| Other Ferraris
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Ricardo
Rodriguez drove Ferrari TRI/61 #0794 at the Riverside GP on Oct. 14-15,
1961. The car was entered by Luigi Chinetti's North American Racing
Team (NART).
| The young Mexican driver
failed to qualify as the car neither ran nor handled properly at this event.
In the "Consolation Race" for non-qualifiers he was eliminated by a collision
with Chuck Sargent's "Birdcage"
Maserati.
This car was later campaigned
on the West Coast by Stan Burnett, driving for Dick Hahn, and Bill
Sherwood, driving for Bev Spencer. It's now owned by well-known
collector Peter Sachs. |
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Hudson in the Ferrari
412MI during practice/qualifying for the Oct. 15, 1961 Riverside "L.A.
Times Grand Prix". The color & numerals look very different
from my photo of the same car on the same day.
412-MI Mystery page! Compare
the photos!!! |
| This photo captures a
moment of the epic battle between Phil
Hill, leading in the Ferrari 412MI, and Chuck Daigh's Lance Reventlow-entered
Scarab
at the first Riverside Grand Prix.
This race, held in October
1958, was the first major professional event for sports cars in California.
Equally matched, Hill
and Daigh traded the lead repeatedly. Daigh finally won after Hill's
Ferrari DNF'd. |
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