Sebring 12 hour race in 1958

Carroll Shelby in the Aston Martin DBR1 / 300, which retired early in the race

Sterling Moss in another Aston Martin DBR1

The seventh 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 22, 1958 at the Sebring International Raceway and was the second round of the World Sports Car Championship of this Year.

The race

The Sebring 12-hour race was the second race of the season in the World Sports Car Championship in 1958 . The first race, the 1000 km race in Buenos Aires , ended with a victory for Ferrari factory drivers Peter Collins and Phil Hill, as did the last race of the 1957 season , the 1000 km race in Caracas .

After Maserati had withdrawn from the factory in both monoposto and sports car racing , Scuderia Ferrari faced new competition with Aston Martin and Jaguar . The Aston Martin team, led by John Wyer , brought three works cars to Sebring; two DBR1 and one DB2 . The cars were driven by Stirling Moss , Tony Brooks , Carroll Shelby , Roy Salvadori , George Constantine and John Dalton . Ferrari reported three Testa Rossa , while the Jaguars were reported by private teams.

There were ratings in ten racing classes; starting with sports cars with 3 liter displacement up to touring cars up to 0.75 liters. The smallest class was won by a Fiat-Abarth 750 , which was owned by the Swiss Toulo de Graffenried . The race for the two Lister- Jaguars was over after just six laps . Archie Scott-Brown collided with Olivier Gendebien's and Ed Crawford's Ferrari on lap three , had a crack in the engine block a little later and also had to retire.

Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks' Aston Martin led the race for 70 laps. The two British had lapped the entire field except for five vehicles. After 90 laps they had to give up after breaking the wheel axle.

