Sebring 12 hour race in 1984

Porsche 935-84. Bob Akin , John O'Steen and Hans-Joachim Stuck finished fifth overall with this vehicle

The March 83G by Randy Lanier , Bill Whittington, and Marty Hinze ; 2nd place in the final ranking

The 32nd Sebring 12-hour race , also The Coca-Cola Classic Twelve Hours of Sebring, Sebring International Raceway , took place on March 24, 1984 at the Sebring International Raceway and was the third round of the IMSA GTP series of this Year.

Before the race

The IMSA GTP series traditionally began in 1984 with the Daytona 24-hour race . This year's edition was won by the three South Africans Sarel van der Merwe , Graham Duxbury and Tony Martin on a March 83G . In the second race, the 3-hour race in Miami , Brian Redman and Doc Bundy were victorious in a Groupp 44 Jaguar XJR-5 .

Winning car from the museum

For the second time in a row, renovation work was carried out on the line. In order to create more space for the paddock, the long straight was shortened by a few hundred meters. There were also improvements to the run-off zones and a new lighting system.

The training was dominated by the Jaguar XJR-5. Brian Redman drove a time of 2: 18.965 minutes in qualifying and thus remained well above the 200 km / h limit for the average speed over one lap. The Jaguars also dominated the first half of the race. After six hours of racing, however, halfway through the event, the Porsche 935 registered by Preston Henn , driven by Derek Bell , AJ Foyt and Bob Wollek , led the race with a lead of two laps over the competition. The team lost their position at the front and fell back after a repair to the front suspension. After a few changes in leadership, a Porsche won again in the end. The winning car, a Porsche 935J, was actually already a museum piece and belonged to Joest Racing . The Colombian Mauricio de Narváez rented the car and hired Hans Heyer and Stefan Johansson as co-pilots at short notice . For both of them it was their first start at Sebring, which ended with a win.

