Sebring 12 hour race in 1990

As in the previous year, the winning car; Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo, this time driven by Derek Daly and Bob Earl

Jaguar XJR-12D

The 38th Sebring 12-hour race , also The 38th Running of the 12 Hours of Sebring International Grand Prix of Endurance, Sebring International Raceway , took place on March 17, 1990 at the Sebring International Raceway and was the fourth round of the IMSA -GTP series this year.

Before the race

The IMSA GTP season traditionally began with the Daytona 24-hour race . Davy Jones , Jan Lammers and Andy Wallace won in a Jaguar XJR-12D . The following races in Miami were won by Geoff Brabham , Chip Robinson and Bob Earl ( Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo , Miami Grand Prix ) and Steve Millen ( Nissan 300ZX , 45-minute Miami race ).

The race

The rising costs of international sports car racing had an impact on the number of participants in the long-distance race of Sebring. Without the support of a vehicle manufacturer or wealthy sponsors, it was hardly possible to finance a season in the IMSA-GTP series. Only 49 teams started the race. Nevertheless, this Sebring race was one of the most exciting in its history. In the course of the 12 hours, six different vehicles were in the lead, which changed 19 times. For the first time at this event, the first three placed cars within the lead lap crossed the finish line.

As is so often the case at Sebring, this race was not decided until dark. In the end, Derek Daly and Bob Earl won more than a minute ahead of their teammates Chip Robinson and Geoff Brabham (since Daly also drove sections in this car, he was first and second on the podium). For Daly, who now lives in the USA and competed in a total of 48 Formula 1 races in the late 1970s and early 1980s , the victory at Sebring meant the greatest success in international motorsport to date.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GTP	83	Nissan Performance Tech.	Derek Daly Bob Earl	Nissan GTP ZX Turbo	301
2	GTP	84	Nissan Performance Tech.	Derek Daly Chip Robinson Geoff Brabham	Nissan GTP ZX Turbo	301
3	GTP	61	Castrol Jaguar Racing	Davy Jones Jan Lammers Andy Wallace	Jaguar XJR-12D	301
4th	GTP	10	Hotchkis Racing	John Hotchkis Jim Adams John Hotchkis junior	Porsche 962	292
5	GTP	67	Busby Racing	Kevin Cogan John Paul Junior	Nissan GTP ZX Turbo	286
6th	GTO	15th	Roush Racing	Robby Gordon Calvin Fish Lyn St. James	Lincoln Mercury Cougar XR-7	278
7th	Lights	8th	Essex Racing	Tom Hessert Charles Morgan	Spice SE89P	273
8th	GTO	11	Roush Racing	Dorsey Schroeder Max Jones	Lincoln Mercury Cougar XR-7	270
9	Lights	55	Huffaker Racing	Bob Lesnett David Rocha Bruce Qvale	Spice SE86CL Pontiac Firebird GTP	266
10	GTU	95	Leitzinger Racing	David Loring Butch Leitzinger Chuck Kurtz	Nissan 240SX	262
11	Lights	80	Bieri Racing	Martino Finotto Ruggero Melgrati Paolo Guatamacchi	Spice SE89P	261
12	GTU	37	Roger Mandeville	Al Bacon Lance Stewart John Finger	Mazda MX-6	248
13	GTU	82	Dick Greer Racing	Dick Greer Mike Mees John Hogdal	Mazda RX-7	240
14th	Lights	32	Spice Engineering USA	Tomas Lopez Fermín Vélez Richard Piper	Spice SE90P	239
15th	GTU	71	Peter Uria Racing	Peter Uria Jim Pace Bob Dotson	Mazda RX-7	232
16	Lights	25th	Performance tech	Brent O'Neill Jean De La Moussaye Pepe Romero	Argo JM19	221
17th	GTU	00	Full time racing	Kal Showket Don Knowles Neil Hanneman	Dodge Daytona	220
18th	GTU	38	Roger Mandeville	Kelly Marsh Al Bacon	Mazda MX-6	210
19th	GTO	22nd	Gary Smith	Gary Burnett Gary Smith Albert Ruiz	Chevrolet Camaro	202
20th	GTO	87	Anthony Puleo	Anthony Puleo Kent Painter Ray Irwin	Chevrolet Camaro	195
21st	GTU	09	Huffaker Racing	Huffaker Racing Juan Vento Luis Gordillo	Pontiac Fiero	170
22nd	GTU	70	Rising Sun Racing	Dave Russell Mick Robinson Bill Weston John Hofstra	Mazda RX-7	154
23	GTO	04	Henry Brosnaham	Henry Brosnaham Steve Burgner Robert McElheny Angel Figueras	Chevrolet Camaro	142
Failed
24	GTP	0	Joest Racing	Louis Krages Henri Pescarolo Bob Wollek	Porsche 962C	261
25th	GTP	17th	Duration racing	Raul Boesel Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche 962C	246
26th	GTP	33	Spice Engineering USA	Bernard Jourdain Tom Kendall Albert Naon	Spice SE90P	222
27	GTU	57	Cryderacing	Reed Kryder Alistair Oag Frank Del Vecchio	Nissan 300ZX	215
28	GTO	1	Downing Atlanta	Pete Halsmer Elliot Forbes-Robinson John Morton	Mazda RX-7	209
29	GTP	98	All American Racers	Drake Olson Juan Manuel Fangio II	Eagle HF89	199
30th	Lights	40	Bieri Racing	Uli Bieri John Graham David Tennyson	Tiga GT286	195
31	GTP	99	All American Racers	Rocky Moran Willy T. Ribbs	Eagle HF89	185
32	GTP	2	René Herzog	Hurley Haywood René Duke Scott Schubot	Porsche 962	151
33	Lights	9	Essex Racing	Howard Katz Ferdinand de Lesseps Jay Cochran	Spice SE89P	150
34	GTO	63	Downing Atlanta	Jim Downing Amos Johnson John O'Steen	Mazda RX-7	137
35	GTU	07	Full time racing	Mike Davies Stu Hayner	Dodge Daytona	103
36	GTO	29	Overbagh Racing	EJ Generotti Mark Montgomery	Chevrolet Camaro	102
37	Lights	79	Whitehall Motorsports	Ken Knott Marty Hinze Kenper Miller	Spice SE87L Pontiac Firebird	98
38	GTO	12	Overbagh Racing	Don Arpin Rex Ramsey Mark Montgomery	Pontiac Firebird	91
39	GTO	21st	Craig Rubright	Craig Rubright Kermit Upton	Chevrolet Camaro	86
40	GTP	86	Bruce Leven	Bob Wollek Dominic Dobson Sarel van der Merwe	Porsche 962C	65
41	GTO	74	74 Hunting Ranch	George Robinson Johnny Our Paul Dallenbach	Ford Mustang	61
42	GTP	60	Castrol Jaguar Racing	Price Cobb John Nielsen	Jaguar XJR-12D	56
43	GTU	90	Louis D'Agostino	Louis D'Agostino Steve Kelton	Mazda RX-7	49
44	GTU	50	Rudy Bartling	Rudy Bartling Werner Frank Fritz Hochreuter	Porsche 911	45
45	GTP	23	DSR Motorsports	Bill Adam Scott Harrington David Seabroke	Porsche 962 GTi	39
46	GTU	48	Red Line Racing	Mike Graham Cameron Worth Alan Crouch	BMW 325i	31
47	Lights	01	Racecraft International	George Sutcliffe Richard Jones Michael Dow	Spice SE87L	24
48	Lights	58	Gary Wonzer Racing	Bill Bean Gary Wonzer Bruce Westcott	Lola T616	14th
49	GTU	26th	Alex job	Chris Kraft Alex Job Jack Refenning	Porsche 911	14th
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50	Lights	4th	S&L Racing	Linda Ludemann Scott Schubot	Spice SE88P	1
51	GTP	16	Dyson Racing	James Weaver Scott Pruett	Porsche 962C	2
52	GTP	20th	Consulier	Chet Fillip Ron Cortez Bruce MacInnes	Consulier GTP	3
53	GTO	45	Jack Boxstrom	Jack Boxstrom	Pontiac Firebird	4th
54	GTU	77	Juan Negron	Juan Negron Daniel Urrutia Luis Sereix	Mazda RX-7	5
55	GTP	91	Consulier	Rick Titus Bruce MacInnes Chet Fillip	Consulier GTP	6th

