"There is a point at 7,000 rpm where everything just fades away. The car becomes too light. It disappears."

This is the description of the speed itself.

“There is a point at 7,000 rpm where everything just fades away. The car becomes too light. It disappears. All that remains is a body moving through space and time. At 7,000 rpm, that's where you find it. That's where it waits for you."

In Ford vs. Ferrari, captivating story that reconnects with the victorious epic of Le Mans in 1966, Miles is not a character. Brilliantly played by Christian Bale, this English veteran of World War II has such a fascinating, sad and unfair true story.

When sports car builder and driver Carroll came across a proposal from the giant Ford to end Ferrari's monopoly on the hot asphalt of Mans, Ken Miles spent his days trying to save himself. financially and savor what remained the vernacular success of Los Angeles auto racing.

Miles was a talented mechanic with tank training, but with an unmatched sensitivity for "understanding" cars. However, he did not have enough of these skills to shop his MG, Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz.

Shelby's proposal to take over the direction of racing for his project at Le Mans eliminated Miles on the coast, where he was a legend admired by racing neophytes.

Months before 1964, Don Enzo Ferrari had refused to sell his business to the Detroit department stores. This enraged Henry Ford II, who had sworn revenge on Don Enzo, for everything he said about him. What he produced for Henry Ford II to enter the Mans.

Ford's foray into Mans in 1964 with Bruce as the star driver was disastrous. And it is at this moment that Shelby appears, who had placed his car in fourth place, as a bet by Ford to print the lineage of running the brand.

With Miles' wisdom and Shelby's technical guidance, the Ford Race team prepared for the edition

And Miles the Bulldog was the true father of the new GT40 that was beginning to take shape.

"It is a complete disaster",

say the chronicles that the Englishman told as soon as he got out of the car for the first time. And there he led a reconstruction of the race that, however, that year could no longer successfully parade on the French track.

They lightened the GT40, put a liter engine, more powerful brakes, modified the aerodynamics and among other adaptations.

In 1966, Miles, a 48-year veteran, arrived in France after repeating the victory at Daytona. On board the Ford 1, he had a bad start but managed to set the pace of the race for his teammates: McLaren and Amon the Ford GT. The GT40s dominated and this time Miles was flying.

No V8 engine has ever won at Le Mans and an American car has never been crowned in this race.

Miles's temper knew only one strategy: one hundred percent all the time.

Fate and history were with Ford, but not with Miles.

As the three GT40s cross the line together to crown the feat of an unforgettable and irreplaceable photo, the athletes warn that it is not possible to tie: the cars arrived at the same time.

Shelby and Miles promised to try again but another makeshift chicana at 7,000 rpm, Miles met his death.

This is a tragic ending for a man who always went to the limit in the car and was never recognized, as he achieved the victory at Mans.

ONLY ONE PERSON KNEW IT AND THAT WAS HIS GREAT FRIEND CARROLL SHELBY