Sebring 12 Hours 1999 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: The 47th Annual Superflo 12 Hours at Sebring presented by The New Dodge		Date: 20.3.1999
Track: Sebring International Raceway (United States), 5.955 kms	Organiser: unknown
Sebring 12 Hours
American Le Mans Series (round 1)

Weather:	warm, windy
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left, rolling start
Distance:	12 hours
Attendance:	103000

Entered:	68
Practiced:	60
Qualified:	60
Started:	58
Finished:	27

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype	30	29
Grand Touring Sport	12	12
Grand Touring	18	17

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Lap Times

Race notes:
10 full-course cautions for 211 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 40 minutes on 17-18/3
5 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 275 minutes on 17-19/3
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	42	BMW V12 LMR	Lehto / Kristensen / Müller
Grand Touring Sport:	56	Porsche 911 GT2	Snow / Snow / Huisman
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	Collins / Wagner / Havens
Leaders:
laps 108-110:	43	BMW V12 LMR
laps 1-10:	0	Riley & Scott Mk III Judd
laps 111-189:	42	BMW V12 LMR
laps 11-27:	42	BMW V12 LMR
laps 190-194:	12	Ferrari 333 SP
laps 195-210:	20	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford
laps 211-235:	42	BMW V12 LMR
laps 236-249:	20	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford
laps 250-265:	42	BMW V12 LMR
laps 266-281:	20	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford
laps 282-290:	42	BMW V12 LMR
laps 28-29:	43	BMW V12 LMR
laps 291-295:	20	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford
laps 296-313:	42	BMW V12 LMR
laps 30-47:	42	BMW V12 LMR
laps 48-90:	43	BMW V12 LMR
laps 91-107:	42	BMW V12 LMR
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	0	Riley & Scott Mk III Judd	Tomáš Enge (CZ)	1:51.6080	192.0688 km/h	lap 128
Grand Touring Sport:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Andy Pilgrim (USA)	2:05.5270	170.7707 km/h	lap 132
Grand Touring:	22	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	Randy Pobst (USA)	2:11.3370	163.2164 km/h	lap 143
Pole Positions:
Overall:	42	BMW V12 LMR	J.J. Lehto (FIN)	1:49.8500	195.1426 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Ron Fellows (CDN)	2:02.9090	174.4046 km/h
Grand Touring:	22	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	Randy Pobst (USA)	2:10.3700	164.4267 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (23), Riley & Scott (11), BMW (7), Ferrari (5), Audi (2), Kudzu (2), Lola (2), Chevrolet (2), Panoz (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (23), Ford (13), BMW (7), Ferrari (5), Chevrolet (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Riley & Scott Mk III (11), Porsche 993 Carrera (11), Porsche 993 GT2 (9)
Driver nationalities:	USA (116), D (13), GB (8), I (8), B (7), CDN (6), F (5), NL (3), DK (3), A (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (43), D (9)
Most used colours:	white (36%), red (15%), blue (12%), yellow (11%), black (8%), silver (6%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (44%), rear-engined (39%), front-engined (17%)
Oldest known drivers:	Larry Schumacher (63), Andy Petery (60), Peter Kitchak (58)
Youngest known drivers:	Tomáš Enge (23), Dirk Müller (24), David Saelens (24)
Female drivers:	Claudia Hürtgen, Melanie Snow

Official Race Programme:

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