With esteemed car museum curator and navigator Tony Platt shouting directions and admonitions, esteemed racing legend Paddy O'Moto took top honors in the treacherous 2010 Dakar Rally.
Campaigning what an insurance adjuster conservatively called "The most expensive car in the world", O'Moto needed just one week to complete the two week event.
"We got a late start," explained the world's greatest racer through a greatness translator. "Those judges at the Concours d'Elegance take their own sweet time."
Having rested on a crushed velvet cushion surrounded by virgins since 1962, the Le Mans-winning Ferrari 250 TR had many paddock insiders skeptical:
"It has drum brakes and 50-year old suspension for goodness sake," said runner-up and first loser Carlos Sainz. "How did he lap me like that?"
"Well, I knew some of the indigenous tribes of South America really like their drums," answered O'Moto. "That short cut through the Amazon jungle was one big braking zone."
"It was tough at first," continued everyone's hero. "These old GT cars don't fly through the air so well. But once I apexed Cape Horn, I knew we had it in the bag."
"I just want to thank Team Two Micks and that nice lady who changed my oil in Lima."
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