Palm Beach, Florida, 19 – 24 January 2010
The nineteenth annual Cavallino Classic Ferrari gathering was
held in its regular location in Palm Beach, Florida, between the
19th and 24th January, following its well established format of
track activity and concours, with a good sprinkling of social
activity during the evenings. As always, despite the continuing
economic depression, there was a wide and varied selection of
Ferrari models in attendance, which included a fine array of 250
GT SWB Berlinettas in recognition of the models 50th
anniversary.
The high esteem in which the gathering is held can be gauged by
the fact that, both Ferrari and Zagato, chose to make special
model presentations on the concours field at the host Breakers
Hotel on the Saturday. Also Ferrari’s CEO, Amadeo Felisa,
together with Marco Arighi, Chris Vlahos and Andrea Rastrelli
from the Classiche division were in attendance, as were Andrea
Zagato and Paolo Di Taranto representing the latter company.
Zagato presented the sixth and final example of the limited run of
575 GTZ’s, built on chassis # 140719, which is a modern homage
to the 1956 250 GT Zagato coupé, chassis # 0515GT, both in its
colour scheme and some of the styling details. At 11.00am on
Saturday morning Ferrari publicly unveiled their special project
division’s second offering, the P540 Superfast Aperta. This is an
open 599 GTB Fiorano based car with gold painted coachwork,
built on chassis # 169010, which is a 2010 interpretation of the
330 LM berlinetta that was re-bodied as a spider for the Federico
Fellini film “Tre Passi Nel Delirio”, starring Terence Stamp, in the
sixties.
The gathering started with two private track days at Palm Beach
International Raceway, for pre-booked participants who wanted to
maximize their time on the circuit, followed by general track days
on the Thursday and Friday. These included Historic Challenge
qualifying sessions and races, for both the drum and disc brake
classes. Peter Giddings in his Maserati 250F took a comfortable
win in the drum brake group, from Carlos Monteverde in his Ferrari
750 Monza and Chuck Wegner in a Maserati 200 SI. Victory in
the disc brake race went to Todd Morici in his 512 BB/LM, ahead
of Mike Shine in a F40 LM and another 512 BB/LM driven by Jim
Fuchs.
The social side was catered for on the Thursday evening by a
reception at Jet Aviation’s hangars at Palm Beach International
Airport, where the mix of Ferraris and executive jets on the
tarmac is always a great occasion, whilst commercial flights take
off and land a few hundred yards away. Here there is a People’s
Choice Award, The Jet Aviation Cup, for the Ferrari that attendees
would most like to take home, which was won by the stunning
metallic grey 250 GT SWB Berlinetta, chassis # 3409GT, of Kim
and Dana Watkins. Friday evening was the ShowBoats Yacht
Hop at the Rybovitch Yacht Club on the Intracoastal Waterway.
Here the Ferraris line up along the quayside alongside multi
million dollar motor and sailing yachts, some of which are so
large and opulent that they make a very nice detached house look
like something from shanty town! This gathering features a further
People’s Choice Award, the Showboats Cup, which was won by
the 250 GT LWB California Spider, chassis # 0937GT, of Todd
Morici.
The final major social event was the gala awards reception and
dinner at The Breakers on the Saturday evening, where the
winners of the Concours d’Elegance are announced. As the
results are kept a closely guarded secret until the after dinner
announcements, there is obviously trepidation and anticipation
amongst entrants as to who is going to take the major honours.
The Scuderia Cup for The Best of Show Competition Ferrari went
to the 250 GT LWB “TdF” Berlinetta, chassis # 0677GT, of
Joseph Barone/Veronica Wong, with the Gran Turismo Ferrari
Cup for Best of Show GT Ferrari going to the beautiful black and
silver 212 Export Vignale Berlinetta, chassis # 0080E, of Brian
Ross.
The gathering came to a close on the Sunday with a multi marque
concours and lunch in the ballroom at the renowned Mar-A-Lago
Club on Palm Beach shores. Here, together with a number of
Ferraris from the previous day, there was a fine selection of other
automobiles. These included an Alfa Romeo TZ, Aston Martins,
Bentleys, Jaguars in the form of XK 120 and E Types, a 1929
Packard Custom Eight, Rolls Royces, and a unique 1948
Vauxhall Roadster Prototype, to name but a few. The Best of
Show award deservedly went to a spectacular black 1938 Delage
D8S Letourneur et Marchand Aerodynamic Coupé, owned by the
Patterson Collection in Kentucky.
MAJOR CONCOURS AWARDS
SCUDERIA FERRARI CUP- Best of Show Competition Ferrari
1957 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta 0677GT J. Barone/V. Wong
GRAN TURISMO FERRARI CUP- Best of Show GT Ferrari
1950 Ferrari 212 Export Vignale Berlinetta 0080E Brian Ross
VINTAGE PRESERVATION CUP-Outstanding original
preserved condition Pre-1975
1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 16469 Larry Page
CLASSIC PRESERVATION CUP-Outstanding original
preserved condition 1975-1990
1984 Ferrari 308 GTS QV 49683 John Giltinan
FERRARI CLASSIQUE CUP-Outstanding factory-certified
Ferrari
1950 Ferrari 212 Export Vignale Berlinetta 0080E Brian Ross
LA COPPA PER DODICI CILINDRI-Outstanding 12-cylinder
Ferrari
1969 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 12301 Jimmy Page
LA COPPA PER OTTO CILINDRI-Outstanding 8-cylinder
Ferrari
2004 Ferrari Challenge Stradale 139262 Frederick Riceputo
LA COPPA PER SEI CILINDRI-Outstanding 6-cylinder Ferrari
1974 Ferrari 246 GTS 08118 Bill/Betty Ebert
LA COPPA PER QUATTRO CILINDRI-Outstanding 4-cylinder
Ferrari
1956 Ferrari 750 Monza Spider 0568M Carlos Monteverde
EXCELLENCE CUPS-Outstanding restoration quality and
challenge
1955 Ferrari 250 Europa GT Coupe 0419GT Ken & Dayle Roath
1956 Ferrari 250 GT Boano Coupe 0549GT Lammot DuPont
FERRARI SPIRIT CUPS-Ferrari best representing the spirit of
track and concours
1956 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta 0563GT Martin Gruss
1966 Ferrari 275 GTB/C 09073 Charles Wegner
JUDGES CUP-Ferrari most deserving as selected by the
Honorary Judges
1959 Ferrari 250GT PF Coupe Speciale 1187GT Lorenzo
Zambrano
250 GTE 2+2 CUP-Ferrari best representing the 250 GTE 2+2
1960 Ferrari 250 GTE 2+2 2169GT Scott Oshry
250GT SWB PASSO CORTO CUP-Outstanding Ferrari 250GT
SWB Berlinetta
1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta 2807GT J. Barone/V. Wong
RISI COMPETIZIONE CUP-Outstanding Competiton Ferrari
1957 Ferrari 250GT LWB Zagato Coupe 0665GT Lee Herrington
SUPERCAR CUP-Outstanding Ferrari Supercar
1991 Ferrari F40 87821 Ed Hodgen
Keith Bluemel/David O’Neill
01/2010
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