Sebring 12 Hours 1953 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: Grand Prix, 12 Hours of Sebring		Date: 8.3.1953
Track: Sebring (United States), 8.369 kms	Organiser: unknown
Sebring 12 Hours
F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship (round 1)

Weather:	cool, cloudy, dry
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	Le Mans start per engine size
Distance:	12 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	81
Practiced:	59
Qualified:	54
Started:	54
Finished:	34
Classified:	34

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Class A - Sports +8000	0	0	0
Class B - Sports 8000	5	5	1
Class C - Sports 5000	14	12	6
Class D - Sports 3000	8	8	2
Class E - Sports 2000	8	8	2
Class F - Sports 1500	11	10	5
Class G - Sports 1100	5	4	2
Class H - Sports 750	8	7	3

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results

Pre-race sessions:
3 practice session held for a total of 480 minutes on 6-7/3.

Winners:
Overall:	57	Cunningham C4-R Chrysler	Walters / Fitch
Class C - Sports 5000:	74	Jaguar C-type	Johnston / Wilder
Class D - Sports 3000:	30	Aston Martin DB3	Parnell / Abecassis
Class E - Sports 2000:	49	Ferrari 166 MM	Lunken / Hassan
Class F - Sports 1500:	59	Osca MT4 1350	Cunningham / Lloyd
Class G - Sports 1100:	91	Osca MT4 1100	Simpson / Colby
Class H - Sports 750:	25	D.B. HBR Panhard	Bonnet / Morehouse
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	57	Cunningham C4-R Chrysler	John Fitch (USA)
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Jaguar (10), MG (7), Allard (5), Ferrari (4), Frazer Nash (4), Siata (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Jaguar (10), MG (7), Crosley (5), Ferrari (4), Bristol (4), Cadillac (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Jaguar XK120 (7), Jaguar C-type (3), Osca MT4 (3), Ferrari 225 S (3), D.B. HBR (3), MG TD (3), Siata 300BC (3), Allard J2 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (96), GB (4), F (3), RA (3)
Team nationalities:	USA (49), GB (2)
Engine positions:	front-engined (97%), rear-engined (3%)
Average engine size:	2441 cc (with regard to 1% supercharged cars an applicable size is 2450 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	René Bonnet (49), Briggs Cunningham (46), Jim Kimberly (46)
Youngest known drivers:	Bob Said (21), Masten Gregory (21), Peter Collins (22)

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