Ferrari 250 TR61 NART No. 18 Peter Ryan John Fulp 24h Le Mans 1962 Werk83 1:18

The Ferrari 250 TR61 that wore race number 18 at the 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans was entered by the North American Racing Team under Luigi Chinetti, the legendary Ferrari importer for the US market. Driven by Peter Ryan and John Fulp, it ran in NART's characteristic blue and white livery — a deliberate departure from Italian red, reflecting the team's American nationality. Werk83 reproduces this specific entry as a die-cast 1:18 scale model with the accuracy the Spanish manufacturer's Le Mans replicas are known for.

Ferrari 250 TR61 — The Final Testa Rossa

The TR61 was the final 250-series Testa Rossa development. Fantuzzi revised the bodywork into a distinctive low-nose, pontoon-fender silhouette that set it apart from the earlier TR58 and the transitional TR59/60 variants. Beneath the skin sat a 2953cc 60-degree Colombo V12, running twin-plug ignition in front-mid configuration — a layout and specification that had already won Le Mans multiple times in the hands of Ferrari's factory and privateer teams before 1962.

Race Number 18: NART, Le Mans 1962, and Peter Ryan

Luigi Chinetti's NART entered multiple 250 TR-series cars at Le Mans 1962, with the blue and white livery identifying them as American entries under the FIA's national colour convention. Co-driving the number 18 car, Peter Ryan was one of the most promising young talents in North American racing — a Canadian driver born in 1940 who had risen quickly through the ranks. He and John Fulp did not finish the race, the entry recorded as a DNF. Ryan died on 2 July 1962 from injuries sustained in a Formula Junior race at Reims, just weeks after Le Mans, making this one of the last major endurance race starts of his short career.

Werk83's 1:18 Die-Cast Ferrari 250 TR61

Werk83 is a Spanish premium manufacturer specialising in highly detailed die-cast 1:18 racing car replicas. This release replicates the NART blue and white livery with race number 18 precisely as documented from the 1962 Le Mans entry. The die-cast construction at 1:18 scale delivers the proportions of the Fantuzzi body faithfully, from the low nose line to the pontoon fenders — features that define the TR61 visually and distinguish it from every earlier Testa Rossa generation.