For Hollywood glamor, the actor Gene Hackman drove a Mazda RX-7 , but broke down early after an engine failure.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GTP	48	de Narváez Enterprises	Mauricio de Narváez Hans Heyer Stefan Johansson	Porsche 935J	263
2	GTP	57	Blue Thunder Racing Team	Randy Lanier Bill Whittington Marty Hinze	March 83G	261
3	GTP	6th	Henn's Swap Shop	Derek Bell A.J. Foyt Bob Wollek	Porsche 935L	258
4th	GTP	9	Hino truck	Wayne Baker Jim Mullen Tom Blackaller	Porsche 935K3	258
5	GTP	5	Bob Akin Motor Racing	Bob Akin John O'Steen Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche 935-84	256
6th	GTP	14th	John Fitzpatrick Racing	Bob Wollek John Graham Hugo Gralia Preston Henn Al Holbert	Porsche 935K4	246
7th	GTP	45	Conte Racing	John Morton Tony Garcia Tony Adamowicz	Lola T600	244
8th	GTO	4th	Stratagraph Inc.	Billy Hagan Gene Felton Terry Labonte	Chevrolet Camaro	243
9	GTU	76	Malibu Grand Prix.	Jack Baldwin Ira Young Bob Reed	Mazda RX-7	238
10	GTU	32	Alderman Datsun	George Alderman Carson Baird Lew Price	Datsun 280ZX	234
11	GTP	04	Group 44	Brian Redman Pat Bedard	Jaguar XJR-5	234
12	GTU	7th	EJ Pruitt & Sons	Ren Tilton Blake Pridgen Rusty Bond	Porsche 911	234
13	GTU	17th	Al Bacon Racing	Al Bacon Charles Guest	Mazda RX-7	222
14th	GTU	51	Chris Wilder	Van McDonald Dennis DeFranceschi	Porsche 911	222
15th	GTU	71	THR Foreign Car	John Higgins James King Howard Cherry	Porsche 911	221
16	GTU	23	Roe-Selby Racing	Tim Selby Earl Roe	Porsche 914/6	221
17th	GTO	38	Mandeville Auto Tech	Roger Mandeville Amos Johnson Danny Smith	Mazda RX-7	221
18th	GTO	68	Luis Mendez Racing	Luis Mendez Chiqui Soldevilla Chris Marte	Porsche Carrera RSR	217
19th	GTU	93	Mid-O Racing	Don Marsh Ron Pawley Kelly Marsh Whitney Ganz	Mazda RX-7	216
20th	GTP	05	Hi-tech racing	Tico Almeida Miguel Morejon	Porsche 935M16	216
21st	GTO	62	Tim Morgan	Tim Morgan Peter Morgan Charles Bair Marcus Opie	Chevrolet Corvette	215
22nd	GTU	28	Budweiser Racing	John Jellinek Stefan Edlis Tom Brennan	Porsche 924 Carrera	212
23	GTP	97	Tide & Mosler Racing	Tom Shelton Steve Shelton Claude Ballot-Léna	Ferrari 512BB / LM	211
24	GTU	82	Trinity Racing	Lee Mueller Terry Visger John Casey	Mazda RX-7	208
25th	GTU	10	Dave White Racing	Dave White George Drolsom Jerry Kendall	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	202
26th	GTO	01	THR Foreign Car	George Hulse Jerry Kennedy Mike Cheung	Porsche Carrera RSR	183
27	GTO	21st	Oftedahl Racing	Craig Allen George Black Andre Schwartz	Pontiac Firebird	181
28	GTO	26th	Steve Roberts	William Boyer Steve Roberts	Chevrolet Camaro	181
29	GTO	43	Walker Brown Racing	Diego Montoya Brian Goellnot Michael Roe	BMW M1	180
30th	GTO	40	Bieri Racing	Uli Bieri Matt Gysler Angelo Pallavicini	BMW M1	177
31	GTO	67	Shafer Concrete	George Shafer Craig Shafer Joe Maloy	Chevrolet Camaro	170
32	GTO	99	Comp fiberglass	Phil Currin Steve Gentile Jim Cook Tommy Morrison	Chevrolet Corvette	161
33	GTO	94	Tangent Racing	Bill Gardner James Durovy	Pontiac Firebird	149
34	GTO	83	K&P Racing	Karl Keck Robert Whitaker William Wesse	Chevrolet Corvette	138
Failed
35	GTU	0	Case Racing	Ron Case Dave Panaccione	Porsche 911	186
36	GTO	09	Van Every Racing	Lance Van Every Ash Tisdelle	Porsche Carrera RSR	169
37	GTO	46	Classic Motor Car	Frank Jellinek Paul Fassler Jerry Molnar	Pontiac Firebird	167
38	GTP	25th	Red Lobster Racing	Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	March 82G	158
39	GTP	15th	Kalagian Ardisana	John Kalagian John Lloyd	Lola T600	148
40	GTU	13	Rubino Racing	Frank Rubino Jose Rodriguez David Leira	Mazda RX-7	146
41	GTO	90	Bob's Speed ​​Products	Bob Lee Gary Myers Bill Julian	Buick Skyhawk	137
42	GTP	31	Import Service Center	Larry O'Brien Mike Van Steenburg	Mazda OVS-1	137
