Sebring Hall of Fame
2018 Inductees
The Sebring Hall of Fame announced the 2018 inductees. A.J. Foyt, Rinaldo “Dindo” Capello, Paul Newman, Joest Racing
and the civic organization Sebring Firemen, Inc. will join Sebring’s prestigious Hall of Fame this weekend.
The induction dinner will take place Friday at the Chateau Elan Hotel and Conference Center.
A.J. Foyt is an American motorsports
legend. In 1985 he drove
the Swap Shop Porsche 962 to
victory at Sebring in the fi nal
victory of his illustrious career.
Foyt has two other podium fi nishes
at Sebring: second place in
1967 driving a Ford, and third in
1984 driving a Porsche.
A four-time Indy 500 winner as a driver, plus an additional
Indy win as a car owner, Foyt earned a record 159 victories
in United States Auto Club (USAC) competition. In 1967
Foyt won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Dan Gurney driving
for Ford. He also won the Daytona 500 in 1972 and twice
co-drove the winning car at the Rolex 24 in Daytona.
Rinaldo “Dindo” Capello has
fi ve overall Sebring victories,
second all-time behind Tom
Kristensen, one of his teammates
on the incredible Joest
Audi team that dominated the
American Le Mans Series. His
wins came in 2001, 2002, 2006,
2009 and 2012. He earned three
additional podium fi nishes at Sebring and a class victory
in 2008. The Italian also won the 24 Hours of Le Mans
three times.
The Sebring Firemen, Inc., a non-profit
organization established in 1927,
played a key role in the origin of Sebring’s
famed 12-hour classic. Serving
as the operational arm for race founder
Alec Ulmann, the Sebring Firemen, Inc.
provided critical local manpower to help make the event a
success during its formative years. Without the help of this
organization, it is unlikely Sebring could have achieved the
status of an internationally acclaimed event.
Paul Newman (1925-2008), actor,
director, philanthropist and
racecar driver, was one of sports
car racing’s greatest boosters. He
fi nished second overall at Le Mans
in 1979 and won the GT class at
Daytona in 1995 (at the age of
70). Newman recorded many wins
in Sports Car Club of America
(SCCA) competition, winning four National Championships.
More importantly, Newman earned the respect of
colleagues in both the motorsports and entertainment
industry with his professionalism, philanthropy and activism.
Joest Racing, founded by Reinhold Joest
in 1978, has been a sports car racing
dynasty. At Le Mans, Joest orchestrated
an astonishing 15 overall wins in 25
years. His Sebring accomplishments are
no less impressive. In 2000 at Sebring,
Joest gave Audi their fi rst major international endurance
win. They would go on to win Sebring nine more times,
setting virtually every record possible at America’s oldest
endurance race. In 2018 Joest returns to Sebring managing
the Mazda program in the IMSA WeatherTech Sports-
Car Championship.
The Sebring Hall of Fame was founded in 2002 to recognize
the competitors, offi cials, promoters, manufacturers
and teams who helped make Sebring North America’s
most historic road racing facility. Hall of Fame inductions
are held every other year.
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