{"id":295260,"date":"2017-07-16T18:40:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T18:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=295260"},"modified":"2025-01-06T01:13:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T01:13:51","slug":"this-ferrari-250-gto-speaks-for-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/this-ferrari-250-gto-speaks-for-itself\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: This Ferrari 250 GTO Speaks For Itself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ewQaikxTUJs\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ewQaikxTUJs\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Using hyperbole to describe the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1964-ferrari-250-gto-64\/\">1964 Ferrari 250 GTO<\/a> is unnecessary. The car speaks for itself. It is one of the last (of thirty-six) Ferrari GTOs ever built. This particular one, chassis #5571, was the first of the Series II bodies. The 3.0L V-12 produces about 300 horsepower and it completed multiple endurance races, winning its class in the Daytona Continental 2000km (this car&#8217;s first race), Sebring 12 hour, and Nassau TT.<\/p>\n<p>The driver is Mr. Derek Hill, who won the Ferrari Challenge International Championship in 1995 and the Formula Dodge West Coast in 1996, and raced a Bugatti EB110 at Le Mans. And, he has a special attachment to this car because it was his father&#8217;s, Formula One Champ Phil Hill.<\/p>\n<p>But what is the car really like? Well, &#8220;It&#8217;s so hard to describe just how incredible it is to drive this car at speed. I mean, it&#8217;s really a certain kind of ecstasy.&#8221; We wish we could give you a first-hand account but, just like you, we&#8217;re relegated to dreaming. 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