Sebring 12-hour race in 1967

Ford GT40 MK.IV with starting number 1; Bruce McLaren and Mario Andretti's winning car

The Porsche 910, with which Udo Schütz , Gijs van Lennep and Rolf Stommelen retired after an accident

The 16th 12 Hours of Sebring also 12 Hours of Endurance For The Alitalia Airlines Trophy, Sebring , found on April 1, 1967, the Sebring International Raceway place and was the second championship round of the World Sportscar Championship this year.

The race

The two tragic accidents in the 1966 race , in which five people died, called the racing event into question. The demand for better security precautions, which Alec Ulmann had consistently ignored for years , caused severe criticism of himself and the entire event after 1966. Ulmann tried to downplay the accidents and wanted to move the race to a street circuit in West Palm Beach . Preliminary contracts had already been signed, but the relocation did not take place. It was only after this failure that improvements to the route began, a new route with new run-off zones was provided. In addition, old buildings on the airport premises were dragged, some of which were dangerously close to the route.

The 1967 sports car world championship began in early February with the Daytona 24-hour race and a one-two-three for Ferrari . Behind the two Scuderia - 330P4s from Bandini / Amon and Parkes / Scarfiotti , the North American Racing - 412P from Pedro Rodríguez and Jean Guichet came in third overall. Scuderia decided not to go to Sebring to prepare for the European races. Unofficially, however, it was leaked that Enzo Ferrari feared further incidents and thus bad press after the accidents in the previous year.

