An early Ferrari race car is coming up for auction, and an example with similar provenance sold for $22M just two years ago.
Shelby drove this 1955 Ferrari 410 S at the 1956 Palm Springs Road Raceswas racing around the world in cars from other manufacturers, and not just American ones.
He also drove multiple Ferraris during the 1950s, including two examples of the four 410 S race cars developed to compete at the 1955 Carrera Panamericana before the race was called off. The two examples driven by Shelby are the two that Ferrari sold into private hands. The other two the automaker kept for its own factory team.
The highlight was a win at the 1956 Palm Springs Road Races, with Shelby behind the wheel. According to the listing, Shelby had a falling-out with the car's owner, Tony Parravano of team Scuderia Parravano, shortly after the race and would soon end up joining a rival team run by John Edgar. It was with Edgar where Shelby would go on to make a string of victories behind the wheel of chassis no. 0598 CM.
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