth of supercars sitting there.
The GTs were remarkably beautiful, but even they bowed down before the stunning views of Utah's snow-covered mountains.
There was still a lot of snow on the mountains.
And now for a special treat. Below is the new GT along with the Le Mans-winning race car version of the car (not the actual first-place finisher), the mighty GT40 from 1966.