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Daytona 24 Hours: Breaking Dawn

Once we raced Daytona’s roval backward. Every now and then, I stumble across a photo taken when Dwight Eisenhower was President, the year Aston Martin won Le Mans and Daytona’s sports cars went ‘round clockwise. Those ancient Daytona photos have a peculiar quality. The cars look dated though the track, especially the banking, looked much […]

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The Last Of The Gentlemen Race Car Drivers

Ferrari mourns the passing of one of the most celebrated gentleman drivers of the 1950s, Count Giannino Marzotto, who died on Saturday the 14th of July aged 84. Son of an industrialist, Marzotto was the epitome of the well-dressed racer becoming famous in 1950 for driving a Ferrari 195 S to victory in the epic […]

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2013 Ferrari California’s GDI V8 Slims Down & Speeds Up

The Geneva Motor Show will see the official debut of the 2013 Ferrari California, production of which has already commenced, with a reduction of weight of 65 lbs (30 kg) and an increase in power output of 30 horsepower. The Ferrari California’s GDI V8 now delivers 490 hp with maximum torque of 505 Nm at […]