Sebring 12 Hours 1954 - Racing Sports Cars

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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 per engine size
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

Winners:
Overall:	56	Osca MT4 1450	Lloyd / Moss
Class B - Sports 8000:	2	Allard J2 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	D.B. HBR Panhard	Heavlin / Davis
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	37	Lancia D24	Alberto Ascari (I)	3:32.000	142.108 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 (91%), mid-engined (6%), rear-engined (3%)
Average engine size:	2496 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)

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