The American Le Mans Series will celebrate its 100th race with the one that started it all. The Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring is America's premier sports car race will welcome back the world's best sports car drivers, teams and manufacturers from the offseason. Sebring also serves as an ideal test for the 24 Hours of Le Mans as the past 10 winners raced at Sebring prior to their Le Mans triumph.
Dates/Times:
March 18-22 - 10:05AM EDT
Duration:12:00hr
#1 Audi Sport North America
Audi R15 TDI
Lucas Luhr / Kublenz, Germany
Mike Rockenfeller / Neuwied, Germany
Marco Werner / Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
#2 Audi Sport Team Joest
Audi R15 TDI
Rinaldo Capello / Canelli, Italy
Tom Kristensen / Hobro, Denmark
Allan McNish / Dumfries, Scotland
#9 Patron Highcroft Racing
Acura ARX-02a
David Brabham / Henley-on-Thames, UK
Scott Sharp / Jupiter, FL
Dario Franchitti / Edinburgh, Scotland
#12 Autocon Motorsports
Lola B06/10
Bryan Willman / Seattle, WA
Chris McMurry / Phoenix, AZ
Tony Burgess / Toronto, Canada
#37 Intersport Racing
Lola B06/10
Jon Field / Dublin, OH
Clint Field / Dublin, OH
Chapman Ducote / Miami, FL
#66 de Ferran Motorsports
Acura ARX-02a
Gil de Ferran / Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Simon Pagenaud / Montmorillon, France
Scott Dixon / Auckland, New Zealand
#7 Team Peugeot Total
Peugeot 908 HDI FAP
Nicolas Minassian / Marseille, France
Pedro Lamy / Lisbon, Portugal
Christian Klein / Vienna, Austria
#8 Team Peugeot Total
Peugeot 908 HDI FAP
Stephane Sarrazin / Ales, France
Franck Montagny / Feurs, France
Sébastien Bourdais / Le Mans, France
#15 Lowe's Fernandez Racing
Acura ARX-01B
Adrian Fernandez / Mexico City, Mexico
Luis Diaz / Mexico City, Mexico
#16 Dyson Racing Team, Inc
Mazda / Lola B09 86
Chris Dyson / Pleasant Valley, NY
Guy Smith / East Yorkshire, UK
#20 Dyson Racing Team, Inc
Mazda / Lola B09 86
Butch Leitzinger / Rebersburg, PA
Marino Franchitti / Edinburgh, Scotland
Ben Devlin / Norwich, UK
#3 Corvette Racing
Chevrolet Corvette C6-R
Johnny O'Connell / Flowery Branch, GA
Jan Magnussen / Roslilde, Denmark
Antonio Garcia / Canillo, Spain
#4 Corvette Racing
Chevrolet Corvette C6-R
Olivier Beretta / Monaco
Oliver Gavin / Yardleyhastings, UK
Marcel Fässler / Switzerland
#5 VICI Racing
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
Richard Westbrook / London, England
Marc Basseng / Leutenbach, Germany
Lance David Arnold / Germany
#18 VICI Racing
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
Nicky Pastorelli / The Hague, Netherlands
Hans Joachim Stuck / Austria
Johannes Stuck / Austria
#11 Primetime Race Group
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe
Joel Feinberg / Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Chris Hall / Daytona, FL
Ritchie Holt / Davie, FL
#21 Panoz Team PTG
Panoz Esperante GTLM
Dominik Farnbacher / Lichtenau, Germany
Ian James / Phoenix, AZ
#28 LG Motorsports
Chevrolet Riley Corvette C6
Lou Gigliotti / Dallas, TX
Eric Curan / East Hampton, MA
Lucas Molo / Rio de Jineiro, Brazil
#40 Robertson Racing
Ford GT MK 7
David Robertson / Ray, MI
Andrea Robertson / Ray, MI
David Murry / Atlanta, GA
#44 Flying Lizard Motorsports
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
Darren Law / Phoenix, AZ
Seth Neiman / San Francisco, CA
Johannes van Overbeek / Oakland, CA
#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
Joerg Bergmeister / Langenfeld, Germany
Patrick Long / Belleair, FL
Marc Lieb / Ludwigsburg, Germany
#61 Risi Competizione
Ferrari 430 GT
Tracy Krohn / Houston, TX
Nic Jonsson / Atlanta, GA
Eric van de Poele / Brussels, Belgium
#62 Risi Competizione
Ferrari 430 GT
Jaime Melo / Casavel, Brazil
