Entry A massive total of 73 racing cars were registered for this event, of which 70 arrived for practice. Only these, 65 qualified for, and started the race. With these new rules, and
Maserati on the brink of financial crisis,
Scuderia Ferrari would head the Italian challenge. Ferrari had six of their
250 TRs in Florida, of which three were works machines for
Phil Hill/
Peter Collins,
Mike Hawthorn/
Wolfgang von Trips and
Luigi Musso/
Olivier Gendebien. Opposition would no longer come from Maserati... but from
Aston Martin.
David Brown sent two
Aston Martin DBR1s over from England for
Stirling Moss/
Tony Brooks and
Carroll Shelby and
Roy Salvadori. There were supported by
George Constantine and
John Dalton, in a
DB2/4. Also on the entry list were some quick looking
Jaguar D-Types though the Coventry marque were a bit out-classed by now.
Ecurie Ecosse had two D-Types for
Ron Flockhart/
Masten Gregory and
Ninian Sanderson/
Ivor Bueb. Another Jag was entered by
Briggs Cunningham for himself and
Walt Hansgen. Cunningham also brought along two Jaguar engined
Listers for
Ed Crawford/
Pat O'Connor and
Archie Scott Brown/Hansgen. All three cars were listed with Alfred Momo being the entrant. And that's how the race finished, the Scuderia Ferrari of Collins and Hill, winning ahead of their team-mates Musso and Gendebien. Car number 14, took an impressive victory, completing 200 laps, covering 1,040 miles after 12 hours of racing, averaging a speed of 86.501 mph. Second place went to the second Ferrari, albeit one lap adrift. The podium was complete by works Porsche of Schell and Seidel who were seven laps behind the winners. Phil Hill and Peter Collins had established the Ferrari 250 TR as the main sports car championship contender, with its second straight victory in the series. ==Official Classification==