ALMS Rnd 1: 12 Hours of Sebring 16-18 Mar 2000

[marcus]

the 12 hours of sebring kicked off the ALMS for 2000 and it was a very entertaining race from what I have seen and heard (only got to listen to the first 2 hours of the webcast)...the results as follows

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE 48TH ANNUAL SUPERFLO 12 HOURS AT SEBRING

SEBRING, FLA. - Unofficial results of Saturday's 48th annual Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring sports car race, showing finishing position, starting position in ( ), drivers and hometowns or countries, car and laps completed:

1. (1) Frank Biela, Monaco; Tom Kristensen, Monaco; Emanuele Pirro, Italy, Audi R8, 360.
2. (2) Michele Alboreto, Monaco; Rinaldo Capello, Italy; Allan McNish, Scotland, Audi R8, 360.
3. (5) J.J. Lehto, Monaco; Jorg Muller, Monaco, BMW V12, 359.
4. (6) Bill Auberlen, Redondo Beach, Calif.; Jean-Marc Gounon, France; Steve Soper, England, BMW V12, 358.
5. (9) Fredy Lienhard, Switzerland; Didier Theys, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Mauro Baldi, Monaco, Doran/Lista Special, 337.
6. (11) Wayne Taylor, Altamonte Springs, Fla.; Max Angelelli, Monaco; Eric van de Poele, San Diego, Cadillac Northstar LMP, 331.
7. (19) Olivier Beretta, Monaco; Karl Wendlinger, Austria; DominiqueDupuy, France, Dodge Viper, 327.
8. (21) Tommy Archer, Duluth, Minn.; David Donohue, Malvern, Pa.; Marc Duez, Monaco, Dodge Viper, 326.
9. (20) Jean-Phillippe Belloc, France; Ni Amorim, Portugal; Anthony Beltoise, France, Dodge Viper, 321.
10. (25) Dirk Muller, Monaco; Lucas Luhr, Monaco, Porsche, 313.
11. (31) David Murry, Atlanta; Johnny Mowlem, England, Porsche GT3 R,308.
12. (24) Franz Konrad, Germany; Charlie Slater, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; John Paul Jr., West Palm Beach, Fla., Porsche 911 T, 307.
13. (34) Joel Reiser, Mendon, NY; Hurley Haywood, Ponte Vedra, Fla.; Craig Stanton, Seal Beach, Calif., Porsche GT3 R, 306.
14. (29) Philip Peter, Austria; Dieter Quester, Austria; Luca Riccitelli, Italy, Porsche GT3 R, 302.
15. (32) Patrick Cruchet, France; Angelo Zadra, Italy; Christophe Bouchut, France, Porsche GT3 R, 302.
16. (22) Andy Pilgrim, Cooper City, Fla.; Kelly Collins, Corona del Mar, Calif.; Franck Freon, Linwood, N.J., Chevrolet Corvette, 300.
17. (39) Rohan Skea, Australia; Lloyd Hawkins III, New Orleans; Grady Willingham, Birmingham, Ala., Porsche GT3 R, 284.
18. (42) Tim Robertson, Virginia Beach, Va.; Joao Barbosa, Portugal; Ian James, Kissimmee, Fla., Porsche, 276.
19. (40) Kevin Buckler, Sonoma, Calif., Mike Fitzgerald, Atlanta; Bob Nagel, Tampa, Porsche GT3 R, 266.
20. (41) Jim McCormick, New Rochelle, N.Y.; Kurt Baumann, Great Falls, Va.; Stan Wattles, Sewalls Point, Fla.; Dave Dullum, Falls Church, Va., Porsche GT3 R, 258.
21. (28) Bob Wollek, France; Sascha Maassen, Germany, Porsche GT3 R, 251.
22. (3) David Brabham, England; Jan Magnussen, Gainesville, Ga,; Pierre Henri Raphanel, France, Panoz LMP-1 Roadster, 249.
23. (35) Cort Wagner, Santa Monica, Calif.; Shane Lewis, Jupiter, Fla.; Bob Mazzuoccola, Staten Island, N.Y., Porsche, 229.
24. (18) Ron Fellows, Canada; Chris Kneifel, Cave Creek, Ariz.; Justin Bell, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Chevrolet Corvette, 201.
25. (16) Jon Field, Dublin, Ohio; Don Whittington, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Dale Whittington, Orlando, Fla., Lola/Ford, 181.
26. (17) Dorsey Schroeder, Little Torch Key, Fla.; Ralf Kelleners, Germany; James Weaver, England, Lola/Porsche, 165.
27. (12) Eric Bernard, France; Emmanuel Collard, France; Christophe Tinseau, France, Cadillac Northstar LMP, 163.
28. (37) Leo Hindery, Hillsborough, Calif.; John Lewis, Jupiter, Fla.; Peter Baron, Sunnyvale, Calif., Porsche GT3 R, 147.
29. (36) Gunnar Jeannette, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; Michael Lauer, Greenwich, Conn.; Rod McLeod, Porsche GT3 R, 143.
30. (33) Boris Said, Carlsbad, Calif.; Hans Stuck, Austria; Johannes van Overbeek, Danville, Calif., BMW E46, 141.
31. (23) Claudia Hurtgen, Germany; Hubert Haupt, Germany; Vic Rice, San Rafael, Calif., Porsche 911T, 125.
32. (14) Scott Maxwell, Canada; John Graham, Canada; David Empringham, Canada, Lola, 124.
33. (30) Brian Cunningham, Danville, Ky.; Peter Cunningham, West Bend, Wis.; Darren Law, Phoenix, BMW E36, 106.
34. (38) Tony Burgess, Canada; Philip Collin, Lincolnshire, Ill.; Kurt Mathewson, Carmel, Ind., Porsche GT3 R, 105.
35. (10) Franck Lagorce, France; Butch Leitzinger, State College, Pa.; Andy Wallace, England, Cadillac Northstar LMP, 87.
36. (4) Johnny O'Connell, Flowery Branch, Ga.; Hiroki Katoh, Japan; Klaus Graf, Germany, Panoz LMP-1 Roadster, 79.
37. (26) Zak Brown, Indianapolis; Stephen Earle, Garden Ridge, Texas; Manfred Jurasz, Austria, Porsche 911T, 76.
38. (13) Stefan Johansson, Indianapolis; Guy Smith, England; Jim Matthews, Indianapolis, Reynard/Judd, 65.
39. (27) Bruno Lambert, Belgium; Randy Pobst, Melbourne, Fla.; Mike Conte, Seattle, Porsche GT3 R, 59.
40. (7) Mimmo Schiattarella, Italy; Pierluigi Martini, Monaco; Didier de Radigues, Monaco, Rafanelli Lola V10, 52.
41. (15) George Robinson, Houston, Texas; Jack Baldwin, Marietta, Ga.; Irv Hoerr, Peoria, Ill., Reynard/Judd, 48.
42. (8) Gunther Blieninger, Germany; Norman Simon, Germany; Mark Simo, Carlsbad, Calif., Riley & Scott/Judd, 8.

