Featured Listing – 1998 Ferrari F355 Challenge - Sports Car Digest
When Ferrari decided to take part in this marketing endeavor in 1993, they started off with their hot 348 Berlinetta model, which could be modified by a dealer-installed package that converted your run-of-the-mill road car into a competition machine. With some manufacturers only dabbling with the idea, Ferrari has turned it into a business and a brand that is still around today. With a grid that was generally filled with names you might recognize from Fortune or Forbes , Ferrari is clearly onto something. Ferrari’s next candidate for their Challenge series was their new F355 model in 1995. The 355 represented a shift, as for 1996 they went from merely modifying road cars to selling factory-built race cars, much like Porsche did with their... The competition was strong and full of up-and-coming drivers, including the late Matthew Drendel, who would later race professionally in Grand-Am and then go on to purchase a few, special Porsches later in life. The example on offer here was raced in anger by Drendel in the Ferrari Challenge Championship for their 1998 and 1999 season for the ‘Cable Trackers’ team. This car would later be lightly modified to compete in the Speedvision World Challenge Series for their 2000 season. This 1998 Ferrari. Source: www.sportscardigest.com
