Luigi Chinetti (July 17, 1901 – August 17, 1994) was an Italian-born racecar driver, who emigrated to the United States during World War II. He drove in 12 consecutive 24 Hours of Le Mans races, taking three outright wins there and taking two more at the Spa 24 Hours race. Chinetti owned the North American Racing Team, which successfully ran privateer Ferraris in sports car and Formula One races. For many years he was the exclusive American importer of Ferrari automobiles to the United States.[1]
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LuigiChinetti (July 17, 1901 – August 17, 1994) was an Italian-born racecar driver, who emigrated to the United States during World War II. He drove in...
Chinetti is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alfredo Chinetti (born 1949), Italian cyclist LuigiChinetti (1901–1994), Italian-born...
win—following 12 years, 11 months, 29 days later—at the 2009 edition. LuigiChinetti is the oldest Le Mans winner; he was 47 years, 11 months and 9 days...
businessman LuigiChinetti to promote the Ferrari marque in North America through success in endurance racing. It was created in 1958 when Chinetti received...
personally approved by Enzo Ferrari and his dealer for North America, LuigiChinetti.[citation needed] This model has since become highly desired by automobile...
positions and 1 third position 2 second positions and 1 third position LuigiChinetti won Le Mans initially as an Italian, but later won as an American. His...
Enzo also met with LuigiChinetti that year, who convinced him of the potential value of selling his cars in the United States. Chinetti, who had been selling...
season the 312Ps were sold to NART, the American Ferrari importer of LuigiChinetti. Three 312 Ps were built: 0868 Spyder configuration, dismantled after...
Hoffman), the Jaguar XK120, and the Ferrari berlinettas (imported by LuigiChinetti). Classic grand-touring cars from the post-war era especially, have...
dealer Chinetti-Garthwaite Motors as the 805th 365 GTB/4 produced with chassis no. 15275. It's there that architect Bob Gittleman asked LuigiChinetti Jr...
17th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 25 and 26 June 1949. LuigiChinetti won the race for a third time in the first Ferrari barchetta by driving...
He won the 1933 Spa 24 hours race with specialist endurance racer LuigiChinetti in an Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza. Chiron drove an Alfa Romeo P3 run by...
cars in 1953 after his meeting with the Ferrari importer in the USA, LuigiChinetti, who asked him to be his co-driver in the Carrera Panamericana. He later...
Netherlands' 330 GT 2+2 with 500 Superfast body In 1967, Ferrari importer LuigiChinetti Jr. decided to convert a 1965 330 GT 2+2 Series II (chassis no. 07963)...
the Berlinetta Speciale remained in the Chinetti family, being used by Chinetti's son Luigi "Coco" Chinetti Junior. In 2014 Gooding & Co. offered the...
came at the 1949 24 Hours of Le Mans, with a Ferrari 166 MM driven by LuigiChinetti and (Baron Selsdon of Scotland) Peter Mitchell-Thomson. In 1950 Ferrari...
the Daytona 500, and married Luigi "Coco" Chinetti Jr., the son of Italian race car driver and Ferrari agent LuigiChinetti, in 1963; they divorced two...
influenced key American dealers such as Jon von Neumann in California and LuigiChinetti in New York to persuade Ferrari to produce a sporty convertible designed...
In 1949, the 166 MM also won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the hands of LuigiChinetti and Lord Selsdon, and so the 166 was the only car ever to win all three...
NART entered a single car for Bob Grossman and LuigiChinetti Jr., son of team owner LuigiChinetti. Porsche had now made available a new 2.4-litre engine...
Antonio Brivio Eugenio Siena Alfa Romeo 8C 2300LM 1933 Louis Chiron LuigiChinetti Alfa Romeo 8C 2300LM 1934 Jean Desvignes Norbert Mahé Bugatti Type 44...
P, converted to 275 P and 330 P specification, commissioned by Luigi "Coco" Chinetti Jr. and Robert Peak) Ferrari 365 GTC/4 Beach Car for Felber, 1976...
In the process he climbed from 12th to third overall. Taruffi and LuigiChinetti eventually won the race on 25 November, with a time of 21:57:52. His...
manufacturers. 1949 was also Ferrari's first victory, the 166MM of LuigiChinetti and Peter Mitchell-Thomson. After the formation of the World Sportscar...
personally approved by Enzo Ferrari and his dealer for North America, LuigiChinetti. In May 2012, the 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO chassis number 3505GT sold by...
the 410 Superamerica offered at the New York Auto Show by importer LuigiChinetti was more than twice as expensive as the Mercedes-Benz 300SL "Gullwing"...
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