After the withdrawal of Ferrari were plant - Ford GT40 despite the presence of Porsche without real opponents, although the Porsche 910 by Scooter Patrick of Gerhard Mitter third in the same lap as the second placed Ford of AJ Foyt and Lloyd Ruby came to the finish. Bruce McLaren and Mario Andretti crossed the finish line as winners with a lead of twelve laps .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P + 2.0	1	Ford Motor Company	Bruce McLaren Mario Andretti	Ford GT40 MK.IV	238
2	P + 2.0	2	Ford Motor Company	AJ Foyt Lloyd Ruby	Ford GT40 MK.IIB	226
3	P 2.0	36	Porsche car	Scooter Patrick Gerhard Mitter	Porsche 910	226
4th	P 2.0	37	Porsche car	Joseph Siffert Hans Herrmann	Porsche 910	223
5	S 5.0	19th	Brescia Corse team	Nino Vaccarella Umberto Maglioli	Ford GT40	223
6th	P 2.0	40	Squadra Tartaruga	Rico Steinemann Dieter Spoerry	Porsche 906LH	218
7th	P 2.0	38	Porsche car	Joe Buzzetta Peter Gregg	Porsche 906	215
8th	S 5.0	17th	Autosport International	Bob Grossman William McNamara	Ford GT40	214
9	GT 2.0	46	Fellow Tuned Exhaust	Robert Kirby Alan Johnson	Porsche 911S	197
10	GT + 5.0	8th	Sunray DX Oil Co.	Donald Yenko Dave Morgan	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	195
11	P + 2.0	30th	British Motor Corp.	Paddy Hopkirk Andrew Hedges	MGB GT	189
12	GT 2.0	48	British Motor Corp.	John Rhodes Timo Mäkinen	MGB	188
13	P 2.0	59	Donald Healey Motor Co.	Clive Baker Rauno Aaltonen	Austin-Healey Sprite	187
14th	P 2.0	56	HF Squadra	Leo Cella Claudio Maglioli Sandro Munari	Lancia Fulvia HF	187
15th	GT 2.0	72	Valvoline-Opert Racing Team	Fred Opert John Pauley Bill Bowman Lee Cutler	Porsche 911S	186
16	GT 5.0	18th	Dos Caballos Racing Team	Fred van Beuren Paul Jett	Shelby GT350	185
17th	GT 5.0	25th	Northern Vermont Racing Team	Denise McCluggage Pinkie Rollo	Ferrari 275 GTB / 4 NART Spyder	185
18th	P 2.0	58	Donald Healey Motor Co.	Carson Baird Roger Enever Alec Poole	Austin-Healey Sprite	183
19th	P + 2.0	15th	Howmet Corporation	Bob Nagel Ray Heppenstall Bill Seeley	Howmet Sprint	181
20th	GT 2.0	41	Joseph Greger	Joseph Greger Günter Besier	Porsche 911S	181
21st	S 2.0	47	George Drolsom	George Drolsom Bill Campbell	Porsche 904 GTS	180
22nd	S 2.0	43	B & B Motors	Phil Groggins Bob Bailey John Kelly	Porsche 356SC	170
23	GT 1.3	62	Ring-Free Oil Racing Team	Liane Engemann Janet Guthrie	Matra Djet 5S	163
24	S 2.0	51	Viper Racing Inc.	Laszlo Siegmund George Liebl	Volvo P1800	159
25th	P 2.0	63	Ring-Free Oil Racing Team	Suzy Dietrich Donna Mae Mims	ASA 411	159
26th	GT + 5.0	4th	Roger Penske	Joe Welch George Wintersteen	Chevrolet Corvette	157
27	S 1.3	68	Major Billy Turner	MD Smith Billy Turner	Austin-Healey Sprite	155
28	GT 5.0	16	Brad Brooker	Brad Brooker Tom Yeager	Shelby GT350	152
29	GT 3.0	29	Tim Burr	Tim Burr Buell Owen	Triumph TR4A	150
30th	GT 2.0	54	ARCO Inc.	Anatoly Arutunoff Bill Pryor	Alfa Romeo Giulia SV	142
31	GT 3.0	28	Milo Vega	Milo Vega John Witt Bob Kingham	Triumph TR4A	139
32	GT 1.3	60	Richard Kondracki	Richard Kondracki Michael Pickering	Triumph Spitfire	135
33	P 2.0	53	Competition Components Inc.	Hugh Kleinpeter Mike Rothschild	Beach Mk.8	123
34	GT 5.0	21st	Richard Robson	Richard Robson Rajah Rodgers Bill Buchman	Jaguar XKE	117
35	S 1.3	57	Baker Racing Team	Smokey Drolet Anita Taylor	Alpine A110	77
Disqualified
36	GT 5.0	70	Treadwell Ford Racing Team	Roger West Joseph Ausburn Bobby Allison	Shelby GT350	25th
Failed
37	P 2.0	39	Porsche car	Udo Schütz Gijs van Lennep Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 906	156
38	P + 2.0	6th	Chaparral Cars	Mike Spence Jim Hall	Chaparral 2F	145
39	GT + 5.0	9	Or Costanzo	Or Costanzo Gene Guy David McClain	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	141
40	S 2.0	42	Ed Hugus	John Cannon Ed Hugus	Porsche 906	138
41	GT + 5.0	69	Wilton Jowett	Wilton Jowett Robert Mouat Claude Cardwell	Chevrolet Corvette	130
42	P + 2.0	5	Chaparral Cars	Bob Johnson Bruce Jennings	Chaparral 2D	128
43	S 5.0	11	JW Engineering Ltd.	Dick Thompson Ed Lowther	Ford GT40	119
44	P 2.0	32	Scuderia Ambroeus	Pedro Rodríguez Jean Guichet	Ferrari Dino 206S	101
45	GT 2.0	45	RBM Motors	Jack Ryan Bill Bencker	Porsche 911S	93
46	P 2.0	65	Autodelta	Andrea de Adamich Teodoro Zeccoli	Alfa Romeo T33	84
47	GT 3.0	27	Joseph Hines	TJ Kelly whit Tharin Wilbur Pickett	Triumph TR4	77
48	S 5.0	14th	William Wonder	William Wonder Raymond Caldwell	Ford GT40	71
49	P + 2.0	20th	David Piper Racing	David Piper Richard Attwood	Ferrari 365P2 / 3	65
50	P 2.0	34	Scuderia Filipinetti	Günter Klass Herbert Müller	Ferrari Dino 206S	65
51	GT 2.0	49	Canadian Auto Racing Team	Gary Magwood Ray Gray	MGB	59
52	S 2.0	44	Baker Racing Team	Charlie Kolb Fred Baker Lee Cutler	Porsche 906	51
53	P 2.0	66	Autodelta	Roberto Bussinello Nanni Galli	Alfa Romeo T33	36
54	GT 5.0	71	Ring-Free Oil Racing	Paul Richards Ray Cuomo John Norwood	Shelby GT350	22nd
55	P + 2.0	23	Federico de la Chica	Ricardo Rodríguez-Cavazos Federico de la Chica	Ferrari 250LM	18th
56	P 2.0	33	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Jonathan Williams Mario Casoni	Ferrari Dino 206S	5
57	S 1.6	55	George Waltman	George Waltman Nick Cone	Osca 1600GT	4th
58	P 2.0	35	NART	Ed Crawford Charlie Kolb	Ferrari Dino 206S	1
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59	P + 2.0	12	John Fulp	Roger McCluskey John Fulp	Lola T70 Mk.II	1
60	GT 1.3	61	Howard Hanna	Howard Brown Howard Hanna	Matra Djet 5S	2

