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j3studio [Spoilers] "Official" Guru 12 Hours of Sebring Thread
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cor123 has all the information here, but the basics are 10:40 AM to 10:40 PM, with coverage beginning on FoxSportsGo/IMSA.com and moving to FoxSports1 at 12:30 PM. Live timing is at http://scoring.imsa.com/

As usual I'll be hunkered down for the duration. There will be a pause in my coverage in the late afternoon when we go to my Corvette-crazy goddaughter's fifth birthday party.

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Green flag! A relatively clean start so far and then the #55 Mazda cuts down a tire. After about 20 minutes:

Prototype: Oreca #13, Cadillac #5, Cadillac #31

Prototype Challenge: Oreca #26, Oreca #38, Oreca #8

GT Le Mans: Ford #66, Corvette #3, Porsche #912 (Corvette #4 9th in class after a ride height violation in qualifyingg)

GT Daytona: Audi #29, Lamborghini #16, Lexus #14

The normal live timing link isn't working, but this seems to be:

http://livetiming.alkamelsystems.com/imsa/

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#67 Ford had trouble getting started and is 33rd overall. In a good sign, the Corvette Corral is sold out. All 46 cars that started are running.

I forgot to mention Andy Blackmore's excellent spotters guide, which is here:

http://www.spotterguides.com/portfolio/17_imsa/

Also, http://scoring.imsa.com/ is back up.

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After an hour:

Prototype—now Cadillac #31, Cadillac #5, Cadillac #10

Prototype Challenge—still Oreca #26, Oreca #38, Oreca #8

GT Le Mans—now Ford #66, Corvette #3, Porsche #911 (Corvette #4 now 8th in class)

GT Daytona—now Audi #29, Lamborghini #16, Lamborghini #11

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Our first full course yellow as the #70 Mazda loses its brakes and crashes into the tire barrier in turn 17.

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Back to green after it takes the course workers a while to fix the tire barrier.

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Aaargh! The #4 car has pulled into the paddock with an overheating problem.

Prototype—now Cadillac #31, Cadillac #5, Oreca #13

Prototype Challengestill Oreca #26, Oreca #38, Oreca #8

GT Le Mans—still Ford #66, Corvette #3, Porsche #911 (Corvette #4 now 9th in class)

GT Daytona—still Audi #29, Lamborghini #16, Lamborghini #11

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Looks like the #4 cars overheating problems are terminal. Second full course yellow as the #31 Cadillac prototype makes contact with the #22 Nissan prototype and spins. At about two and a half hours in:

Prototype—now Cadillac #5, Cadillac #10, Oreca #85

Prototype Challenge—now Oreca #38 (10th overall), Oreca #8, Oreca #20

GT Le Mans—now Ford #66 (13th overall), Corvette #3, Ferrari #62

GT Daytona—now Mercedes #33 (22nd overall), Audi #29, Mercedes #50

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The #3 Corvette beat the #66 Ford out of the pits under yellow. Now green:

Prototype—now Cadillac #5, Oreca #85, Cadillac #10

Prototype Challenge—still Oreca #38 (7th overall), Oreca #8, Oreca #20

GT Le Mans—now Ford #67 (11th overall), BMW #25, Corvette #3 after some pit strategy

GT Daytona—now Mercedes #33 (22nd overall), Audi #29, Ferrari #63

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Four hours in, eight to go:

Prototype—now Cadillac #5, Cadillac #10, Oreca #85

Prototype Challengestill Oreca #38 (6th overall), Oreca #8, Oreca #20

GT Le Mans—now Ford #67 (9th overall), Ford #66, Corvette #3

GT Daytona—now Mercedes #33 (18th overall), Ferrari #63, Mercedes #50

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The #50 BMW hits something hard, breaks a front suspension piece, and limps around the course. IMSA decides not to throw a yellow and gets lucky.

Prototype—still Cadillac #5, Cadillac #10, Oreca #85

Prototype Challengestill Oreca #38 (7th overall), Oreca #8, Oreca #20

GT Le Mans—now Ford #66 (9th overall), Corvette #3, Ford #68

GT Daytona—now Mercedes #33 (18th overall), Audi #29, Porsche #73

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Bill Ford is in the pits—can't say Ford isn't committed.

