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Originally Posted by Alvin
Found this "Prancing Horse" while searching for something unrelated...belongs here IMO
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Originally Posted by MikeNoun
That's a great photo! That's the 1972 Ferrari 312PB 73. While this photo doesn't show it, the 312PB has a very low profile, and a very wide track. There were three of these cars entered in the 1973 24hrs Of LeMans. One was built to be extremely fast and not last very long, the plan was to have the top competitors chase this "rabbit" Ferrari in hopes they would break, then the other two Ferraris would cruise to victory. Didn't work out that way. The "rabbit" car ended up battling to a 2nd place finish, while the two other Ferraris broke.
I think this photo is from LeMans. You can tell by the large driving lights behind the plexiglass center section in the nose. The "rabbit" car (#16) was driven by relative unknowns Carlos Pace and Arturo Merzario. The other two Ferraris were driven by; Jackie Ickxx and Brian Redman (#15), and the photo above (#17) was driven by Tim Schenken and Carlos Reutemann.
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Great backstory info on this Ferrari Mike, thanks! Noticed these wild blue colored air intakes too:
