Endurance Doubleheader Highlights “Super Sebring”
One of the greatest weekends of SportsCar racing ever in the
United States will take place March 13-16, 2019 with the doubleheader
of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by
Advance Auto Parts and the FIA WEC 1000 Miles of Sebring.
Tickets are available online at sebringraceway.com or by phone at
800.626.7223. Advance-purchase prices will be in effect through
Feb. 13, after which gate prices will apply to all ticket sales. Gates
will open at Sebring at 6 a.m. Wednesday, March 13, and will
remain open 24 hours a day through Saturday’s 12-hour endurance
classic.
The Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto
Parts will be the second round of the International Motor Sports
Association (IMSA) WeatherTech SportsCar Championship,
which will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2019. The
once-around-the-clock classic will take the green flag at 10:40
a.m., March 16. Four different classes of competition, two each for
prototypes and GT cars, will attract more than a dozen manufacturers
and a stellar list of drivers to compete on the famed 3.74-mile
circuit that originated from a World War II B-17 training base.
Friday’s FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) race will be
round six of the “Super Season” that concludes at the famed 24
Hours of Le Mans in June. The 1000-mile (or 8 hours) race will
The Le Mans winning Toyota LMP1 will compete in the 1000
Miles of Sebring on Friday, March 15
start at 3:55 p.m. Friday, March 15. The inaugural FIA WEC race
took place at Sebring in 2012, and this event will mark its first
return to the historic Central Florida-circuit since that season.
“Sebring 2019 will rank as one of the greatest sports car racing
weekends ever seen in North America,” said Sebring Raceway
President and General Manager Wayne Estes. “To have the FIA
WEC join our traditional race weekend is truly an honor for us and
a bonus for our fans.”
A wide variety of ticket options are available, including four-day,
two-day (Friday/Saturday) and Saturday only. As always, children
12 and under will be admitted free. Active military and student
discounts are also available with proper ID.
“Sebring will showcase the world’s two leading sports car racing
series on the same weekend,” Estes added. “Incorporating a
world-class organization and race such as the WEC 1000 Miles
of Sebring into an existing schedule has been challenging, but now
that our tickets are on sale and plans are set our fans truly will be
the winners. The atmosphere and tradition that has made Sebring
famous worldwide only will be enhanced by this history making
weekend.”
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Team Corvette will be the favorite in the tough IMSA GTLM
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