"[Baime] hits the gas, pops the clutch and takes readers on 2 red-blooded ride to glory that will have them smiling all the way to the checkered flag."---Dallas morning news<BR><BR>By the early 1960s, Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Baby boomers were taking to the roads in droves, looking for speed not safety, style not comfort, and Ford didn't offer what these new drivers wanted. Meanwhile, Enzo Ferrari orded over the European racing scene. He crafted beautiful, fast sports cars that epitomized style, but was also called "an assassin" because so many drivers perished while racing them.<BR><BR>Henry Ford II knew he had to shake things up. With the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and a former racing champion turned engineer named Carroll Shelby, he concocted a scheme to reinvent the Ford Company. They would enter the high-stakes world of European car racing, where an adventurous few threw safety and sanity to the wind. They would design, build, and race a car that could beat Ferrari at his own game, at the most prestigious and dangerous race in the world, the 24 Hours of Le Mans.<BR><BR>Go Like Hell transports readers to a golden era in racing when a ruthless rivalry led to unprecedented innovation, and fearless drivers pushed the limits like never before in a heroic quest for speed.<BR><BR>"A pleasure to read... Chronicles a time when an unfettered Detroit, led by `car guys,' could achieve great things."---Wall Street Journal