SEBRING TRACK FACTS
Track Length: 3.74 miles (6.019 km)
Track Surface: 2.89 miles asphalt and 0.85 miles concrete
Number of Turns: 17
Number of Pits: 64 in the main pit structure, 36 in the WEC pit lane
FIA Circuit Rating: Grade 2
Longest Straight: Ulmann Straight 0.63 miles
Facility Size:
Original use: USAAF B-17 combat crew training base (1941-45)
Elevation: 62 feet
Average Race Day Temperature: 67º F
Rain History: 9 times in 67 years (1952, 59, 65, 91, 93, 95, 97, 16, 19)
Race Founder: Alec Ulmann
First Race: December 31, 1950
First 12-hour Race: March 8, 1952
Historic "Firsts" at Sebring: 1953 – First ever FIA Sports Car World
14
Championship race; 1959 – First Formula One race in the USA; 1966 – First
ever SCCA Trans-Am race; 1999 – First ever American Le Mans Series race;
2012 – First ever FIA World Endurance Championship race.
Total Completion Miles at Sebring since 1952: 2,805,037.4 miles
ORIGIN OF CIRCUIT TURN NAMES:
Kristensen Corner (T3): Named for Sebring's all-time winning driver
Tom Kristensen.
Gurney Bend (aka Big Bend, T6): Named for racing legend Dan Gurney.
Fangio Chicane (T8-9): Named in honor of Juan Manuel Fangio, twotime
Sebring Winner.
Cunningham Corner (T10): Named after legendary sportsman Briggs
Cunningham who built his namesake cars in West Palm Beach,
Florida, and won three consecutive years as a car owner.
Collier Curve (T11-12): Honors sports car racing pioneers Sam and
Miles Collier.
Tower Turn (T13): Named for landmark water tower that was located just
outside the turn (demolished in 1997).
Flying Fortress Straight: Named in honor of the B-17s that were based
at Hendricks Field.
Bishop Bend (T14): Recognizes IMSA founder John Bishop, who helped
save Sebring in 1973.
Gendebien Bend (T15): Honors three-time winner Olivier Gendebien.
Le Mans Curve (T16): Named after the world's most famous endurance
race.
Ulmann Straight: Named after Sebring founder Alec Ulmann, who promoted
the race 1950-1972.
Sunset Bend (T17): The final turn of the legendary Sebring circuit.