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12 Hours of Sebring

FIA World Sportscar Championship race
Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, FL
March 21, 1959
188 laps on 5.2 mile road course; 977.6 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1		Dan Gurney  Chuck Daigh  Phil Hill  Olivier Gendebien	7	Scuderia Ferrari	1959 Ferrari 250TR 0766TR	188	3,500	running	0
2		Jean Behra  Cliff Allison	9	Scuderia Ferrari	1959 Ferrari 250TR 0768TR	187	1,750	running	0
3		Wolfgang von Trips  Joakim Bonnier	31	Porsche Auto Co.	Porsche 718 RSK	184	1,250	running	0
4		Bob Holbert  Don Sesslar	34	Cyrus L. Fulton	Porsche 718 RSK 014	182	1,500	running	0
5		John Fitch  Edgar Barth	32	Porsche Auto Co.	Porsche 718 RSK	181	250	running	0
6		Edwin D. Martin  Lance Reventlow  Bill Kimberly	12	Edwin D. Martin	1958 Ferrari 250TR 0730TR	174		running	0
7		E.P. Lunken  Augie Pabst  Gaston Andrey	14	James Johnston	1958 Ferrari 250TR 0720TR	174		running	0
8		Jack McAfee  Ken Miles	35	Precision Motors	Porsche 718 RSK 013	173		running	0
9		Howard Hively  Richie Ginther	70	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1085GT	171	1,000	running	0
10		Ernie Erickson  Ed Hugus	37	Chester J. Flynn	Porsche 718 RSK 012	170		running	0
11		Huschke von Hanstein  Carel Godin de Beaufort	33	Porsche Auto Co.	Porsche 356A Carrera GT	164		running	0
12		Walt Hansgen  Dick Thompson	3	B.S. Cunningham	Lister BHL101/Jaguar XK	164		running	0
13		Lloyd Casner  Jim Hunt  Dan Collins	19T	North American Racing Team	1958 Ferrari 500 TRC 0600MDTR	164		running	0
14		Bobby Burns  Roy Jackson-Moore  James Cook	25	A.C. Cars Ltd.	AC Ace/Bristol	164		running	0
15		Briggs Cunningham  Lake Underwood  George Rand  Stirling Moss	4	B.S. Cunningham	Lister BHL102/Jaguar XK	164		running	0
16		Jake Kaplan  Charles Rainville	44	Jake Kaplan	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	162		running	0
17		Gérard Laureau  Paul Armagnac	59	Deutsch & Bonnet	DB HBR4/Panhard	162	2,000	running	0
18		Alejandro de Tomaso  Denise McCluggage  Isabelle Haskell  Ricardo Rodríguez de la Vega	60	Alejandro de Tomaso	Osca S750 760	161	750	running	0
19		Frank Baptista  Charles Wallace  Art Tweedale	48	Elva Engineering Co.	Elva Mk IV/Climax	160	500	running	0
20		Alphonso Gomez-Mena  Juan Montalvo	15	Auto Sport Club Havana	Ferrari 250 GT LWB 1035GT	160	500	running	0
21		Pete Lovely  Jay Chamberlain  Sam Weiss  Colin Chapman	45	Team Lotus	Lotus Elite 1015P/Climax	160		running	0
22		Arch Means  Charles Kurtz  Ross Wees	24	A.C. Cars Ltd.	AC Ace/Bristol	159		running	0
23		Burdett Martin  William Jordan  Chuck Dietrich	49	Elva Engineering Co.	Elva Mk IV/Climax	158		running	0
24		Lonnie Rix  Ed Rahal  George Avent	23T	A.C. Cars Ltd.	AC Ace BEX 257/Bristol	158		running	0
25		Max Goldman  S.H. Arnolt  Ralph Durbin	26	S.H. Arnolt	Arnolt Bolide/Bristol	155		running	0
26		Mike Rothschild  Arch McNeill	22	Fergus Motors	Morgan Plus 4/Triumph	155		running	0
27		Ray Saidel  Gus Ehrman	28	Hambro Auto Corp.	MG A Twin Cam/BMC	155		running	0
28		Bill Rutan  Ray Cuomo  Paul Richards	64	Roosevelt Auto Co. Inc.	Fiat-Abarth 750 Monza	152		running	0
29		Alonzo Cussini  Remo Cattini	62	Roosevelt Auto Co. Inc.	Fiat-Abarth 750 Monza	150		running	0
30		Robert Kuhn  Jim Jeffords  George Schrafft	65	George F. Schrafft	Fiat-Abarth 750 Monza	149		running	0
31		Phil Stiles  Hugh Sutherland  Harold Kunz	54	Hambro Auto Corp.	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite/BMC	149		running	0
32		Mario Poltonieri  Alfonso Thiele  John Norwood	63	Roosevelt Auto Co. Inc.	Fiat-Abarth 750 Monza	147		running	0
33		Charles Moran  George Rand	40	Charles Moran Jr.	Lotus XI 275/Climax	145		running	0
34		Jack Dalton  Jim Parkinson	29	Hambro Auto Corp.	MG A Twin Cam/BMC	145		running	0
35		Harry Blanchard  Skip Callahan  H Anderson	51	Harry C. Blanchard	Lancia Appia Zagato	144		running	0
36		Ed Leavens  Harold Kunz  John Colgate  Hugh Sutherland	53	Hambro Auto Corp.	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite/BMC	142		running	0
