GTC60 Ferrari 250 GTO

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Used at THR from 2021 to 2025

Brand: GTC60 Legends
Country: Italy
Class: GT 3000
Year: 1963
Author: ks / Team WSC Legends
Version: 1.3
Power: 300 bhp
Torque: 294 Nm
Weight: 880 kg
Top speed: 280+ km/h
Acceleration: 6.1s 0-100
Power / weight: 2.93 kg/hp

Arguably the most desirable and valuable car in the world, the Ferrari 250 GTO is surrounded with intrigue and myth. All of the 36 cars produced from 1962 to 1964 have survived and are accounted for, and most remarkably the history of every example is well documented. Up until the early 1970s, the GTO was regarded as an obsolete racing car. Since then prices have steeply risen to 10 digits in Pounds, Dollars and Euros.The 250 GT chassis began with a 2600 mm wheelbase, but Ferrari felt that handling and weight would benefit from a shorter chassis. In 1959 the first of these short wheelbase (SWB) cars was unveiled. As an interim series, the last seven LWB chassis were bodied with the upcoming SWB design. These LWB bodies included rear quarter windows, which were no longer necessary once the shorter chassis was complete. Both the engine and chassis were a development of the successful 250 GT, although the drum brakes were replaced by new discs to improve braking capabilities. Unlike the LWB 250 GT, the SWB was available as an aluminium bodied competition car or as a steel bodied 'Lusso' road car. The road car was built to comply with the latest FIA regulations which required a minimum number of cars be produced to secure homologation. Between 1960 and 1961 the 250 GT SWB was Ferrari's racing weapon of choice.The newly unveiled Comp/62 was quickly met with criticism from competitors and journalists around the world. They couldn't believe that the new racer derived from the 1961 model, but instead were convinced it was a new car. Some called it a 'Testa Rossa with a roof'. Ferrari however, were confident with the legality of the new car. Every change was approved of separately, which should make homologation a small formality. Both parties were somewhat right; the Comp/62 was so different from the previous design that it could easily be considered a new car, but Ferrari's careful planning paid off with the awarded homologation. In a similar situation both the Jaguar E-Type Lightweight and Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato were homologated, despite the rather large departure from their original road car designs. The 250's eventual name was also consequent to this much written about process of homologation. In all official paperwork it was referred to as 250 GT Comp/62, but possibly due to a mix-up, it was generally referred to as 250 GTO; the O being short for 'Omologato' (Italian for homologation).

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Championships9

Events23

Race sessions27

Drivers15

Years active2021–2025

Starts33

Wins0

Race laps697

Race distance3,510 km

Race time24.3 h

Championship	Period	Events	Starts	Drivers	Race laps
US GTC TOUR	2025	6	8	3	281
US GTC TOUR - Practice Races	2025	3	10	4	146
US GTC Tour at Willow Springs - Fun Event	2025	1	1	1	38
ACL GTC 60s - Practice Races	2023	4	7	2	75
ACL GTC 60s Championship II	2023	2	2	2	37
ACL GTC 60s - Casual Cup	2023	1	1	1	36
3rd THR Endurance - 4-Stunden-Rennen Deutschlandring	2023	1	1	1	61
3rd THR Endurance - 4-Stunden-Rennen Deutschlandring – Practice Races	2023	1	2	1	8
ACL GTC Championship I	2021–2022	4	1	3	15