Sebring 12 Hours 1963 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 12-Hour Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance for the Alitalia Cup		Date: 23.3.1963
Track: Sebring (United States), 8.369 kms	Organiser: Automobile Racing Club of Florida
Sebring 12 Hours
World Sportscar Championship (round 3) Challenge Mondiale (round 1)

Weather:	cloudy, cold
Start time:	10:00
Grid:	Le Mans start
Distance:	12 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	83
Practiced:	69
Qualified:	66
Started:	65
Finished:	39
Classified:	42

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Prototype GT +3000	4	4	2
Prototype GT 3000	11	9	7
Grand Touring +4000 - Class 14/15GT	13	13	8
Grand Touring 4000 - Class 13GT	4	4	3
Grand Touring 3000 - Class 12GT	6	6	6
Grand Touring 2500 - Class 11GT	6	6	5
Grand Touring 2000 - Class 10GT	11	10	3
Grand Touring 1600 - Class 9GT	5	5	5
Grand Touring 1300 - Class 7/8GT	8	8	5

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results

Pre-race sessions:
3 practice sessions held for a total of 360 minutes on 20-21/3

Winners:
Overall:	30	Ferrari 250 P	Surtees / Scarfiotti
Prototype GT +3000:	18	Ferrari 330 TRI/LM	Rodriguez / Hill
Grand Touring +4000 - Class 14/15GT:	12	Shelby Cobra	Miles / Hill / Spencer
Grand Touring 4000 - Class 13GT:	23	Jaguar E-type Lightweight	Leslie / Morrill
Grand Touring 3000 - Class 12GT:	24	Ferrari 250 GTO	Penske / Pabst
Grand Touring 2500 - Class 11GT:	36	Triumph TR4	Bolton / Rothschild
Grand Touring 2000 - Class 10GT:	44	Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL	Wester / Holbert
Grand Touring 1600 - Class 9GT:	58	Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL	Cassel / Sesslar
Grand Touring 1300 - Class 7/8GT:	61	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	Spychiger / Pilette
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	30	Ferrari 250 P	John Surtees (GB)	3:11.400	157.404 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Ferrari (11), Chevrolet (7), Porsche (5), Shelby (5), Abarth-Simca (5), Triumph (5)
Top engines by numbers:	Ferrari (11), Chevrolet (9), BMC (8), Ford (7), Triumph (7)
Top car types by numbers:	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray (7), Ferrari 250 GTO (6), Shelby Cobra (5), Abarth-Simca 1300 (5)
Driver nationalities:	USA (101), GB (12), I (7), CDN (6), B (3), PR (2), D (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (41), GB (9), I (7), D (2)
Most used colours:	white (31%), red (28%), blue (18%), silver (12%), green (4%)
Engine positions:	front-engined (79%), rear-engined (16%), mid-engined (5%)
Average engine size:	2857 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Briggs Cunningham (56), Jocko Maggiacomo (49), Art Riley (48)
Youngest known drivers:	Teddy Pilette (21), Clive Baker (21), Pedro Rodriguez (23)
Female drivers:	Christabel Carlisle, Denise McCluggage

Official Race Programme:

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