Sebring 12 Hours 1954 - Racing Sports Cars

(settings) | Login RSC Home > Races > Sebring 12 Hours 1954

Event: Florida Intenational 12-Hour Grand Prix of Endurance at Sebring		Date: 7.3.1954
Track: Sebring (United States), 8.369 kms	Organiser: unknown
Sebring 12 Hours
F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship (round 2)

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

Entered:	89
Practiced:	63
Qualified:	59
Started:	59
Finished:	27
Classified:	22

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Class B - Sports 8000	3	3	1
Class C - Sports 5000	17	17	6
Class D - Sports 3000	13	12	2
Class E - Sports 2000	6	6	3
Class F - Sports 1500	15	14	9
Class G - Sports 1100	3	3	3
Class H - Sports 750	4	4	1
Class J - Sports 350	0	0	0

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results

Pre-race sessions:
3 practice sessions held for a total of 720 minutes on 5-6/3
grid ordered per engine size

Winners:
Overall:	56	Osca MT4 1450	Lloyd / Moss
Class B - Sports 8000:	2	Allard J2X Le Mans Oldsmobile	Gray / Hall
Class C - Sports 5000:	39	Lancia D24	Rubirosa / Valenzano
Class D - Sports 3000:	29	Austin-Healey 100	Macklin / Huntoon
Class E - Sports 2000:	97	Kieft Sport Bristol	Carpenter / van Driel
Class G - Sports 1100:	65	Osca MT4 1100	Makins / Bott
Class H - Sports 750:	74	DB HBR Panhard	Heavlin / Davis
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	37	Lancia D24	Alberto Ascari (I)	3:32.0000	142.1083 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Jaguar (11), Osca (6), Lancia (4), Austin-Healey (4), Siata (4), Porsche (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Jaguar (11), Osca (6), Lancia (4), BMC (4), Porsche (4), MG (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Jaguar XK120 (9), Osca MT4 (6), Lancia D24 (4), Austin-Healey 100 (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (98), I (7), GB (6), RA (3)
Team nationalities:	USA (48), I (5), GB (4)
Engine positions:	front-engined (92%), mid-engined (6%), rear-engined (2%)
Average engine size:	2494 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Piero Taruffi (48), Briggs Cunningham (47), Luigi Villoresi (45)
Youngest known drivers:	Bob Said (22), Peter Collins (23), Eugenio Castellotti (24)

Official Race Programme:

Cover	Entry List	Schedule	Track Map

Random Photo

Donations

Recommended

News

Ferrari takes World Championship title

FIA WEC standings after Fuji

WEC points after round 5

Your likely location: United States

© RacingSportsCars (2002-2025) - data, texts and all other information is protected by copyright law and cannot be used without permission. All pictures on this page are in property of their original authors, photographers or owners and have been kindly provided to RSC just for use on this website and it is expressly forbidden to use them elsewhere without prior written permission of RacingSportsCars and the copyright owner.

The RacingSportsCars.com website is intended exclusively for private use and under any circumstances it may not be republished, retransmitted in any form, stored in a retrieval system, sold through any media, without the prior written permission of RacingSportsCars and the copyright owner. All data are presented here just for informative use, they cannot be used as a source for any kind of business.

FAQ | About Us | Privacy Policy | Contact Us