For the celebrated long-distance race at Sebring, Florida, in March 1959, the BMC Competition Department entered three Austin-Healey Sprites in the 12 Hours Grand Prix d'Endurance.
" It started its racing career from 1959 that saw overseas run famous racing circuits such as Daytona and Sebring where it was forced to retire after 27 laps for the broken radiator.
Every three days, the men vacuumed up the resulting millions of spores and packed them in one-to-two gallon stainless steel containers, which were driven to the Avon Park Air Force Range, near Sebring.
The Chrysler Sebring was named after Sebring, Florida, the site of the renowned endurance car race called the 12 Hours of Sebring.
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Timo Bernhard became the first driver since 2005 to complete the Triple Crown of endurance racing (winning the 2003 24 Hours of Daytona and the 2008 12 Hours of Sebring); Marco Werner (ran aboard a Highcroft Racing LMP2 car this year) was the last one to do such feat (won the 1995 24 Hours of Daytona and completed in 2005 with wins in both Sebring and Le Mans).
From 2000 to 2001, and for one start in 2003, Alexandre competed in the Barber Dodge Pro Series and won a race at Sebring on the weekend of the 2001 12 Hours of Sebring.
On March 8, 2012, Bia tested for Andretti Autosport, driving James Hinchcliffe's car #27 during a session of the open test at Sebring, with an eye to her running that team's fourth car at April's IZOD IndyCar Series event in her home town of São Paulo.
Austin Healey 3000's have a long competition history, and raced at most major racing circuits around the world, including Sebring (USA), Le Mans (France), and Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst (Australia).
However, Donald Healey had managed to lure John Sprinzel away from Speedwell by inviting him to set up the Healey Speed Equipment Division and the promise of Healey works drives at both Sebring and Le Mans.
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After its homologation on 17 September 1960, FIA regulations permitted the use of 'special bodies' and a small number of Sebring Sprites were subsequently fitted with coupé bodywork in aluminium alloy and glassfibre, the most strikingly attractive examples being those devised by well-known race and rally driver John Sprinzel, who had won the 1959 RAC British Rally Championship.
Along with co-drivers including John Paul, Jr., Juan Manuel Fangio II, Brian Redman, and Thierry Boutsen, he had a second place finish at the Sebring 12 Hour with Hans-Joachim Stuck in 1995 and second place at Watkins Glen International.
Robert Gerald Beaumont (April 1, 1932 – October 24, 2011) was the founder of Sebring-Vanguard a Florida based company that produced the Citicar, an electric automobile manufacturer from 1974 to 1977.
These Corvettes came to be known as "Big Tanks" because the package initially included a 36.5-gallon gas tank (versus the standard 20-gallon) for races such as Sebring and Daytona.
One retired at Sebring 1963, while of three starters at Le Mans that year, two retired and the car of Jack Sears and Mike Salmon came in fifth.
The Florida Western and Northern Railroad was a railroad line built by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in 1925 running from Coleman, Florida (south of Ocala) all the way to West Palm Beach via Auburndale and Sebring (near Lake Okeechobee), a distance of over 200 miles.
The first soldiers arrived on September 5, 1941 and initially occupied tents on the shore of Lake Jackson on the edge of Sebring until they moved onto the base in December when the first barracks were completed.
Sebring Regional Airport (formerly Hendricks Field) in Sebring, Florida, United States (FAA: SEF)
The team raced in the LMP class for the season and team principal Jon Field recruited Ryan Jones and Chris Goodwin for the first round of the season at Sebring.
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The first round at Sebring was a mixed reaction in the team with the LMP675 car finishing second in class in the hands of Jon Field, Dayton and Durand but the LMP900 car of Clint Field, Sutherland and John Macaluso retired but was disqualified anyway for receiving outside assistance while still on the race course.
The cars were entered in various races but, unlike the C-Type and D-Type racing cars, they did not win at Le Mans or Sebring but were reasonably successful in private hands and in smaller races.
After graduating from Southfield High School in 1951, Sebring joined the Navy for four years, and during this time served in the Korean War.
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Sebring had a hand in launching the film career of Bruce Lee, after meeting him at the International Karate Championships in Long Beach in 1964.
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On August 8, 1969, Sebring, Tate, Frykowski and Folger went to El Coyote, a Mexican restaurant, together.
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He then moved to Los Angeles, where he changed his name to Jay Sebring: Jay, after the first initial of his middle name, and Sebring after the famous Florida car race.
James Dennison Sebring (March 22, 1882 in Liberty, Pennsylvania – December 22, 1909 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania), was a professional baseball player who played outfield from 1902 to 1909.
Twenty grand on credit cards, two divorces, and a repo'd Sebring.
Lake Sebring is a natural freshwater lake in Highlands County, Florida, and located north of Sebring, Florida, and Lake Jackson.
Several class victories at Le Mans and Sebring followed, and the Eleven became Lotus' most successful race car design.
Six international race tracks are available: Brands Hatch, Hockenheim, Rouen-Les-Essarts, Sebring, Vallelunga, and Watkins Glen — with a choice of either racing for three, six or nine laps and from one of three difficulty levels.
Sebring International is an international hairstyling corporation created by Jay Sebring and partners in 1967.
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Less than a year later Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, and 3 others including pregnant actress Sharon Tate were murdered by followers of Charles Manson.
The item is thought to have been a promotional item from the Sebring Races held in Sebring, Florida in 1975 which were sponsored by Coors.
The novel meanders through several real life race tracks, including Watkins Glen, Sebring, and Elkhart Lake (touching briefly on the creation of Road America near the end of The Fabulous Trashwagon) and also some real life races such as the Concourse de'Elegance at Elkhart Lake with some of the actual participants such as the three Cunningham's.
In 1980, the author of Confessions of a Union Buster named Martin J. Levitt reported that he conducted a counter-organizing drive at a nursing home in Sebring, Ohio.
Because of its signal strength, WDYZ can be heard throughout central Florida, from coast to coast, and from Sebring to Palatka, using a directional antenna to protect WMYM in Miami (also a Radio Disney station) and WGML in Hinesville, Georgia.
He drove cars such as Type 35 and 54 Bugattis and an ex-Indy Four Wheel Drive (FWD) Miller at Watkins Glen, Pikes Peak, Sebring and many others across North America for 15 years.