You know, I don’t know the Ferrari team colors. I’ve been involved with Porsche racing, both current and classic, but never Italian.
(Although I LOVE Ferrari engines sounds. After the sounds of an air-cooled flat-6, it’s my favorite.)
Someone I know had some minor interactions with (Reinhold) Joset Racing. A distant distant relative won LeMans 3 times and the 24 hours of Daytona 5 times. He is a Porsche guy though I never met him.
I recall hearing the flat air cooled with Al Holbert in the 962 before he died. Saw him at Miami GP on the streets of Miami. The Prosche would whistle around the track.
I also remember the sad crashes of Bellhof 956 and Winkelhock 962C. Bellhof was battling Ickx 962c at Eau Rouge at Spa. Two F1 cars going through Eau Rouge or even one car is dangerous. Saw LeMans multiple times with the Gulf 917’s and Ferrari 512m drool.
Ferrari had red for national colors, yellow Belgium, blue for North America and probably others.
One of my favorite 917’s is the 917K that won the 1970s LeMans. The K is a kurz or short tailed 917. The lead driver Richard Atwood said it was a smaller engined 917 with a 4.5 L engine versus the other 4.9 L and was slower that the others. The little car and smaller engine was more reliable. The 4.9 litre cars were the L’s or long-tailed optimized for the long Muslane (sp?) straight.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Porsche_917C.jpg
I think the red is the Austrian national colors and this was the Salzburg team. As you know the Porsche’s are Austrians. Did you follow how Porsche smacked down the hedge funds for $8 billion in a short sqeeze in the takeover of VW? I guess the Porsche family wanted the company back that the old man started.
I have been to the BMW museum but want to go to Stuttgart to the Porsche museum someday.
A great history with two great old men in Ferrari and Porsche. Old Enzo was not the most loveable character but he built an amazing company and cars. The sound of the engines is incredible.
