1964 24 Hours of Le Mans - Race

Race

Pedro Rodríguez took the best start with the NART 330P. Richard Attwood's No. 12 Ford GT-40 caught fire in the evening. Phil Hill drove the sole surviving GT40, and broke into the top three coming from 32nd during the night and establishing a lap record at 131.375 mph (211.4 km/h). Just before 05:30, Phil brought the last GT40 to the pits. After some discussion between Ford officials, the cause of the retirement was a gearbox failure. The factory-entered Ferrari of Jean Guichet and Nino Vaccarella took the win.

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