In the end, Peter Collins and Phil Hill won a race in the World Sports Car Championship for the third time in a row.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	14th	Scuderia Ferrari	Phil Hill Peter Collins	Ferrari 250TR / 58	200
2	S 3.0	16	Scuderia Ferrari	Luigi Musso Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari 250TR / 58	199
3	S 2.0	41	Porsche KG	Harry Schell Wolfgang Seidel	Porsche 718 RSK	193
4th	S 1.1	56	Team Lotus	Sam Weiss Dave Tallaksen	Lotus Eleven	179
5	GT 3.5	22nd	North American Racing Team	Paul O'Shea Bruce Kessler David Cunningham	Ferrari 250 GT LWB	179
6th	S 1.1	55	Team Lotus	Colin Chapman Cliff Allison	Lotus Eleven	179
7th	GT 3.5	21st	North American Racing Team	George Arents George Reed Don O'Dell	Ferrari 250 GT LWB	179
8th	S 750	60	Automobili Osca	Alejandro de Tomaso Isabelle Haskell Robert Ferguson	Osca S750	175
9	S 1.1	54	Team Lotus	Jay Chamberlain Bill Frost	Lotus Eleven	175
10	GT 1.6	43	Porsche KG	Fritz Huschke from Hanstein Herbert Linge John Cuevas	Porsche 356A Carrera	174
11	S 2.0	30th	Porfirio Rubirosa	Porfirio Rubirosa Jean-François Malle William Helburn	Ferrari 500TRC	172
12	GT 5.0	1	Richard Doane	Jim Rathmann Dick Doane	Chevrolet Corvette	170
13	S 1.5	47	Osca Automobili	Hal Stenton Otto Linton Harry Beck	Osca MT4 1500	170
14th	GT 3.5	27	Hambro Automotive Corporation	Gilbert Geitner Phil Stiles Harold Kunz	Austin-Healey 100MM	169
15th	S 2.0	72	AC Cars Ltd	Luke Stear Mike Norris Bob Harris	AC Ace	168
16	S 2.0	39	AC Cars Ltd	Fred Fuller Art Tweedale Tony Briggs	AC Ace	168
17th	GT 3.5	28	Hambro Automotive Corporation	William Kinchloe Fred Moore	AC Ace	166
18th	GT 1.3	50	Fred Van Beuren	Fred Van Beuren Javier Velasquez	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	164
19th	GT 2.0	37	AC Cars Ltd	Richard Milo George McClure Duncan Forlong	AC Ace	163
20th	GT 2.0	34	Standard Motor Company	Mike Rothschild William Kimberly Bill Lott	Triumph TR3	160
21st	S 1.1	53	Behm Motors	Carl Haas Alan Ross Chuck Dietrich	Stanguellini Bialbero Sport 1100	160
22nd	S 2.0	38	AC Cars Ltd	Bill Love Roy Jackson-Moore George Crowder	AC Ace	159
23	GT 3.5	29	Hambro Automotive Corporation	Gus Ehrman Ray Cuomo	Austin-Healey 100MM	159
24	GT 1.3	52	Jake Kaplan	Charlie Rainville Jake Kaplan	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	157
25th	S 1.5	46	Marshall Motors	Charles Wallace Bob Holbert Skip Hudson	Porsche 550 RS	153
26th	GT 2.0	35	Standard Motor Company	Jim Roberts Louis Heuss	Triumph TR3	153
27	S 2.0	27	Scuderia Cuba	Manolo Perez de la Mesa Santiago Gonzalez Alfonso Gómez-Mena	Ferrari 500TRC	151
28	S 1.1	78	Ripley Motor Company	William Milliken Millard Ripley Cameron Argetsinger	Elva Mk.II	151
29	S 750	61	Richard Toland	Howard Brown Richard Toland	DB HBR	151
30th	S 750	63	Baron de Graffenried	Jack Brumby Frank Aldhouse Ray Martinez	Fiat-Abarth 750	150
31	GT 750	64	Baron de Graffenried	Chuck Kessinger Willie West Alfonso Thiele	Fiat-Abarth 750	148
32	GT 750	80	Harry Fry	Harry Fry Lou Rappaport	Fiat-Abarth 750	145
33	GT 5.0	2	Dick Thompson	John Kilbourn Fred Windridge Dick Thompson	Chevrolet Corvette	144
34	S 750	62	Howard Hanna	Howard Hanna Howard Brown	DB HBR	143
35	GT 2.0	40	HH Arnolt	Max Goldman Ralph Durbin HH Arnolt	Arnolt Bolide	141
36	GT 2.0	33	Standard Motor Company	Bob Oker Harold Hurtley	Triumph TR3	131
37	GT 1.3	51	Louis Comito	Louis Comito Alan Markelson Bob Pfaff	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	126
38	S 1.5	49	Charles Moran	Charles Moran Paul Ceresole	Lotus Eleven Le Mans	110
39	S 1.5	74	Norman Scott	Norman Scott Frank Bott	Porsche 550 RS	109
40	GT 2.0	36	Dick Kennedy	Dick Kennedy Tom Payne Charles Sherman	Morgan Plus 4	76
41	S 1.1	358	Elva Engineering Co.	William Bradley John Bentley	Elva MK.III	71
Failed
42	S 3.0	17th	John von Neumann	John von Neumann Richie Ginther	Ferrari 250TR	168
43	S 3.0	15th	Scuderia Ferrari	Wolfgang Graf Berghe from Trips Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari 250TR / 58	159
44	S 2.0	31	Mike Garber	Gaston Audrey Bill Lloyd	Ferrari 500TRC	125
45	S 750	65	Alfred Momo	Denise McCluggage Ruth Levy	Fiat-Abarth 750	116
46	S 1.1	57	Elva Engineering Co.	Frank Baptista Burdette Martin Bill Warren	Elva Mk.II	114
47	S 1.5	44	Kind of bunker	Art bunker Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche 550 RS	106
48	S 2.0	42	Porsche KG	Jean Behra Edgar Barth	Porsche 718 RSK	105
49	S 3.0	7th	AV Dayton	Dale Duncan Joakim Bonnier	Maserati 300S	90
50	S 3.0	24	David Brown	Stirling Moss Tony Brooks	Aston Martin DBR1 / 300	90
51	S 3.0	19th	Harry Kuller	John Fitch Ed Hugus	Ferrari 250TR	85
52	S 2.0	79	Alfonso Gomez-Mena	Jan de Vroom Alfonso Gómez-Mena	Ferrari 500TRC	69
53	S 1.1	77	Avant Corp.	Charles Kurtz Joachim Chamber Dean Patterson	Elva MK.III	65
54	S 3.0	25th	David Brown	Carroll Shelby Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin DBR1 / 300	62
55	S 1.5	45	Jean-Pierre Kunstle	Ken Miles Jean-Pierre Kunstle	Porsche 550 RS	59
56	S 3.0	23	Chester Flynn	ED Martin Chester Flynn	Ferrari 250TR	58
57	S 3.0	9	Ecurie Ecosse	Ron Flockhart Masten Gregory	Jaguar D-Type	55
58	S 2.0	81	Scuderia Central America	Bob Said Miguel Rivera	Ferrari 500TRC	43
59	GT 5.0	3	Jim Jeffords	Jim Jefford's Augie Pabst	Chevrolet Corvette SR-2	27
60	S 3.0	8th	Ecurie Ecosse	Ninian Sanderson Ivor Bueb	Jaguar D-Type	22nd
61	S 3.0	12	Alfred Momo	Briggs Cunningham Walt Hansgen	Jaguar D-Type	16
62	GT 3.5	26th	David Brown Ltd.	George Constantine John Dalton	Aston Martin DB2 / 4 MK.III	15th
63	S 2.0	32	Jim Kimberly	Jim Kimberly Pete Lovely	Maserati 200SI	14th
64	S 3.0	11	Alfred Momo	Ed Crawford Pat O'Connor	Lister	6th
65	S 3.0	10	Alfred Momo	Archie Scott-Brown Walt Hansgen	Lister	3
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66	S 1.5	48	Dr. MRJ Wyllie	MRJ Wyllie Chuck Dietrich Margaret Wyllie	Elva Mk.II	1
67	GT 5.0	70	Rees Makins	Rees Makins James Butcher George Koehne	Chevrolet Corvette	2
68	GT 2.0	73	AC Cars Ltd.	Lloyd Casner William Jordan WR Campbell	AC Ace	3
69	S 1.5	75	Alfred Momo	Lake Underwood Briggs Cunningham Russ Boss	Porsche 550 RS	4th
70	S 2.0	82	Alfonso Gomez-Mena	Modesto Bolanos Manolo Perez de la Mesa	Ferrari 500TRC	5

