Sebring 12 hour race in 1957

Chevrolet Corvette SS

Maserati 450S

The sixth Sebring 12-Hour Race , also known as the 12-Hour Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance for The Amoco Trophy, Sebring, Florida , took place on March 23, 1957 at Sebring International Raceway and was the second round of the World Sports Car Championship this year.

The race

The 1957 sports car world championship began in January with the 1000 km race in Buenos Aires and the victory of Masten Gregory , Eugenio Castellotti and Luigi Musso in a Ferrari 290MM Spider Scaglietti .

The duel between the two Italian racing teams of Maserati and Ferrari continued in Sebring . In Buenos Aires, the Maserati 450S was used for the first time , with Juan Manuel Fangio leading until he retired due to differential damage . In Sebring, the Argentinean shared the cockpit again with the Frenchman Jean Behra . Stirling Moss and Harry Schell drove a 300S . In addition to the 290MM, Ferrari also used two 315 Sport cars . The big attraction among the spectators was the Chevrolet Corvette SS developed by Zora Arkus-Duntov , a prototype Spyder based on the Corvette C1 . The car was driven by John Fitch and Piero Taruffi .

After an initial lead by Peter Collins in the Ferrari, Fangio and Behra soon took the lead in the Maserati and did not give them up until the end of the race. The Corvette struggled with many technical problems and retired early after a suspension damage. The race was overshadowed by the first fatal accident at Sebring. After driving 40 laps, Bob Goldich overturned his Arnolt bolide , was trapped under the wreck and died at the scene of the accident.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 5.0	19th	Maserati Factory	Jean Behra Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati 450S	197
2	S 3.0	20th	Maserati Factory	Stirling Moss Harry Schell	Maserati 300S	195
3	S 5.0	5	Jaguar Cars North America	Mike Hawthorn Ivor Bueb	Jaguar D-Type	193
4th	S 5.0	15th	George Tilp	Masts Gregory Lou Brero	Ferrari 290S	193
5	S 5.0	7th	BS Cunningham	Walt Hansgen Russ Boss	Jaguar D-Type	188
6th	S 5.0	11	Ferrari Factory	Peter Collins Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari 315 Sport	187
7th	S 5.0	12	Ferrari Factory	Alfonso de Portago Luigi Musso	Ferrari 315 Sport	186
8th	S 1.5	44	Bunker & Pry	Art bunker Charles Wallace	Porsche 550 RS	185
9	S 1.5	45	Jean-Pierre Kunstle	Jean-Pierre Kunstle Ken Miles	Porsche 550 RS	184
10	S 2.0	28	Temple Buell	Howard Hively Richie Ginther	Ferrari 500TRC	179
11	S 1.1	59	Lotus Company	Colin Chapman Joe Sheppard Dick Dungan	Lotus Eleven	174
12	GT 5.0	4th	John Fitch	Dick Thompson Gaston Andrey	Chevrolet Corvette	173
13	S 1.5	47	OSCA of Italy	Harry Beck Hal Stetson Otto Linton	Osca MT4 1500	170
14th	S 2.0	31	Jan de Vroom	Jan de Vroom George Arents David Cunningham	Ferrari 500TRC	169
15th	GT 5.0	3	Lindsay Hopkins	Jim Jeffords John Kilborn Dale Duncan	Chevrolet Corvette	168
16	GT 5.0	2	Lindsay Hopkins	Paul O'Shea Pete Lovely	Chevrolet Corvette SR-2	166
17th	S 2.0	36	AC Car Company	Juan Fernandez JL Drouller's Lino Fayen	AC Ace	161
18th	S 1.1	58	Cooper Company	Tom Hallock Max Goldman	Cooper T39	159
19th	GT 2.0	34	Standard triumph	Bob Oker Ed Pennybacker	Triumph TR3	159
20th	GT 1.3	55	Jake Kaplan	Jake Kaplan Charlie Rainville	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	158
21st	GT 2.0	33	Standard triumph	Mike Rothschild Robert Johns	Triumph TR3	156
22nd	S 2.0	35	AC Car Company	Joseph Hap Dressel Don Cullen William Woodbury	AC Ace	154
23	GT 1.6	49	Hambro Automotive	Alan Miller Ed Leavens Rowland Keith	MGA	154
24	GT 1.3	52	Sir S. Oakes	Sherman Crise Alan Markelson	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	153
25th	GT 3.5	18th	C. Kreisler	Fred Windridge George Reed Rundle Gilbert	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL	153
26th	GT 3.5	25th	Hambro Automotive	Gilbert Gietner Ray Cuomo	Austin-Healey 100S	151
27	GT 1.6	51	Hambro Automotive	David Ash Gus Ehrman John van Driel	MGA	150
