1998 12 Hours of Sebring

Last updated August 28, 2023

Ferrari 333 SP 02-Ferrari-333SP.jpg — Ferrari 333 SP

The 1998 Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring was the 46th running of the 12 Hours of Sebring. It also served as the inaugural round of the 1998 IMSA GT Championship season. It took place at Sebring International Raceway, Florida, on March 22, 1998.

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	WSC	30	MOMO Doran Racing	Didier Theys Mauro Baldi Gianpiero Moretti	Ferrari 333 SP	Y	319
1	WSC	30	MOMO Doran Racing	Didier Theys Mauro Baldi Gianpiero Moretti	Ferrari F310E 4.0 L V12	Y	319
2	GT1	4	Panoz Motorsports	Andy Wallace David Brabham	Panoz GTR-1	M	318
2	GT1	4	Panoz Motorsports	Andy Wallace David Brabham	Ford (Roush) 6.0 L V8	M	318
3	GT1	74	Champion Motors	Thierry Boutsen Bob Wollek Andy Pilgrim	Porsche 911 GT1	M	318
3	GT1	74	Champion Motors	Thierry Boutsen Bob Wollek Andy Pilgrim	Porsche 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6	M	318
4	GT1	5	Panoz Motorsports	Éric Bernard Jamie Davies Doc Bundy	Panoz GTR-1	M	312
4	GT1	5	Panoz Motorsports	Éric Bernard Jamie Davies Doc Bundy	Ford (Roush) 6.0 L V8	M	312
5	GT2	66	Konrad Racing	Nick Ham Franz Konrad	Porsche 911 GT2	M	300
5	GT2	66	Konrad Racing	Nick Ham Franz Konrad	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6	M	300
6 DNF	WSC	7	Doyle-Risi Racing	Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele Fermín Vélez	Ferrari 333 SP	P	298
6 DNF	WSC	7	Doyle-Risi Racing	Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele Fermín Vélez	Ferrari F310E 4.0 L V12	P	298
7	GT2	65	Saleen Allen Speedlab	Steve Saleen Ron Johnson Tommy Archer	Saleen Mustang SR	?	297
7	GT2	65	Saleen Allen Speedlab	Steve Saleen Ron Johnson Tommy Archer	Ford 5.9 L V8	?	297
8	GT1	91	Rock Valley Racing	John Heinricy Stu Hayner Roger Schramm	Chevrolet Camaro	G	297
8	GT1	91	Rock Valley Racing	John Heinricy Stu Hayner Roger Schramm	Chevrolet V8	G	297
9	GT2	04	C.J. Motorsports	John Morton John Graham Ron Fellows	Porsche 911 GT2	G	296
9	GT2	04	C.J. Motorsports	John Morton John Graham Ron Fellows	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6	G	296
10	GT2	99	Larry Schumacher	Robert Nearn John O'Steen Larry Schumacher	Porsche 911 GT2	P	296
10	GT2	99	Larry Schumacher	Robert Nearn John O'Steen Larry Schumacher	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6	P	296
11	GT3	10	Prototype Technology Group	Bill Auberlen Boris Said	BMW M3	Y	295
11	GT3	10	Prototype Technology Group	Bill Auberlen Boris Said	BMW 3.2 L I6	Y	295
12	GT3	6	Prototype Technology Group	Peter Cunningham Ross Bentley Mark Simo	BMW M3	Y	293
12	GT3	6	Prototype Technology Group	Peter Cunningham Ross Bentley Mark Simo	BMW 3.2 L I6	Y	293
13	WSC	20	Dyson Racing	Dorsey Schroeder Butch Leitzinger James Weaver Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Riley & Scott Mk III	G	290
13	WSC	20	Dyson Racing		Ford 5.0 L V8	G	290
14	GT3	23	Alex Job Racing	Charles Slater Cort Wagner Darryl Havens	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	P	286
