While you may not recognize the airport “Hendricks Army Field”, you have probably heard of the race that has taken place on its runways since 1952: the 12 hours of Sebring. Like many airports that served their country during WWII, this sunbaked expanse of Florida concrete also helped sports car racing flourish at a time when purpose-built road courses were a rarity.
Fast forward almost seven decades, and Sebring is still home to the most famous 12-hour race in North America. On the professional side, IMSA holds the “Mobile 1 – 12 Hours of Sebring” every March, while vintage racers enjoy the HSR “Classic 12 Hour” every November.
Please enjoy the images courtesy of photographer Chuck Anderson and mark your 2022 calendar for this year’s Sebring Classic 12 on December 3-4
Race organizers Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) have come up with a system that embraces the essence of a real endurance race while keeping conditions safer and more economical for the participants. Instead of all cars racing for 12 hours straight (which is dangerous due to the differences in speeds), HSR’s format incorporates four separate races for each class of cars. At the end of 12 hours, the results are tallied to determine class winners by the furthest distance driven.
2021 was the sixth Sebring Classic 12 and proved to have the closest finish to date with the Group A 1972 Porsche 911 of Alan Benjamin and Brady Refenning edging out the 2nd place 1967 Porsche 911 of Nelson Calle by just 0.714 seconds.
In group D, Price Ford and Cody Ellsworth earned 1st by just 5.152 seconds over Brent Asplumdh, both teams driving Porsche 991.1 cup cars. The 1978 Lola T298 of Jim Farley and Craig Benett took Group B honors with a dominating finish of 5 laps over the second-place finish of Damon Desantis and David Hinton in a 1974 Porsche 911.
Photo Gallery
10 Jim Cullen 70 Lola T70 MkIIIB
5 C Falcone/K Wheeler/R Falcone 68 Bizzarini GT
47 Greg Proles 66 Ford Mustang
611 Mark White 87 Porsche 911 Carrera
3 James Matthews 66 SPF GT40 MKII
2 David Roberts 69 Camaro
151 Andrew Myers 98 Carbir CS2
25 Rob Banks 68 Chevron B8
98 Gary Moore 66 Shelby GT350
9 Carlus Gann/Bill Elliott 70 Boss Mustang
5 C Falcone/K Wheeler/R Falcone 68 Bizzarini GT
241 Tom Shelton 72 Porsche 911 T
3 Pierce Marshall / Eric Foss 2016 Corvette C7.R
88 Henri Sicotte 2010 Camaro GT.R
188 John Kyle II 2009 Corvette C6
54 Chris Ronson Sr/Chris Ronson Jr 2010 Areca FLM09
54 Chris Ronson Sr/Chris Ronson Jr 2010 Areca FLM09
01 Rodney Reston 2005 Monte Carlo
91 Steven Keneally 202 Dodge Intreped
119 Chris Rupple/Eric Zitza 2021 Porsche 997.2GT3
71 Stan Crawford / Gary Derian 73 Porsche 911 RSR
91 Steven Keneally 202 Dodge Intreped
94 Art Woodworth 89 Porsche 944 S2
121 Mike & David Smith 89 Porsche 944 Turbo
27 Nelson Calle 67 Porsche 911
5 C Falcone/K Wheeler/R Falcone 68 Bizzarini GT
Andrew Dowling 2006 Ford Mustang S197 Roddy MacDonald 2013 Ford Mustang
133 Peter Rogal 76 Kremer Porsche 935
018 Wayne Jackson / Eric Curran 2009 Oreca FLM09
74 Juan Lopez-Santini 2011 Porsche GT3R
25 Richard Carlino/Dave Handy 2011 Oreca FLM09
6 Butch Leitzinger Audi R8
991 Thomas Gruber 2016 Porsche 991 GT3R
20 Patric Womack 73 BMW 2002
11 Hervey Parke 65 Ginette G4
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