28	S 750	56	Behm Motors	Herman Behm Carl Haas Sandy MacArthur	Stanguellini Sport Bialbero 750	149
29	GT 2.0	32	Robert Grier	Robert Grier Bob Kennedy	Morgan Plus 4	147
30th	S 2.0	71	James Cook	James Cook Ralph Durbin Leonard Karber	Arnolt Bolide	146
31	GT 1.6	40	Porsche Company	Fritz Huschke from Hanstein Herbert Linge	Porsche 356A Carrera	144
32	S 1.1	61	Puerto Rico Club	Victor Merino Luis Pedrerra Rafael Rosales	Lotus Eleven	141
33	GT 3.5	17th	Chester Flynn	Chester Flynn Ed Hugus	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL	138
34	T 1.0	64	Renault Company	Maurice Michy Maurice Foulgoc	Renault Dauphine	138
35	T 1.0	65	Renault Company	Gilberte Thirion Nadège Ferrier Gabriele Spydel	Renault Dauphine	138
36	GT 1.6	50	Hambro Automotive	Stephen Spitler William Kinchloe	MGA	137
37	T 1.0	66	Renault Company	Paul Brother Jean Lucas	Renault Dauphine	134
38	GT 1.3	54	Louis Comito	Louis Comito Bruce Kessler Bob Rubin	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	54
Disqualified
39	S 1.5	74	Charles Moran	Malcolm Wyllie Margaret Wyllie Charles Moran	Lotus Eleven	89
40	S 3.0	21st	Maserati Factory	Roy Salvadori Carroll Shelby	Maserati 250S	68
Failed
41	S 1.5	42	Norman Scott	Norman Scott Frank Bott	Porsche 550 RS	168
42	S 1.5	41	Porsche Company	Hans Herrmann Jack McAfee	Porsche 550 RS	165
43	S 2.0	72	AC Car Company	John Mull Evelyn Mull	AC Ace	146
44	S 2.0	29	Ed Lunken	Ed Lunken Charles Hassan	Ferrari 500TRC	143
45	GT 3.5	16	Harry Kullen	Olivier Gendebien William Greenspun	Ferrari 250 GT Europe	111
46	S 5.0	14th	Ferrari Factory	Phil Hill Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari 290MM	106
47	GT 3.5	24	Hambro Automotive	Roy Jackson-Moore Elliot Forbes-Robinson Sr.	Austin-Healey 100S Special	105
48	GT 3.5	23	Hambro Automotive	Phil Stiles John Bentley	Austin-Healey 100S Special	98
49	S 2.0	27	Lance Reventlow	Lance Reventlow Bill Pollack	Maserati 200SI	88
50	S 1.1	60	Lotus Company	Jay Chamberlain Ignacio Lozano	Lotus Eleven	77
51	S 750	67	Argentine Auto Club	Alejandro de Tomaso Isabelle Haskell	Osca MT4 750	70
52	S 1.1	63	B. Stevens	G. Storr Hal Ullrich	DB HBR5	67
53	S 2.0	26th	Jim Kimberly	Jim Kimberly Ted Boynton	Maserati 200SI	58
54	S 3.0	22nd	AV Dayton	Joakim Bonnier Giorgio Scarlatti	Maserati 150S 2.5	55
55	S 2.0	38T	HH Arnolt	John Weitz Robert Gary	Arnolt Bolide	51
56	S 5.0	8th	Jack Ensley	Pat O'Connor Jack Ensley	Jaguar D-Type	50
57	S 2.0	37	HH Arnolt	Bob Ballenger Jim Peterson	Arnolt Bolide	49
58	S 2.0	39	HH Arnolt	Bob Goldich Stanley Arnolt	Arnolt Bolide	40
59	S 2.0	30th	William Helburn	William Helburn Jim Pauley	Ferrari 500TRC	38
60	S 5.0	9	Alfonso Gomez-Mena	Alfonso Gómez-Mena Ernie Erickson Santiago Gonzalez	Jaguar D-Type	37
61	S 1.5	43	Ed Crawford	Ed Crawford Phil Stewart	Porsche 550 RS	35
62	S 5.0	10	RV Milosevich	Pete Woods Bobby Unser	Jaguar D-Type	33
63	S 5.0	1	Lindsay Hopkins	John Fitch Piero Taruffi	Chevrolet Corvette SS	23
64	S 1.5	46	Bobby Burns	Lloyd Ruby Bobby Burns	Maserati 150S	20th
65	GT 2.0	70	Triumph Company	Jim Roberts Ed Pennybacker	Triumph TR3	10
66	S 5.0	6th	Briggs Cunningham	Bill Lloyd Briggs Cunningham	Jaguar D-Type	2
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67	GT 1.3	53	A. Martinez	Frank Aldhous Jack Brumby Daniel Watters	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	1
68	S 1.5	62	George Schrafft	George Schrafft	Lotus Eleven	2
69	S 3.0	69	Jim Pauley	Jim Pauley Don Vitale Harry Kullen	Ferrari 750 Monza	3
70	S 1.5	73	John von Neumann	John von Neumann	Porsche 550 RS	4th
71	S 1.1	75	Howard Hanna	Howard Hanna Howard Brown	DB HBR	5
72	S 5.0	T	Lindsay Hopkins	Piero Taruffi Zora Arkus-Duntov John Fitch Stirling Moss Juan Manuel Fangio	Chevrolet Corvette SS	6th
73	S 5.0	6T	Briggs Cunningham	Bill Lloyd Briggs Cunningham	Jaguar D-Type	7th
74	S 5.0	16T	Scuderia Ferrari	Peter Collins Maurice Trintignant Alfonso de Portago Luigi Musso Phil Hill Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari 857S	8th
75	S 2.0	38	HH Arnolt	John Weitz Robert Gary Jim Robinson	Arnolt Bolide	9