43	GTP	00	Kreepy Krauly Racing	Sarel van der Merwe Graham Duxbury Tony Martin	March 83G	134
44	GTP	86	Bayside - lion brew	Al Holbert Claude Ballot-Léna Hurley Haywood	Porsche 935/80	123
45	GTU	60	Roserace Morrison	Dennis Krueger Tom Henrickson Rick Kinner	Mazda RX-7	114
46	GTP	44	Group 44	Bob Tullius Doc Bundy	Jaguar XJR-5	114
47	GTP	41	Silver Lake Plantation	Gary Belcher Jean Rondeau John Gunn	Rondeau M382	109
48	GTU	84	Dole Racing	Clay Young Doug Grunnet Jim Burt	Pontiac Fiero	105
49	GTO	11	Kreider Racing	Dale Kreider Roy Newsome Bobby Diehl	Chevrolet Camaro	103
50	GTP	24	Pegasus Racing	Marion Speer Jack Griffin	Porsche 935 JLP-2	96
51	GTO	88	Motorsports Marketing	Ken Murray Russ Boy Richard Valentine	Chevrolet Camaro	95
52	GTO	95	Pennzoil de PR	Luis Gordillo Eduardo Salguero Manuel Villa	Porsche Carrera RSR	71
53	GTU	69	George Shafer	John Hofstra Peter Uria Mick Robinson	Porsche 911	69
54	GTU	27	Scuderia Rosso	Jim Fowell's Ray Mummery Steve Potter	Mazda RX-7	65
55	GTP	18th	Team Fomfor Racing	Max Welti Francisco Miguel Willy Valiente	Clean C7	63
56	GTU	55	Preston & Son	Whitney Quite Gene Hackman	Mazda RX-7	59
57	GTP	2	Leon Bros. Racing	Al Leon Art Leon Terry Wolters	March 84G	56
58	GTU	79	Whitehall Promotions	Tom Winters Bob Bergstrom Bill Adam	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	52
59	GTU	42	Gary Wonzer	Buzz Cason Peter Uria Gary Wonzer	Porsche 911	49
60	GTP	3	Pegasus Racing	Ken Madren Marion Speer Wayne Pickering	March 84G	44
61	GTO	35	G&H Development	Worth Williams Jim Leeward Steve Zwiren	Porsche Carrera RSR	43
62	GTO	47	Dingman Brothers Racing	Billy Dingman Walt Drill	Chevrolet Corvette	43
63	GTU	58	El Salvador Racing	Alfredo Mena Jim Trueman Deborah Gregg	Porsche 924 Carrera	40
64	GTP	30th	Tim Chitwood	Tim Chitwood Joe Llauget Jose Rios	Chevrolet Monte Carlo	38
65	GTU	78	The Klaus house	Klaus Bitterauf Vicki Smith Arvid Albanese	Porsche 911	37
66	GTP	61	Deco sales	Don Courtney Brent O'Neil Steve Shelton	Argo JM16	36
67	GTO	85	Deco sales	Kikos Fonseca Enrique Molins Diego Febles	Porsche Carrera RSR	32
68	GTU	66	Mike Meyer Racing	Jack Dunham Paul Lewis Jeff Kline	Mazda RX-7	25th
69	GTO	64	John Hulen	Ron Coupland John Hulen Dan Hartill	Porsche Carrera RSR	25th
70	GTO	22nd	Walter Johnston	Larry Figaro Fernando Sabino	Pontiac Firebird	25th
71	GTP	16	Hinze fencing	Marty Hinze	March 82G	22nd
72	GTO	77	Sunrise Auto Parts	Jeff Loving Richard Smal	Chevrolet Camaro	20th
73	GTU	03	DiLella Racing	Vince DiLella Manuel Cueto	Porsche 911	19th
74	GTP	63	RGP 500 Racing	John Maffucci Jim Downing	Argo JM16	17th
75	GTO	20th	Paul Canary Racing	Paul Canary Bob Barnett	Chevrolet Corvette	17th
76	GTU	37	Vero Racing	Peter Welter Tom Burdsall Nort Northam	Mazda RX-7	16
77	GTO	56	Coin Operated Racing	Rick Borlase Michael Hammond Don Kravig	Porsche 934	12
78	GTO	33	John McComb	John McComb Paul Pettey	Jaguar XJS	6th
79	GTP	49	Paul Goral	Paul Goral John Hayes-Harlow	Porsche 935	5
80	GTU	87	Performance motorsports	Elliot Forbes-Robinson John Schneider	Porsche 924 Carrera	4th
81	GTO	52	OMR engines	Hoyt Overbagh Robert Theall Peter Kirill	Chevrolet Camaro	4th
Not started
82	GTP	8th	Paul Canary Racing	Paul Canary Eppie Wietzes	McLaren M12GT	1
83	GTO	19th	Signal 12 Racing	Jimmy Tumbleston Bobby Dumont	AMC spirit	2
84	GTU	34	Florco design	Donald Flores Tom Turner	Lotus Europe	3
85	GTO	53	Dan Nooe	Dan Nooe Gale O'Doski	Chevrolet Corvette	4th
86	GTP	65	Richard Habersin	Richard Habersin Bob Murray	Chevrolet Camaro	5
87	GTU	91	B&G Racing	Charles Bryant Richard Burr Mike Graham	BMW 2002	6th
88	GTU	92	Amar Racing Team	Robert Amar Ashmeed Mohammed	Toyota Corolla	7th
89	GTP	96	Tide & Mosler Racing	Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Claude Andruet	Ferrari 512 BB / LM	8th
90	GTO	98	Sesana Racing	Alfredo Sesana Jorge Corte	Chevrolet Monza	9

