Sebring 12 Hours 1956 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance powered by Amoco Sebring		Date: 24.3.1956
Track: Sebring (United States), 8.369 kms	Organiser: unknown
Sebring 12 Hours
F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship (round 2)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	10:00
Grid:	Le Mans start per engine size
Distance:	12 hours
Attendance:	47000

Entered:	74
Practiced:	69
Qualified:	59
Started:	59
Finished:	24
Classified:	23

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Class B - Sports 8000	1	1	1
Class C - Sports 5000	21	18	7
Class D - Sports 3000	15	11	3
Class E - Sports 2000	10	8	4
Class F - Sports 1500	11	10	6
Class G - Sports 1100	7	7	3
Class H - Sports 750	4	4	1

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results

Winners:
Overall:	17	Ferrari 860 Monza	Fangio / Castellotti
Class B - Sports 8000:	1	Chevrolet Corvette Special	Fitch / Hansgen
Class D - Sports 3000:	27	Aston Martin DB3S	Salvadori / Shelby
Class E - Sports 2000:	33	Ferrari 500 Mondial II	Rubirosa / Pauley
Class F - Sports 1500:	41	Porsche 550 Spyder	Herrmann / von Trips
Class G - Sports 1100:	55	Cooper T39 Climax	Cracraft / Byron
Class H - Sports 750:	58	D.B. HBR5 Panhard	Armagnac / Mercader
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	8	Jaguar D-type	Mike Hawthorn (GB)	3:29.700	143.666 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Jaguar (9), Ferrari (8), Maserati (5), Chevrolet (5), Porsche (4), Austin-Healey (4), Arnolt (4), D.B. (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Jaguar (9), Ferrari (8), BMC (7), Climax (6), Maserati (5), Chevrolet (5)
Top car types by numbers:	Jaguar D-type (9), Chevrolet Corvette (5), Porsche 550 (4), Austin-Healey 100 (4), Arnolt Bolide (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (82), GB (11), F (6), D (5), I (5), YV (5), RA (3), C (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (34), GB (5), I (5), D (3), YV (3)
Most used colours:	white (25%), red (22%), blue (16%), silver (10%), green (9%), light (8%)
Engine positions:	front-engined (87%), mid-engined (13%)
Average engine size:	2461 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Piero Taruffi (50), Jack Ensley (50), Briggs Cunningham (49)
Youngest known drivers:	Hans Herrmann (18), Archie Scott-Brown (19), Cesare Perdisa (24)
Woman drivers:	Isabelle Haskell, Margaret Wyllie

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