I'm signing off for a few hours, with about six and a half hours to go:

Prototypestill Cadillac #5, Cadillac #10, Oreca #85

Prototype Challengestill Oreca #38 (6th overall), Oreca #8, Oreca #20

GT Le Mans—now Ford #66 (8th overall), Ford #68, Ferrari #62 (Corvette #3 is 4th in class)

GT Daytona—now Mercedes #33 (17th overall), Ferrari #63, Porsche #73

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I have returned. Fox Sports 1 just did a short but nice tribute to the amazing John Surtees, who, among many other things, won the 1963 12 Hours of Sebring in a Ferrari 250SP.

With about 3 hours and 30 minutes remaining, as the sun goes down:

Prototype—now Cadillac #10, Cadillac #5, Oreca #85

Prototype Challengestill Oreca #38 (5th overall), Oreca #8, Oreca #26

GT Le Mans—now Porsche #911 (7th overall), Ford #66, Ford #68 (Corvette #3 is 6th in class)

GT Daytona—now Mercedes #33 (16th overall), Ferrari #63, Lamborghini #48

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With about 3 hours remaining, as darkness falls:

Prototype—now back to Cadillac #5, Cadillac #10, Oreca #85

Prototype Challengestill Oreca #38 (5th overall), Oreca #8, Oreca #26

GT Le Mans—now Ford #66 (7th overall), Ford #67, Corvette #3

GT Daytona—now Mercedes #33 (16th overall), Ferrari #63, Audi #29

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Full course caution as the #27 Lamborghini GTD stops on track. About two and half hours to go, 280 laps completed.

Prototype—now Cadillac #5, Cadillac #10, Cadillac #31

Prototype Challengestill Oreca #38 (5th overall), Oreca #8, Oreca #26

GT Le Mans—now Porsche #911 (7th overall), Ford #65, Ferrari #62 (Corvette #3 fifth in class)

GT Daytona—now Mercedes #33 (16th overall), Ferrari #63, Lamborghini #48

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Back to green. A little less than two hours to go.

Prototype—now Cadillac #10, Cadillac #5, Cadillac #31

Prototype Challengestill Oreca #38 (5th overall), Oreca #8, Oreca #26

GT Le Mans—now Ford #66 (7th overall), Corvette #3, Ford #67

GT Daytona—still Mercedes #33 (16th overall), Ferrari #63, Lamborghini #48

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Drama with one and a half hours to go, with half of the course pitch black. Right now, live timing seems to be only working here:

http://livetiming.alkamelsystems.com/imsa/

Prototype—still Cadillac #10, Cadillac #5, Cadillac #31

Prototype Challengestill Oreca #38 (5th overall), Oreca #8, Oreca #26

GT Le Mans—now Corvette #3 (7th overall), Porsche #911, Ford #66

GT Daytona—now Ferrari #63 (16th overall), Lamborghini #48, Audi #29

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The #31 Cadillac prototype has gone off-roading again with about one hour and twenty minutes to go, but seems otherwise okay. They're three laps down from the two leading prototypes.

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One of the Porsches has spun—we just got our sixth full course caution with about an hour and 10 minutes left. Not at all good for the Corvette team.

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Back to green. Very good pit stop by the Corvette team, but the Fords are coming. About 45 minutes to go.

Prototypestill Cadillac #10, Cadillac #5, Cadillac #31

Prototype Challengestill Oreca #38 (5th overall), Oreca #8, Oreca #26

GT Le Mans—now Corvette #3 (7th overall), Ford #66, Ford #67

GT Daytona—now Ferrari #63 (16th overall), Mercedes #33, Lamborghini #48

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The #911 Porsche GT LeMans car has despatched easily with the two leading Fords and is closing on the #3 Corvette. 40 minutes to go. At this point, I think Garcia will do well to finish on the podium.

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The #911 Porsche comes in for a cut tire and than drives over the air hose. Drive through penalty. Half an hour left.

Prototypestill Cadillac #10, Cadillac #5, Cadillac #31

Prototype Challengestill Oreca #38 (5th overall), Oreca #8, Oreca #26

GT Le Mans—now Corvette #3 (7th overall), Ford #66, Ford #67

GT Daytona—now Mercedes #33 (16th overall), Ferrari #63, Lamborghini #48

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Nail-biting time in three out of four classes. 25 minutes left.

