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Sebring 12 Hours 1955
Event:
The Florida International Twelve Hour Grand Prix of Endurance
Date:
13.3.1955
Track:
Sebring (United States)
, 8.369 kms
Organiser: unknown
Sebring 12 Hours
F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship
(round 2)
Weather:
dry, clear and warm, cold in the evening
Start time:
10:00
Grid:
Le Mans start
Distance:
12 hours
Attendance:
20000
Entered:
124
Practiced:
101
Qualified:
80
Started:
80
Finished:
48
Classified:
42
Classes:
Pract
Start
Class
Class B - Sports 8000
6
5
3
Class C - Sports 5000
16
12
8
Class D - Sports 3000
30
24
14
Class E - Sports 2000
13
11
7
Class F - Sports 1500
21
16
10
Class G - Sports 1100
9
8
2
Class H - Sports 750
6
4
1
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Entered Cars
Technical Data
Appearance
Race Results
Pre-race sessions:
3 practice sessions held for a total of 540 minutes on 11-12/3
grid ordered per engine size
Winners:
Overall:
19
Jaguar D-type
Hawthorn / Walters
Class B - Sports 8000:
5
Kurtis Kraft Lincoln
Crawford
Class D - Sports 3000:
25
Ferrari 750 Monza Spyder
Hill / Shelby
Class E - Sports 2000:
60
Arnolt-Bristol Bolide
Panks / Erickson
Class F - Sports 1500:
64
Osca MT4 1450
Lloyd / Huntoon
Class G - Sports 1100:
81
Porsche 550 Spyder
O'Shea / Koster
Class H - Sports 750:
88
Renault 1063
Miller / Attaway
Leaders:
laps 1-47:
19
Jaguar D type
laps 48-51:
28
Ferrari 750 Monza
laps 52-182:
19
Jaguar D type
Fastest Laps:
Overall:
35
Maserati 300S
Sherwood Johnston (USA)
3:38.8000
137.6922 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:
Ferrari (11), Austin-Healey (10), Porsche (8), Jaguar (7), Osca (6)
Top engines by numbers:
Ferrari (11), BMC (10), Porsche (8), Jaguar (7), Osca (6)
Top car types by numbers:
Austin-Healey 100 (10), Ferrari 750 Monza (6), Osca MT4 (6), Porsche 550 (6)
Driver nationalities:
USA (133), F (6), GB (4), I (4), YV (4), MEX (3), BS (2), D (2)
Team nationalities:
USA (66), YV (2), MEX (2), F (2), GB (2)
Most used colours:
light (23%), red (15%), darker (12%), blue (11%), dark (11%), green (8%)
Engine positions:
front-engined (85%), mid-engined (7%), rear-engined (8%)
Average engine size:
2476 cc
(with regard to 1% supercharged cars an applicable size is 2485 cc)
Oldest known drivers:
René Dreyfus (50), Piero Taruffi (49), Jack Ensley (49)
Youngest known drivers:
Cesare Perdisa (23), Bob Said (23), Masten Gregory (23)
Female drivers:
Isabelle Haskell, Greta Oakes
Official Race Programme:
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