Sebring 3 Hours 1998 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: NAPA Auto Parts Sebring Classic presented by Royal Purple Synthetic Motor Oil		Date: 19.9.1998
Track: Sebring International Raceway (United States), 5.955 kms	Organiser: unknown
Sebring 3 Hours
International Motor Sport Association (round 6) IMSA GTS (round 6) International Motor Sport Association (round 6)

Weather:	torrential rain
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	3 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	21
Practiced:	20
Qualified:	20
Started:	20
Finished:	18

Classes:	Pract	Start
World Sports Car	9	9
Sports Car GT1	3	3
Sports Car GT2	3	3
Sports Car GT3	5	5

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

Race notes:
2 full-course cautions for 27 laps, 90 minutes
race stopped for 67 minutes 33.037 seconds because of heavy rain, time included in results

Pre-race sessions:
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 18/9 3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 17/9
25 minute pre-race warm-up held.

Winners:
Overall:	4	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	Brabham / Wallace
World Sports Car:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford	Weaver / Leitzinger
Sports Car GT2:	99	Porsche 911 GT2	Schumacher / O'Steen
Sports Car GT3:	22	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	Wagner / Collins
Leaders:
laps 1-6:	7	Ferrari 333 SP
lap 7:	20	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford
laps 8-18:	4	Panoz GTR-1 Ford
laps 19-21:	20	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford
laps 22-28:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford
laps 29-33:	4	Panoz GTR-1 Ford
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	7	Ferrari 333 SP	Wayne Taylor (ZA)	1:55.017	186.376 km/h	lap 2
Sports Car GT1:	4	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Brabham (AUS)	1:57.453	182.500 km/h	lap 4
Sports Car GT2:	56	Porsche 911	Martin Snow (USA)	2:11.056	163.558 km/h	lap 3
Sports Car GT3:	10	BMW M3	Bill Auberlen (USA)	2:12.242	162.093 km/h	lap 3
Pole Positions:
Overall:	7	Ferrari 333 SP	Wayne Taylor (ZA)	1:52.219	191.023 km/h
Sports Car GT1:	4	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	David Brabham (AUS)	1:54.674	186.925 km/h
Sports Car GT2:	56	Porsche 911	Martin Snow (USA)	2:09.604	165.392 km/h
Sports Car GT3:	22	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	Cort Wagner (USA)	2:10.707	163.992 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (6), Riley & Scott (5), BMW (3), Panoz (2), Kudzu (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Ford (7), Porsche (6), BMW (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Riley & Scott Mk III (5), BMW M3 E36 (3), Porsche 993 Carrera (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (33), GB (2), CDN (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (17)
Most used colours:	white (43%), blue (19%), red (11%), silver (11%), black (9%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (45%), rear-engined (30%), front-engined (25%)
Oldest known drivers:	Larry Schumacher (62), Jim Downing (56), Elliot Forbes-Robinson (55)
Youngest known drivers:	Butch Leitzinger (29), Bill Auberlen (30), Darren Law (30)
Female drivers:	Melanie Snow

Official Race Programme:

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