The Ford Model T: The First Car In America

In 1916 the Ford Model T wasn’t the first car in America it was the first car of the American people forging the beginning of a transportation revolution. Progressing into the 1920s and 1930s cars got a lot better at being cars with higher top speeds, more refined design, and safer construction. With these advancements cars were rapidly becoming tools in more Americans lives as they got better. When the United States became involved in World War II automotive development was shifted into military vehicle development to design and produce the all terrain vehicles tanks and other machines needed in the war effort. After WWII American automotive companies went back to building consumer vehicles fairly similar similar to the prewar models until

This outlet was racing and not just in the states like NASCAR and NHRA drag racing that, but against European companies that had dominated Motorsports in prior decades in LMP class endurance racing. It was through the maturation of domestic racing into legitimacy from its unlawful background of smugglers and street racing kids that Many manufacturers entered competition engineering purpose built race cars, from which more advanced mechanics would eventually trickle down into their road cars through a process known as homologation. Higher R&D budgets allowed this process as taking a feature from a race car and making it reliable enough for the road is no simple task. Domestic racing though was usually viewed in person rather than being broadcast like other sports. If football wasn't broadcast entertainment it would never have as many fans and viewers as it does. Ford and Ferrari rivalry throughout the 60s in the LMP race The 24 Hours At Lemans was the perfect narrative to captivate american audiences. With all of the additional money made in sales booms Ford at one point tried to buy Ferrari to grow their performance and racing division though Enzo Ferrari refused. Out of spite it became Ford’s mission to beat Ferrari at Lemans. In 1964.5/1965 Ford finished the GT40 race car that for the next four seasons in 1966-1969 at Leman would place 1rst dethroning Ferrari's dominance of the sport and proved that America was a force to be reckoned with in Motorsports. Expanding racing and the viewing of racing fully placed cars into the fabric of American culture as cars were not only transportation anymore they were also passion and inspiration struck into millions of