Sebring 12 Hours 1955 - Racing Sports Cars

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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 per engine size
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

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results

Pre-race sessions:
3 practice sessions held for a total of 540 minutes on 11-12/3

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)	3:38.800	137.692 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)
Engine positions:	front-engined (85%), mid-engined (8%), rear-engined (7%)
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)
Woman drivers:	Isabelle Haskell, Greta Oakes

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