Cavallino Magazine issue 162
December 2007 / Januari 2008
| Language | 
American English |
| Publishing | John W. Barnes, Jr., ISSN 0889-2504 |
| Dimensions | 96 pages, 208 x 277 mm |
The Journal of Ferrari History
Cavallino is the journal of Ferrari history, covering Ferraris old and new for over 40 years. It's the most reliable, most trusted source of everything Ferrari. Ever since the first issue in 1978 Cavallino presents extensive stories and detailed information from knowledgeable experts and enthusiasts who share the passion for Ferrari. All Ferraris are unique, and each one has its own chassis serial number. This is how the Ferrari world keeps track of all the great cars. Cavallino is the only publication that prints the serial number for every Ferrari mentioned in our stories, articles, and race results.
Table of Contents
| Page | Section | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Ecco | Ecco Here is what we have for you in this unique issue, number 162 Matthieu Heurtault |
| 3 | Lettere | Lettere Some thoughts and opinions, plus some updates on several unique Ferraris, from your fellow readers Keith Bluemel |
| 4 | Corse | The season ends the battle between Ferrari & McLaren, on track & off FIA Formula One Championship Keith Bluemel Ferrari SpA       |
| 10 | Corse | Ferrari takes all the prizes, winning in all the GT2 competitions across the globe FIA GT series / American Le Mans Series Keith Bluemel DPPI / Courtesy FIA GT, David Friedman FIA GT - Adria - September 8 FIA GT - Brno - September 23 FIA GT - Nogaro - September 30 FIA GT - Zolder - October 1 ALMS - Road America - August 11 ALMS - Mosport - August 26 ALMS - Detroit - September 1 ALMS - Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta - October 6 ALMS - Laguna Seca - October 20 LMS - Spa - August 19 LMS - Silverstone - September 15 |
| 18 | Corse | Giddings and Morici dominate excting Shell Historics in 2007 Yearly reports from Historic Challenge Manager David Seibert Michael Gregg The Shell Ferrari Historic Challenge, for authentic racing Ferraris built prior to the 1980s, racing Maseraties of that period, and pre-war Alfa Romeos of the type raced by the Scuderia Ferrari, is organized by Ferrari North america, and sanctioned by the Grand American Road Racing Association. The Shell Ferrari Historic Challenge divides racers into two groups, earlier cars with drum brakes, and later cars using discs. |
| 22 | Corse | Shell Ferrari Historic Challenge 2007 Historic Challenge Europe Hugo Garritsen Hugo Garritsen Race 1&2 - Mugello, Italy - March 31-April 1 Race 3&4 - Silverstone, Great Britain - June 9-10 Race 5&6 - Le Mans, France - July 7-8 Race 7&8 - Hockenheim, Germany - September 22-23 Race 9&10 - Mugello, Italy - October 27-28 |
| 30 | Notizie | F430 hotrod presented New Ferrari 430 Scuderia officially unveiled by Michael Schumacher at the Frankfurt Motor Show Ferrari SpA, Hugo Garritsen In keeping with its very successful program of offering modified examples of its current production range in any given timeframe, Ferrari has announced its new 430 Scuderia, based on the current F430 Berlinetta and F430 Challenge. After the resounding success of the previous Challenge Stradale, which was based on both the 360 Berlinetta and the 360 Challenge car, it was a foregone conclusion that there would be a new upgraded F430. |
| 34 | Notizie | Ferrari 430 Scuderia studied The advent of the 430 Scuderia was expected, as Ferrari did so well with the 360 Challenge Stradale that it would be a profound marketing misstep not to bring out a sportier version of the already fast and powerful F430. Ferrari is not increasing production to fabricate this new model, but rather is carving out part of existing F430 production to facilitate this addition to the model range. |
| 34 | Notizie | Ferrari FXX Program extended As you know, the FXX Program was launched by Ferrari in June of 2005, and the object was to have these advanced cars be actual test cars, and their owners act as actual test 'pilot', to determine the feasibility of components for this ultimate customer car. There was always a question of what Ferrari would do after two years were over, and Ferrari has now announced that the program is being extended to 2009. |
| 35 | Calendario | Calendario Where the Ferraris are and will be in 2008 |
| 36 | Feature | 290 MM - 0626 Fangio and his big red machine in the Mille Miglia Keith Bluemel Matthieu Heurtalt, Courtesy Ronald Stern The 290 MM sports racing car, with a 3.5 liter V-12 engine and a Scaglietti built body developed from the shape of the Mondial / Monza series, was produced in a small series of four models carrying chassis numbers 0606, 0616, 0626 and 06288, during early 1956. At this time, Ferrari's main sports racing car output was concentrated on the four cylinder models, which for that year was the 500 Testa Rossa. |
| 50 | Feature | Buenos Aires 1957 Ferrari, Maserati and Ecurie Ecosse battle for overall victory at the season opening 1957 WSC "Buenos Aires 1000 Kilometres" Tony Watson, David Seielstad Vincente Alvarez / Whitefly Collection, El Grafico / Whitefly Collection, Tony Watson Just over fifty years ago, on the streets of Buenos Aires, three of the World Sports Car Championship's leading contenders - Ferrari, Maserati and Ecurie Ecosse - battled it out for overall honors at the season-opening '1000 Kilómetres de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires'. The venue on that occasion was a layout drawn on the city's coast front, the Costanera. |
| 56 | Dodici | Chasing the Coppa GT Award Winning a great trophy is no easy matter in a boxer - but it can be done Duncan McPherson Duncan McPherson There's a scene in the movie 'The Right Stuff' where prospective astronaut Alan Shepard listens to a litany of all that can go horribly wrong in space flight, and says "Sounds dangerous - count me in!" I had shown many cars in concours over the years, but only read about the three step path to the Ferrari Club of America's Coppa GT award. Sometime in the fall of 2005, I started to think about competing. |
