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1997 Ferrari Challenge Championship Engine Rebuild

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  1. UAS

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  4. 355dreamer

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    #4 355dreamer, Jan 31, 2013
    Looks awesome Vito!
     
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    #5 NürScud, Jan 31, 2013
    One of the best challenge cars Ferrari ever made. I'm looking forward to see it finished.!
     
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    #7 360gtracer, Feb 1, 2013
    This car was driven to its 1997 Ferrari Challenge championship by Tom Papadopoulos (who also won the '98 championship - though I don't know if in the same car). Tom was profiled in the Feb 2013 issue of Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car magazine - good story on Tom and his Autosport Designs company.

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    #9 Perkman87, Feb 1, 2013
    I am loving these tear down threads!
     
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    #10 Jagbuff, Feb 1, 2013
    ...only after removing the pan? surely it must have sounded pretty rough before the tear down!
     
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    #11 rob lay, Feb 1, 2013
    OK, now who won 1996 and 1999, placing 2nd in 1997 and 1998? :D
     
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    #12 355dreamer, Feb 1, 2013
    That's what I was thinking. Did it make it to Daytona this year?

    Some junky silver car? :D
     
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    #14 355dreamer, Feb 1, 2013
    Ha! That's your car? I've got that model. Why did you go with silver? You should paint it white. ;)
     
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    #15 rob lay, Feb 2, 2013
    I don't understand white, but #104504 was Steve's yellow 355 Challenge championship car, maybe the most models made of any Challenge car or maybe even Ferrari. Dr. Ed Martinez bought the car from Steve after 1999 when Steve went to the 360 Challenge. All the Houston cars went to Silver at that point with different colored stripes. Ed raced for a couple years and then I bought from his estate in 2003.
     
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    #17 355dreamer, Feb 2, 2013
    You lost me here...

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    #18 355dreamer, Feb 2, 2013
    Awesome. That's a serious front splitter!
     
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    #19 gatorgreg, Feb 2, 2013
    Serious front splitter for a serious racer!
     
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    #20 rob lay, Feb 2, 2013
    I still don't get it.

     
  21. Texas Forever

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    #21 Texas Forever, Feb 2, 2013
    Does anybody know what Dr. Earle is up to? I saw his last Challenge race in Montreal (2003?), and the dude can drive. When I talked to him, he said something about racing in France.

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    #22 rob lay, Feb 2, 2013
    He signed up for Challenge Club Racing, but I don't think ever did a race. I have never met him, I would actually like to some day. I like the silver w/Italian flag, but someday if I'm bored I'll restore to the yellow just like Steve won the championship.
     
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    You really should. Watching him before a race was a hoot. Coffee in hand and giving wedgies to all the other drivers. But during the race, he was something. Frankly, I enjoyed that Challenge race more than the F1. It was supposed to be his last race, and he drove like it. I know he was missing one mirror, maybe both.

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    PS One story I heard about Earle was that he wasn't able to buy an Enzo because he lived in Austin. Risi couldn't sell him one, and the SA dealer didn't have the allocation.
     
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    #24 355dreamer, Feb 2, 2013
    Kind of a joke... I'm a big fan of white 355s
     
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    Buon giorno! Kessel racing 2007-current,JMB Racing 2002-2007...2006 FIA Ferrari Cup Champion,2007 Italian GT Champion team,vice-champion driver..2008 Italian GT vice-champion team+driver,2009 Italian GT champion team,5th driver...2011 GT Open champion team,driver/Scuderia Challenge,2012 GT Open team+driver champion...old but NOT dead!!! I'll stay with Kessel Racing as long as they will have me,easier to get sponsors for me in Europe/Italy...only American in series,only doctor,almost the oldest driver....tv coverage live every race! IlDottore
     
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