#24 hours of daytona

[viper-motorsports]

Now starting its second year of competition, the N°21 Ferrari 296 GT3 proves to be a strong machine after AF Corse earned a second place GTD podium with it at the 2024 IMSA 24 Hours of Daytona.

#ferrari 296 gt3 #24 hours of daytona #af corse #daytona international speedway #imsa #gtd #rolex 24 at daytona #2024 rolex24

[transbrucewayne]

I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS !!

#my maaaaan #jenson button #24 hours of daytona #f1 #my post

[diabolus1exmachina]

Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona (very first) Prototype by Scaglietti

In the late 1960s, it seemed as if the performance car world was at a crossroads. With the introduction of Lamborghini’s P400 Miura and its revolutionary mid-engined design, some thought this design would be the future for the upper echelons of performance cars, and that front-engined cars would begin to fade from popularity.

Spurred on by the success of the Miura, Ferrari knew that the replacement of the 275 GTB/4 needed to be something spectacular and new in order to take the fight to Lamborghini. Rather than move to a mid-engined format, it was decided that the front-engined V-12 platform would remain, alongside coachwork penned by Pininfarina. Quite simply, if it works for you and your clients, why go about reinventing the wheel? After all, this is what Ferrari had built their reputation on, and there was no one better at building twelve-cylinder, front-engined GT cars than Ferrari. They were not to be outdone by this team of renegades at Lamborghini, headquartered just down the road from Maranello!

Chassis number 10287 was the genesis of that new model of Ferraris and the Scuderia’s fighting back against the Lamborghini and the Miura. At first glance to the casual observer, the car offered here seems to tread the line between a 275 GTB/4 and a 365 GTB/4 Daytona. Visual cues to both can be seen and some design elements seem to have blended together, but this car is far more than a design study to determine Ferrari’s future. A total of six 365 GTB/4 prototypes would be built, but this example, as the first, remains the most recognizable, the most unique, the most significant, and is undoubtedly the most desirable.

Chassis number 10287 is that of a Tipo 596 chassis, the same type which was used for the 275 GTB/4, made of tubular steel and a wheelbase measuring 2,400 mm (a wheelbase length shared by both 275 GTB/4 and 365 GTB/4). At its heart is a completely unique Lampredi engine, one that would not be seen in any other Ferrari road car at the time. Designated Tipo 243 internally, it is fitted with dry sump, three-valve heads rather than the usual four valves per cylinder, dual ignition, twin spark plugs per cylinder, and is topped with six Weber 40 DCN18 carburetors. The block itself is based on that of a 330 GT but has been bored out to 4,380 cc. What is worth noting about this completely unique and radically redesigned engine is that it bears similarities to the engines found in the 330 P4 prototype racers, the race car that won numerous races and earned its place in the history books after their memorable 1-2 finish with a 412 P coming in third at the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona. These racing cars also have double inlet valves with one exhaust valve per cylinder.

Aesthetically, the design in front of the windshield was similar to that of a 275 GTB/4, albeit with a slightly stretched and flattened nose, still boasting covered headlights and a bonnet with a central bulge similar to a 275 GTB/4. The shape of the tail section of the bodywork is instantly recognizable to anyone familiar with a Daytona, utilizing 275 GTB/4 boot hinges and a full-width rear chrome bumper. Chassis number 10287's side profile is most evocative of the production Daytona, and allegedly what Enzo Ferrari loved most about this particular prototype, featuring a near identical rear ¾ section and roofline. Looking at the nose and bonnet, similarities can be seen between this and Jaguar’s E-Type.

Once completed in early 1967, 10287 saw extensive factory testing at the Modena Autodrome over the course of that year. It was first registered on May 8, 1968, wearing Italian number plates ‘Roma B 85391’ through the official Ferrari dealer in Rome, Motor S.a.s. di Carla Allegretti e C, noting a sales price of 8,000,000 Italian Lira. It is interesting to note that, at the time, this was similar in price to a new 275 GTB/4, but by that time, the production version of the 365 GTB/4 Daytona had yet to be introduced, this being about five months before the 1968 Paris Auto Salon.

#Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona #Prototype #Scaglietti #lamborghini p400 miura #275 GTB/4 #Pininfarina #v12 #Lampredi #Enzo Ferrari #Paris Auto Salon #24 Hours of Daytona

[masochistic-tifosi]

Have some 24 Hours of Daytona Nando

I love the flag capes

Who are you calling Nando?

