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Ferrari is 60!

Beauteous Beast: Though Ferrari started out small, by the early 1950s he was putting massive, 4.5-liter V12s into F1, sports and even road cars. This is a 375MM, a Mille Miglia and Le Mans racer with brutally graceful Pinin Farina lines. The year of this undated photo is probably 1954, but we know it was shot at Thompson, CT. Can you marque experts ID the driver for us? Photo: Ozzie Lyons www.petelyons.com

Ferrari—let the word roll over your tongue. Doesn’t it taste good? Have you ever experienced—can you even imagine—a better name for a motorcar meant to stir your soul?

Ferrari the automaker has been doing just that for 60 years now, as of this May. It was on the 11th of the month in 1947 that the very first Ferrari car uttered its V-12 battle cry in its debut race.

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