This is the actual car that paced the field for the 1964 Indianapolis 500. To meet the speed requirements for a pace car, it was fitted with a detuned engine from the Mark I Ford GT40 race car.

Mecum's upcoming Indianapolis auction will include the sale of one of the two surviving GT40 Roadster prototypes.

The only other Ford GT Competition Prototype Roadster in existence, GT/108, was sold at the 2019 RM Sotheby’s Monterey ...

It was a historic night: the first victory for the Ford GT40, the Ford that beat Ferrari ... 1 champion Red Bull to begin competing in the engine field. A couple months earlier, the company ...