Sebring 12 Hours 1958 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 12-Hour Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance for the Amoco Trophy		Date: 22.3.1958
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
Distance:	12 hours
Attendance:	25000

Entered:	77
Practiced:	70
Qualified:	65
Started:	65
Finished:	41
Classified:	41

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Sports 3000 - Class D	14	14	2
Sports 2000 - Class E	12	11	6
Sports 1500 - Class F	8	6	4
Sports 1100 - Class G	8	8	6
Sports 750	5	5	4
Grand Touring 5000	4	3	2
Grand Touring 3500 - Class 9	5	5	5
Grand Touring 3000	1	1	0
Grand Touring 2000	7	6	6
Grand Touring 1600	1	1	1
Grand Touring 1300	3	3	3
Grand Touring 750	2	2	2

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results

Pre-race sessions:
3 practice sessions held for a total of 420 minutes on 19-20/3
grid ordered per engine size

Winners:
Overall:	14	Ferrari 250 TR Scaglietti Spyder 58	Hill / Collins
Sports 2000 - Class E:	41	Porsche 550 RS	Schell / Seidel
Sports 1500 - Class F:	47	Osca MT4 1500	Stetson / Linton / Beck
Sports 1100 - Class G:	56	Lotus Eleven Climax	Weiss / Tallaksen
Sports 750:	60	Osca S 750	de Tomaso / Haskell / Ferguson
Grand Touring 5000:	1	Chevrolet Corvette	Rathmann / Doane
Grand Touring 3500 - Class 9:	22	Ferrari 250 GT LWB	O'Shea / Kessler / Cunningham
Grand Touring 2000:	37	AC Ace Bristol	Milo / McClure / Forlong
Grand Touring 1600:	43	Porsche 356 A Carrera	von Hanstein / Linge / Cuevas
Grand Touring 1300:	50	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce	Van Beuren / Velasquez
Grand Touring 750:	64	Fiat-Abarth 750 Zagato	Kessinger / West / Thiele
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	24	Aston Martin DBR1/300	Stirling Moss (GB)	3:20.0000	150.6346 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Ferrari (13), Porsche (7), Lotus (4), AC (4), Elva (4), Fiat-Abarth (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Ferrari (13), Climax (8), Porsche (7), Bristol (5), Fiat (5), Jaguar (5)
Top car types by numbers:	Ferrari 250 TR (6), Porsche 550 (5), Ferrari 500 TRC (5)
Driver nationalities:	USA (116), GB (14), D (4), C (4), F (2), I (2), MEX (2), NL (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (31), GB (17), I (5), D (3), C (2)
Most used colours:	white (21%), blue (20%), red (19%), silver (15%), green (9%)
Engine positions:	front-engined (86%), mid-engined (9%), rear-engined (5%)
Average engine size:	1956 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Briggs Cunningham (51), Jim Kimberly (51), Huschke von Hanstein (47)
Youngest known drivers:	Archie Scott-Brown (21), Carel Godin de Beaufort (24), Augie Pabst (25)
Female drivers:	Isabelle Haskell, Ruth Levy, Denise McCluggage

Official Race Programme:

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