Sebring Hall of Fame
Adds Four Legends to Roster
Two drivers who paved the way for women in motorsports,
Lyn St. James and Janet Guthrie, lead a class
of four drivers inducted into the Sebring Hall of Fame this
year. Dick Barbour Racing, a winner of three-consecutive
12 Hours of Sebring races and the legendary Bruce Mc-
Laren round out this year’s inductees who will be honored
the night before the 68th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring
Presented by Advance Auto Parts.
Lyn St. James
Lyn St. James has recorded an incredible career in motorsports.
With seven Indy 500 starts to her credit and great
success at road racing, St. James has been an inspirational
force for women in all sports, especially auto racing.
In sports car racing, St. James won six IMSA GT races, including
twice at the 24 Hours of Daytona and once at the
12 Hours of Sebring. She fi nished fi fth overall at Sebring
in 1983 driving an Aston Martin prototype. St. James has
also earned a class win at the Nurburgring and has seven
top fi ve fi nishes in the Trans-Am series.
Among her many honors, she was selected by Sports Illustrated
as one of the Top 100 Female Athletes of the Century.
Janet Guthrie
Before becoming the fi rst female to compete in the Indianapolis
500 and Daytona 500, Janet Guthrie was an accomplished
sports car racer. The aeronautical engineer
competed at Sebring eight times, winning class twice. In
her fi rst Sebring start in 1967, she won class driving a Matra
with Liane Engeman. In 1970 she teamed with Rosemary
Smith and Judy Kondratiff in an Austin-Healey Sprite
to win class and fi nish 19th overall.
Guthrie has been inducted into the International Women’s
Hall of Fame and the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.
Bruce McLaren
The legendary race car designer and driver from New Zealand
had remarkable success at Sebring. McLaren won at
Sebring three times in completely different types of cars. In
1959, he won the only Formula One race held at Sebring,
driving a Cooper. His victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring
came in 1967 when he co-drove a Ford with Mario Andretti,
dominating the race and becoming the fi rst team to
average over 100 mph for 12 Hours. In a supporting race at
Sebring for GT cars in 1962, he won driving a Fiat Abarth.
Although his career was cut short in a fatal testing accident
at Goodwood in 1970, his name lives on in the McLaren
team, one of the most successful Formula One teams ever,
and the McLaren road cars that have achieved great success
in sports car racing.
Dick Barbour Racing
Dick Barbour Racing was a dominant force in endurance
racing. The native Californian’s team won three consecutive
Sebring 12 Hour races from 1978-1980, all in Porsche
935s. Barbour also excelled at the wheel, co-driving to
victory at Sebring in 1980 with John Fitzpatrick. Barbour
won the IMSA Championship in 1980 and became the fi rst
American team to win the coveted Porsche Cup. A return
to racing in 2000 resulted in Dick Barbour Racing winning
the ALMS GT championship with Porsche.
Barbour also had success at every major venue in endurance
racing, including three class wins at the 24 Hours of
Le Mans He fi nished second overall in 1979 driving with
Paul Newman and Rolf Stommelen.