SEBRING 1965         65 Sebring Pg 2     65Sebring Pg 3   65Sebring Pg4   65Sebring Pg5    Sebring Home                         photo credits: Michael Eaton - the Dave Ash collection

The winning #3 Chaparral, with Jim Hall and Hap Sharp driving	Hall qualified 1st, 10 seconds faster than Miles in the GT-40.  It was no fluke and they won by 4 laps	Here 3 & 4 splash through the aftermath of The Storm which slowed the race to a crawl	Bet you didn't know BruceJennings co-drove #4 Chaparral	He shared #4 with Ronnie Hissom.  The car had problems and ended up 22nd OA
Bruce McLaren & Ken Miles were 2nd in #11 GT-40.  #10 was a DNF with a rear suspension failure	The Fords were simply not as quick as the Chaparrals  much to the disappointment of Shelby	Brit David Piper and F1 star Tony Maggs drove Pipers green 250LM Ferrari to 3rd overall	Another shot of a truly beautiful machine at the old hairpin	Lake Underwood & Gunther Klass took #40 to 5th OA.  narrowly  beating #39
Bob Bondurant & Joe Schlessler drove #15 to 4th OA and first GT	Ed Leslie/Alan Grant were 3rd of the coupes and 13th OA	A neat poster celebrates the Cobra's Sebring win	Bob Johnson and Tom Payne were 2d and 8th OA two laps behind #15	Lew Spencer and Jim Adams had Phil Hill join them in #16, but were far back 2 laps behind a Sprite
Shelby brought 4 Daytona coupes fresh from the victory at Daytona to another 1-2-3 at Sebring	Lots of power to get it sideways exiting the hairpin	Later another poster celebrated their GT World Championship	The heavy rains did not affect the Daytona coupes too badly	Saturday started bright and sunny. Look at the crowd here in the early hours of the day