Ferrari 250LM  

Absolutely beautiful.

1965 Le Mans 24 Hrs 19-20 June 1965 - Le Mans (F): Round 9, International Championship for Manufacturers (Division III). Round 8, International Championship for Manufacturers (Division II). Round 4, Challenge Mondial. Round 5, International Trophy for Prototypes. 24 Hour duration in which 347 laps of a 8.364 mile/13.461 km circuit - 2906.226 miles/4677.110 kms were completed Weather: hot Pos Car # Drivers Car Entrant Laps DNF Reason Grid Qual.Time Group Group Pos Notes 1 21 Jochen Rindt/Masten Gregory/Ed Hugus Ferrari 250LM [5893] North American Racing Team 348 11 3m45.7 Prototype GT 4000 1 2 26 Pierre Dumay/Gustave Gosselin/Guy Ligier* Ferrari 250LM [6313] Pierre Dumay 343 17 3m58.7 Prototype GT 4000 2 #59 at test (DNA) 3 24 Willy Mairesse/Jean Blaton Ferrari 275 GTB [6885] Ecurie Francorchamps 340 14 3m55.0 Grand Touring 4000 1 4 32 Herbert Linge/Peter Nöcker/Colin Davis*/Guenther Klass* Porsche 904/6 [906-001] Porsche System Engineering 336 22 4m03.1 Prototype GT 2000 1 5 36 Gerhard Koch/Anton Fischhaber Porsche 904 GTS [091] Porsche System Engineering 325 34 4m20.8 Grand Touring 2000 1 6 27 Dieter Spoerry/Armand Boller/Claude Sage* Ferrari 250LM [6119] Scuderia Filipinetti 324 25 4m04.8 Prototype GT 4000 3 #28 at test 7 18 Pedro Rodriguez/Nino Vaccarella Ferrari 365P2 [0838] North American Racing Team 320 6 3m41.0 Prototype GT 5000 1 NRF 20 Jean Guichet/Mike Parkes/Lorenzo Bandini*/Ludovico Scarfiotti* Ferrari 330P2 [0836] SEFAC Ferrari SpA 315 Gearbox 7 3m41.7 Prototype GT 4000 #22 at test (DNA) 8 11 Jack Sears/Richard Thompson/Jerry Grant* Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe [CSX2299] A.C. Cars Ltd. 304 20 4m02.1 Grand Touring 5000 1 9 3 Jean de Mortemart/Régis Fraissinet Iso Grifo A3C [BO 222] Iso Prototipi Bizzarini 303 24 4m04.0 Prototype GT +5000 1

Agreed, most people do not know that yellow is the real ferrari color, that is the one in its badge, the background for the prancing horse. Most people think Ferrari Red, but it is actually Italy Red, the racing color for Italy. To me, a yellow Ferrari is just beautiful.

This is clearly not part of the 250 series.

too bad, lots of great stuff besides this

He's pretty handy on the track too.

Only the 1966-1967 330P3, 330P3/4 and 330P4 rank higher in my reckoning... Chassis #846 being the Daytona winner... I was behind the flagman, jumping up and down... Not yet 18 years of age.. REVENGE! J.C.

@@375GTB definitely agree on that, the p3 and p3/4 to me is the best looking car ever made, highly subjective of course 😅

And considering the sky-high prices GTOs command nowadays, the 250LM is surprisingly a bargain.

That would have been David McKay's Scuderia Veloce car, in the hands of Spencer Martin, multiple Gold Star Champion of Australia. See David Mitchell's comments on this lower down and my responses to them :)

I was just about to post exactly this. I photographed David's LM straight off the boat at the 1965 Sydney Motor Show, and followed it through its whole career to its present location (I believe) in the Ralf Lauren collection. I believe it is the winningest 250LM of the 32 cars built, and I have David's two autobiographies (signed), which I'm sure would back up that claim. Speaking to David a year before he died he expressed disappointment that Lauren's restoration had removed all of the 'old girl's' racing patina, and said that had he known that this would be its fate, he never would have sold it. Please, sir, document with the same level of love and passion the story of 'our' 250LM. I'd be happy to provide you access to David's books to assist in this process.

@@paulhall170 Very well said Paul and how nice to have met David. I only knew of him via his and SV’s many exploits. From memory Fangio had a drive (don’t recall if he was racing) David’s LM and ended up crashing it, necessitating a rather extensive rebuild. I recall Sportscar World back in the late 70s or early ‘80s had the story with pictures of this.

@@1240enzo Hi David, wonderful shared memories! I think it was Spenser Martin who crashed the car, I can't be sure of the driver, but it was definitely into the Dunlop Bridge over the track at Sandown Park in Melbourne. I was 16 when I photographed the car at the Sydney Motor Show, and at the time David was writing his column "Behind the Wheel" in the Daily Telegraph, so we (my twin brother and myself) wrote him a letter requesting that we be able to see the car. Imagine our surprise when we received a hand-written letter on SV letterhead, stating that he'd love to show us the car but was a bit busy at the moment packing the race team to go to New Zealand for a race series! I still have the letter among my most treasured possessions. We finally got to see the car, and more importantly meet David, in January 1968, at the Tasman Cup meeting at Warwick Farm. David was then managing Chris Amon ("the most naturally-gifted driver ever", he told me later, "but hopeless at managing his money") and also had the fearsome P4 there, later owned and raced by Bill Brown. David had a pronounced speech impediment, which made him shy of personal conversation, and this shyness was often interpreted as rudeness. Nothing could have been further from the truth; he was a charming and engaging conversationalist when he was able to relax. He lived his last years on the family property "Collingwood" at Exeter, in the Southern Highlands, and it was there that I twice met him again and spent some time with him. He was old and quite frail, and his utterly delightful (and very much younger) French wife guarded his time very well, but I was able to get him to sign my copy of the second of his autobiographies, and later, when I purchased a copy of the first, "Behind the wheel", and only a few months before his death, he signed this volume too. He signed the second book "Fond memories of the LM", I swear there was a tear in his eye.

@@paulhall170 Hi Paul, ah ok Spenser Martin, I was a bit unclear in my memories of this but yes your right about the incident happening at Sandown. Wow what great memories/experiences you have from your youth. I would have loved to have seen - heard the LM in action. The keepsakes you have, the signed books of David’s are indeed special. As not just a race driver but team owner manager, David certainly would have known so many of the great drivers of the day. It was such a different era for Motorsport. I had no idea of his shyness - speech impediment, and yes I can understand how some might not have appreciated that was all it was. I remember reading David’s articles he wrote on matters that he clearly knew first hand of. I think I might have to see if I can find a copy of his books to read and enjoy. I can only appreciate that how much he would have had such fond memories of the LM. It sure was a successful race car out here and is an object of great beauty. In many ways it’s sad to think that it’s just a part of a large collection of cars owned by a very rich man, never to be driven in anger again on the track. From memory the Sportscar Workd article had pictures of the LM when David had it even driving across Sydney Harbour Bridge !! Imagine being in some ordinary car crossing the bridge and seeing the lithe little red LM coming up behind you and passing. How glorious that would have been.

@@1240enzo hi David I'd be happy to LEND you the two volumes for you to read

And sports cars in general. And music. And growing up in. I loved the 60s. Best decade ever. For me anyway. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

There are replicas - see Martin Brundle racing a replica at Goodwood.

Peter Lovett kool ...Thanks

Well it could very well be him. They run a restoration workshop, with Ferraris being one area of expertise...