¹ not started ² not started ³ not started ⁴ not started ⁵ not started ⁶ not started ⁷ not started ⁸ engine damage during training ⁹ engine damage during warm up

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
91	GTP	02	Wildwood Racing	Dudley Wood John Cooper	Porsche 935
92	GTU	06	Timothy Lee	Timothy Lee Richard Scott Al White	Ford Capri
93	GTP	07	Bell Racestar LSJ Racing	Lyn St. James Jim Trueman	Argo JM16
94	GTU	08	Billy Scyphers	Billy Scyphers Allen Glick	Ferrari 308 GTB
95	GTP	12	Toyota Village	Werner Frank Rudy Bartling	Osella PA10
96	GTP	29	Florco design	Robert Gottfried Rich Lee	Porsche 935
97	GTO	36	DH Thomas	Michael Duncan Scott Shadel	Chevrolet Camaro
98	GTP	39	Holly Racing	John Gunn	Phoenix JG1
99	GTO	48	Vincent Collins	Vincent Collins Bill Nelson Lojza Vosta	Chevrolet Corvette
100	GTU	50	Cameron Worth	Cameron Worth Alan Crouch Sylvain Tremblay	Ford Pinto
101	GTO	50	Carlos Catter	Hector Coco Carlos Catter Augusto Molina	Chevrolet Camaro
102	GTO	54	Bob Copeman	Bob Copeman	Porsche Carrera RSR
103	GTO	70	Bill McDill	Bill McDill Gary English Mike Laws	Chevrolet Camaro
104	GTO	72	Ken Moore	Ken Moore	Porsche Carrera RSR
105	GTO	73	Jo-Car Enterprises	Carlos Munoz	Porsche Carrera RSR
106	GTP	74	Del Russo Taylor	Janis Taylor Del Russo Taylor	Chevron GTP
107	GTO	75	Bob Gregg Racing	Bob Gregg Bob Young Joe Varde	Chevrolet Camaro
108	GTO	80	Bill McVey	Bill McVey Jacques Groleau	Chevrolet Camaro
109	GTO	81	Cliff thank god	Cliff Gottlob Carl Herman	Chevrolet Corvette
110	GTU	89	Rainer Brezinka	Rainer Brezinka John Centano	Porsche 911
111	GTO	93	Don Cummings	Don Cummings Greg Walker Craig Rubrigh	Chevrolet Corvette

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GTP	Mauricio de Narváez	Hans Heyer	Stefan Johansson	Porsche 935J	Overall victory
GTO	Billy Hagan	Gene Felton	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet Camaro	Rank 8
GTU	Jack Baldwin	Ira Young	Bob Reed	Mazda RX-7	Rank 9

Racing data

• Registered: 111
• Started: 81
• Rated: 34
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cloudy and dry
• Route length: 7.821 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 12: 01: 01.415 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 263
• Total distance of the winning team: 2057.031 km
• Winner's average: 171.176 km / h
• Pole position: Brian Redman - Jaguar XJR-5 (# 04) - 2: 18.965 - 202.620 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Brian Redman - Jaguar XJR-5 (# 04) - 2: 22.751 - 197.246 km / h
• Racing series: 3rd round of the IMSA GTP series 1984

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 race 3 Hours of Miami 1984

IMSA-GTP series

Follow -up race 500 km race from Road Atlanta 1984