Americans Win Sebring Race
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) SEBRING (Florida). March 29. The Americans, Jim Hali and Hap Sharp, have been officially confirmed as winners of the Sebring 12-hour endurance motor race. Official results showed they averaged 84.723 miles an hour over 196 laps in their Chev-rolet-powered Chaparral, with automatic transmission.
On one of the tricky 5.2mile circuits, the car also set a lap record of 2min 59.35ec for an average speed of 104.41 miles an hour. Second were New Zealand’s Bruce McLaren with Ken Miles of California, in a Ford Cobra. • Official positions:— Chaparral (Hall and Sharp), 196 laps, average 84.723 m.p.h., 1: Ford Cobra (McLaren and Mlles), 192 laps. 2; Ferrari (Piper and Maggsj, 190, 3; Ford Cobra (Schlesser and Bondurant), 187, 4: Porsche (Underwood and Klass). 185, 5: Porsche (Pon and Buzzetta), 185, 6.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30712, 30 March 1965, Page 15
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Americans Win Sebring Race
Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30712, 30 March 1965, Page 15
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