 The course in 1956 |
1956 SEBRING Finally the US gets a real, bona fide international sports car race. Fangio and the Ferrari team appear along with Maserati, Aston Martin and the return of Jaguar. Return to BARC Home 55 Seb 57 Seb 59 Seb 60 Seb 61Seb 62 Seb Return to Sebring Home Photo credits: Craige Pelouze, ProgramCoversProject |
 1956 Sebring Results thanks to Darren Galpin |
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| The 150S
Maserati bunch sits on the start grid before the race. Not one of them made the finish |
They're
off at 10am running across the track for a traditional Le Mans start |
Middle of
the grid start has the #53 and #63 Lotii and a bundle of Arnolt Bristols |
The brand new MGA team is across the track and getting into their mounts |
The MGA's are off and all 3 finished 19th, 20th & 22nd |
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| Corvette
is here in force with 3 cars entered by the mysterious "Raceway Enterprises" #6 finishes 15th |
Corvette
corral with #7 private car of Ernie Erickson & Chuck Hassan. Car was a dnf after 22 laps |
Beautiful
A6GCS with a T number but no old Maser is listed as having practiced |
This guy
is proud to pose with the #53 Lotus 9 of Joe Shepherd that ran well but was DQ'd. |
53 was
DQ'd for illegal repairs - probably out on the course, here this fix is done in the paddock |
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| Peter
Collins shared this Aston with Moss but the gearbox broke. Collins chases the #47 150S Maserati |
Briggs
Cunningham drives his finned D Type into the last turn at dusk Briggs & J Gordon Bennett were 12th |
The first turn is still the same after all these years. What a beautiful sunny Florida day in 1956 |
Bill
Lloyd's retired 150S sits in the paddock after its gearbox broke |
Loyal
Katskee's D Type. It was involved with the nasty Carlos Menditiguy accident and retired early |
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| A nasty
little brushfire on the infield and hardy citizens put it out |
After the
esses into the hairpin. Look carefully at the white car hung up on the sandbank |
Sitting on top of an old barracks building watching the cars go by. |
An Oldsmobile 2 seat concept car draw's lots of attention. |
A
spectator's Allard J2X in street trim next to a 53 Bel Air |