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I ALWAYS ENJOY RECEIVING HCC IN the mail each month. I recall a story about how Crosley won the first race at Sebring, so I am hoping you can help me with a little bit of history. I always thought the Sebring race in Florida was 12 hours. A friend recently told me when he was a lad, he went to Sebring at 1:00 am during a 24-hour race. When and how many times did Sebring run 24 hours? I had an LP vinyl record titled “Sounds of Sebring” when I was a teen. Keep up the good work!
Dan Deckman
Hamburg, New York
Since the first (and only) six-hour contest at Sebring in 1950, which was indeed won by a Crosley Hot Shot, there have been 122 official race events at the famed facility that followed. Of that figure, records show that 70 were 12-hour races, 17 were official test sessions, 10 were three-hour races, 6 were four-hour events, another 6 were one-to two-hour races, a further 6 were SCCA short format contests, 4 races were 20 laps or less, 2 races were 1,000-kilometer contests for Europe’s World Endurance Championship series, and 1 event was limited to 30 minutes. There has never been a 24-hour race held at Sebring; however, because of the length of the race during the late winter months, night test-and-tune sessions during the race weekend are held for drivers and crews. It’s very possible that your friend attended one of these test sessions during the overnight hours.
1967. It had been bought new by a retired couple who got it to pull their Airstream trailer. It was red with a matching interior, and yes, it was equipped with a 396/425 with 3.73 Positraction rear end. After
