Ford has one of the greatest pedigrees in the history of motorsport, with countless successes across every discipline.

What s more they also produced what are arguably two of the most iconic cars ever produced in the Mustang and GT40.

However history also shows that Ford had not produced a car to allow them to compete in the topflight of endurance racing for a number of decades.

This would change when they launched their homage to the GT40 in 2004, with a car they simply called the GT .

Resembling the most iconic Ford race car of all time, the natural thought would be that the Ford GT would be accompanied by a race program.

However, this was not the case until Micheal Bartek stepped in.

Bartek and his company Matech Concepts would set their sights on replicating the success of the GT40.