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Ferrari 250 TR new article content ... http://www.barchetta.cc/All.Ferraris/by-serial-number/ferrari-by-serial-number/model-index-55-59/model-summary/250-tr-index/index.html Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa

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Of the thirty four produced, this 250 Testa Rossa was the forth by the factory and the second customer car built, significantly, it was one of twenty one with the highly desirable pontoon fenders.

As soon as he bought it, Italian Piero Drogo added air scoops underneath the doors to help cool the rear brakes. Drogo, the white Testa Rossa and his family later emigrated to Venezuela where he where he raced there. This car raced at the 1958 1000 km Buenos Aires, Drogo partnering Sergio Gonzalez finished fourth, the car's other appearance was at the infamous Cuban Grand Prix in Havana, finishing 13th after the race was abandoned.

The car returned to Europe and competed before being rebuilt and eventually repainted red, where it was sold via Luigi Chinetti to Alan Connell of Fort Worth, Texas in 1958. He had the car painted black with a distinctive red nose before having a sucessful career in SCCA National events. Returning to Chinetti's Ferrari emporium for a rebuild, it was later sold to Charlie Hayes of Washington, D.C. He campaigned the car in 1960 before respraying the car to white, then selling it to Carl Haas, who then was purchased by Wayne Burnett who repainted the car red, who had also driven for Hayes.

In 1962, the original engine 0714 substituted for a dry sump unit from another Testa Rossa (0770 TR), as well as the addition of disc brakes and a clear carburettor cover found on a 1959 TR. The car raced through to 1964 and was kept before it was sold to Robert Dusek of Solebury, Pennsylvania in 1970, who restored it back to its original specification, engine and colour before passing it onto Yoshiyuki Hayashi in Japan, noted Ferrari collector, in August 1984. The car was sold shortly to Yoshiho Matsuda. Aside being part of his famed Matsuda Collection, the car appeared in a number of Japanese Ferrari and historic meetings all over the world. Later, he restored the car back to the American black and red livery.

This car was sold to S. Robson Walton, chairman of Wal-Mart via telephone bid.