¹ Accident during training ² Reserve ³ Reserve ⁴ Reserve ⁵ Reserve

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
71	S 3.0		Jack Ensley	Jack Ensley	Jaguar D-Type
72	S 1.1		Scalvi Inc.	Fred Scalvi	Cooper T39
73	GT 3.5		Harry Kullen		Ferrari 250 GT LWB
74	S 3.0		James Johnston	James Johnston Ed Lunken	Ferrari 250TR / 58
75	S 3.0		Carroll Shelby	J. E-Rose Lloyd Ruby Rod Stonedale	Maserati 300S
76	GT 3.5	4th	Scuderia Central America	Manfredo Lippmann Guillermo Giron	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL
77	GT 3.5	5	Scuderia Central America	Samuel Alvarez Miguel Rivera	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Peter Collins	Phil Hill		Ferrari 250TR / 58	Overall victory
S 2.0	Harry Schell	Wolfgang Seidel		Porsche 718 RSK	Rank 3
S 1.5	Hal Stetson	Otto Linton	Harry Beck	Osca MT4 1500	Rank 13
S 1.1	Sam knows	Dave Tallaksen		Lotus Eleven	Rank 4
S 750	Alejandro de Tomaso	Isabelle Haskell	Robert Ferguson	Osca S750	Rank 8
GT 5.0	Jim Rathman	Dick Doane		Chevrolet Corvette	Rank 12
GT 3.5	Paul O'Shea	Bruce Kessler	David Cunningham	Ferrari 250 GT LWB	Rank 5
GT 1.6	Fritz Huschke von Haustein	Herbert Linge	John Cuevas	Porsche 356A Carrera	Rank 10
GT 1.3	Fred Van Beuren	Javier Velasquez		Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	Rank 18
GT 750	Chuck Kessinger	Willie West	Alfonso Thiele	Fiat-Abarth 750	Rank 31st

Racing data

• Registered: 77
• Started: 65
• Rated: 41
• Race classes: 10
• Spectators: 25,000
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 8.369 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 12:01: 22,600 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 200
• Total distance of the winning team: 1673.718 km
• Winner's average: 139.210 km / h
• Pole position: unknown
• Fastest race lap: Stirling Moss - Aston Martin DBR1 / 300 (# 24) - 3: 20,000 = 150.635 km / h
• Racing series: 2nd round of the 1958 World Sports Car Championship

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

• Results at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Caracas 1000 km race in 1957

Previous race 1000 km race of Buenos Aires 1958

Sports car world championship

Succession race Targa Florio 1958