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12 Hours of Sebring

1974 12 Hours of Sebring – Race Profile

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Story and photos by Hal Crocker

As it lay there all twisted and rusting its steel skeleton reminded me of the remains of a giant dinosaur. Since the last Sebring Race the old MG Bridge had fallen during a bad storm; could this be an omen of things to come? Stirling Moss was interviewing Alec Ulmann, the founder of the Sebring 12 Hour Race, in front of a group of old abandoned World War II airplanes. The interview was for a documentary on the history of Sebring, titled “Sebring – The Glory Years.” The making of the documentary only added fuel to the rumor that this would be the last Sebring. This had been a running rumor from the first time that I had attended the Sebring 12 Hour back in 1970 but this time it could very well be for real.

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