14	GT3	23	Alex Job Racing	Charles Slater Cort Wagner Darryl Havens	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	P	286
15	GT3	07	G & W Motorsports	Patrick Huisman Danny Marshall Steve Marshall Darren Law	Porsche 993	P	285
15	GT3	07	G & W Motorsports	Patrick Huisman Danny Marshall Steve Marshall Darren Law	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	P	285
16	GT3	76	Team A.R.E.	John Ruther Jake Vargo Nick Anegelos Peter Argetsinger	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	Y	283
16	GT3	76	Team A.R.E.	John Ruther Jake Vargo Nick Anegelos Peter Argetsinger	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	Y	283
17	WSC	95	TRV Motorsport	Jeret Schroeder Tom Volk Lyn St. James	Kudzu DL-4	G	283
17	WSC	95	TRV Motorsport	Jeret Schroeder Tom Volk Lyn St. James	Chevrolet 6.0 L V8	G	283
18	GT3	24	Tim Vargo	Jack Refenning Tim Vargo Josh Vargo Brady Refenning	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	P	277
18	GT3	24	Tim Vargo	Jack Refenning Tim Vargo Josh Vargo Brady Refenning	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	P	277
19	GT3	25	Alex Job Racing	Charles Slater Don Kitch Angelo Cilli Dale White Michael Peterson	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	P	268
19	GT3	25	Alex Job Racing		Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	P	268
20	GT1	2	Mosler Automotive	Shane Lewis Vic Rice Tom Reese	Mosler Raptor	P	263
20	GT1	2	Mosler Automotive	Shane Lewis Vic Rice Tom Reese	Chevrolet 6.3 L V8	P	263
21	GT3	96	Olive Garden Racing	Kevin Wheeler Mike Davies Ron Zitza	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	P	259
21	GT3	96	Olive Garden Racing	Kevin Wheeler Mike Davies Ron Zitza	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	P	259
22	GT1	71	Art Pilla	Arthur Pilla Oma Kimbrough David Kitchak	Porsche 911 GT2	?	253
22	GT1	71	Art Pilla	Arthur Pilla Oma Kimbrough David Kitchak	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6	?	253
23 DNF	GT3	46	Bill Radar	Max Schmidt Chris Bingham	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	P	249
23 DNF	GT3	46	Bill Radar	Max Schmidt Chris Bingham	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	P	249
24 DNF	WSC	39	Matthews-Colucci Racing	David Murry Hurley Haywood Derek Bell Jim Matthews	Riley & Scott Mk III	P	247
24 DNF	WSC	39	Matthews-Colucci Racing	David Murry Hurley Haywood Derek Bell Jim Matthews	Ford 5.0 L V8	P	247
25	GT3	32	Phoenix Motorsports	Don Knowles Jim Michaelian Jim McNeely John Heinricy	Pontiac Firebird	T	246
25	GT3	32	Phoenix Motorsports	Don Knowles Jim Michaelian Jim McNeely John Heinricy	Pontiac V8	T	246
26	WSC	12	Genesis Racing	Chuck Goldsborough Michael DeFontes Mark Neuhaus Rick Fairbanks	Hawk MD3R	G	244
26	WSC	12	Genesis Racing		Mazda 2.0 L 3-Rotor	G	244
27 DNF	GT3	68	The Racer's Group	Stephen Earle Philip Collin Kevin Buckler	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	?	242
27 DNF	GT3	68	The Racer's Group	Stephen Earle Philip Collin Kevin Buckler	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	?	242
