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Wow, I have seen Ferrari 250 GTOs running in Vintage and Historic Races in pretty hard-fought racing. Imagine if you crashed!

2 posted on 09/12/2016 5:53:24 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)

I owned a Ferrari GTO when I was a kid.

It was an Aurora Thunderjet 500 model.

During my misspent youth I had the supreme pleasure of racing a Ferrari 250 GTO all the way through Denver at about 3:00 in the morning. I was in a very tricked out Alfa Romeo. Nothing could ever compare to the exhaust note of those two Italian engines traveling at between a hundred and a hundred-fifty miles an hour. He would pass me in the straights and I would catch him in the corners. It's amazing how many "corners" Interstate 25 has at those speeds! The event remains a high point of my life. What a great sport he was to open up that Ferrari and let er go.
Yes, I did lose my license for something else shortly after that. :) As I should have.

36 posted on 09/12/2016 7:11:56 PM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)