Founded | 1958 |
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Founder(s) | Luigi Chinetti |
Team principal(s) | Luigi Chinetti |
Former series | Formula One WSC Can-Am |
Noted drivers | Pedro Rodríguez Ricardo Rodríguez Phil Hill Jochen Rindt Masten Gregory Mario Andretti Jean Guichet |
The North American Racing Team (NART) is a motorsport racing team founded in 1958. It was created by businessman Luigi Chinetti to promote the Ferrari marque in North America through success in endurance racing.
It was created in 1958 when Chinetti received backing from wealthy racers George Arents, Jr and Jan de Vroom. Ferrari already had a close relationship with Chinetti due to his success in selling the maker's road cars in the important American markets, and thus NART received a continuous line of Ferrari racers and support from factory mechanics.