Pierre Kaffer / Salenstein, Switzerland
Mika Salo / Helsinki, Finland
#87 Farnbacher Loles Motorsports
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
Wolf Henzler / Nürtingen, Germany
Dirk Werner / Berlin, Germany
Richard Lietz / Ybbsitz, Austria
#90 BMW Rahal Letterman
BMW E92 M3
Joey Hand / Sacramento, CA
Bill Auberlen / Redondo Beach, CA
#92 BMW Rahal Letterman
BMW E92 M3
Dirk Müller / Monte Carlo, Monaco
Tommy Milner / Leesburg, VA
#95 Advanced Engineering
Ferrari 430 GT
Luis Companc / Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mathias Russo / Parana, Argentina
Gianmaria Bruni / Rome, Italy
#007 Aston Martin
Aston Martin Vantage GT2
Paul Drayson / Gloucestershire, UK
Jonny Cocker / Guisborough, UK
Robert Bell / Northampton, UK
1941 - Hendricks Field built near Sebring as a military training base.
1950 - Alec Ulmann suggests Sebring Airport as a site for a sports car road race. Sam Collier 6 Hour Memorial race held on December 31 is first
racing event ever held at Sebring and the first sports car endurance held in the U.S.
1952 - First 12 Hours of Sebring race held on March 15.
1953 - The 12 Hours of Sebring is the first event of the new FIA sports car world championship.
1954 - Stunning upset as an OSCA co-driven by Stirling Moss wins.
1955 - Confusing finish: Hill/Shelby Ferrari is flagged winner, then Hawthorn/Walters Jaguar declared winner.
1956 - The legendary Fangio drives a Ferrari to victory. Amoco becomes official sponsor and begins long relationship with Sebring race. Automobile
Racing Club of Florida (ARCF) formed to replace AAA, which announced it will no longer sanction racing.
1957 - Fangio wins his second consecutive Sebring race. First live national radio broadcast.
1959 - Sebring hosts first ever Formula One race in the U.S. in December. Poorly attended, that race moves to Riverside the following year.
1960 - Major factory teams don't show due to exclusive gas/oil controversy. Ulmann adds "support races" to weekend schedule for the first time.
1961 - Olivier Gendebien and Phil Hill win their third 12 Hours of Sebring race.
1963 - Rear-engine Ferrari wins. Perhaps greatest field of drivers ever assembled for an American sports car race.
1964 - Ferrari wins fourth consecutive Sebring race despite strong challenge from Ford Cobras.
1965 - First American car to win Sebring in over a decade as Chevrolet Chaparral wins with Hap Sharp and Jim Hall driving.
1966 - First Trans-Am race ever held at Sebring. Tragedy strikes as driver Bob McLean is killed. Later in the race, four spectators are killed when
Mario Andretti collides with Don Wester. Dan Gurney's car, leading with four minutes left, stops on course. As he tries to push the car across the finish line,
the Miles/Ruby Ford passes him in the final minute.
1967 - Promoter Alec Ulmann announces the race will be moved to the new Palm Beach International Raceway (now called Moroso Motorsports Park) in West
Palm Beach. Two months later he changes his mind. First major change made to the circuit as the Webster Turn is replaced with the Chicane.
1968 - Trans-Am race included within the 12-hour race.
1969 - Last "Le Mans Start" in which drivers run to their cars to start race.
1970 - Considered greatest Sebring race ever. Closest finish ever as Andretti gives Ferrari a 22-second victory over actor Steve McQueen and Peter
Revson.
1972 - Mario Andretti wins his third 12 Hours of Sebring. Ulmann announces this will be last Sebring race as the FIA has withdrawn its sanction and
the race will no longer be on the international calendar.
1973 - Sebring revived under IMSA sanction. Peter Gregg and Hurley Haywood drive Porsche to victory in a race of production cars and no
prototypes.