¹ not started ² not started ³ reserve ⁴ reserve ⁵ reserve ⁶ training car ⁷ training car ⁸ training car ⁹ Accident during training

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
76	S 3.0			Richie Ginther	Maserati 300S
77	S 1.5		Pete Lovely	Pete Lovely Richie Ginther	Porsche 550 RS
78	GT 5.0		ford		Ford Thunderbird
79	GT 5.0		ford		Ford Thunderbird
80	S 1.5				Cooper T39
81	S 5.0		Loyal to Katskee	Loyal to Katskee	Jaguar D-Type
82	S 4.0		Tony Parravano	Tony Parravano	Maserati 350S
83	S 3.0	22nd	AV Dayton		Maserati 300S
84	S 1.1	57	Elva Company	Brow Crim Tony Palmer-Morewood	Elva Mk.II
85	S 5.0	68	John Kilborn	John Kilborn Lloyd Barton	Ferrari 446S

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 5.0	Jean Behra	Juan Manuel Fangio		Maserati 450S	Overall victory
S 3.0	Stirling Moss	Harry Schell		Maserati 300S	Rank 2
S 2.0	Howard Hively	Richie Ginther		Ferrari 500TRC	Rank 10
S 1.5	Kind of bunker	Charles Wallace		Porsche 550 RS	Rank 8
S 1.1	Colin Chapman	Joe Sheppard	Dick Dungan	Lotus Eleven	Rank 11
S 750	Herman Behm	Carl Haas	Sandy MacArthur	Stanguellini Sport Bialbero 750	Rank 28
GT 5.0	Dick Thompson	Gaston Andrey		Chevrolet Corvette	Rank 12
GT 3.5	Fred Windridge	George Reed	Rundle Gilbert	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL	Rank 25
GT 2.0	Bob Oker	Ed Pennybacker		Triumph TR3	Rank 19
GT 1.6	Alan Miller	Ed Leavens	Rowland Keith	MGA	Rank 23
GT 1.3	Jake Kaplan	Charlie Rainville		Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	Rank 20
T 1.0	Maurice Michy	Maurice Foulgoc		Renault Dauphine	Rank 34

Racing data

• Registered: 85
• Started: 66
• Rated: 38
• Race classes: 12
• Spectators: 30,000
• Race day weather: hot and dry
• Route length: 8.369 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 12: 00: 03.374 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 197
• Total distance of the winning team: 1648.612 km
• Winner's average: 137.438 km / h
• Fastest training time: unknown
• Fastest race lap: Juan Manuel Fangio - Maserati 450S (# 19) - 3: 24.500 = 147.319 km / h
• Racing series: 2nd round of the 1957 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrndt: ADAC 1000 km race. HEEL Verlag, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-89880-903-0 .
• Anthony Pritchard: Maserati - the racing history . Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-7688-2513-9

Web links

• Results and data for racing sports cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ The accident of Bob Goldich
2. ^ The overturned wreck of the Arnolt Bolide von Goldich; the driver was trapped under the car and died in the accident

Previous race 1000 km race of Buenos Aires 1957

Sports car world championship

Successor race Mille Miglia 1957