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{{Short description|Motorsports racing team}}
{{redirect|N.A.R.T.||NART (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox motor racing team
| name           = {{flagicon|USA}} North American Racing Team
| logo           = North American Racing Team.png
| logo_size      = 60px
| founded        = 1958
| principal      = [[Luigi Chinetti]]
| founders       = [[Luigi Chinetti]]
| former series  = [[Formula One]]<br/>[[World Sportscar Championship|WSC]]<br/>[[Can-Am]]
| drivers        = {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]<br/>{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Ricardo Rodríguez (racing driver)|Ricardo Rodríguez]]<br/>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Hill]]<br/>{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Jochen Rindt]]<br/>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Masten Gregory]]<br/>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mario Andretti]]<br/>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[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 (motorsport)|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.

== In racing ==
NART raced at only the world's premier races, such as the [[24 Hours of Daytona]] in Florida and the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] in [[Le Mans]], France.  Their first race was the [[12 Hours of Sebring]] in March 1958, with a [[Ferrari 250#250 GT|250 GT]].

[[File:Ferrari 330 TRI-LM 1962 red vr TCE.jpg|thumb|left|[[1962 24 Hours of Le Mans|1962]] Le Mans-winning [[Ferrari 330 TRI/LM]], bought by [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]] through NART. Rodríguez raced several times in it.]]
[[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]] won the second and the third editions of Daytona with the NART team, both in a Ferrari 250 GTO. The 1963 event was a three hour race and the 1964 event was a 2,000 km race; the 24 hour race would start in 1966.

A [[Ferrari 158]] car officially entered by NART sealed the win of the [[1964 Formula One season|1964 F1 World championship]] with [[John Surtees]], as the [[Factory-backed|works team]] competed the last two races (the [[1964 United States Grand Prix|United States Grand Prix]] and [[1964 Mexican Grand Prix|Mexican Grand Prix]]) in cars painted white with blue lengthwise "''[[Racing stripe#Cunningham racing stripes|Cunningham racing stripe]]s''" - [[List of international auto racing colors#Major competitors|the national colours of the teams]] [[List of Formula One constructors#Team's nationality|licensed in the United States]]. This was done as a protest concerning arguments between Ferrari and the Italian motorsport body [[Automobile Club d'Italia|ACI]] regarding the homologation of a new mid-engined Ferrari race car.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-10-28|title=Do you remember...when Ferrari raced in blue|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/features/2015/10/f1-do-you-remember-when-ferrari-raced-in-blue-in-mexico.html|access-date=2021-03-10|website=Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website|language=en}}</ref> Since the Ferrari cars entered in the {{F1|1965}} and {{F1|1969}} F1 seasons by NART and at the [[1966 Italian Grand Prix]] by the British [[Privateer (motorsport)|privateer]] [[Reg Parnell Racing|Reg Parnell]] team kept wearing the red colour, the 1964 Mexican Grand Prix was the last time Ferrari cars wore other than the traditional red colour ([[rosso corsa]]) in Formula One.

The peak of NART's own racing success came in 1965, when a NART-entered [[Ferrari P#250 LM|250 LM]] driven by [[Jochen Rindt]] and [[Masten Gregory]] became the last Ferrari to win Le Mans until the [[AF Corse]]-entered [[Ferrari 499P|499P]] at the [[2023 24 Hours of Le Mans]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1965-le-mans-24-hours|title=1965 Le Mans 24 Hours {{!}} Motor Sport Magazine Database|date=2017-06-13|work=Motor Sport Magazine|access-date=2018-09-16|language=en}}</ref>

Other NART results include a third place in the 1967 [[24 Hours of Daytona]] with Pedro Rodríguez and [[Jean Guichet]], backing up two works [[Ferrari P|330 P4]] in Ferrari's triple success, which was commemorated by the naming of the [[Ferrari Daytona#365 GTB4|365 GTB4 "Daytona"]]. With this model, NART scored second in the 1973 24 Hours of Daytona behind a [[Porsche 911]].

NART raced Ferraris until 1982, at which point it had participated in more than 200 races with over 100 different drivers, including [[Mario Andretti]] and [[Phil Hill]].