| 62 | Notizie | Geneva Classics 2007 Geneva, Switzerland - October 4-7, 2007 Etienne Vanaret Etienne Vanaret For the first edition of this event in October of 2006, a hundred exhibitors had answered "present" at the invitation of the Steering Committee, and more than 15,000 visitors made this new top-of-the-range show a total success. Consequently, the decision was made to organise in 2007, the second edition, also at the beginning of October, and according to the same formula... |
| 62 | Notizie | Ferrari Corse Clienti at Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France - September 1-2 Jean-Bernard Heros Jean-Bernard Heros The last round of the Ferrari Corse Clienti program for 2007 took place at the Paul Ricard circuit in Le Castellet, south of France. The entry on the circuit was now forbidden for the public, and so only the happy owners of an invitation had the right to attend. Twenty single seaters and eight FXXs were entered, distributed in three groups. No races were planned for them, only demonstration laps. |
| 62 | Notizie | Goodwood Revival Meeting - a step back in Time Goodwood, England - August 31 - September 2, 2007 Keith Bluemel Hugues Vanhoolandt Blend a fabulous country house built centuries ago, extensive land holdings in rural England, a title family that has owned thus since time immemorial, and you have a semblance of a true paradise that can be found here on earth. Add in a horse racing facility that is second only to Ascot in terms of accomplishment in the English horse world, and you extend the prestige of this fantasy land immensely.  10. Goodwood Revival Meeting United Kingdom, 31 August - 2 September 2007 |
| 63 | Notizie | 35 Years of Club Ferrari Belgio Arnaud Meunier Arnaud Meunier The Ferrari Club Belgio recently celebrated its 35th Anniversary with a tour through the beautiful Belgian countryside. |
| 66 | Notizie | 2007 FCA National Meet converges on fabled Watkins Glen Ferrari Club of America - Watkin Glen, New York - 30 August - 2 September, 2007 Chris Current Bill Bauman Each year, the Annual Meet travels from region to region, and the aim is to build the event around an important track. Most FCA members are very active, and want to take advantage of running their Ferraris on any track at speed, but even more so on a famous track. Not many are more famous than Watkins Glen, home of some of the great Formula One and sports car events of years past. |
| 68 | Notizie | Ferrari F430 beats two world records (on water) Ferrari SpA On the morning of June 19, 2007, Eugenio Molinari established two new world water speed records on Lake Como, navigating a boat fitted with a Ferrari F430 engine. Both the boat and engine were derived from serial production, although the engine had been slightly modified for use on water. |
| 68 | Notizie | Ferrari 575 Zagato at Laguna Michael Gregg Seen in the paddock at Laguna Seca over the long Monterey weekend was the Ferrari 575 Zagato, s/n 136920, the fourth one of the type made. Each one, however, is a bit different from the other, with input from the owners. |
| 70 | Notizie | Raupp Calendars continue to excel Gifts to Consider Courtesy of Raupp Publishing "FERRARI MYTH" was created by the famous Günther Raupp. It is the Ferrari of all automobile calendars, and is numbered and limited to 7000 copies. "ROSSA CORSA" takes you into the world of the Scuderia Ferrari with spectacular images of the team. |
| 70 | Notizie | Ferrari Grand Prix Moments - Formula One Photographs 1954 - 1966 Gifts to Consider Courtesy David Bull Publishing One of the most famous lensmen of the early European racing scene was Jesse Alexander, who had a rare talent for being at the right place at the right moment, and being able to capture the scene with the right amount of contents and composition. |
| 70 | Notizie | Commemorative Motorsport Collection from Caracalla Bagaglio Gifts to Consider Caracalla Bagaglio creates some very fine Italian crafted "holdalls", etc. in fine leather and in traditional styles. They have introduced a new line called their "Classic Monza Style" series. Now they have taken it one step further by decorating their holdalls with specials numbers and colors that relate to the history of famous race car marques, driver's and race numbers. |
| 72 | Notizie | Life on the Colorado Grand September 16-20, 2007 Keith Bluemel Keith Bluemel When you receive an invitation to participate in one of the classic road rallies in an early Ferrari, it is one of those occasions when it takes only a nanosecond to respond in the affirmative. All I had to do was get from London to Colorado to keep the appointment. The invitation came from Phil and Martha Bachman in Tennessee, who have participated in every running of the rally in their 1956 Chevrolet Corvette, and whom I have known for a number of years. |
| 78 | Guida | A Guide to all Ferraris produced Plus the market as of December 1, 2007... from a survey of selected dealers The turmoil in the financial markets is catching up to the devastation in the housing market, but so far other segments of the economy are doing well. What has happened in the last two months is that people with cash have decided to sit on it until a further direction in the markets is seen. This caution is translating into a hesitation in the car market, and this was seen as well in several recent car auctions where prices held up but the phenomenal rise appears over for now. |
| 84 | Galleria | Galleria Some products and services of interest, from Ferrari people who want to reach you |