Today's Photo Story - Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon win the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans

Though it took until 1959 to see the first New Zealander - Bruce McLaren (retirement in a Cooper) - at the start of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, only seven years would go by for not one but two New Zealanders to claim the top step on the podium, with a Ford GT40. A third "kiwi," Earl Bamber, managed the same feat in 2015, nearly 50 years later…

Photo (Copyright - Archives/ACO): The #2 Ford GT40 driven by Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon on the starting grid at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans.