Sebring 12 Hours 1970 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Sebring 12 Hours of Endurance for the Alitalia Airline Trophy		Date: 21.3.1970
Track: Sebring (United States), 8.369 kms	Organiser: unknown
Sebring 12 Hours
International Championship for Makes (round 2) Challenge Mondiale (round 1)

Weather:	clear, warm, dry
Start time:	11:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left, rolling start
Distance:	12 hours
Attendance:	60000

Entered:	83
Practiced:	73
Qualified:	69
Started:	68
Finished:	33
Classified:	29

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Sports Prototype 3000	11	11	8
Sports Prototype 2000	6	6	1
Production Sports 5000	12	12	2
Production Sports 3000	4	4	1
Grand Touring +5000	8	8	4
Grand Touring 5000	1
Grand Touring 2000	10	10	4
Touring 5000	11	10	7
Touring 2000	8	7	1

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
4 qualifying sessions held for a total of 600 minutes on 19-20/3
1 non-qualifying practice session held for a total time of 120 minutes on 20/3

Winners:

Overall:	21	Ferrari 512 S	Giunti / Vaccarella / Andretti
Sports Prototype 3000:	48	Porsche 908/02	McQueen / Revson
Sports Prototype 2000:	73	Austin-Healey Sprite	Guthrie / Smith / Kondratiff
Production Sports 3000:	50	Porsche 906	Rahal / Wise / Frank
Grand Touring +5000:	1	Chevrolet Corvette	DeLorenzo / Lang
Grand Touring 2000:	53	Porsche 911 T	Gregg / Harrison
Touring 5000:	40	Chevrolet Camaro	Gimondo / Dietrich

Leaders:

laps 1-15:	19	Ferrari 512S Spyder
laps 121-227:	19	Ferrari 512S Spyder
laps 16-17:	14	Porsche 917K
laps 18-22:	19	Ferrari 512S Spyder
laps 228-237:	15	Porsche 917K
laps 23-24:	16	Porsche 917K
laps 238:	48	Porsche 908/02
laps 239-248:	21	Ferrari 512S
laps 25:	14	Porsche 917K
laps 26-55:	15	Porsche 917K
laps 56-60:	19	Ferrari 512S Spyder
laps 61-64:	20	Ferrari 512S Spyder
laps 65-79:	19	Ferrari 512S Spyder
laps 80-86:	20	Ferrari 512S Spyder
laps 87-98:	19	Ferrari 512S Spyder
laps 99-120:	20	Ferrari 512S Spyder

Fastest Laps:

Overall:

Porsche 917K

Leo Kinnunen (SF)

2:32.770

197.204 km/h

Pole Positions:

Overall:	19	Ferrari 512 S Spyder	Arturo Merzario (I)	2:33.500	196.266 km/h
Sports Prototype 3000	35	Matra-Simca MS650	Gurney / Cevert	2:37.440
Sports Prototype 2000	61	Chevron B16 Ford	Baker / Baker / Richards / Rinzler	2:54.730
Production Sports 3000	50	Porsche 906	Rahal / Wise / Frank	3:07.400
Grand Touring +5000	2	Chevrolet Corvette	Thompson / Mahler	2:57.360
Grand Touring 5000	25	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Cluxton / Pickett	3:15.940
Grand Touring 2000	53	Porsche 911 T	Gregg / Harrison	3:18.330
Touring 5000	41	Chevrolet Camaro	Bock / Dent	3:06.600
Touring 2000	82	Lancia Fulvia HF	Clark / Marsula	3:39.620

Notes of interest:

Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (15), Chevrolet (14), Ferrari (6), MG (6), Alfa Romeo (5), Ford (5)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (16), Porsche (15), Ford (8), BMC (7), Ferrari (6)
Top car types by numbers:	Chevrolet Camaro (8), Chevrolet Corvette (6), Ferrari 512 S (4), Porsche 917 (4), Porsche 911 T (4), MG B (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (112), GB (12), D (7), F (5), I (5), CH (3), SF (3), MEX (3), NL (2), CDN (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (49), I (6), GB (5), D (3), F (2)
Most used colours:	red (27%), white (21%), blue (16%), black (8%), green (6%), orange (6%)
Engine positions:	middle-engined (47%), front-engined (46%), rear-engined (7%)
Average engine size:	3571 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Sepp Greger (56), Bob Johnson (43), Donna Mae Mims (43)
Youngest known drivers:	Hans Laine (15), Jacky Ickx (25), Sam Posey (26)
Woman drivers:	Janet Guthrie, Donna Mae Mims, Rosemary Smith

Official Race Programme:

Cover	Entry List	Schedule	Track Map