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Author Randy Cook in 750 Monza (0518M) at Concorso Italiano.
By Pete Vack
From our Archives, February 2017
We are saddened by the loss of Bowtie Ferraris author and vintage racer Randy Cook, who passed away on February 16, 2017 after a being diagnosed with cancer.
When I first met Randy, he was carrying a huge, I mean huge, three ring binder bursting with facts and photos of Chevy-engined Ferraris.
He plopped it down in front of me and said, “Well, let’s get to work.”
Author Randy Cook in 750 Monza (0518M) at Concorso Italiano.
One is remembered by his work
By Pete Vack
We are saddened by the loss of Bowtie Ferraris author and vintage racer Randy Cook, who passed away on February 16, 2017 after a being diagnosed with cancer.
When I first met Randy, he was carrying a huge, I mean huge, three ring binder bursting with facts and photos of Chevy-engined Ferraris.
He plopped it down in front of me and said, “Well, let’s get to work.” [Read more…] about Randy Cook, a Tribute
At Sebring in 1953 with Peter Yung. Photo by Ozzie Lyons © 2014 Pete Lyons/petelyons.com
This week we present another chapter from Randy Cook’s new book Bowtie Ferraris, the only book ever published about Chevy engined Ferraris.
By Randy Cook
This was one of six 225S competition berlinettas, a Vignale-bodied, triple porthole car, delivered in 1952 to Luigi Chinetti for Peter and Robert Yung of New York City. The Yungs raced the car in the 1953 Sebring 12 Hour race finishing eighth overall and second in class.
In 1955 it was sold to Santiago Gonzalez of Havana, Cuba who co-drove it with Gilberto Hernandez to first in class and second overall in the Sagua-Havana Rallye. On October 10, 1955, the pair won the Cuban Sports Car Grand Prix in the car.