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Pace lap at the start of the legendary 1967 Daytona 24 Hours. It was also the height of the Ford - Ferrari War and Ford pulled out all the stops shipping an armada of 7-liter Ford Mark II's to only two factory cars from Ferrari. The #23 Ferrari 330 P3/4 driven by Lorenzo Bandini and Chris Amon won the race with the #24 Ferrari 330 P4 of Mike Parkes and Ludovico Scarfiotti coming in second. A NART Ferrari 412 P of Pedro Rodriguez and Jean Guichet came in third. What about the factory Fords? Well, most of them succumbed to faulty transmissions. Seems they had faulty heat treated output shafts and mechanics replaced almost a dozen transmissions. Ferrari finished 1-2-3 after several losses to Ford. No one gave Ferrari a chance at Daytona in '67 especially with 4-liter cars up against the 7-liter Fords. Ferrari's win was considered, back then, one of the best comebacks in the history of endurance racing. When the Ferrari 365 GTB/4 made its public debut at the Paris Salon, in the autumn of 1968, it almost immediately became known as the “Daytona.” The nickname became the unofficial title given, by the media of the time, supposedly in recognition of the Ferrari 1-2-3. victory in the Daytona 24-Hour Race in 1967. However, the unofficial name has stuck, and continues to be widely used today. Eric della Faille photo.
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