Ken Miles

**Kenneth Henry Miles** nɔ agbe ƒé (1 November 1918 &#x2013; 17 August 1966) eye wonye Eŋlisi lame sé ɖikeke ʋu ɖanu ɖɔwɔla kple ʋu kula si ƒe ŋkɔ ɖi hoo le eƒe fefe mɔ kuku le Amerika dukɔ kple Amerika habɔbɔ si ƒe ŋkɔ ɖi hoo le xexea me katã. Wo da asi ɖe edzi be woanɔ Motorsports Hall of Fame of America habɔbɔ me.

## Agbenɔnɔ kple dɔwɔwɔ
Wodzi Miles le  November ƒe ŋkeke gbãtɔ le ƒé  1918 le Sutton Coldfield, mɔ kpuia ɖe ko tso Birmingham dũa gbɔ. Enye viŋutsu na Eric Miles kple Clarice Jarvis. Esi eƒe dzidzi be yeasi dzo yi ɖe Amerika dukɔa me medze edzi o la, Miles tasi suku esi woxɔ ƒé wuiatɔ̃ yi va wɔdɔ abe dɔsrɔ̃vi ene le Wolseley Motors, afimaye wodoe da asinu dɔ  suku be woasrɔ̃ nu tso ʋu wɔwɔ nu. Enɔa dzokeke fefewɔm hafi wo kpɔ mɔ le British Territorial Army le esime wowɔ Xexemeʋa evelia wɔɣi esi mekpe wo wɔ dɔ ƒé adre le afisi wo wɔ na mɔ̃ le. Wo ƒo abɔta nẽ eye wode dzesi eƒe dɔwɔwɔ nu abe staff sergeant le ƒé 1942. Wokoe daɖe afisi wowɔ na zɔ le esi  wokpɔ gome le Normandy landings le ƒé 1944.

Le aʋawɔwɔa megbe la, ezã dzokeke abe  Bugattis, Alfa Romeos, akple Alvises esi wonɔ  Vintage Sports Car Club me. Adeasi va zã Ford V8 mɔ̃a le  Frazer-Nash.

Le ƒé 1952 la Miles dzo le England heyi ɖe Amerika dukua me asifi woxɔ nɔƒe ɖe Los Angeles si le California du gã me eye wowɔ dɔ abe dɔdzi kpɔla le Gough dɔwɔƒea si le California dziehe MG nudzraƒe. Le ƒé 1953 la edudzi enuenu zi wuiene le SCCA mɔ̃kuku hoʋiʋlia me le MG ƒe mɔ̃ tɔxe si tã eye wowɔ le eɖokui si.

Le ƒé 1955 ɣeyiɣi me la, ega tã, wɔ eye woɖe gbeƒã  evelia si le tɔxe si wowɔ le MG ʋumenu siwo wonya be "Flying Shingle". Ekpɔ dzidzedze blibo le SCCA F si wotrɔ ƒome si wowɔ ɖe ɣetoɖoƒeƒuta nutowo dzi. Miles le mɔdodo ƒe hoʋiʋli  "Flying Shingle" le Palm Springs le March ɣleti me, ewu hoʋiʋli nu kple nuƒe gbãtɔ esi wo ʋli  ho kple mɔdola xoxo Cy Yedor, si hã ʋlia ho le MG Special, kple  amesi le hoʋiʋli srɔ̃m James Dean le Porsche 356 Speedster. Le ɣeyiɣi kpuia ɖe megbe la meda asi ɖe Miles be woaga  ʋliho le vodada aɖewo si nɔ eƒe mɔ̃ ʋu ƒe afɔti si keke ŋu, le esia ta woɖe mɔ na  Yedor kple Dean be 'dzokpo' va nɔƒe gbãtɔ kple evelia. Le ƒé 1956 me la, Miles ʋli  ho kple John von Neumann ƒe Porsche 550Spyder zi geɖe le Cal Club kple SCCA hoʋiʋliawo me.

Le ƒé 1957 ɣeyiɣi me la (le  nuwɔwɔ aduadu kple Otto Zipper), Miles ƒe aɖaŋudɔwɔ wo tsɔ wɔ Porsche 550S ƒe mɔ̃ kple mɔ̃a ƒe zɔzɔ le  ƒé 1956, Cooper ƒe agbatsɔti kple mɔ̃a ƒe ŋuti. Dozokeke si wotsɔ ʋlia ho si wowɔ lae enye evelia si wɔwɔ dze edzi pɛpɛpɛ si woyɔna le ɣetoɖoƒeƒuta nutowo me be "the Pooper",  gbãtɔ si wo wɔ le ƒé 1950s ƒe gɔme dzedzea me 1950s  si nye Cooper agbatsɔti kple mɔ̃a ƒe ŋuti si wo wɔ kple Porsche 356 keteke ŋuse si Pete Lovely tso Tacoma le  Washington du gã me wɔ dɔ,  tu eye wo ɖe gbeƒã.  ʋu si xɔ ŋukɔ F Modified class tso SCCA le ɣetoɖoƒeƒuta nutowo me le ƒé 1957 kple 1958 ɣeyiɣiwo me esi Miles nɔ mɔ̃a kum driving.

