1966 Ferrari 330 P3 and Dino 206 S

Sebring 1966: After not “officially” showing up for the 1965 12 Hours of Sebring, S.E.F.A.C. sent 2 Ferraris from Modena to Sebring in 1966. The #27 Ferrari 330P3 with Mike Parkes and Bob Bondurant as drivers and the #46 Ferrari Dino 206/S with Lorenzo Bandini and Ludovico Scarfiotti at the helm. All four were top notch drivers and Scarfiotti and Parkes had already won the 12 Hours driving Ferraris in 1963 and 1964, respectively. The 2-liter Dino was expected to fight for a class win but the 4-liter 330P3 was expected to give the larger Fords a run for their money. And that, they did! The #27 would qualify 2nd overall, just 2 seconds off the 7-liter Ford Mk II that Dan Gurney had qualified on the pole. In the race, the #27 would run in the top 3 overall through the 9th hour when a seized transmission would park them for good. The #46 would run in the top 10 for most of the race, save for a ~40-minute pit stop to fix issues it was having. But, in the end, they would finish 5th overall and 2nd in class, 3 laps behind factory entered Porsche 906.

The Ferraris always had a crowd around them at tech inspection downtown Sebring.

The Ferrari 330P3 at tech inspection in downtown Sebring. You can see the shuffleboard courts in the background at the Tourist Center.

John Baus, the Clerk of the Course and ARCF Vice-President, leads the #46 through tech inspection. The firehouse in the background is still in use to this day. Medical inspections of the drivers were held upstairs in the firehouse.

Both factory entered Ferraris had just arrived from their rented shop downtown on North Ridgewood.

A close up of the #46 Dino 206/S on course.

The #27 driving under the Martini-Rossi bridge.

The #46 going into the turn at Webster. The irrigation pipe in the background was some of the products made and sold by HN Webster Manufacturing, the business that gave the Turn its name.

The #27 on the starting grid in the 2nd qualifying spot next to the Ford Mk II that came so close to winning the race.