The first car Enzo Ferrari built under his own name was a racing  car,
            dubbed the 125S. It won in only the second race it was entered in  which
            was a clear sign of many great things to come for the Maranello based firm.
            in those early years Ferrari focused both on sports car racing   and single
            seater  racing, both with success. These winning    machines   might  have
            looked very  differently on the outside but under the thin skin many parts    
            were the same,especially the engines. Ferrari built road cars as well but
            they  were nothing more  than de-tuned race cars.

                 The late 1950s were the golden years for Ferrari with 1958 as highlight;
          'The Scuderia'  clinched  both the F1 World Championship and the overall victory 
          at LeMans. The Ferrari name had become  synonymous with racing. The road cars 
          also became more popular as everybody wanted to own a car that was similar to a
           LeMans winner. By the end of the 1960s, Ferrari was competing in more classes 
          than ever before; endurance racing, Formula 1, Formula 2, Tasman and CanAm 
          This proved too much as Ferrari wasn't on top in any of the classes and therefore
           withdrew from all classes except Formula 1.