#fernando alonso #kobayashi kamui #jordan taylor #Renger van der Zande #24 hours of daytona #Again the flag capes look fun #they look so happy

[en-wheelz-me]

#daytona #daytona 24 #24 hours of daytona #porsche #imsa

[stone-cold-groove]

The winning Ford GT40 entry of Shelby American making a pit stop. 24 Hours of Daytona - 1965.

#the 60s #road racing #motorsports #1965 #shelby american #ford #24 hours of daytona #endurance racing #daytona #ford motor company #carroll shelby #shelby #ford gt40 #ford gt-40 #gt40 #gt-40 #ken miles #lloyd ruby

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Ferrari 365 GTB/4 NART Spider Competizione, 1972, by Michelotti. American Ferrari importer Luigi Chinetti commissioned Michelotti to create three one-off Ferraris based on the Daytona. The NART Spider was to race at Le Mans but Chinetti had fallen out with the race authorites and withdrew all NART’s cars the night before the race. It did compete in the 1978 24 Hours of Daytona

#Ferrari #Ferrari 365 GTB/4 NART Spider Competizione #1972 #1970s #Michelotti #race car #track car #24 Hours of Daytona #Luigi Chinetti #one-off #NART #North American Racing Team

[headlight-district]

Almost at the end of the rainbow....The weekend is right around the corner.

#porsche #porsche racing #Porsche911 #porschegt3 #motorsports #imsa #racecars #24 hours of daytona #daytona24hours #canonphotography #photoofthemonth #carpics #joyofmachine #germancars #canonusa #canonr5

[nicholask-la]

From August, 2022

#car #ferrari #Ferrari 512 #le mans #24 hours of Daytona #sebring #original photography on tumblr #monterey car week #leica q2 #september 2022

[visualvocabulary33]

#24 hours of daytona #24 hours of Daytona 2024 #imsa #porsche imsa #porsche #porsche 963 #porsche winners #Winning Porsche #autosport #auto racing #race car #motorsport #Porsche GTP #963 #porsche penske #porsche penske motorsport #porsche Penske 963 #josef newgarden #matt campbell #felipe nasr #dane cameron #Porsche WEC #world endurance championship #wec #cadillac #cadillac GTP #Cadillac IMSA #Porsche IMSA

[viper-motorsports]

Dale Earnhardt joined his son in piloting Corvette Racing’s N°3 Chevrolet Corvette C5-R to a GTS class victory with their overall fourth place finish in the 2001 24 Hours of Daytona.

#chevrolet corvette c5-r #24 hours of daytona #corvette racing #daytona international speedway #rolex sports car series #2001 24hdaytona #chevy corvette #night racing

[pwlanier]

1964 Ferrari 250 LM Berlinetta by Pininfarina

Chassis No. 5901

Engine No. 5901

Internal number 138/LM

Gearbox No. 18

- 2023: 60th anniversary of the Ferrari 250 LM

- One of the absolute masterpieces in the history of the Automobile

- The 10th Ferrari 250 LM on only 32 copies built

- Rarer than a 250 GTO

- A real milestone in Ferrari history: the first car of the brand with a V12 engine in the rear center position, the last to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans before 2023!

- With Ferrari's victory at the hundredth edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2023, the 250 LM is now part of a fantastic saga whose future remains to be written

- Matching numbers (chamber, engine, box, bodywork)

- History followed, restored in 1998/1999 by DK Engineering

- In a major French collection from 2002 to 2022

- Validated by the Ferrari Classiche committee, with a view to its certification

FERRARI 250 LM - MODEL PRESENTATION

Unveiled at the Paris Salon in October 1963, the 250 LM is a berlinette version of the 250 P which, presented in the previous March, can already boast of many successes in the race, before a victory at Le Mans in 1964. Designed under the authority of Chief Engineer Carlo Chiti, it is the first competition Ferrari with a V12 engine in a central position. The 246 SP inaugurated this new architecture in 1961, but with a V6 engine.

For the 250 LM, Scaglietti has signed a masterful shape, whose tapered front draws an amazing contrast with the long and muscular back that reveals the presence of powerful mechanics. The small central arch brings lightness to the pavilion, and one of the most spectacular elements is the vast hood that rises like a cathedral to reveal the bowels of this radical machine.

