Ford V Ferrari Ken Miles Son

These are the mysterious circumstances and conspiracy theories about his death that the movie left out.
Ford v ferrari ken miles son. For his latest film ford v ferrari christian bale once again portrays a real person in motorsport legend ken miles. Ford fans who have seen the film ford v ferrari with christian bale as ken miles and matt damon as carroll shelby and have seen or heard any of the archival footage of ken miles will note the uncanny similarity that bale s character has to the real man. Peter was a month shy of his 15th birthday when he witnessed his father die in a fiery crash. Peter miles was 14 years old almost 15 at the time of his father s fatal crash.
Ken miles stepping into dolphin mk 2 march 1961. As depicted in the movie miles. Fordvferrari lemans66. Miles really did go from driving.
Peter miles was born on september 28 1950 to ken miles and his wife mollie miles. Kenneth henry miles 1 november 1918 17 august 1966 was a british sports car racing engineer and driver best known for his motorsport career in the us and with american teams on the international scene. In that role he received from help from ken miles real life son peter. Ferrari seems to abruptly show ken miles deadly car crash.
Ken miles the human being does not differ much from ken miles the effervescent and brummie accented character played by christian bale in ford v. Ken miles decides to give all he has one final time before he slows down for the team breaking his own lap record and setting a perfect lap at lemans 66. Shortly after his father s death peter went to work for ken s friend dick troutman at the troutman and barnes custom car shop in culver city ca. Peter worked there for 14 years.
He is an inductee to the motorsports hall of fame of america. Ford v ferrari titled le mans 66 in some european territories is a 2019 american sports drama film directed by james mangold and written by jez butterworth john henry butterworth and jason keller the film stars matt damon and christian bale with jon bernthal caitriona balfe tracy letts josh lucas noah jupe remo girone and ray mckinnon in supporting roles.