1974 - Race cancelled due to "energy crisis." Several hundred fans show up anyway to party.
1975 - Race revived with John Greenwood as promoter. Factory BMW wins.
1976 - Porsche wins the first of 13 consecutive Sebring races.
1978 - Charles Mendez takes over promotion of race. Coca-Cola announces name sponsorship. FIA sanction restored.
1983 - Sebring Airport Authority takes over promotion of race. First major circuit change in 20 years takes place as a new section bypasses airport
runway. In biggest upset in endurance racing history, a GTO Porsche records the overall win.
1984 - Another big upset as an aging Porsche 935 wins. Paddock moved out, increasing course length to 4.86 miles.
1985 - A.J. Foyt wins his first Sebring race, the last win of his career.
1986 - First live national TV broadcast on TBS.
1987 - Million-dollar enhancement program results in new 4.11 mile course which bypasses old runways.
1990 - Nissan wins second straight Sebring race. Top three cars all finish on the same lap - first time in Sebring history. Sebring Airport Authority
leases facility to Mike Cone; major improvements begin immediately.
1991 - Despite heavy rains, a record crowd watches Nissan take its third straight victory on the newly renovated 3.7-mile circuit.
1992 - Sebring celebrates its 40th anniversary. Toyota wins first endurance race with Juan Fangio II and Andy Wallace driving.
1993 - Toyota wins again despite heavy rains which caused the first red-flag in Sebring history.
1994 - World Sports Car era begins, GT Nissan wins overall.
1995 - Ferrari records historic win, first in 23 years at Sebring. Chicane is relocated and renamed the Fangio Chicane.
1996 - Oldsmobile scores first victory for an American manufacturer at Sebring in 27 years.
1997 - Sebring acquired by International Motorsports Speedway Group. Ulmann Straight is resurfaced. FIA GT race held in October. IMSG sells Sebring
Lease to Panoz Motor Sports.
1998 - A record 24 lead changes as the Momo Ferrari wins Sebring in a thrilling battle with the Panoz Team. A major improvement program begins
following the race, including the reconfiguration of the Hairpin and resurfacing of several sections of the circuit.
1999 - Closest Sebring finish ever as BMW wins by a nine second margin. New pit tower and media center constructed as part of multi-million dollar
improvement program. Hotel constructed adjacent to the Hairpin near the track entrance.
2000 - Audi finishes first and second.
2001 - Audi wins again; Saleen scores a stunning upset in GTS.
2002 - Sebring celebrates its 50th Anniversary with a spectacular event and a record crowd.
2003 - Audi Team Joest becomes the first team to record four straight Sebring victories.
2004 - Audi wins five straight Sebring overall victories. Team Corvette with Fellows/O'Connell win GTS class for third straight year.
For the third season in a row, the American Le Mans Series will race on the streets of western Florida, for the Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg. Set on the Florida waterfront near Tampa Bay, the venue is one of the glamorous on the schedule with Audi particularly enjoying – it has won there the last two years.
Dates/Times:
April 3-5 - 1:20PM EDT
Duration: 1:55
Racing in the St. Petersburg area dates back to 1985. The SCCA Trans-Am Series held a race on a downtown waterfront circuit from 1985 - 1990.
Local residents and businesses complained about noise, and the event was put on hiatus.
In 1996 - 1997, the race was revived on a course around Tropicana Field. Along with the Trans-Am Series,
support races included U.S. FF2000, World Challenge, Pro SRF, and Barber Dodge. The event was well-received, but the course was considered unsatisfactory. The event went again on hiatus for
several years.
In 2003, the event was revived once again. The race was first run as a Champ Car event in 2003. It utilitzed a modified version of the original 1985-90 waterfront circuit.
For 2004, however, the event was cancelled due to a dispute between the promoters. When the race returned in 2005, it switched to the IndyCar series, and marked the first non-oval event of the
Indy Racing League. Starting in 2007, the race weekend was expanded to include an ALMS event.
The next race is scheduled for April 4-5-6, 2008. The event is currently contracted through at least 2009.
