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    Return to Glory: The Story of Ford's Revival and Victory at the Toughest Race in the World
    Return to Glory: The Story of Ford's Revival and Victory at the Toughest Race in the World
    Return to Glory: The Story of Ford's Revival and Victory at the Toughest Race in the World
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    Return to Glory: The Story of Ford's Revival and Victory at the Toughest Race in the World

    By Matthew DeBord

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    “This page-turning combination of business book and adventure saga tells the tale of the Ford Motor Company’s” 2016 triumph at Le Mans (The New York Times, “10 New Books We Recommend This Week”).
     
    At the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, Ford unveiled a new car—and the automotive world lost its collective mind. This wasn’t some new Explorer or Focus. Onto the stage rolled a carbon-fiber GT powered by a six-cylinder Ecoboost engine that churned out over 600 horsepower. It was sexy and jaw dropping, but, more than that, it was a callback to the legendary Ford GT40 Mk IIs that stuck it to Ferrari and finished 1-2-3 at Le Mans in 1966. Detroit was back, and Ford was going back to Le Mans.
     
    Matthew DeBord, a veteran auto industry journalist, tells the incredible story of Ford’s resurgence in Return to Glory. A decade ago, CEO Alan Mulally took over the iconic company and, thanks to his “One Ford” plan, helped it weather the financial crisis without a government bailout. DeBord revisits the story of the 1960s, details the creation of the new GT, and follows the team through the racing season—from Daytona to Sebring and Laguna Seca in Monterey.
     
    Finally, DeBord joins the Ford team in Le Mans in June 2016. This fabled twenty-four-hour endurance race is designed to break cars and drivers, and it was at Le Mans, fifty years after the company’s greatest triumph, that Ford’s comeback was put to the ultimate test.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJun 6, 2017
    ISBN9780802189554
    Return to Glory: The Story of Ford's Revival and Victory at the Toughest Race in the World
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    Matthew DeBord

    Matthew DeBord is the son of a Baptist Preacher and has himself been preaching full-time for 24 years. His great grand-father was an "old time" Baptist preacher. Matthew was formally educated at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. With such a rich heritage and well-founded education, he boasts truly of only one thing, the joy and fullness of knowing Jesus Christ. Walking with the Lord and feeding upon His Word is his greatest wealth. With all Matthew has experienced in Christ, he still believes we just scratch the surface of all their is to know and experience in relation to this awesome God. One of his greatest pleasures is to share truth from the Word of God so that others will become acquainted and fascinated with the Almighty Creator. This book covers one essential subject he so desires for people to know, the Love of God in Christ Jesus. Having lived in Louisiana and Mississippi most of his childhood and adult life, Matthew now resides in central Alabama where he is the pastor of First Baptist Church, Clanton, AL. He and his wife, Kay, have two children, Julie, and Timothy. It is their blessing in life to serve the Lord.

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