Sebring 12 Hours 1971 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 12 Hours of Sebring		Date: 20.3.1971
Track: Sebring (United States), 8.369 kms	Organiser: unknown
Sebring 12 Hours
International Championship for Makes (round 3) Challenge Mondiale (round 1)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	11:00
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	12 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	69
Practiced:	66
Qualified:	57
Started:	57
Finished:	30
Classified:	24

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Sports Prototype 3000 cc	5	5	3
Sports Prototype 2000 cc	6	6	0
Production Sports	11	11	5
Grand Touring Over 2500 cc	9	6	2
Grand Touring Under 2500 cc	11	11	6
Touring Over 2500 cc	16	16	6
Touring Under 2500 cc	8	2	2

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
4 qualifying sessions held for a total of 480 minutes on 18-19/3
1 non-qualifying practice session held for a total of 120 minutes on 18/3

Winners:
Overall:	3	Porsche 917 K	Elford / Larrousse
Sports Prototype 3000 cc:	33	Alfa Romeo T33/3	Galli / Stommelen
Grand Touring Over 2500 cc:	48	Chevrolet Corvette	Greenwood / Smothers
Grand Touring Under 2500 cc:	31	Porsche 911 T	Locke / Everett
Touring Over 2500 cc:	47	Chevrolet Camaro	Tremblay / McDill
Touring Under 2500 cc:	39	Porsche 911 S	Tisdelle / Kirill
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Porsche 917 K	Jo Siffert (CH)	2:30.460	200.231 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	6	Ferrari 512 M	Mark Donohue (USA)	2:31.650	198.661 km/h
Sports Prototype 3000 cc:	25	Ferrari 312 PB	Andretti / Ickx	2:32.470
Sports Prototype 2000 cc:	61	Lola T210 Ford	Kleinpeter / Belcher	2:54.720
Grand Touring Over 2500 cc:	11	Chevrolet Corvette	Yenko / DeLorenzo / Thompson	2:56.520
Grand Touring Under 2500 cc:	59	Porsche 914/6	Gregg / Haywood	3:10.720
Touring Over 2500 cc:	71	Chevrolet Camaro II	Gimondo / Dietrich	3:07.930
Touring Under 2500 cc:	39	Porsche 911 S	Tisdelle / Kirill	3:25.430
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Chevrolet (19), Porsche (16), Ferrari (8), Alfa Romeo (4), Chevron (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (19), Porsche (16), Ferrari (8), Ford (7), Alfa Romeo (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Chevrolet Camaro (12), Chevrolet Corvette (6), Porsche 911 (6)
Driver nationalities:	USA (107), GB (6), I (4), CDN (4), D (3), F (3)
Team nationalities:	USA (48), I (4), D (2), GB (2)
Most used colours:	red (28%), blue (18%), white (18%), orange (12%), yellow (7%), green (6%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (44%), front-engined (44%), rear-engined (12%)
Average engine size:	3892 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Sepp Greger (57), Chuck Parsons (47), Chuck Dietrich (47)
Youngest known drivers:	Hurley Haywood (23), John Buffum (24), Swede Savage (25)
Female drivers:	Janet Guthrie, Rosemary Smith

Official Race Programme:

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