== Road cars ==
[[Image:1967.Ferrari.275.GTB-4.NART.Spyder.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Ferrari 275#275 GTB/4S NART Spider|275 GTB/4S NART Spyder]]]]

NART also had a Ferrari model with its name attached to it&nbsp;– the 1967 [[Ferrari 275#275 GTB/4S NART Spider|275 GTB/4S NART Spyder]] was a [[convertible (car)|convertible]] version of the [[Ferrari 275#275 GTB|275 GTB/4]] requested especially by Luigi Chinetti. The original order of 25 cars was never fulfilled, as only 10 were delivered from the [[Maranello]] factory.<ref>Eddie Smith Jr., quoted in [http://petrolicious.com/this-ferrari-275-gtb-4-s-spider-is-one-of-ten a marketing film made by Petrolicious Productions].</ref> Because of the popularity of the drop-top NART Spyder design, many [[Ferrari 275#275 GTB|275 GTB/4]] were converted to drop-top models to imitate the NART Spyder's design.

== Results ==

=== Victories in the World Sportscar Championship ===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|- class="hintergrundfarbe5"
! Year
! Race
! Car
! Driver 1
! Driver 2
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1962
| [[Bridgehampton Grand Prix|400 km of Bridgehampton]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.racingsportscars.com/Results.aspx?race=Bridgehampton-1962-09-16&mode=results|title=Bridgehampton 400 Kilometres 1962 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars|website=www.racingsportscars.com|access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref>
| [[Ferrari 330 TRI/LM]]
| {{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]
|
|-
| [[Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry|1000 km of Paris]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.racingsportscars.com/PhotoGallery.aspx?race=Montlhery-1962-10-21&=|title=Paris 1000 Kilometres 1962 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars|website=www.racingsportscars.com|access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref>
| [[Ferrari 250 GTO]]
| {{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]
| {{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Ricardo Rodríguez (racing driver)|Ricardo Rodríguez]]
|-
| 1963
| [[24 Hours of Daytona|Daytona 3 Hours]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Daytona-1963-02-17.html|title=Daytona 3 Hours 1963 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars|website=www.racingsportscars.com|access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref>
| [[Ferrari 250 GTO]]
| {{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]
|
|-
| 1964
| [[24 Hours of Daytona|Daytona 2000 km]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Daytona-1964-02-16.html|title=Daytona 2000 Kilometres 1964 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars|website=www.racingsportscars.com|access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref>
| [[Ferrari 250 GTO]]
| {{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Hill]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1965
| [[1965 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans]]<ref name=":0" />
| [[Ferrari 250 LM]]
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Jochen Rindt]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Masten Gregory]]
|-
| [[1965 12 Hours of Reims|12 Hours of Reims]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1965-reims-12-hours|title=1965 Reims 12 Hours {{!}} Motor Sport Magazine Database|date=2017-06-12|work=Motor Sport Magazine|access-date=2018-09-16|language=en}}</ref>
| [[Ferrari 365|Ferrari 365 P2]]
| {{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean Guichet]]
|}

===Formula One World Championship results===
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) (Results in '''bold''' indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap; † indicates shared drive.) 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
! Year
! Chassis
! Engines
! Tyres
! Drivers
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
|-
| rowspan="4"| {{F1|1964}}
| rowspan="2"| [[Ferrari 158]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 205B 1.5 [[V8 engine|V8]]
| rowspan="4"| {{Dunlop}}
|
| [[1964 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1964 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1964 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1964 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1964 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1964 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1964 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]
| [[1964 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1964 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
| [[1964 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]
| 
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[John Surtees]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
| 
|-
| [[Ferrari 1512]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 207 1.5 [[V12 engine|V12]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Lorenzo Bandini]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
| 
|-
| [[Ferrari 156 F1]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 178 1.5 [[V6]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| {{F1|1965}}
| rowspan="2"| [[Ferrari 1512]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 207 1.5 [[V12 engine|V12]]
| rowspan="3"| {{Dunlop}}
|
| [[1965 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]
| [[1965 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1965 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1965 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1965 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1965 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1965 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1965 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1965 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
| [[1965 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]
| 
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Pedro Rodriguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodriguez]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
| 
|-
| [[Ferrari 158]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 205B 1.5 [[V8 engine|V8]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Bondurant]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| {{F1|1969}}
| rowspan="2"| [[Ferrari 312]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 3.0 [[V12 engine|V12]]
| rowspan="2"| {{Firestone}}
|
| [[1969 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]
| [[1969 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
| [[1969 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1969 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1969 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1969 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1969 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1969 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1969 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
| [[1969 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
| [[1969 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Pedro Rodriguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]]
|
|
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|
|
|
|
| style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret
| style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5
| style="background:#cfcfff;"| 7
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:World Sportscar Championship teams]]
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