Thursday 30 June 2011

A Roar in the Forest: How the P4/5C Racer Battled Fate at the Nürburgring 24 Hours

A Roar in the Forest: How the P4/5C Racer Battled Fate at the Nürburgring 24 Hours: "

Ferrari P4/5 Competizione


Finishing isn’t the only thing—but it’s way ahead of the next-best option.


The Nürburgring 24 Hours is like The Perfect Storm in a forest. Rain, shine, or snow, more than 220,000 racing fans, powered by the best beer in the world, gather for the most overwhelming, pagan auto race on earth. Wall Streeter Jim Glickenhaus, owner and patron of the privateer Ferrari F430–based P4/5 Competizione—about which you can read in tantalizing depth here—was a first-timer at the 2011 event, and he was awestruck. “It’s like Woodstock! People camp out in the woods for days. There are rock concerts. There’s a burning man [like at Burning Ma]! It’s unbelievable!”


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