Le eƒe aɖaŋu blibo kple  dzɔdzɔmenunana ta, abe ʋu kula kple  mɔ̃ɖaŋudɔwɔla ta, Miles nye ame vevi si nɔ Shelby/Cobra hoʋiʋli habɔbɔa me le ƒé 1960 gɔmedzedzea me . Miles  ŋutɔe gblɔ nya sia wo bene:Mɔ̃ɖaŋudɔwɔlae menye. Esie nye mɔ si dzi me zɔ le nye asinudɔ wɔwɔ ƒe agbe mɔ dzi.  Mɔ̃ kuku nye kamedefefe kple modzakaɖeɖe nam, abe alesi  gɔlf ƒoƒo vivia ame bubuwo ŋu ene. Edzronam be maku  Formula One mɔ̃a menye na nunana gã aɖe xɔxɔ o gake be manya alesi wole la ene.  Ðe wòhiã be mabu be nusia nye kpɔdzidzɔ vivisese nukokoedonamea!Le  eƒe  gbe si nye Brummie ( tso wo de Birmingham, amesi xɔŋkɔ le xexea ƒe afi sia afi le ʋu wɔwɔ ta) he kpe ɖe eƒe agbe nɔnɔ si me mekɔ tututu kple eƒe seselelãme vevewo woe be exɔlɔ̃wo Amerika mɔ̃ kuku hoʋlilawo yɔnɛ lɔlɔ̃tɔe be, "Teddy Teabag" (ɖe alesi wonoa tii) alo "Sidebite" (ɖe alesi wo ƒoa nu le eƒe nu ƒe axadzi). Edze agbagba vevie le ewɔwɔ and dzidzedze le  hoʋiʋlil ʋu wɔwɔwo Shelby Cobra 289 le SCCA, USRRC kple FIA fefe  hoʋiʋli ʋu le ƒé 1962 kple 1965 hekpe ɖe Daytona Coupe kple 427 wɔwɔ siwo nye Cobra kple Ford GT (GT40).

Eƒe dɔwɔwɔ na wo zu amegã si dɔa mɔ̃wo kpɔ na  Shelby-American le ƒé 1963.

Miles nye amesi "xɔ ŋkɔreputation le bubudeameŋu mɔ dzi" eye wo woyɔnɛ be "Stirling Moss of the West Coast". Esi wonɔ  kple AC-Cobra Ford Haboboa la, Miles geɖe Lotus 23 me le ƒé 1964 Player's 200 le Mosport. 

Le ƒé 1965 me la, ezã Ford GT Mk.II mɔ̃a kple Bruce McLaren le 24 Hours of Le Mans gake exɔ dzudzɔ esi  eƒe gearbox gblẽ. Le ƒéa ƒe gɔmedzedzea me la, eya kple McLaren, exe nɔƒe evelia esi wo ʋli ho le12 Hours of Sebring.

Esi ƒé trɔ la, ekpɔ dziɖuɖu le 4 Hours of Daytona ho ʋiʋlia me esi wozã  Ford GT Mk.II mɔ̃a kple Lloyd Ruby, eyidzi kpɔ dziɖuɖu le 12 Hours of Sebring ho ʋiʋlia hã me. Le ɣleti aɖewo megbe l esi woʋli ho kple Denny Hulme la, Miles ganɔ 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans kplɔm, esi Ford megã Leo Beebe, doe kplikpa be yea wɔawɔ gbeƒãɖeɖe le ʋu etɔ̃aaɖewo ƒe nutata siwo wowɔ vɔvɔvɔ la ŋti  la ena gbe bel Carroll Shelby ne bɔbɔ ɖe eme si dzi Shelby lɔ̃ ɖo. Eyata le Ford ʋu si wo gawɔ si Bruce McLaren/Chris Amon  kuna la eye woxɔ nɔfe etɔlia le Ford ƒe mɔ̃awo  ɖome si wo kple vea ɖitsa kple. The French race officials, after initially agreeing to Ford's dead-heat "photo-finish", reneged during the final hour of the race.  McLaren's #2 car crossed the finish line just ahead and was declared the winner. It was rumoured that Miles, upset about the team orders, lifted off to allow McLaren to finish a length ahead. Miles was denied the unique achievement of winning Sebring, Daytona, and Le Mans in the same year.

## Death