In the absence of a NASCAR Sprint Cup race this weekend, and with neither the Indy Racing League or Formula 1 seasons under way yet, a little more attention than usual may be focused on the nation’s best sports car race, the 12 Hours of Sebring.
While the Rolex 24 at Daytona (in a different sports car series than Sebring, the Grand Am Daytona Prototypes instead of the American Le Mans Series) is run on the relatively smooth Daytona tri-oval and infield circuit, Sebring is a bumpy, suspension- and gearbox-busting airport layout that is the best preparation automakers have for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France three months later.
Sebring has always been more about cars and manufacturers than drivers: Ford vs. Ferrari, Ferrari vs. Porsche, Porsche vs. Jaguar and so on. …Â Details
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