With the 250 LM, Enzo Ferrari wants to take over from the 250 GTO and have it homologated in GT. But if FIA officials have turned a blind eye to the Commendatore's tendentious arguments that allowed the homologation of the 250 GTO (which he had announced as a simple evolution of the 250 GT), this time they do not let themselves go and demand the production of the 100 copies required. However, Ferrari will only produce 32, so that the 250 LM will remain in the "Prototypes" category and will have to compete against more powerful cars, the most emblematic of which will be the Ford GT40 mentioned above. Glorious protagonist of the Ford-Ferrari duel, the 250 LM beautifully defended the colors of the Italian manufacturer by compensating for its power deficit with qualities of handling and maneuverability that were lacking in other more powerful cars. Carlo Chiti had seen it right by managing to convince Enzo Ferrari to switch to the rear engine, when he was reluctant.

Moreover, the 250 LM should have been called 275 LM (according to the Ferrari nomenclature using the unit displacement) because after the copy of the Paris Motor Show, the following ones received a 3.3 Liter engine; hoping to deceive the vigilance of the FIA for the reasons mentioned above, Enzo Ferrari wanted to keep the name 250.

Given its design, the 250 LM was intended for the track much more than for the road, and most of the copies produced have experienced the throes of competition and its hazards. However, this is not the case with the car we present, whose career took place in the hands of individuals and collectors who have never engaged it in the race. It was certainly present in 1966 at the 24 Hours of Daytona, but as a simple reserve car. This is why it is now beautifully preserved of origin, as we will see later.

THE FERRARI 250 LM OF THE SALE, #5901

The complete history of this work of art is established and documented by brand specialist Marcel Massini. According to the manufacturing sheet of this 250 LM, its tubular chassis was supplied to the Scaglietti bodywork in Modena on June 24, 1964. On September 18, the assembly of the engine, carried out by mechanic Baschieri, was completed under the control of foreman Amos Franchini. It was the same Amos Franchini who supervised the assembly of the gearbox, completed on September 23 by Ivo Giusti. The official order of Luigi Chinetti, boss of the N.A.R.T. (North American Racing Team) and importer of the brand based in New York, dated the following November 6, followed on the 14th by the manufacturer's invoice. On November 20, the car was transported to the port of Livorno and embarked on board the cargo ship Maria Costa, which then left for New York. After his arrival, the car was sold by Chinetti to its first owner, Raymond John Augusterfer, residing in Philadelphia.

On February 5 and 6, 1966, this Ferrari 250 LM was used as a reserve car for the 24 Hours of Daytona by the N.A.R.T., but no damage having stopped the engaged cars, it will not take part in the race and will remain in the paddock. The following year, Luigi Chinetti took over the car and sold it in 1968 to George Arents, from Warren, then in 1969 to Walter and Irene Young, from Wilton. After a visit to Kirk F. White Motorcars (Philadelphia), the car was bought on June 29, 1970 by William B. Rearden (Villanova, Pennsylvania), for the sum of $16,500 with, in soulte, his Ferrari 330 P Spider. Rearden kept her for eight years, while she appeared in issue 37 of Prancing Horse, the Ferrari Club of America bulletin, next to the 330 LMB and the Dino 246 GTS in her collection. Its owner also had the opportunity to use it on June 1, 1974 at the Ferrari club's annual meeting on the Lime Rock circuit, then at the Ferrari Parade organized as the opening of the Watkins Glen F1 race on October 5, 1975.

Artcurial

#ferrari #250LM #prancing horse #le mans #24 hours of Daytona #pinafarina #italian #Artcurial #sixteen million dollars

[forzalife]

Its the Plaid for me...

Pfaff my favorite. I fell in love with you ever since the buffalo check Porsche. Then even deeper in love when I saw the Ferris wheel. Don't get me wrong, I love a McLaren, but Porsche has my heart.

Still waiting to go on a date on the Ferris wheel at Daytona. #MaybeOneDay

#pfaff #porsche #mclaren #rolex 24 at daytona #rolex daytona #daytona #rolex #rolex 24 #24 hours of daytona #buffalo check #red #black #gray #ferris wheel #romantic #hopeless romantic

[vettelsavatar]

never in my life did i expect to meet Brad Pitt and Scott Dixon in the same day but here we are, i guess.

no like i’m not joking what the fuck??????? BRAD PITT.

#brad pitt #daytona 24 #24 hours of daytona #movies #indycar #scott dixon #potentially the best day of my life #unless i meet seb one day

[blackros78]

#miller high life #advertisement #1980s #porsche 962 #24 hours of daytona #beer #imsa #auto racing #1989

[marioandretti]

The overheard shots of Daytona are stunning. What a gorgeous day for racing!!

#24 hours of Daytona