Time of Race: 12 hours, 2 minutes, .16 of a second. Average Speed: 110.692. Margin of Victory: 39.111 seconds.

coutesy of the ALMS website






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[KC]

Interesting that Kevin Doran's modified Ferrari 333SP with Judd power fdinished failry well. I was honestly surprised thatthey go tthe package to work. I haven't seen the race yet and am curious what happened to the Panoz efforts?

[enemy-ace]

I was able to watch the majority of the race on speedvision, and my wife didn't complain once, I love that woman! The Panoz cars were fairly quick in the start, but as we all know in an endurace race like Sebring that doesn't count for diddly! Around hour 2-3 the No.2 Panoz fell back with throttle linkage and gearbox problems and eventually retired. The No.1 Panoz lasted to hour 9 when it retired with an Engine Failure. If you can watch the race in it's entirety,Do It, it really gives you a feel for what it takes to contest a race like this. I've never been able to watch an entire endurance race before, and the respect i have for the drivers that compete has increased ten-fold after watching it.
1. Top Driver's of the Race Award goes to Lehto and Muller. They took the race to the dominant Audi's. Bloody marvellous to watch.

2. Top picture etched into my brain goes to the Oreca Team Vipers finishing 1-2-3 in a row. Clearly the dominant team.

If you don't have SpeedVision now get it! They're going to show The 24hr LeMans in it's entirety taking a break only for F1 qualifying, and i for one am there!