12 Hours of Sebring Tag

By IMSA Wire Service SEBRING, Fla. – The stage is set for an epic battle to the finish in the 66th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts. Six cars were on the overall and Prototype class lead lap with the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R and driver Eric Curran leading the way with eight hours complete. Leading at the eight-hour mark also enabled the No. 31 team to extend its lead in the Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup Prototype standings after the secondRead More

By IMSA Wire Service SEBRING, Fla. – The 66th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts is now one third of the way in the books and the No. 7 Acura Team Penske Acura ARX-05 DPi car shared by Helio Castroneves, Ricky Taylor and Graham Rahal led the way at the four-hour mark. The No. 7 Acura DPi has been among the front-runners throughout the week at Sebring, leading practice on Thursday and qualifying third in the hands of Taylor, a defending champion of both theRead More

By Holly Cain, IMSA Wire Service SEBRING, Fla. – A night of fond memories and legendary efforts highlighted the 2018 Sebring Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Grand Marshal Dinner Friday night at the Chateau Elan hotel located alongside Sebring International Raceway’s famous hairpin turn. The great A.J. Foyt, the late Paul Newman, drivers Rinaldo “Dino” Capello, the Joest Racing team and the local Sebring Firemen civic organization were bestowed Hall of Fame honors in a packed dining hall that included other racing greats from Roger Penske to Bobby Rahal,Read More

By IMSA Wire Service SEBRING, Fla. – For the second consecutive year, Tristan Vautier will start the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts on the pole. This season, however, when he takes the green flag Saturday, there won’t be any cars in front of him. That’s because his Motul Pole Award in 2017 came in the GT Daytona (GTD) class driving a Mercedes-AMG – the first in history for the German manufacturer. This time around, it’s in the top Prototype class driving the No. 90Read More

By IMSA Wire Service SEBRING, Fla. – Connor De Phillippi delivered BMW Team RLL its first pole position of the season and the first pole in history for the new BMW M8 GTLM race car, bettering the No. 62 Ferrari driven by James Calado by only .058-seconds to earn the top starting spot for the GTLM class for Saturday’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts. Fellow BMW Team RLL driver Jesse Krohn will start third. The Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GTs driven by RichardRead More

In perhaps the most dramatic qualifying session of Friday afternoon’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts time trials, Daniel Serra put the No. 51 Spirit of Race Ferrari on pole position for the 18-car IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Daytona (GTD) class. The Ferrari will start alongside the Audi R8 LMS GT3 driven by Christopher Mies – the difference between them only a half second. Jack Hawksworth was third fastest in the session in the No. 15 3GT Racing Lexus RC F GT3. Leadership changedRead More

By IMSA Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The last time a team operated by Joest Racing appeared at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts, it came away with a 1-2. The year was 2013, the final season for the American Le Mans Series, and the Joest-operated Audi factory LM P1 team dominated the proceedings. The driver lineup in the winning car consisted of Benoit Treluyer, Marcel Fassler and Oliver Jarvis. While Treluyer isn’t entered in this year’s race, and Fassler has since returnedRead More

By IMSA Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Let’s just get this out of the way right now. Corvette Racing is good at Sebring International Raceway. Like really good. In 19 starts at Sebring, Corvette Racing has annually demonstrated the speed and reliability it takes to win the demanding Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts with 11 class wins – tied for the most at any venue in team history (Canadian Tire Motorsport Park) – and three consecutive wins dating back to 2015. With that kind of success,Read More

By Adam Tate, Managing Editor The heartbreak of Daytona still stings for the DeltaWing team. After qualifying last, the car lead early on and set the pace, only for tragedy to strike down their hopes for the hundredth time. With the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring quickly approaching, they are ready to once again showcase the field beating pace they had at Daytona. Sebring is my favorite race of the season. I’ve had some great memories at this track and I am determined that this year we will make another. IRead More

Combining revolutionary monocoque construction and cutting edge aerodynamics led to a Le Mans threepeat in the mid 1950’s. 1954 – 1957 24 Hour of Le Mans Winner 1955, 1956, 1957 Designed by Malcolm Sayer Campaigned by Jaguar, Ecurie Ecosse, Cunningham The Jaguar D-Type was among the last great front engined prototypes to conquer Le Mans. Designed by expert aerodynamicist Malcolm Sayer it replaced Jaguar’s venerable C-Type which had won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1951 and 1953. The D-Type was a clear step forward and a radical departureRead More