Celebration of the 12 Hours of Sebring – Page Four

The Holbert Racing Porsche 962 driven by Al Holbert, Derek Bell and Al Unser, Jr. finished second at Sebring in 1985.

Bob Tullius navigates traffic around the Sebring airport circuit in the Jaguar XJR-5 in 1985. Tullius and co-driver Chip Robinson finished 4th in the race.

General Motors debuted the Northstar LMP 02 001/Cadillac at Sebring in 2002 with a two-car effort. After qualifying 7th, the machine of Éric Bernard, J.J. Lehto and Emmanuel Collard completed 256 laps and finished 27th.

The General Motors Northstar LMP 02 002/Cadillac driven by Wayne Taylor, Christophe Tinseau and Max Angelelli, photographed on Sebring's long, flat back straight during a test session in 2002.

The #1 Audi R8 601, entered by Audi Sport North America and driven byTom Kristensen, Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro in the 2002 Sebring event, qualified on the pole but faded to fifth by the finish.

The General Motors Northstar LMP 02 Cadillac had its maiden run at Sebring in 2002, with the #8 entry being driven by Wayne Taylor, Christophe Tinseau and Max Angelelli. The trio finished 31st, after starting 8th on the grid.

The #8 Bentley Speed 8 004/3, driven by Johnny Herbert, David Brabham and Mark Blundell at Sebring in 2003, finished in 3rd place.

Franck Freon drove a Chevrolet Corvette C5-R to an 8th place finish at Sebring in 2003, with co-drivers Johnny O'Connell and Ron Fellows.

Stefan Johansson, J.J. Lehto and Emanuele Pirro drove this Champion Racing Audi R8 505 to 2nd place in the 2003 12 Hours of Sebring.

Team Bentley entered a pair of the Bentley Speed 8 004 machines at Sebring in 2003, placing 3rd and 4th at the finish.

Johnny O'Connell sits in the Chevrolet Corvette C5-R during practice for the 2003 12 Hours of Sebring.

In the absence of an Audi factory team, Champion Racing entered a pair of Audi R8s in the 2005 12 Hours of Sebring, taking 1st and 2nd places in both qualifying and the race.
Celebration of the 12 Hours of Sebring – Photo Gallery Continued
Great set of photos Bob. Your camera work is excellent.
Fantastic photographs.
I’ll second Louis’ comments: some great shots there, especially with the airplanes in the background, as a reminder of the origins of the Sebring track. Great piece, thank you very much.
Great shots of mostly Porsche. Didn’t Ferrari run a few cars at Sebring?
Great pics and documentary Bob.
As a UK resident I have been lucky enough to visit the US often in springtime and as a result have been able to attend the Daytona 500, Daytona Bike Week and the Sebring 12 Hours.
All three have a very friendly and special atmosphere. Unfortunately due to family circumstances and now Covid I’ve missed out for last three years but I’m eagerly looking forward getting back there.