Sebring 12 Hours 1997 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Superflo 12 Hours presented by Chrysler		Date: 15.3.1997
Track: Sebring International Raceway (United States), 5.794 kms	Organiser: unknown
Sebring 12 Hours
International Motor Sport Association (round 2) IMSA GTS (round 2) International Motor Sport Association (round 2)

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

Entered:	71
Practiced:	66
Qualified:	66
Started:	63
Finished:	40

Classes:	Pract	Start
SportsCar WSC	15	15
SportsCar GTS-1	14	14
SportsCar GTS-2	8	8
SportsCar GTS-3	29	26

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

Race notes:
11 full-course cautions for 3 hours and 20 minutes
race stopped for 63 minutes because of track blockage, time included in results

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 55 minutes (GTS 50 minutes) on 12-13/3
4 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 225 minutes on 12-14/3
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	3	Ferrari 333 SP	Dalmas / Johansson / Velez / Evans
SportsCar GTS-1:	11	Oldsmobile Aurora	Hoerr / Baldwin / Robinson
SportsCar GTS-2:	61	Porsche 911 GT2	Wollek / Konrad / Rössler
SportsCar GTS-3:	10	BMW M3	Quiros / Hessert / Auberlen / Hill
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	30	Ferrari 333 SP	Andrea Montermini (I)	1:51.867	186.446 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	3	Ferrari 333 SP	Yannick Dalmas (F)	1:49.425	190.606 km/h
SportsCar GTS-1:	66	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	Bundy / Bernard / Purner	2:00.710	172.779 km/h
SportsCar GTS-2:	55	Ford Saleen Mustang	Cobb / Andrews	2:05.351	166.374 km/h
SportsCar GTS-3:	10	BMW M3	Quiros / Hessert / Auberlen / Hill	2:07.588	163.461 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (25), Riley & Scott (6), Chevrolet (6), Oldsmobile (4), Ferrari (3), BMW (3), Saleen (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (25), Ford (8), Chevrolet (8), Ferrari (4), Oldsmobile (3), BMW (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 993 (10), Riley & Scott Mk III (6), Porsche 993 GT2 (6)
Driver nationalities:	USA (153), GB (8), I (7), CDN (6), D (6), CH (5), F (4), B (3), CR (2), A (2), PE (2)
Most used colours:	white (43%), red (18%), blue (13%), yellow (9%), black (7%)
Engine positions:	rear-engined (39%), front-engined (34%), mid-engined (27%)
Oldest known drivers:	Monte Shelton (63), Larry Schumacher (61), Dieter Quester (58)
Youngest known drivers:	Owen Trinkler (21), Derek Hill (22), Elton Julian (23)
Female drivers:	Lilian Bryner, Claudia Hürtgen

Official Race Programme:

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