Near the end of its competitive lifespan, Jim Hall wrestles with the beast at Mansfield in March of 1961. He won the feature race that day. Photo: Willem Oosthoek Collection
At Hall’s shop, in Dallas during November of 1959, his crew poses for a team photo behind the 450S, (from left) bodyman Foy Barrett, chief mechanic Red Byron, mechanic Frank Lance and employee Bob Schroeder. Photo: Willem Oosthoek Collection
Lance and chief mechanic Red Byron get the 450S ready for Hall to drive at Nassau in 1959. Photo: Willem Oosthoek Collection
One of Jim Hall’s mechanics, Frank Lance, is shown working on the enlarged 5.7-liter V8 from chassis 4508 during the autumn of 1959. Photo: Willem Oosthoek Collection
Carroll Shelby, at the wheel of Temple BuellÕs Chassis #4508, during the Feb. 11, 1958 Palm Springs Exhibition race, which he won. Photo: Allen Kuhn
Start of the ’57 Nassau Tourist Trophy race where Masten Gregory’s #98 would claim the win. Photo: Terry O’Neill Collection
Austere cockpit belies the complexity of mastering such a beastly racing machine. Note Carroll Shelby’s autograph. Photo: Sean Smith
The 4.7-liter V8 was the biggest engine Maserati had ever produced, and it generated 400 horsepower at 7,200rpm, breathing in through a quartet of Weber 45 IDM downdraft carburetors. Photo: Sean Smith
An evolution of the race-winning 300S chassis, the 450S chassis was designed by Valerio Colotti, with an aluminum body by Fantuzzi. Photo: Sean Smith
With unprecedented horspower for its time, the 450S commands respect, though once a driver comes to grips with the beast, it can be immensely satisfying to drive. Photo: Sean Smith
Nelson Piquet, driving a Williams FW11B-Honda, wins the Hungarian Grand Prix on the Hungaroring (1987).
John Surtees, driving a Ferrari 156, wins his first Grand Prix, the German at the Nürburgring (1963).
After 16,000 kilometers and two months, the Italia of Prince Scipione Borghese, Etore Guizzardi and Luigi Barzini arrives in Paris, France, to win the Paris-Peking race (1907).
