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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Enzo Ferrari left CMN in 1920 to work at Alfa Romeo and racing their cars in local races he had more success. In 1923, racing in Ravenna, he acquired the Prancing Horse badge which decorated the fuselage of Francesco Baracca's (Italy's leading ace of WWI) SPAD fighter, given from his mother, taken from the wreckage of the plane after his mysterious death. This icon would have to wait until 1932 to be displayed on a racing car. In 1924 he won the Coppa Acerbo at Pescara. His successes in local races encouraged Alfa to offer him a chance of much more prestigious competition. Ferrari turned this opportunity down and did not race again until 1927. He continued to work directly for Alfa Romeo until 1929 before starting Scuderia Ferrari as the racing team for Alfa.
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Nice Car in Red Colour
Born in Modena, Enzo Ferrari grew up with little formal education but a strong desire to race cars. During World War I he was a mule-shoer in the Italian Army. His father, Alfredo, died in 1916 as a result of a widespread Italian flu outbreak. Ferrari became sick himself and was consequently discharged from Italian service. Upon returning home he found that the family firm had collapsed. Having no other job prospects he sought unsuccessfully to find work at FIAT and eventually settled for a job at a smaller car company called CMN redesigning used truck bodies into small passenger cars. He took up racing in 1919 on the CMN team, but had little initial success.
Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano at The Evergreen Invitational. Ferrari and Lake Forest Sportscars were one of the main sponsors at the 2007 Evergreen Invitational.
The Evergreen Invitational is a premier annual event that shares the excitement of equestrian Grand Prix show jumping. Proceeds from the 2007 Evergreen Invitational will benefit world-class women's health programs at Prentice Women's Hospital of Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
use the large cockpit canopy as the trans-black works best for the Ferrari theme and the shape blends better with the massive aft section, better than a 4-wide canopy.
Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, The Rocks, Sydney - A sunny Saturday afternoon, plenty of time to enjoy this beauty parked in Sydney's harbour
"Bigger custom made Giovanna (as seen on Pimp My Ride and Rides on TV, they are in the USA) 'Ferrari' copy alloys, resprayed from yellow to pastel turquoise, passengers door and un-used hood welded up and smoothed, seams filled+smoothed, decals removed and improved turbo. It wasn't lowered as it's low enough. Electric windows added. Central locking added and Intelistart (Clifford Alarm). This is a one off of a one in 349 car."
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