Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1966, ka wehe poto atu a Ford i te whai wāhi a te wheketere ki te NASCAR. I kirimanahia ki te whakataetae mo Ford, i whakawhiwhia a Hutcherson ki te roopu taraiwa i te whakataetae World Sportscar hei waahanga o te wero a Ford ki te mana o Ferrari. I eke tahi a Hutcherson rāua ko Ronnie Bucknum ki te tūranga tuatoru #5 GT-40 Mark IIA i ngā haora 24 o Le Mans
, te whakaoti i te whakaotinga whakaahua o nga waka e toru i whakaritea e nga kaiwhakahaere o Ford hei whakanui i te whakaputa whakaahua o te whakatutukitanga o te ao. Ahakoa te whakataetae i roto i te 14 NASCAR Grand National i taua wa, e toru nga wikitoria i riro i a ia hei waahanga o te roopu wheketere a Ford na Holman Moody i whakahaere.