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Ford's—the cars here were each hand-assembled by meticulous craftsmen. Details included custom aluminum Ferrari engines, three bespoke Ferrari 330 P3s, three Ferrari F-1 "cigar" racers and the rental of several Ferrari race cars valued at over $40M. Another challenge was recreating Florida's Daytona International Raceway at the two-mile long oval Auto Club Raceway in Fontana. Peter's team dressed one thousand feet of pits with dozens of elevated gas tanks, fl ags, tires, dressing and A support vehicles. The walls around the track were also painted with thousands of feet of chevrons and large DAYTONA letters. Concept art by Scott Lukowski communicated how the Daytona grandstands would be seamlessly composited over the Fontana stands by the visual eff ects team. But the greatest race challenge of all was recreating the iconic race track at Le Mans, which was the setting for the 22-page-long third act of the story. The famed Circuit de la Sarthe is over eight A. SCOTT LUKOWSKI'S ILLUSTRATION OF THE FERRARI FACTORY COURTYARD, BUILT INTO A LOCATION IN POMONA. B. PATRICK DUNN-BAKER CREATED CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS FROM HIS DETAILED 3D MODEL OF THE FERRARI FACTORY, BUILT IN RHINO. (DETAIL) C. THE FINAL GATES TO THE FERRARI FACTORY MATCHED HISTORICAL PHOTOS, BRICK FOR BRICK. SET PHOTO. D. FERRARI ASSEMBLY PLANT. OVER $130M WORTH OF FERRARIS CREATED THE ILLUSION OF FERRARI'S RACING DEPARTMENT. SET PHOTO. B C D