News from Sebring Raceway
Coming to Green Park after this year’s
Mobil 1 Twelve Hours will be a new twolane
vehicle bridge with a pedestrian walkway
that will replace the aging one-lane
structure at Turn 5. NASCAR’s Board of
Directors in December approved the capital
funding to enable IMSA and Sebring
Raceway to build a new bridge. So, as you
cross that bridge for the last time in March,
be aware that it will be the LAST time you
cross that bridge.
Final details on the bridge construction are
being worked out with engineers, but the
ideas that are flowing are bound to please
Green Park’s guests who have had to wait
for a “cold track,” or wait for the red light
to turn green, or wait for the long line of
cars and trucks awaiting the opportunity
to cross. This new improvement comes on
the heels of the new restroom just completed
in Green Park.
FIA World Endurance
Championship Coming in 2019
Sebring will host a round of the FIA WEC
in March 2019 as part of the 2018-19
Super Season. Complete details will be
announced soon for the event, scheduled
to take place the day after the 2019 IMSA
Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. This will
be the only North American event for the
WEC.
New 15-foot Wide Reserved
Trackside Parking Spaces
Did you know the front straight and turns
14 and 16 now have 15-foot wide reserved
spaces? Availability s very limited, so call
800-626-7223 to reserve your spot.
Sebring to Host
February IMSA Test
Get a preview of the 66th Sebring 12-hour
classic on Feb. 22-23 at the IMSA Sebring
Test. Most of the cars scheduled to compete
in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of
Sebring will be there for the two-day test.
A night practice session is scheduled for
the 22nd. Admission is $10 per day (no
overnight camping or Green Park access).
On Feb. 20-21, IMSA supporting series
will be testing at Sebring.
Vintage Racing Returns
Historic Sportscar Racing is returning to
the Sebring 12-Hour event schedule in
2018! See many of the legendary cars
that made Sebring famous both on track
on in the paddock. And don’t forget the
Sebring Classic 12 Hour “Piston and
Props” is running December 1-3. For more
information visit HSRrace.com.
A.J. Foyt to Serve
as Grand Marshal
Racing legend A.J. Foyt will serve as
Grand Marshal at the 66th Mobil 1 Twelve
Hours of Sebring, March 14-17, at Sebring
International Raceway.
Foyt recorded the final win of his illustrious
driving career at the 1985 Sebring
12-hour race, co-driving with Bob Wollek
in a Porsche 962.
“A.J. Foyt is America’s greatest race car
driver,” said Sebring Raceway President
Wayne Estes. “Whether in sports cars,
Indy cars, stocks cars or anything with four
wheels, and whether on a road course,
superspeedway, dirt or mountainside, A.J.
Foyt fielded and drove winners in every
form of motorsport. That he put his final
exclamation point on his incredible driving
career by winning at Sebring makes his
return here all the more meaningful to the
fans and competitors at the 66th Mobil 1
Twelve Hours of Sebring.”
“I really used to enjoy racing at Sebring
in my younger days, and am glad to have
won the 12 Hour race there with my good
friend Bob Wollek,” stated Foyt. “It’s an
honor to be named Grand Marshal and I’m
looking forward to that weekend.”
In addition to serving as Grand Marshal,
Foyt will be inducted into the Sebring Hall
of Fame in 2018 (see page 6).
Below – A.J. Foyt and Bok Wollek drove
this Porsche 962 to victory at Sebring in
1985. Foyt is being inducted into the
Sebring Hall of Fame and will serve as
Grand Marshal 2018.
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