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1966-67 Exoto Ford GT40 Mk II

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Third, 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, driven by Bucknum/Hutcherson

Ronnie Bucknum and NASCAR regular, Dick Hutcherson, teamed up to drive the #5 Holman Moody-entered Mk II. Bucknum had been to Le Mans the year prior, driving the Scuderia Filipinetti GT40. Hutcherson had plenty of miles under his belt since Ford had hired their NASCAR drivers to help test the Mk IIs reliability. However, the American had never raced in the rain... and the Le Mans 24 Hours is rarely a dry event from start to finish.

Right from the start, Bucknum pushed the pace. The #5 car moved steadily up the field from ninth to third in the first hour. He held his own amongst the race leaders, moving up to and spending a good deal of time right behind the leading #7 Mk II of Graham Hill. As the race progressed, the American duo held their own. However, when the rain began to fall on Hutcherson he immediately wanted out of the car! John Holman urged him to just take it easy and 'just keep it on the road, Hutch.' Running down the Mulsanne at over 200mph... in the rain... at night... he wondered what he was doing, risking life and limb!

As night turned to day, the #5 Holman Moody entry was sitting pretty. Twelve laps behind the Miles/Hulme and McLaren/Amon cars and nine laps ahead of the fourth place Porsche, the team knew they only had to endure the final hours. And so they did, flying in formation with their Ford teammates during the final laps to round out a 1-2-3 photo finish!


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1966 Exoto Ford GT40 Mk II in Standox Suzuka Sun
1966, Works Prototype in Authentic Black
1966 Daytona 24 Hours, Hansgen/Donohue
1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, Hawkins/Donohue
1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, Muir/Hill, Alan Mann Racing, With Driver Figurine
1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, Aficionado Deluxe Gift Set
Third, 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, Bucknum/Hutcherson
1966 Sebring 12 Hours, Grant/Gurney
1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, Hill/Muir, Alan Mann Racing
Second, 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, Miles*/Hulme
1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, Andretti/Bianchi
1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, Andretti*/Bianchi
Winner, 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, Amon*/McLaren
1966, Pure Line in Satin Aluminum Finish

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1966 Exoto Ford GT40 Mk II in Standox Catalunya Splash
1966 Exoto Ford GT40 Mk II in Standox Indianapolis Green
1967 Daytona 24 Hours, Foyt/Gurney, Shelby American
1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, Gurney/Grant, Shelby American
1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, Works Le Mans Prototype
1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, Whitmore/Gardner, Alan Mann Racing
Winner, 1966 Daytona 24 Hours, Ruby/Miles, Shelby American
Winner, 1966 Daytona 24 Hours, Ruby/Miles, Shelby American, Finish Line Plus
Third, 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, Bucknum/Hutcherson, Finish Line Plus
1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, Hawkins/Donohue, Finish Line Plus
1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, Whitmore/Gardner, Alan Mann Racing, Finish Line Plus
*Driver figure included

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Driven by Ronnie Bucknum
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Raced at Le Mans 24 Hours
Circa 1966
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