Sebring 12 Hours 1962 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Sebring 12-Hour Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance for the Alitalia Cup		Date: 24.3.1962
Track: Sebring (United States), 8.369 kms	Organiser: unknown
Sebring 12 Hours
World Sportscar Championship (round 3) Challenge Mondial de Vitesse at Endurance (round 1)

Weather:	warm, cloudy
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	Le Mans start
Distance:	12 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	83
Practiced:	71
Qualified:	71
Started:	65
Finished:	37
Classified:	37

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Class Proto 13 - Exp/Proto 4000	5	5	2
Class SP 11 & 12 - Sports 3000	10	9	3
Class SP 8 & 9 - Sports 1600	3	3	2
Class SP 6 & 7 - Sports 1150	7	6	1
Class SP 5 - Sports 850	4	3	3
Class GT 14 & 15 - Grand Touring +4000	7	7	4
Class GT 13 - Grand Touring 4000	1	1	1
Class GT 11 & 12 - Grand Touring 3000	7	6	5
Class GT 10 - Grand Touring 2000	2	2	1
Class GT 9 - Grand Touring 1600	17	16	10
Class GT 7 & 8 - Grand Touring 1300	8	7	5

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results

Pre-race sessions:
3 practice sessions held for a total of 390 minutes on 21-22/3
grid ordered per engine size

Winners:
Overall:	23	Ferrari 250 TRI/61	Bonnier / Bianchi
Class Proto 13 - Exp/Proto 4000:	10	Chaparral 1 Chevrolet	Sharp / Hall / Hissom / Daigh
Class SP 8 & 9 - Sports 1600:	59	Porsche 718 RS 60	Wuesthoff / Rand / Jennings
Class SP 6 & 7 - Sports 1150:	76	Fiat-Abarth 850 S	Thiele / Guichet
Class SP 5 - Sports 850:	79	Osca S 750	Gordon / Bentley
Class GT 14 & 15 - Grand Touring +4000:	2	Chevrolet Corvette	Black / Wyllie
Class GT 13 - Grand Touring 4000:	14	Jaguar E-type	Cunningham / Fitch
Class GT 11 & 12 - Grand Touring 3000:	24	Ferrari 250 GTO	Hill / Gendebien
Class GT 9 - Grand Touring 1600:	48	Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL	Holbert / Gurney
Class GT 7 & 8 - Grand Touring 1300:	63	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Zagato	Swanson / Durant / Richardson
Leaders:
laps 1-19?:	26	Ferrari 250 TRI/61	Innes Ireland
laps 20?-35:	34	Ferrari Dino 246 SP	Pedro Rodriguez
laps 36-?:	21	Cooper Monaco T57 Maserati	Bruce McLaren
laps 3rd-4th:	26	Ferrari 250 TRI/61	Stirling Moss
lap 5th:	34	Ferrari Dino 246 SP	Rodriguez
laps 6th-7th:	26	Ferrari 250 TRI/61	Stirling Moss
laps 8th-206:	23	Ferrari 250 TRI/61
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	34	Ferrari Dino 246 SP	Pedro Rodriguez (MEX)	3:12.400	156.584 km/h	lap 28
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Ferrari (11), Porsche (7), Chevrolet (7), Alfa Romeo (5), Sunbeam (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Ferrari (11), Chevrolet (9), Porsche (7), BMC (7), Alfa Romeo (5)
Top car types by numbers:	Chevrolet Corvette (7), Ferrari 250 GT (4), Porsche 356 (4), Sunbeam Alpine (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (104), GB (10), I (7), MEX (3), CDN (3), B (2), F (2), PR (2)
Most used colours:	white (35%), red (27%), blue (14%), silver (12%), light (4%)
Engine positions:	front-engined (75%), mid-engined (17%), rear-engined (8%)
Average engine size:	2358 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Briggs Cunningham (55), Jocko Maggiacomo (48), Edgar Barth (45)
Youngest known drivers:	Peter Ryan (20), Ricardo Rodriguez (20), Pedro Rodriguez (22)
Female drivers:	Allen Eager, Denise McCluggage

Official Race Programme:

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