Track/Side: Scenes From IMSA’s 12 Hours Of Sebring

One of the crown jewels of the IMSA season, the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, ran last weekend in Florida. We were there to capture it.

By Rip Shaub

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The 12 hours of Sebring is one of the most prestigious, difficult and storied races in America. The 24 Hours of Daytona, also on the IMSA calendar, sounds more glamorous, but the track at Sebring is much more demanding. The driving is more physical. Mistakes are more punishing. 

Caleb Jacobs has the race recaps here and here. But here are a few more looks at the weekend’s festivities.

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Magnus Racing’s Audi R8 LMS with the glowing brake rotors during night practice at Sebring., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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The Porsche GT3 Cup was one of the support aces on tap for the weekend in Sebring., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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Rodrigo Sales and Kuno Wittmer drove their Audi to a class win in the Continental Tire Sports Car Championship race at Sebring., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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P1 Motorsports’ chupacabra-themes AMG GT3 was one of the locals for the Florida race., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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Sunsets at Sebring are special. , © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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Land Motorsports R8 Looks and glides like UFO through the hairpin Turn 7., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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Pole sitter Spirit of Daytona in the Cadillac DPi prototype heads for the track for warm up during sunrise on race day., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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The Mustang Sampling prototype won the 24 Hours of Daytona, and was looking to repeat in Sebring., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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The 911 RSR of the Porsche factory GTLM team kicks up sand during the race., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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The Chip Ganassi Ford GTs had a disappointing showing after their success in Daytona., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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Paul Miller Racing’s Lamborghini Huracan took the win in the GTD class at Sebring., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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The Whelan Engineering DPi prototype made the podium, and set the fastest lap of the race., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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Paul Miller Racing’s Huracan again, as the sun starts to get low in Florida., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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Race Winner, Tequila Patron’s #22 Nissan DPi prototype, enters turn one as the sun sets late in the race., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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Rahal Letterman Racing’s BMW M8 GT cuts through the darkness during the night portion of the race. The 24 car did not finish, but it’s sister car took second in GTLM., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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Porsche NA Racing’s #911 911 RSR lights up the brake rotors en route to the GTLM win., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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Another look at the Ford/Ganassi Ford GT during night racing at Sebring., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved