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Napa Valley doesn't even know what hit it. One minute, there is nothing but the pastoral quiet of daybreak spreading over the foothills and vineyards. Then, without warning, nearly two dozen Ferrari 250 GTOs rev their engines—a chorus of combustion that's music to gearheads—for laps around Sonoma's Infineon Raceway. In a mix of raw velocity and amazing grace, they're participating in Day Three of the Moët & Chandon Tour, a once-every-five-years rally to celebrate perhaps the most coveted vintage sports car in the world. Only 36 GTO s were ever built—all between 1962 and 1964—and for this event 21 of them have been flown in from as far away as England and Japan, forming a holy-roller motorcade of guys who live life in the passing lane, from business to British knights to rock royalty (Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason). But with horsepower comes hazard, and when ex?Microsoft guru Jon Shirley flies around one of the blind turns at 70 mph, his right-hand-drive 1962 GTO 3729...
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