Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1966, ka wehe poto a Ford mai i te whakauru wheketere i 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 te
Ko ngā haora 24 o Le Mans, e whakaoti ana i tētahi whakaoti whakaahua o ngā waka e toru i whakaritea e ngā kaiwhakahaere o Ford hei whakanui i te whakaputa whakaahua o te whakatutukitanga i te ao whānui. 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.