2007 - LMP1 - Audi finishes first (Allan McNish/Dindo Capello) and second(Emanuele Pirro/Marco Werner).
LMP2 - Penske Racing Porsche finishes first (Ryan Briscoe/Sascha Maassen) and second (Timo Bernhard/Romain Dumas).
GT1 - Corvette Racing
GT2 - Mika Salo/Jaime Melo, Risi Competizione 1st, Jorg Bergmeister/Johannes van Overbeek, Flying Lizard Motorsports 2nd, Bill Auberlen/Joey Hand, Panoz Team PTG 3rd
#9 Patron Highcroft Racing
Acura ARX-02a
David Brabham / Henley-on-Thames, UK
Scott Sharp / Jupiter, FL
Dario Franchitti / Edinburgh, Scotland
#37 Intersport Racing
Lola B06/10
Jon Field / Dublin, OH
Clint Field / Dublin, OH
Chapman Ducote / Miami, FL
#66 de Ferran Motorsports
Acura ARX-02a
Gil de Ferran / Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Simon Pagenaud / Montmorillon, France
Scott Dixon / Auckland, New Zealand
#15 Lowe's Fernandez Racing
Acura ARX-01B
Adrian Fernandez / Mexico City, Mexico
Luis Diaz / Mexico City, Mexico
#16 Dyson Racing Team, Inc
Mazda / Lola B09 86
Chris Dyson / Pleasant Valley, NY
Guy Smith / East Yorkshire, UK
#20 Dyson Racing Team, Inc
Mazda / Lola B09 86
Butch Leitzinger / Rebersburg, PA
Marino Franchitti / Edinburgh, Scotland
Ben Devlin / Norwich, UK
#11 Primetime Race Group
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe
Joel Feinberg / Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Chris Hall / Daytona, FL
Ritchie Holt / Davie, FL
#21 Panoz Team PTG
Panoz Esperante GTLM
Dominik Farnbacher / Lichtenau, Germany
Ian James / Phoenix, AZ
#28 LG Motorsports
Chevrolet Riley Corvette C6
Lou Gigliotti / Dallas, TX
Eric Curan / East Hampton, MA
Lucas Molo / Rio de Jineiro, Brazil
#40 Robertson Racing
Ford GT MK 7
David Robertson / Ray, MI
Andrea Robertson / Ray, MI
David Murry / Atlanta, GA
#44 Flying Lizard Motorsports
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
Darren Law / Phoenix, AZ
Seth Neiman / San Francisco, CA
Johannes van Overbeek / Oakland, CA
#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
Joerg Bergmeister / Langenfeld, Germany
Patrick Long / Belleair, FL
Marc Lieb / Ludwigsburg, Germany
#62 Risi Competizione
Ferrari 430 GT
Jaime Melo / Casavel, Brazil
Pierre Kaffer / Salenstein, Switzerland
Mika Salo / Helsinki, Finland
#87 Farnbacher Loles Motorsports
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
Wolf Henzler / Nürtingen, Germany
Dirk Werner / Berlin, Germany
Richard Lietz / Ybbsitz, Austria
#90 BMW Rahal Letterman
BMW E92 M3
Joey Hand / Sacramento, CA
Bill Auberlen / Redondo Beach, CA
#92 BMW Rahal Letterman
BMW E92 M3
Dirk Müller / Monte Carlo, Monaco
Tommy Milner / Leesburg, VA
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Welcome fans! Welcome to the 2009 American Le Mans Series. Over the winter we saw a lot of changes take place in the series. Two of the largest shocks were that of Audi and Porsche pulling out. It had been a rumor with Audi but it has come true. Audi will debut the R15 at the 12 Hours of Sebring but that is it. We truly hope to see them at Petit Le Mans. Porsche will no longer have a factory effort in the LMP2 class but will be supporting the GT2 class with the new RSRs. Dyson is now running with Mazda Lola Coupe.
Even with the shifting of P1/P2 news, GT2 is going to be the class of all classes. We now have Porsche, BMW, Panoz, Ford, Corvette (later), Ferrari, Dodge and Aston all represented. The new RSRs have looked great, the BMW M3 looks great but time will tell.
- Apr 4, LIVE