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20 minutes left.

Prototypestill Cadillac #10, Cadillac #5, Cadillac #31

Prototype Challengestill Oreca #38 (5th overall), Oreca #8, Oreca #26

GT Le Mans—still Corvette #3 (7th overall), Ford #66, Ford #67

GT Daytona—now Mercedes #33 (16th overall), Ferrari #63, Lamborghini #16

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Ten minutes left. 9 of the original 46 cars are out of the race.

Prototypestill Cadillac #10, Cadillac #5, Cadillac #31

Prototype Challengestill Oreca #38 (5th overall), Oreca #8, Oreca #26

GT Le Mans—still Corvette #3 (7th overall), Ford #66, Ford #67

GT Daytona—still Mercedes #33 (16th overall), Ferrari #63, Lamborghini #16

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"Garcia has been spectacular"

No kidding—he's pulling away from the Fords. Less than seven minutes left.

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Five minutes left. No changes in the twelve podium positions.

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Checkered flag!

Prototype—Cadillac #10, Cadillac #5, Cadillac #31

Prototype Challenge—Oreca #38 (5th overall), Oreca #8, Oreca #26

GT Le Mans—Corvette #3 (7th overall), Ford #66, Ferrari #62

GT Daytona—Mercedes #33 (16th overall), Ferrari #63, Mercedes #75

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Changes in the last five minutes:

1) The #67 Ford spun—I'm unsure whether it was assistance or not. This allowed the #63 Ferrari to make the GT Le Mans podium.

2) The #16 Lamborghini went off course for some reason, allowing Mercedes to get 1st and 3rd on the GT Daytona podium.

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Antonio Garcia drove amazingly well. Folks who know about these things are already saying it may be his most impressive work. In the last ten minutes, with everything on the line, he just pulled away from the Fords and the Ferrari.

This also marks the second straight win for Wayne Taylor's Cadillac team in Prototype.

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Garcia made it look pretty easy....I know it wasn't. But as you said, he pulled away from #2 and 3 in class the last 10 minutes.

Yea, Team Corvette!
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Just got back from the track... a few first hand observations:

* The weather was PERFECT. A bit chilly in the morning, down into the upper 40s... But it warmed up into the low 80s with crystal clear skies.

* The Corral was PACKED. 225 Corvettes, one Cadillac SUV and a Camry... The Camry was towed. So was the Caddy.

* The Corral attendance was super, the rest? Not so much. The Porsche Platz was packed. In general, there were more race fans... vs the casual fan. Then again, there were no vintage events this year, nor as many support events - no Star Mazda or things of that nature. Without those classes, there was a lot more space in the north paddock. I also noticed that all the race teams were in the same area at the back of the paddock along Ullman Straight. There were also more designated parking lots in the paddock.

* Cell service out at the track is crap. It sucks. Too many people, not enough circuits!!

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Here is the press release:

CORVETTE RACING AT SEBRING: Stirring Comeback for No. 3 Corvette C7.R
Corvette Racing takes third straight and 11th class victory in 12 Hours

Garcia, Magnussen, Rockenfeller complete stunning turnaround
25th Sebring class win for Chevrolet-powered entries
No. 4 Corvette suffers from overheating issue

SEBRING, Fla. (March 18, 2017) – Corvette Racing stormed to a stunning class victory in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida on Saturday – its third straight in North America’s oldest endurance sports car race. Antonio Garcia, Jan Magnussen and Mike Rockenfeller drove the winning No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R to a 4.453-second victory for the team’s 11th Sebring class victory.

It ended an amazing comeback for the No. 3 Corvette, which ran sixth as late as the eight-and-a-half-hour mark of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s second round. After maintaining through difficult conditions and bad luck in the afternoon, a series of strategic calls, strong pit stops and exceptional driving resulted in another Sebring triumph for America’s sports car.

Garcia drove a stunning final two hours and 53 minutes to claim victory. He led the final 35 laps and withstood intense pressure from other contenders in the class. While Sebring’s brutal conditions and bad luck began to claim other entries, the No. 3 Corvette and its team ran a nearly flawless race.

