Car #70. Motorola livery. Named driver. Inspection stickers still on the car. Asking $115,000. South Florida.
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Most Challenge cars reach the collector market stripped of context. This one still has it.
Ferrari produced 142 F430 Challenges between 2007 and 2009. Every one left Maranello as a dedicated competition car. They were never road cars. That distinction holds up in any serious buyer conversation.
Car #70 traces to John Devaney, founder of United Capital Markets in Miami, racing under The Collection from Coral Gables. This comes from pre-season press in March 2009, not from a seller's claim made after the fact.
Six Trofeo Pirelli technical inspection stickers from the 2008 season are physically on this car today. Ferrari officials apply these on-site at each race weekend. There is no way to add them later. That is what they are worth.
Zero F430 Challenges are publicly listed as of June 2026. A car with intact livery, a named driver, and physical race documentation is not competing with anything at this moment. That matters for pricing.
Where something is confirmed, it says confirmed. Where something is still open, it says so. No guessing.
Ferrari produced 142 F430 Challenge cars across three model years. Factory race spec throughout: electrohydraulic F1 paddle gearbox, Brembo 6-piston brakes, FIA-compliant roll cage, carbon fiber bodywork. Not a converted street car at any point in its life.
Six Trofeo Pirelli technical inspection stickers from 2008 are present on the car today. Each one is applied by Ferrari Challenge officials on race weekend before the car is allowed to compete. Six stickers means this car ran most of a full season. The 2008 North American champion was Roberto Fata of Ferrari of Tampa Bay.
Car #70 is independently sourced to John Devaney of United Capital Markets, competing under The Collection at 200 Bird Road, Coral Gables, operated by TR3 Racing. Season ran from Homestead-Miami in March through Road Atlanta, Infineon Raceway, Road America, Mont-Tremblant, and NJMP. Five Collection cars that year. Teammates: Jeff Soffer (#24), Ugo Colombo (#23), Francesco Piovanetti (#3), Mike Zoi (#8), the 2007 North American series champion.
Chassis photography is the next step before any formal listing. The Collection in Coral Gables is the natural first call for campaign records and any remaining spare parts from the 2009 season. Ferrari Classiche submission follows once the chassis number is logged.
Showing the open items is deliberate. A serious buyer needs to know where things stand, not a polished version of it.
Qualified parties get the full acquisition file within 48 hours. Everything confirmed above, plus the independent research and any documentation gathered since this page was published.
Verified auction data from the last 12 months. The cars that clear six figures are the documented ones.
The April 2026 no-sale at $88,000 shows where the undocumented cars sit. The one that went at $100,000 had low miles and a clean story. This car has a better story than that.
| Car | Where | When | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007, 8k mi | BaT | Aug 25 | $100,000 |
| 2007, 14k mi | BaT | Oct 25 | $75,196 |
| 2006, 16k mi | BaT | Mar 26 | $89,000 |
| 2006, 18k mi | Mecum | May 26 | $60,500 |
| 2009, TMU | BaT | Apr 26 | $88k, no sale |
| Car #70, named driver, livery | Private | 2026 | $100 to 140K |
This is not a cleaned-up summary. These are the actual research outputs from independent sourcing across Ferrari Challenge records, auction databases, and period press.
The season opened at Homestead-Miami Speedway in March 2009, running through Road Atlanta, Infineon Raceway (Sonoma), Road America (Elkhart Lake), Circuit Mont-Tremblant, and New Jersey Motorsport Park. The Collection fielded five cars. Car #70 was one of them.
Jeff Soffer ran #24. Ugo Colombo ran #23. Francesco Piovanetti ran #3. Mike Zoi ran #8. Zoi was the 2007 North American series champion. The Collection was among the most competitive Ferrari dealer programs in the country that year.
The six Trofeo Pirelli inspection stickers on the car correspond to six race weekends in the 2008 season. The 2008 North American series champion was Roberto Fata, competing out of Ferrari of Tampa Bay. Six stickers is effectively a full-season campaign.
John Devaney's association with car #70 and The Collection is sourced from autoevolution.com pre-season coverage, March 2009. Devaney was the founder of United Capital Markets, Miami. The team was operated by TR3 Racing out of The Collection's facility at 200 Bird Road, Coral Gables.
The 5-digit Ferrari chassis number is stamped on the right-side frame rail near the engine mount, the steering column plate, and the front bulkhead. Cross-referencing these three stamps against the Ferrari Classiche registry is the definitive confirmation step. That process is in progress.
Classic.com benchmark across all verified F430 Challenge sales: $91,198 average. The April 2026 no-sale at $88,000 was an undocumented 2009 car. The August 2025 sale at $100,000 was a low-mileage 2007 with a clean story. This car has documentation that example did not have.
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Rear decklid open, right-side frame rail near the engine mount. The 5-digit Ferrari chassis number is stamped directly into the metal. Photograph it, along with the steering column plate and front bulkhead. This is the step everything else depends on: Classiche submission, the Barchetta registry, any serious broker conversation. Takes twenty minutes with a flashlight and a phone.
DIY, 20 minutesThe battery is almost certainly dead after a long sit. AGM replacement is around $150. Drain and replace the brake fluid and coolant. Race brake fluid pulls moisture hard when idle, so this is not optional. Then check the FIA fuel cell bladder for cracking. If the car has been dry for years, the bladder may need replacing: $800 to $1,200, not a DIY swap but a known and bounded cost. Standard mechanical work otherwise.
DIY-friendlyThe F430 Challenge runs Ferrari's Leonardo diagnostic system. You need an FT232 USB cable and FreeSScan software. Total cost around $50. This pulls engine hours, gearbox actuation counts, and over-rev history. That printout is the most useful thing you can hand a buyer. Factory-logged, objective, nothing to argue with. Low-hour, clean-log cars command real premiums over identical cars sold blind.
Some research needed, but totally doableAfter sitting, expect flat spots and cracking on the Pirelli slicks. Budget $2,000 to $3,500 for fresh rubber: 245/620-R17 front, 305/680-R17 rear. Brake pad swap on Brembo 6-pots is straightforward and worth doing regardless. Corner weighting needs a four-corner scale, which is a shop visit, but a ramp-and-level static check works for a first pass.
Tires need a shop. Brakes are DIY.Prime the fuel system before you crank: key to position 2, hold three seconds, key off, repeat twice. Builds rail pressure. Then cold start. The F1 gearbox runs a calibration cycle automatically in Cal Mode after a long sit. If it does not fire: check fuel delivery first. Pump and injectors are accessible from the rear bay without major teardown.
Methodical, not scaryThe electrohydraulic paddle-shift unit is the most complex system on this car and the one to take seriously. After a long sit, the hydraulic pump seals can weep and the accumulator may not hold pressure. Do not cycle gears until you have confirmed the hydraulic system is at operating pressure. Forcing shifts on low pressure is how you cause damage that did not need to happen. If the hydraulics have been sitting dry, a full refurbishment runs $3,000 to $6,000. It will tell you before anything breaks if you are patient. Do not rush this one.
Respect the gearbox. Do not force it.Steps 1 and 2 are a weekend. Steps 3 through 5 are a focused project week. The gearbox is the one system with real teeth, and it signals its condition before it causes damage if you are paying attention. A car that starts cleanly and comes with a diagnostic printout is worth materially more than one sold as unknown condition. Getting there is realistic with your background. And it changes every conversation you have with a buyer, because you are not asking them to take your word for anything.