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July 19th 2006
Shell Ferrari Challenge at
Road America, July 10th
By David Seibert
Photos by Bruce Miller
Ferrari 250 GT LWB TdF (0881 GT) of Bob Bodin.
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(ELKHART LAKE, WI, July 10) Tom Price and Lawrence Stroll
were the big winners in the Shell Ferrari/Maserati Historic
Challenge at Road America this weekend. Price drove his
Maserati 200 SI to overall and class wins in the Drum Brake
Group on both Saturday and Sunday, and then took a pair of
class wins driving his Ferrari 250 GTO in the Disc Brake Group.
Lawrence Stroll was the overall winner in the Disc group on
both Saturday and Sunday in his ex-Roger Penske/Sunoco
Ferrari 512 M.
Price started on pole for Saturday’s Drum race, but Peter
Giddings, driving the ex-Whitney Straight Maserati 8CM,
passed Price in Turn One of the first lap. Giddings, driving the
oldest car in the field, maintained his lead until the last 100
feet of the race when Price passed to take the win. The
margin of victory, .055 second, was the closest in series
history. Bob Bodin finished third overall in a Ferrari 250 Tour
de France berlinetta, taking a class win.
Ferrari 250 GTO (3943 GT), Tom Price.
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The grid for the Sunday was set by Saturday’s results, so Price
was again on Pole. This time he led every lap, challenged only
briefly by Giddings, who suffered mechanical problems two
laps from the finish. Second overall went to Chuck Wegner,
also in a Maserati 200 SI. Bodin again finished third overall
and took a class win.
Maserati 8CM 3011, Peter Giddings.
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In the Disc Brake group Stroll in his 512M took pole for
Saturday over Jim Fuchs, driving a 512 BB/LM. An expected
charge from Tom Hollfelder, also in a 512M, never
materialized, and Stroll led every lap to win over Fuchs by
almost five seconds. Fuchs, the points leader coming in to
Road America, did take a class win. Price in his GTO took an
easy class win over several other GTOs and 250 SWBs, taking
the Disc group points lead in the 2006 Championship in the
process. Chuck Wegner, now in his rare 196 SP, and Bob
Benedict, 308 GT/M, were also class winners.
Ferrari 250 GT SWB Comp (2443 GT, Nick Colonna ahead of the Ferrari
196 SP (0790) of Chuck Wegner.
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Stroll again led every lap in Sunday”s race over Fuchs, and
Price won the berlinetta class over Nick Colonna in one of the
250 SWBs. Wegner also repeated his class win from Saturday.
Stroll, Price and Fuchs are in a tight battle for the 2006 Disc
championship. Peter LeSaffre had been close behind, but
engine problems in his 250 SWB on Saturday did little to help
his Championship plans.
Ferrari 250 GTO (3729 GT) driven by Jon Shirley trying to catch the Ferrari
250 GTO/64 (3413 GT) of Greg Whitten.
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Giddings leads the Drum standings, with LeSaffre close behind
in a 250 Tour de France berlinetta. Peter Greenfield, who
races an Alfa Romeo 8C/35 from the pre-war Scuderia Ferrari,
remains in third in spite of missing Road America due to a
schedule conflict.
The final event in the 2006 Shell Ferrari Historic Challenge will
take place at Lime Rock Park on July 21-22. Below is the
entry list at this time:
Drum Brake Group
| CLASS |
CAR |
CHASSIS NO. |
DRIVER |
| 1 |
Alfa 8C/ 35 |
50015C |
Greenfield, Peter |
| 1 |
Maserati 8CM |
3011 |
Giddings, Peter |
| 2 |
250 GT Ellena |
0861 GT |
Boxtrom, Jack |
| 2A |
500 Mondial |
0468 MD |
Shirley, Jon |
| 2A |
500 TRC |
0670MDTR |
Colonna, Nick |
| 2A |
750 Monza |
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Ghose, Dan |
| 2A |
Maserati 200 SI |
2416 |
Price, Tom |
| 2A |
Maserati 200 SI |
2423 |
Wegner, Chuck |
| 2A |
Maserati 200 SI |
2425 |
Wolfe, Herb |
| 3 |
250 GTB LWB TdF |
0787 GT |
LeSaffre, Peter |
| 3 |
250 GT LWB TdF |
0881 GT |
Bodin, Bob |
| 3 |
250 LWB Interim |
1465 GT |
Wang, Lulu |
| 3 |
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0570 M |
Dusek, Bob |
| 3 |
Maserati 300S |
3071 |
Wang, Tony |
| Confirmed |
14 Cars |
Disc Brake Group
| CLASS |
CAR |
CHASSIS NO. |
DRIVER |
| 4 |
250 GT SWB |
1773 GT |
Romano, John |
| 4 |
250 GT SWB Comp |
1759 GT |
LeSaffre, Peter |
| 4 |
250 GT SWB Comp |
2443 GT |
Colonna, Nick |
| 4 |
250 GT SWB Comp |
2733 GT |
Soprano, Nick |
| 4 |
250 GTO |
3451 GT |
Stroll, Lawrence |
| 4 |
250 GTO |
3729 GT |
Shirley, Jon |
| 4 |
250 GTO |
3743 GT |
Price, Tom |
| 4 |
250 GTO |
5111 GT |
Pappalardo, P Paul |
| 4 |
250 GTO/ 64 |
3413 GT |
Whitten, Greg |
| 4 |
250 GTO/ 64 |
4091 GT |
Sachs, Peter |
| 4 |
275 GTB/ Comp |
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Ghose, Dan |
| 4 |
275 GTB |
7333 |
Stupay, Scott |
| 4 |
Maserati T61 |
2452 |
Wang, Tony |
| 5 |
365 P2/3 |
0832 |
Dusek, Rob |
| 5A |
196 SP |
0790 |
Wegner, Chuck |
| 5A |
206/ 246 SP |
028 |
Incantalupo, Nick |
| 6A |
512 BB/ LM |
29509 |
Fuchs, Jim |
| 6A |
512 BB/ LM |
32131 |
Schultz, Kurt |
| 6A |
512 BB/ LM |
38181 |
Morici, Todd |
| 7 |
308 GT/ M |
001 |
Benedict, Bob |
| Confirmed |
20 Cars |
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