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$8 Million Ferrari 250 TR Crashes in Monterey

Last month while reporting for our sister-site Autoblog on the Ferrari Challenge race from the Mont-Tremblant circuit in Quebec, I got the chance to see a pair of multi-million-dollar Ferrari 250 GTOs racing flat-out against each other and a handful of other classic Ferraris, and I couldn't help but think to myself, My goodness, what if one of them crashed? Well that's pretty much exactly what happened during the Monterey Historic race which ran during the Pebble Beach this past weekend at the famous Laguna Seca race track. Only instead of a GTO, it was the even more valuable Testa Rossa.

Laguna Seca is known the world over for its most infamous corner, known as the Corkscrew. The left-hand turn is followed by an immediate near-vertical drop and then by another quick right-hand turn, and has been known to swallow up and spit out drivers who try to take it too fast. That's what happened to the owner of this 1958 Ferrari 250 TR, similar to the one which recently set the all-time auction record at $12.2 Million, only this one is reportedly worth $8 million. And our man Drew Philips at Autoblog was there to catch it all in frame. Follow the link to view the photos, but only if you can stand to witness the carnage.

Photo copyright ©2009 Drew Phillips / Weblogs, Inc.

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Rare Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Expected to Shatter Records at RM Auction

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Auctions, The Classicist

Ferraris: expensive. Rare Ferraris: more expensive. Race-winning iconic classic Ferraris: record-breakingly expensive. What you see here definitely falls into the latter category, a rare 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, complete with Scaglietti pontoon-fendered bodywork and an extensive race history. Phil Hill and Olivier Gendebien drove this car to victory at Le Mans in 1958, one of ten significant race victories this TR amassed in the 19 races it started between 1958 and 1961.

The250 TR is one of the most instantly recognizable cars in Ferrari's history. Ralph Lauren owns two. This example, chassis #0714TR, is painted in stunning black with a red nose and matching red leather seats, and looks poised to shatter the $10.89 million record set last year by a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder when it goes on the block at RM Auction's annual Leggenda e Passione event at the Ferrari factory in Maranello this coming May.

Gallery: 1957 Ferrari 250 TR #0714TR

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One-of-a-Kind 1962 Ferrari Going Up for Auction

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

In the world of expensive cars, there are always a few that stand above the rest. It's a subjective issue, to be sure, but if you're into Ferraris with a history then the upcoming "Leggenda e Passione" auction in Italy is somewhere you're going to want to be.

One of the Ferraris with the best history is going up on the block -- the one-of-a-kind 1962 Ferrari 330 TRI/LM Testa Rossa. The one and only Testa Rossa with a 4L engine, the last Testa Rossa ever built, and (as if that weren't enough already) it's the car that won at Le Mans in 1962 driven by Phil Hill and Olivier Gendebien.

The auction is on May 20th and will include a number of other historic Ferrari's, although valued at up to $10 million the Testa Rossa is by far the biggest attraction.

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