2013 12 Hours of Sebring

**joeb** · 6 Mar 2013, 14:02 (Ref:3215073)

The Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring is fast approaching, and teams are arriving at the track for testing. This will be a special Sebring, because it is the last to be run under the ALMS series banner. It is also the last to feature LMP1 cars. There is a decent grid entered for the race that includes the regular season ALMS teams along with a few entries from across the pond. Qualifying starts at 13:15 local track time on Friday March 15th. The race starts at 10:30 local track time on Saturday March 16. Can't wait to see this one!

Schedule

Entry List

Timing & Scoring

ALMS Video

Track Map

Spotters Guide

Weather

World Times

Ten-Tenths Chat (Great during Race)

US only TV info:

10:30 - 10:45 SpeedTV live pre-race
10:45 - 12:00 SpeedTV live race
12:00 - 1:00 ALMS.com in car cameras
1:00 - 7:30 SpeedTV live race
7:30 - 10:45 ALMS.com in car cameras
10:30 - 1:00 SpeedTV tape delay coverage of final 3 hours

MotorsTV coverage:
Sat. 16.03 15:30
(Live) AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES RD 1 : 12 HOURS OF SEBRING
Sat. 16.03 20:00
(Live) AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES RD 1 : 12 HOURS OF SEBRING
Sun. 17.03 12:20
AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES HIGHLIGHTS RD 1 : 12 HOURS OF SEBRING

Mindspin13B · 6 Mar 2013, 14:35 (Ref:3215090)

First? Headed down Wednesday night from Atlanta.

wheelz22 · 6 Mar 2013, 15:20 (Ref:3215111)

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Originally Posted by Mindspin13B

First? Headed down Wednesday night from Atlanta.

Nice....I can't make this round....work is brutal...I need to retire.

Mike Hedlund · 6 Mar 2013, 16:43 (Ref:3215148)

I was chatting with Canada ALMS fan a week or so ago and he mentioned doing a quick forum meetup/tour of our JDX Hertz rig & race car at some point before the race. If anyone's interested please post here and I'm sure we can toss something together for Friday. Saturday will be a little dicey as the day starts very early for us and there may not be enough time.

Look forward to meeting some of you in person next week! Cheers,

-mike

Mindspin13B · 6 Mar 2013, 17:03 (Ref:3215164)

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Originally Posted by Mike Hedlund

I was chatting with Canada ALMS fan a week or so ago and he mentioned doing a quick forum meetup/tour of our JDX Hertz rig & race car at some point before the race. If anyone's interested please post here and I'm sure we can toss something together for Friday. Saturday will be a little dicey as the day starts very early for us and there may not be enough time.

Look forward to meeting some of you in person next week! Cheers,

-mike

Cant imagine I would say no to that. Are we allowed to bring friends?

Mike Hedlund · 6 Mar 2013, 17:22 (Ref:3215169)

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Originally Posted by Mindspin13B

Cant imagine I would say no to that. Are we allowed to bring friends?

Sure, more the merrier!

-mike

Canada ALMS fan · 6 Mar 2013, 17:33 (Ref:3215170)

Thanks Mike. Most of our group arrives on Thursday so any time from Thursday afternoon to Friday evening would be great. I would like to bring 3 or 4 friends if that is ok too. Everyone seems to love that livery!

seanyb505 · 6 Mar 2013, 19:31 (Ref:3215231)

I would vote for Friday..

1969MGCGTdriver · 6 Mar 2013, 22:58 (Ref:3215306)

I'll be there on Wednesday afternoon.

Mike, put me down for 2 people. Thanks.

FalkenALMS · 6 Mar 2013, 23:58 (Ref:3215318)

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Originally Posted by Mike Hedlund

I was chatting with Canada ALMS fan a week or so ago and he mentioned doing a quick forum meetup/tour of our JDX Hertz rig & race car at some point before the race. If anyone's interested please post here and I'm sure we can toss something together for Friday. Saturday will be a little dicey as the day starts very early for us and there may not be enough time.

Copy cat.

Hey everyone! Don't forget that the big announcement for the future of sports car racing is at 2:30pm March 14th, live on SPEED! If you can't make it to a TV, I'll also be tweeting from the press conference at twitter.com/FalkenALMS. And if you don't want to sign up for twitter, that's fine. Just enter in that URL and you can watch the feed. (But we highly encourage joining the rest of us)

<<side note>> For those of you who follow my personal twitter, if you share leaks, rumors or side notes that I give, please be sure to NOT quote Falken Tire or my other clients. I ask so that my clients are not held responsible for any behind the scenes information that gets released, especially since I'm sharing them through my personal means. Sometimes they don't want to be the ones quoted for certain circumstances. Thanks for understanding!

Mindspin13B · 7 Mar 2013, 03:56 (Ref:3215367)

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Originally Posted by FalkenALMS

Copy cat.