Saturday’s victory was Magnussen’s fifth at Sebring, the third for Garcia and first for Rockenfeller. The trio also won the second of four Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup rounds of the season.

The No. 4 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Corvette C7.R was forced to retire with water temperature issues that arose in the opening hour. The root cause remained unclear, and it brought an early end to the day for defending class winners Tommy Milner, Oliver Gavin and Marcel Fässler.

Garcia, Jan Magnussen and Mike Rockenfeller each rotated through with two stints each in the first six hours. The No. 3 Corvette C7.R led at the three-hour mark but a combination of greasy track conditions and bad luck with traffic and caution periods hindered its standing at six hours.

An emergency stop for fuel near the halfway point was particularly cruel. Rockenfeller was set to pit for new Michelin tires, fuel and the exchange to Garcia but the yellow flag ruined that plan and strategy. Instead, Rockenfeller had to stop for five seconds of fuel and then again one lap after the GTLM leaders completed their stops.

Fortunes reversed for the No. 3 Corvette with a timely full-course caution with four hours left. A perfect pit stop moved Magnussen from sixth to third on a restart. That the stage for the late-race heroics.

The next event for Corvette Racing is the Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix on Saturday, April 8 from the Long Beach (California) street circuit. The race will air live at 4 p.m. on FOX. Live audio coverage from IMSA Radio is available on IMSA.com.

ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R - GTLM RACE WINNER: “I knew it was going to be really, really tough. Since yesterday in qualifying it was super close, the first two hours I managed to make my way up to P2. I did two hours first following the No. 66. Then I did that third hour and I was kind of sick of following Fords. So at some point I just needed to go. We made that really good call to come in with the Ferrari. So the Fords stayed out on a poorer set of tires than us. I knew that had to be my stint. That first stint with two or three stints to go, I needed to make the moves and pass the Ferrari. I passed the No. 68; I passed (Scott) Dixon. I passed everybody because I knew it had to be done then because that was probably the only time they would be a little bit weaker than we were. It worked. At the end the Porsche looked very, very strong. That second-to-the-last time they pitted quite a bit later than us, and they were flying. They passed all the way up to us until that last safety car. Again, there was a magnificent stop by the Corvette Racing crew. I think the Porsche made a mistake there. Without knowing, I thought it was Joey (Hand) behind us, but it was again the Porsche. I knew it was going to be tough. I didn’t know if I was going to be able to hold him , but probably. The car kept going faster and faster. When you lead the way, the aero works pretty decent compared to when you follow someone. At the end things went a little bit in our favor. It was a sprint to the end. I can’t believe what Corvette Racing did today. Just awesome. Amazing.”


JAN MAGNUSSEN, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R – GTLM RACE WINNER: “I don’t even know where to start. What a fantastic race. It was a tough race… a hard race. I mean I am so happy about this. The boys did a great job with the pit stops. Antonio’s last stint there was just fantastic. What can you say? It is just fantastic. It was all about running our own race and then at the end when we had to do something, to then be able to do it. The crew – those last couple of pit stops – awesome. As I said Antonio’s last stint… just fantastic!”


MIKE ROCKENFELLER, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R – GTLM RACE WINNER: “It is still hard to believe right now because I didn’t expect it.  We had a tough race, and Antonio (Garcia) did just a fantastic job – like always. But it is very special what he got out of the car today. That is why I am speechless. I am very happy for the team. Thanks to Corvette Racing and everyone on the teams – all the mechanics and engineers. They always believe. We had a tough start in Daytona and even here. We weren’t the quickest all the time, but at the end when it counted, we were there. This team is just amazing!”

DOUG FEHAN, CORVETTE RACING PROGRAM MANAGER: “I think what we saw tonight may have been the most intense mix of tremendous engineering and strategy from our engineering crew and flawless pit stops all day long by our Corvette Racing crew. Then there was the driving exhibition that I’m sure will be a highlight of Antonio’s career - certainly at Corvette Racing. When you put those three elements together, we are hard to beat. It was an amazing demonstration by everyone at Corvette Racing.”

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Great share, Charley!! Thanks!!

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