VIDEO: World record Ferrari Challenge Stradale run in SoCal
Click above for more photos courtesy of SpeedAndMotion.com
If you've ever had the pleasure of hearing a Ferrari Challenge Stradale run, you'll know that there are few sounds like it in all of autodom. When revved towards its 8,500 RPM redline, it takes on a raspy snarl that makes the regular Ferrari 360 V8 sound positively tame in comparison. Now just imagine taking that sound and multiplying it by 21. You see, 21 Challenge Stradale owners recently got together in Southern California to celebrate this special edition F-car, and in the process may have set some kind of record.
Arizona had claimed a record a while back when they had just nine of these beasts in one place at one time. Whether or not that was official, the 21 cars that turned up in the L.A. area last weekend clearly have it beat. It's the most we've ever seen at once so until you can show us otherwise, we'll award them the blue ribbon. After the Carrera GT drive last month, this was a nice follow-up.
After the jump you are going to see and hear these cars in action, but before we get to that we wanted to point out that within this pack there were examples in black, silver, yellow, TdF and Bugatti blue, as well as two different shades of Rosso. Such diversity.
Our thanks to SpeedAndMotion.com for the pics and videos.
[Source: SpeedAndMotion.com]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Itsuru 6:42PM (8/03/2008)
I wouldn't have liked to pull into that parking lot in my car!
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Malfoy Roark 6:44PM (8/03/2008)
Very nice.
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Sharone 6:48PM (8/03/2008)
Just amazing. A bunch of rich w@#$%* trying to show off their wealth.
At least Corvette guys do not feel the "need" to make World Record Runs.
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Michael 8:28PM (8/03/2008)
Bitter much?
why not the LS2LS7? 8:41PM (8/03/2008)
I dunno. I don't think Corvette owners are as a group any better (or worse) than Ferrari owners.
There are pricks in both groups and good people in both groups.
Matty 9:02PM (8/03/2008)
Corvette owners may as well be welfare recipients next to these Challenge Stradale owners.
tankd0g 10:18PM (8/03/2008)
Corvettes just break records without even trying right? LOL
JWQ 11:26AM (8/04/2008)
corvette owners are just angry because they can't drive on the PCH without their roofs blowing off.
These guys are car enthusiasts just like any other, so what if they have more money than the rest of us? If you had the money you would be driving around in a Ford Ka? please
LowTeckh 7:40PM (8/03/2008)
What a surprise, all of them seem stock! (At least the rims...)
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mk 12:12PM (8/04/2008)
Challenge wheels are one of the most distinct, and IMHO, cool wheel designs around. BBS CH, CO, and variants included.
Why would someone change out the challenge wheels? They make the car, and differentiate it from other 360s.
They look better than the 430 Scuderia wheels, too.
Truth be told, I'd like a 430 Scuderia, with Challenge wheels, and the 360's rear end grafted on. I like the older larger tail lights, and full width black mesh, like the F40, and 355 Challenge also had.
why not the LS2LS7? 8:11PM (8/03/2008)
F-car? You mean a Ford?
Do we have to expand this stupid crap that the Pontiac pinheads started?
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Michael 10:42PM (8/03/2008)
Man, I was driving my F-car through L-town the other day and I saw this cute G-person and, damn, she was H-body.
Dan 8:43PM (8/03/2008)
Why the hell would somebody want a blue Ferrari???
A blue Ferrari is like a Purple Orange, it's just not meant to be!!!
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mk 12:16PM (8/04/2008)
Are you kidding?
Tour de France Blue is a fantastic color on a ferrari.
Red is common, of course. As it should be. It is great for getting people to notice your Ferrari.
Yellow is for showing off your Ferrari, when your freinds have red ones, and you want to one up them.
Gray is ok. technical-looking but kind of bland.
But blue is gorgeous, but not ostentatious. Mostly for the ferrari owner who knows why he likes to drive a ferrari, but doesn't need EVERYONE to know he drives a ferrari. And it is much different than Rosso Corsa, or Fly Yellow. Subtle and sophisticated.
Part of me would want a Red Ferrari, but there is also a part of me that really likes the TdF Blue as something completely different.
HotRodzNKustoms 9:07PM (8/03/2008)
21 CS's in one place? Big deal. Seems like that can happen at any hip restaurant in SoCal.
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tankd0g 10:18PM (8/03/2008)
Bet it happened in the Ferrari factory parking lot all the damn time!
YourNameHere 9:18PM (8/03/2008)
money > talent
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Daniel 10:39PM (8/03/2008)
what?
tankd0g 10:17PM (8/03/2008)
I wonder if the guys who didn't pay the 5 grand for the stripes feel inadequate or superior?
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RX8 10:57PM (8/03/2008)
Those stripes are ugly i would'nt pay 5g for it.
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