Most beautiful race car(s)

[TsgtRet]

Can't argue with any of the choices above, particularly the P4 and the T70 but my taste for beautiful race cars runs a bit earlier......the Ferrari 166 is at the top of my list:

[slothead]

I can't disagree with anyone's choices. I was 'raised' on Saturday night dirt track racing at local fair grounds in upstate NY. My mother used to wake me and my brother up at 4:30 am Sunday mornings so we could watch jalopy races from Culver City, California on TV.

This was the first car I rooted for weekly, the #00 of Buzzie Reutimann at Orange County Fair Speedway and Nazareth Speedway.


This was the late 60's and early 70's and to this day when I see a muscle car my heart races. My first car was a Cougar (no pictures) but this is a very good likeness:

I watch but don't go to muscle car auctions because I know better.

My latest toy is a 2012 Mustang that I will admit to driving like a 16 year old at times. I love the acceleration and sound going up or down the gears.

But, as much as I love all these cars there's something unique about thoroughbred race cars from the 60's and 70's for me. There's something sexy about those Ferrari's, Porsche's, Lola's, and Ford GT's. I know that doesn't make any sense 'cause cars are mechanical objects, but they are works of art that capture my gaze and hold it.

Slothead

[chappyman66]

I can't argue that the 330 P4 is at the top of the list of beautiful cars, particularly from that era of LeMans cars. However, I would like to offer a sleek and svelte version:



The Ferrari 312P coupe...... :bow-blue:

As pretty as the 330 P4 is (and there is no doubt), the 312P has always held my admiration as the trimmed-down essence of that line of cars......wide and swoopy and svelte.....and the open version with that big scoop so F-1 like.....