¹ suspension damage in training ² withdrawn

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
61	P + 2.0	7th	Jack Dindoff	Gary Jackson Vernon Halverston	Chaparral 1
62	P + 2.0	10	Charles Vögele	Charles Vögele Joakim Bonnier	Lola T70 Mk.III
63	S 5.0	22nd	Francesco Lessona	Francesco Lessona Tullio Sergio Marchesi	Ferrari 275 GTB / C
64	P + 2.0	24	George Wooley	Bob Bondurant	Ferrari 250LM
65	P + 2.0	26th	North American Racing Team	Pedro Rodriguez	Ferrari 412P
66	P 2.0	31	Racing Preparation Ltd.	Hugh Dibley John Markey	Diva Valkyrie
67	GT 2.0	50	Baker Motor Co.	Jim Baker Paul Richards	MGB
68	GT 2.0	52	Peter Marinelli	Peter Marinelli John Tremblay	Volvo P1800
69	P 2.0	64	Autodelta SpA	Giacomo Russo Enrico Pinto	Alfa Romeo T33
70	GT 1.3	68	Major Billy Turner	Billy Turner MD Smith Yogi Fretina	MG Midget
71	S 5.0	71	Sergio Rodriguez	Sergio Rodriguez Carlos Murguia	Shelby Cobra

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P + 2.0	Bruce McLaren	Mario Andretti	Ford GT40 Mk.IV	Overall victory
P 2.0	Scooter Patrick	Gerhard Mitter	Porsche 910	Rank 3
S 5.0	Nino Vaccarella	Umberto Maglioli	Ford GT40	Rank 5
S 2.0	George Drolsom	Bill Campbell	Porsche 904 GTS	Rank 21
S 1.3	MD Smith	Billy Turner	Austin-Healey Sprite	Rank 27
GT + 5.0	Donald Yenko	Dave Morgan	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	Rank 10
GT 5.0	Fred van Beuren	Paul Jett	Shelby GT350	Rank 16
GT 3.0	Tim Burr	Buell Owen	Triumph TR4A	Rank 29
GT 2.0	Robert Kirby	Alan Johnson	Porsche 911S	Rank 9
GT 1.3	Liane Engemann	Janet Guthrie	Matra Djet 5S	Rank 23

Racing data

• Registered: 71
• Started: 58
• Rated: 35
• Race classes: 10
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 8.369 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 12: 00: 00,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 238
• Total distance of the winning team: 1991.724 km
• Winner's average: 165.639 km / h
• Pole position: Mario Andretti - Ford GT40 MK.IV (# 1) - 2: 48,000 = 179.328 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Mike Spence - Chaparral 2FI (# 6) - 2: 48,600 - 178.689 km / h
• Racing series: 2nd round of the sports car world championship in 1967

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

Previous race of the 1967 Daytona 24 Hours

Sports car world championship

Successor race of the Monza 1000 km race in 1967