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Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
56	GTU	06	Full time racing	Mike Davies	Dodge Daytona
57	Lights	19th	Denon America	David Tennyson Chris Clarke Calvin Fish	Spice SE90P
58	GTO	44	Les Delano	Craig Carter Andy Petery Les Delano	Chevrolet Camaro
59	GTO	53	Hi-tech coating	Richard McDill Bill McDill Jim Burt	Chevrolet Camaro
60	Lights	64	Carl Seaberg		Spice SE89P
61	GTU	79	Huffaker Racing	Julian Gutierrez Juan Vento Luis Gordillo	Pontiac Fiero

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GTP	Derek Daly	Bob Earl		Nissan GTP ZX Turbo	Overall victory
Lights	Tom Hessert	Charles Morgan		Spice SE89P	Rank 7
GTO	Robby Gordon	Calvin Fish	Lyn St. James	Lincoln Mercury Cougar XR-7	Rank 6
GTU	David Loring	Butch Leitzinger	Chuck Kurtz	Nissan 240SX	Rank 10

Racing data

• Registered: 61
• Started: 49
• Rated: 23
• Race classes: 4
• Spectators: 33,000
• Race day weather: windy and hot
• Route length: 6.614 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 12:00: 41.932 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 301
• Total distance of the winning team: 1990.936 km
• Winner's average: 165.751 km / h
• Pole position: Chip Robinson - Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo (# 84) - 1: 55.767 - 205.687 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Geoff Brabham - Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo (# 84) - 1: 58.582 - 200.804 km / h
• Racing series: 4th round of the IMSA GTP series in 1990

literature

• Ken Breslauer: Sebring. The official History of America's Great Sports Car Race. David Bull, Cambridge MA 1995, ISBN 0-9649722-0-4 .
• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Race results at Racing Sports Cars

Previous 45-minute race of Miami 1990

IMSA-GTP series

Follow -up race 500 km from Road Atlanta 1990