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Bahamas Speed Week 1966 - Ferrari 365 P2 Drogo #44
🕑 Added 2025-01-10 07:00:04 +0000 UTCFor the WSC60s Ferrari 365 P2.
I may be away on holiday at the moment when this post releases, but I assume the update for the pack has released by now. If not, it's coming out before the 25th of January.
This excellent car was modelled by the great NPanic of NP's Garage. Having done pretty much all major liveries for this car, I withheld one for Patreon because I'm evil like that.
This car has quite a sad story to it, formerly owned by Scuderia Filipinetti who only raced it successfully once at Le Mans in 1966. Following a string of non arrivals or non starts, the car was sold to Venezuelan rich racer Rodrigo Borjes Zingg, who intended to race it internationally. He was warned by friends and family about the car, as it was his first big engine sports car - this one especially not being beginner friendly. Undeterred, Zingg set off to the Bahamas for the Speed Weeks of 1966, not knowing it would be his last race.
As quoted from racing driver memorial:
The last edition of the Nassau Trophy Race was held on Sunday, 04 December 1966 on the Oakes Field course, in Nassau. Rodrigo Borjes, a young Venezuelan driver at his debut at the track, lost control of his newly delivered Ferrari 365/P2 during the first lap, going too fast at the first turn beyond the bridge. The car with a full tank of gasoline rolled, ending upside down and caught fire. Borjes managed to extricate himself from the burning wreck, which was already involved in huge flames, walking away from the car with his overalls still burning. He fell to the ground and turned several times trying to put out the fire from his suit, with his face and hands already seriously burned. The attendant fire truck arrived to the place of the accident more than five minutes later. Parked behind the pits, as the truck entered the narrow pitlane it found itself boxed in, being too tall to fit under the bridge an route to the scene. It couldn't back up because several racers had pitted briefly and the cars were now parked behind the truck. The truck driver tried to pass on the right side, knocking down a chain-link fence. When finally the firemen arrived they got the fire under control, although the main hose of the vehicle was faulty.
The rescuers found the driver lying without consciousness nearly the burning car. Borjes was taken to the Princess Margarita hospital in Nassau. A week later, being the state of his health still worrying, he was airlifted to the intensive care unit of the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida, United States. Sadly he succumbed to his injuries six weeks later, on 11 January 1967. It is believed that the death occurred in consequence of the damage to the driver's lungs, caused by the fire.
The accident dramatized the completely inadequate safety standards at Nassau races. This was the last edition of the Nassau Speed Weeks, in 1967 the long-time ruling party that governed the Bahamas was voted out of office in favor of the "Progressive Liberal Party". The new government put an end to the Nassau racing event which wasn't more organized.
I had to make this livery with only a handful of real photos of the car, hence why it's more of a guesstimate than most my other liveries. Considering the crash happened so early on, it is a wonder real photos exist of the car in the first place.
Comments
Franco Lazzarato
I would like to offer you my sincere thanks for the realisation of these vintage models, as admin of the only Italian historical simulation community with AC. Thank you for your excellent work
kenny moss
Hi Rodger. Do you know if the auto gearbox is being fixed please. Many thanks.
kenny moss
Hi Rodger. Just downloaded fix files for WSC and GTC packs. Lights are all working now but Auto gearbox on Ferrari 365p2 is still not working. Could you pass this on please. Kenny.
Alex Snowden
Given that you've uploaded so many of these Bahamas skins recently, have you seen the new version of Oakes Field Legion released recently? The scenery still makes it look like a Mario Kart DS track, but the road surface is quite good now - it is much better to drive than before.
kenny moss
Great. Many thanks. Are they looking at the auto gearbox as well.
Rodger Davies
Thanks, have raised to look into it
kenny moss
Hi. Tested again . Lighting fx turned on
GRANDICELLI CHANNEL
Thank you pal.
kenny moss
Hi. Yes I’m on Pastas Discord. Other WSC cars are ok. Seems just the 365 p2. Will check the lighting fx in CSP. I saw someone else had the same problem.
Rodger Davies
Hi Kenny, do you mean they're not working on any WSC cars? Please can you see if lightingFX is active in CSP? Are you on Pasta's Discord channel at all so I can DM you?
Rodger Davies
The modeller, NPanic, is working on a separate 1965 version - check out his Patreon for details
kenny moss
Hi. Tested again today. Rear lights and brake lights not working ok on other WSC cars. Using latest CSP and Pure. Any ideas please.
GRANDICELLI CHANNEL
I REALLY HOPE that the most famous of all the P2's liveries has been already take in consideration. I am ofc talking about the n.198 that brought none other but "The Flying School Director" Nino Vaccarella to his first victory in 1965 on the strerts of the Targa that would eventually make him a true Legend of the Piccolo delle Madonie...
kenny moss
Hi Will test again tomorrow. On latest CSP and Pure. Will get back to you tomorrow. Thanks.
Rodger Davies
Not sure any of us have tested an auto box, will have a look. Rear lights are working for me, which CSP version are you on please? And do brakelights work?
kenny moss
Do you know if the mod creator is going to fix the rear lights as they don’t work. Also would be good if you could drive with auto gearbox as won’t shift up.Cheers.
Rodger Davies
This is one reason I love the sim version of the sport - I don't have to comply with what actually happened and if I want to run this car in a full 1967 season as it deserves, I can do just that - thanks so much for the livery, I was really looking forward to this one.
