De Tomaso Sport 5000
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| Constructor | De Tomaso/Fantuzzi | ||||||||
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| Designer(s) | Pete Brock | ||||||||
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| Chassis | Aluminium body on steel backbone chassis | ||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Double wishbone suspension with coil springs over tubular shock absorbers | ||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | Reversed lower wishbone suspension with top links, twin trailing arms and coil springs over tubular shock absorbers | ||||||||
| Length | 4,084 mm (160.8 in) | ||||||||
| Width | 1,765 mm (69.5 in) | ||||||||
| Axle track | Front: 1,359 mm (53.5 in) Rear: 1,384 mm (54.5 in) |
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| Wheelbase | 2,362 mm (93.0 in) | ||||||||
| Engine | Ford 289 cu in (4,736 cc) 16-valve, OHV V8, naturally aspirated, mid-engined, longitudinally mounted | ||||||||
| Transmission | 5-speed manual transmission | ||||||||
| Weight | 660 kg (1,455.1 lb) | ||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||
| Notable entrants | De Tomaso | ||||||||
| Notable drivers |
Pierre Noblet Franco Bernabei Umberto Maglioli Roberto Bussinello |
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| Debut | 1966 Mugello Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| Teams' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
| Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
The De Tomaso Sport 5000 (also known as the Ghia DeTomaso, the De Tomaso 70P or the De Tomaso P70) was a short-lived sports racing car built by De Tomaso in 1965. Fitted with a 289 cu in (4,736 cc) Ford V8 engine, the Sport 5000 was initially designed to be used as a Grand Tourer; however, only one car was ever built of the planned 50, meaning that it competed solely as a sports prototype in just one race, the 1966 Mugello Grand Prix.
Towards the end of 1965, Alejandro de Tomaso, the owner of De Tomaso, decided to respond to criticism about the firm's Vallelunga lacking power.Carroll Shelby sourced a 289 cu in (4,736 cc) Ford V8 engine (tuned to provide around 475 hp (354 kW; 482 PS) at 7,300 rpm), and also commissioned Pete Brock to design the car's open-top aluminium bodywork. Using the unique backbone chassis of the Vallelunga, with only a few modifications, the Sport 5000 was built in Italy, by local metalworkers. However, Shelby was unhappy with the resulting bodywork, and sent Brock to work alongside Medardo Fantuzzi to redevelop it; the resulting car, which featured a moveable rear wing and full doors, was christened as the De Tomaso 70P, or De Tomaso P70. However, before the end of 1965, Shelby withdrew from the project, instead turning his attention to the struggling Ford GT40 project. As a result, De Tomaso turned to Ghia, and the car became known as the Ghia DeTomaso. The car made its first public appearance at the Turin Motor Show in November 1965, with striking red bodywork. The car would appear again at the Modena Racing Car Show in February 1966, and was featured on the front cover of Road & Track Magazine a month later. Due in part to the withdrawal of Shelby, only one P70 was built; however, Brock had stayed on as part of the project, and was intended to be the car's American distributor. Prior to the car's racing debut, De Tomaso Modified the design and build a 2nd car to be used in European races under the name of Sport 5000. The car was raced in a hillclimb alongside a Ferrari 250LM, but was unable to finish the race.
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