1956 Sebring. The Maestro Juan Fangio negotiates the hairpin on his way to winning Sebring with Eugenio Castellotti.

When you arrived at Sebring in 1958, this billboard guided you to the entrance

1956 Sebring. Huschke von Hanstein, Jan Brundage and Mike Marshall drove this 550 RS Porsche to 3rd under 1.5 and 14th overall.

1956 Sebring. Hans Herrmann and Wolfgang von Trips drove this 550 RS Porsche to 6th overall and first under 1.5 liters

1958 PROGRAM COVER

1958, John Fitch in the Ferrari 250TR he shared with Ed Hugus. The motor went away after 85 laps.

1958, Walt Hansgen in the Cunningham Lister Jag in practice. Archie Scott-Brown wrecked the car in a 3rd lap accident.

1957 Sebring. Lou Brero starts the race in his Ferrari 290. He and Masten Gregory would finish 4th overall.

The winning Ferrari with Phil HIll aboard laps #47 OSCA of Otto Linton

1956 Sebring. Ray Crawford’s Corvette leads Doc Wyllie’s Lotus IX. Doc co drove with his wife Peggy.

1956 Sebring. Mike Hawthorne in the D Jag leads the Jim Kimberley and Alphoso de Portago’s Ferrari 875. Neither would finish.

The all new 718 RSK Porsche with Jean Behra was a sensation. This car failed to finish.

Another shot of the striking new Porsche RSK.

The 550RS of Charlie Wallace & Bob Holbert. Behind them is another Porsche #44 of Count de Beaufort and Art Bunker

A closer look at the Count Carel Godin deBeaufort’s Porsche

Sir Stirling Moss in the Aston Martin DBR-1. The Astons led early but did not have the reliability of the new Ferrari’s and neither would finish,

The Aston Martin of Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori on pit row.

The boss, S. H. Wacky Arnolt himself in his Arnolt Bristol Bolide. The car with Ralph Durbin and Max Goldman would finish 35th

Beautiful Stanguellini Bialbero driven by Chuck Dietrich, Carl Haas and Alan Ross. 21st overall and first under 1100 cc.

The #2 Corvette of Fred Windridge and Dick Thompson is being passed by the 300S Maserati of Dale Duncan and Joe Bonnier. The Vette would finish, the Maserati not.

The 1958 12 hours is underway. This is the last part of the field going through the esses.

Moss leads the #49 Lotus 11 with Charlie Moran and the heavy leaning AC Bristol #39 of Art Tweedale, Fred Fuller and Tony Briggs.

Mike Hawthorne in #15 sets up the #23 Ferrari of E.D. Martin and Chet Flynn. Hawthorne’s car was a DNF but he did put in the fastest lap of the race.

A TR-3 a few Abarths and a Lotus 11 make way for Moss to swing past them on the outside.

Jean Pierre Kunstle in the Porsche #45 he shared with ken Miles goes past Watkins Glen stalwart Bill Milliken in the Ripley Elva Mk II.

Probably a marshall, but this guy has one hell of a great vantage point to watch the race. Or is he looking at the plane taking off in the background?

Gus Ehrman in the #29 Healey leads John von neumann’s Ferrari and the AC Bristol of Fred Fuller through the hairpin.

Miss Sebring 1958 paraded the grounds all weekend and had thousands of photos snapped. Here is Bob’s favorite.

Another Bellows shot of 3 women enjoying the sunny day protecting themselves with straw hats.

This pretty gal smiles for Bill Bellows camera.

A fun shot of two very different cars. The Alfa Giulietta of Lou Comito, Alan Markelson and Bob Pfaff racing against the Elva Mk II sports racer of William Bradley & John Bentley. The Alfa would win this battle.

An amazing race for this Lotus 11. Dave Tallaksen and Sam Weiss won the 1100cc class and were 4th overall. They beat their teammate and boss Colin Champman’s similar car

The yellow Cuban Ferrari 500TRC of Manolo Perez de la Mesa, Santiago Gonzalez and Alfonso Gomez-Mena finished in 27th. Only a year later Cuba would fall to Castro.

Jim Kimberly brought his spotless 200S Maserati. Kimberly shared the car with Pete Lovely. We don’t know who is in the car. Unfortunately being Italian and brand new it didn’t go far, retiring on lap 14.

Englishman Tony Brooks in the Aston Martin he shared with Stirling Moss. Both also race Vanwall’s in F1 and were great friends. Brooks is one great drive who is often overlooked.

Old Bob Bellows camera got this woman’s attention as well as the older gals un=approving look of her rather risque’ top for 1958.

A different shot of John Fitch in the Ferrari he co-drove with Ed Hugus. Fitch was a respected driver and had any number of rides in great cars.

A closer look at Mike Hawthorne. Hawthorne would go on to be the F1 World Champion in 1958, beating Stirling Moss by 1 point.

The very unusual greenish blue Maserati 300S of Dale Duncan, here in the drivers seat, that he shared with Jo Bonnier. The car ran about half the race before retiring.