37		Henri Perrier  Bill Wood	58	Deutsch & Bonnet	DB HBR4/Panhard	141		running	0
38		Fred Hayes  John Christy  John Colgate	55	Hambro Auto Corp.	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite/BMC	141		running	0
39		Bob Pfaff  Louis Comito  Wynn Kramarsky  Tom O'Brien	43	Louis Comito	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	140		running	0
40		Peter Baumberger  Warren Rohlfs  Walter Cronkite	52	Charles Kreisler	Lancia Appia Zagato	140		running	0
41		Jim Hall  Hap Sharp  Red Byron	18	Carroll Shelby Sports Cars	Maserati 250S	138		running	0
42		Bob Rubin  Bob Grossman  Louis Comito	42	Robert Grossman	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	134		running	0
43		Rod Carveth  Gilbert Geitner	10	North American Racing Team	1958 Ferrari 250TR 0666MM	130		accident	0
44		Charlie Kolb  Fred Moore  Gene Hobbs	21	Standard Triumph Motor Co.	Triumph TR3	128		valve	0
45		Fred Lieb  Smokey Drolet	80	Turner Sports Cars Ltd.	Turner 750 Sports/Climax	128		running	0
46		Harry Entwistle  Robert Hanna	27	Autosport Ltd.	Lotus 15/Climax	126		electrical	0
47		Tom Fleming  Bill Schade  Harry Dager	47	Team Lotus	Lotus XI 541/Climax	123		running	0
48		Ray Pickering  Jack Flaherty  Sherman Decker	30	Hambro Auto Corp.	MG A Twin Cam/BMC	121		running	0
49		Carl Haas  Frank Campbell  Jay Middleton	38	Automobile OSCA	Osca S1500	115		ignition	0
50		George Reed  Don O'Dell  George Arents	16	RRR Enterprises	Ferrari 250 GT LWB 0839GT	110	250	running	0
51		Ricardo Rodríguez de la Vega  Frank Bott	56	Automobile OSCA	Osca S950 951	106		running	0
52		Robert Samm  John Bentley  Fred Moore	20	Standard Triumph Motor Co.	Triumph TR3	98		running	0
53		Robert Roloson  Sandy MacArthur	66	Sandy MacArthur	Stanguellini Sport Bialbero 750 CS04084/Fiat	97		accident	0
54		Howard Hanna  Richard Toland	57	Deutsch & Bonnet	DB HBR5/Panhard	82		engine	0
55		Allen Markelson  Rees Makins	61	Automobile OSCA	Osca S187 763	82		electrical	0
56		Olivier Gendebien  Phil Hill  Chuck Daigh	8	Scuderia Ferrari	1959 Ferrari 250TR 0770TR	77		differential	0
57		Pedro Rodríguez de la Vega  Paul O'Shea	11	Mexican National Auto Club	1958 Ferrari 250TR 0728TR	66		engine	0
58		Jay Chamberlain  Sam Weiss	46	Team Lotus	Lotus Elite 1013P/Climax	65		engine	0
59		Roberto Mières  Antonio von Döry  Pedro von Döry	36	Antonio von Döry	Porsche 718 RSK 004	34		camshaft	0
60		M.R.J. (Doc) Wyllie  Skip Lange  Margaret Wyllie	50	M.R.J. Wyllie	Elva Mk IV/Climax	34		suspension	0
61		Roy Salvadori  Carroll Shelby	1	David Brown	Aston Martin DBR1/300 1	32		gear lever	0
62		Fred van Beuren  Javier Velasquez  Mario Mercader	41	Fred T. van Beuren	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	31		accident	0
63		Jean Lucas  Jean-François Malle	39	Los Amigos	Cooper Monaco T49/Climax	20		oil loss	0
64		Duncan Forlong  Joe Sheppard  David Schiff	17	Joe Sheppard/David Schiff	Aston Martin DB2/4 AM/300/3A/1317	11		piston	0
65		Ivor Bueb  Stirling Moss  Russ Boss	2	Lister Corp.	Lister BHL123/Jaguar XK	98		disqualified	0
		Ed Lawrence  James Cook  Ralph Durbin	5	Rallye Motors	Maserati 300S 3083	0		practiced car	0
		Lloyd Casner  Jim Hunt	19	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 250TR 0722TR	0		practiced car	0
		Ed Rahal  Lonnie Rix  George Avent	23	A.C. Cars Ltd.	AC Ace BE1055/Bristol	0		practiced car	0
		Art Bunker	72	Art Bunker Motors	Porsche 718 RSK	0		reserve	0
		Lake Underwood  Briggs Cunningham	73	B.S. Cunningham	Porsche 718 RSK 015	0		reserve	0
		George Peck  Ross Durant Jr.	75	Ross Durant Jr.	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce	0		reserve	0
		Sydney Oakes  Greta Oakes  Peter Bethell	78	Bahamas Auto Club	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite/BMC	0		reserve	0
		John Fulp	82	John Fulp	Ferrari 250TR 0724TR	0			0

Notes: Although administered by the SCCA, USAC awarded points towards its Road Racing Championship.
Time of race: 12:02:32
Average Speed: 81.181 MPH