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Sebring ’58 Dawn of the Red Heads P4

April 8, 2024 By pete

After their victory in the January 1958 Buenos Aires 1000 KM, Phil Hill and Peter Collins scored again at Sebring, and they did so in the same Ferrari 250TR, chassis 0704. Did their massive AMOCO trophy end up in Maranello? In the background is Alec Ulmann’s wife Mary.

By Willem Oosthoek
All photos by Bob Jackson [Willem Oosthoek Collection], unless stated otherwise.

The top Sebring results were not unexpected, in spite of the strong opposition. Just like in Buenos Aires, Testa Rossas finished 1-2, with a Porsche in third place. But some of the other finishers in the top ten came as a huge surprise.

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Tagged With: 1.1-liter Stanguellini, Ferrari Chassis 0668, Ferrari chassis 0704, Ferrari chassis 0728, ferrari testa rossa, jeff allison, Peter Collins and Phil Hill, Sebring 1958, willem oosthoek

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