Hey everyone! Don't forget that the big announcement for the future of sports car racing is at 2:30pm March 14th, live on SPEED! If you can't make it to a TV, I'll also be tweeting from the press conference at twitter.com/FalkenALMS. And if you don't want to sign up for twitter, that's fine. Just enter in that URL and you can watch the feed. (But we highly encourage joining the rest of us)

<<side note>> For those of you who follow my personal twitter, if you share leaks, rumors or side notes that I give, please be sure to NOT quote Falken Tire or my other clients. I ask so that my clients are not held responsible for any behind the scenes information that gets released, especially since I'm sharing them through my personal means. Sometimes they don't want to be the ones quoted for certain circumstances. Thanks for understanding!

When will the Flaken tour occur?

FalkenALMS · 7 Mar 2013, 15:31 (Ref:3215593)

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Originally Posted by Mindspin13B

When will the Falken tour occur?

We're going to try for Thursday evening before night practice. We'll post the details here and in our Falken Tire thread when we've confirmed with the drivers.

The Badger · 7 Mar 2013, 19:58 (Ref:3215696)

Nicely put together Joeb .

**joeb** · 7 Mar 2013, 21:03 (Ref:3215715)

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Originally Posted by The Badger

Nicely put together Joeb .

Thanks!

I just saw a Corvette Racing transporter heading south out of Michigan, the race is getting close!

TheMightyM · 7 Mar 2013, 21:16 (Ref:3215722)

I also vote for Friday.

andy_b · 8 Mar 2013, 08:57 (Ref:3215896)

I'm interested in Thursday or Friday

+ The Falken tour as well

Spotter Guide will go online on Tuesday. Sorry I cant release any earlier, couple of liveries are embargoed and a few cars are still being designed/stickered up!

If you are leaving for Sebring before then and dont have access to a printer at a hotel, the ALMS sell a leaflet version of the guide at the ALMS/IMSA Merch trucks for $1 - All money to charity. This will be correct as of Saturday (when it goes to print), but will have the embargoed liveries.

Mike - Seen your new helmet while at Censport last week. Stunning piece of work/art.

codesurge · 8 Mar 2013, 09:02 (Ref:3215899)

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Originally Posted by andy_b

If you are leaving for Sebring before then and dont have access to a printer at a hotel, the ALMS sell a leaflet version of the guide at the ALMS/IMSA Merch trucks for $1 - All money to charity. This will be correct as of Saturday (when it goes to print), but will have the embargoed liveries.

If the money's going to charity and the leaflet is printed on decent quality paper, then I'll probably spare what's left of my color ink cartridge and pick up a copy when I'm at the track.

Thanks for your guides Andy - I've been using them to follow races on TV/online but this is the first time I'm going to be using them trackside; your Sebring guide should be handier than ever!

rich07 · 8 Mar 2013, 11:01 (Ref:3215950)

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Originally Posted by andy_b

\If you are leaving for Sebring before then and dont have access to a printer at a hotel, the ALMS sell a leaflet version of the guide at the ALMS/IMSA Merch trucks for $1 - All money to charity. This will be correct as of Saturday (when it goes to print), but will have the embargoed liveries.

Thats wonderful to see the ALMS get involved in that, its a handy guide to have and the proceeds go to a worthy charity. Keep up the good work Andy

If I was at Sebring I'd buy a dozen and hand some out.

WolfsburgRS · 8 Mar 2013, 17:22 (Ref:3216061)

My crew should be arriving sometime Thursday, and I'm sure we'd be interested in the tours with both Falken and JDX.

Anyone else camping?

1969MGCGTdriver · 8 Mar 2013, 20:12 (Ref:3216110)

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Originally Posted by WolfsburgRS

Anyone else camping?

Is there any other way to do it? Those guys that stay at the hotels are a bunch of sissies

seanyb505 · 8 Mar 2013, 21:13 (Ref:3216125)

What about camping in the backseat?

cbbrit · 8 Mar 2013, 22:54 (Ref:3216152)

An easier entry list to read!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_12_Hours_of_Sebring

broadrun96 · 9 Mar 2013, 04:22 (Ref:3216226)

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Originally Posted by joeb

Thanks!

I just saw a Corvette Racing transporter heading south out of Michigan, the race is getting close!

Felt like spring yesterday when we passed the Audi/Joest R18 haulers headed south on I75. Took me a bit to recognize them, but the second one got my attention. No AudiSport NA branding though, just Audi/Joest Racing R18 large on the side but no mention of Ultra/E-tron unless I missed it in little letters.
The top end of 285 through Atlanta is a great race rig spotting area apparently, already seen Carl Edward's and Danica's Nationwide haulers, 2 Andretti and Rahal Indy haulers, Level 5 racing and now Audi.

gregtummer · 10 Mar 2013, 20:31 (Ref:3216752)

Will Audi having streaming on their website?

rich07 · 10 Mar 2013, 23:48 (Ref:3216830)

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Originally Posted by gregtummer

Will Audi having streaming on their website?

That would be nice but from memory they only streamed Sebring last year because it was part of the WEC last year and this year its not so...

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