Results of 1960 Sebring Thanks to Darren Galpin

1961 Sebring page 3 Porsche Spyders made such wonderful noise with their stinger exhaust and the factory had an all-star cast to try and repeat their 1960 victory. MG brought just 2 coupes, but we loved them The Friday races were getting popular with karts and a small GT 4 hour race 1961 SebringPg1    1961 SebringPg2   Return to BARC Home   Return to Sebring Home photo credits: Dave Nicholas, Dave Zych, John E Kelley, Michael Eaton, Spankey Smith

Sports Car Graphic Results and part of the John Christy story

Bill Wuesthoff blew #38 before Augie Pabst could get in	Peter Ryan in the Canadian Porsche he shared with Ludwig Heimrath to 9th	Peter Riley and John Whitmore MGA was just 2 laps behind 44 in 16th	Factory MG's line up on practice day In 1961 they brought just 2 cars	Jim Parkinson & Jack Flaherty drove 44 to first in GT1600
Dan Gurney & Jo Bonnier were DNF in the #49 RS-61	Hans Hermann sits in #50 Porsche. This RS-61 suffered an engine failure	Dawn early on race day.  Bob Holbert & Roger Penske Porsche were 6th	The Bob Donner, Don Sessler and Ernie Erickson #47 Porsche was 7th	Chuck Cassel, David Lane #48 was a DNF with another engine gonzo
Porsche Team in the grassy paddock behind the pits	Bob Publicker & Charlie Kolb Lotus 19 lost the motor and never started	George Peck, John Hoffman drove #71 OSCA to 1st 850cc and 3rd on Index	Spank (scratching ear), Bob Poupard Dave Zych in pits	Dusk at Sebring is always special and often beautiful
Karts raced on Friday	The 3 hr for small touring cars also on Friday	Sprites were popular. Stirling in #2 chases Bruce McLaren in #5	Corvettes lead the way on the first lap, but not for long	End of pack, smaller displacement cars into the first turn