Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans

by A.J. Baime

“To do something well is so worthwhile that to die trying to do it better cannot be foolhardy. It would be a waste of life to do nothing with one’s ability, for I feel that life is measured in achievement, not in years alone.”

Was he a team player? “Miles would race his grandmother to the breakfast table,” Ford racing executive Jacque Passino said. It wasn’t a compliment.