28 DNF	GT1	11	Robinson Racing	Jack Baldwin Irv Hoerr George Robinson	Oldsmobile Aurora GTS-1	?	235
28 DNF	GT1	11	Robinson Racing	Jack Baldwin Irv Hoerr George Robinson	Oldsmobile 4.0 L V8	?	235
29 DNF	GT3	55	AASCO Performance	Tim Ralston Kelly Collins Jorge Trejos	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	P	232
29 DNF	GT3	55	AASCO Performance	Tim Ralston Kelly Collins Jorge Trejos	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	P	232
30 DNF	WSC	28	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Butch Brickell Rick Sutherland	Riley & Scott Mk III	G	173
30 DNF	WSC	28	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Butch Brickell Rick Sutherland	Ford 5.0 L V8	G	173
31 DNF	GT2	77	Konrad Motorsport	Wido Rössler Peter Kitchak Matt Turner	Porsche 911 GT2	D	170
31 DNF	GT2	77	Konrad Motorsport	Wido Rössler Peter Kitchak Matt Turner	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6	D	170
32 DNF	GT3	1	Prototype Technology Group	Craig Carter Andy Petery Giovanna Amati	BMW M3	Y	170
32 DNF	GT3	1	Prototype Technology Group	Craig Carter Andy Petery Giovanna Amati	BMW 3.2 L I6	Y	170
33 DNF	GT2	01	Rohr	Sylvain Tremblay Martin Snow Jochen Rohr	Porsche 911 GT2	P	160
33 DNF	GT2	01	Rohr	Sylvain Tremblay Martin Snow Jochen Rohr	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6	P	160
34 DNF	GT2	38	Mark Hein	Mark Hein Gary Blackman John Green Pete Halsmer	Acura NSX	G	159
34 DNF	GT2	38	Mark Hein	Mark Hein Gary Blackman John Green Pete Halsmer	Acura 3.2 L V6	G	159
35 DNF	GT1	87	John Annis	John Annis Lee Hill Randy Pobst Mick Robinson	Chevrolet Camaro	?	152
35 DNF	GT1	87	John Annis	John Annis Lee Hill Randy Pobst Mick Robinson	Chevrolet V8	?	152
36 DNF	WSC	8	Transatlantic Racing Services	Johnny O'Connell Henry Camferdam Scott Schubot	Riley & Scott Mk III	D	130
36 DNF	WSC	8	Transatlantic Racing Services	Johnny O'Connell Henry Camferdam Scott Schubot	Ford 5.0 L V8	D	130
37 DNF	WSC	59	Intersport Racing	Alex Smith Simon Gregg Joaquin DeSoto John Mirro	Spice SC95	G	129
37 DNF	WSC	59	Intersport Racing	Alex Smith Simon Gregg Joaquin DeSoto John Mirro	Oldsmobile Aurora 4.0 L V8	G	129
38 DNF	GT3	54	Bell Motorsports	Terry Borcheller Carlos DeQuesada Scott Neuman Joe Varde	BMW M3	Y	125
38 DNF	GT3	54	Bell Motorsports	Terry Borcheller Carlos DeQuesada Scott Neuman Joe Varde	BMW 3.2 L I6	Y	125
39 DNF	GT3	93	Team Ecuador	Henry Taleb Rino Mastronardi	Nissan 240SX	Y	95
39 DNF	GT3	93	Team Ecuador	Henry Taleb Rino Mastronardi	Nissan 2.4 L I4	Y	95
40 DNF	GT3	57	Kryderacing	Luis Sereix Frank Del Vecchio Reed Kryder	Nissan 240SX	?	42
40 DNF	GT3	57	Kryderacing	Luis Sereix Frank Del Vecchio Reed Kryder	Nissan 2.4 L I4	?	42
41 DNF	WSC	63	Downing Atlanta	Jim Pace Yojiro Terada Jim Downing	Kudzu DLM	G	36
41 DNF	WSC	63	Downing Atlanta	Jim Pace Yojiro Terada Jim Downing	Mazda 2.0 L 3-Rotor	G	36
42 DNF	GT3	86	First Union	Darren Law Steve Pfeffer Mike Fitzgerald	Porsche 993	?	34
42 DNF	GT3	86	First Union	Darren Law Steve Pfeffer Mike Fitzgerald	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	?	34
43 DNF	GT3	67	The Racer's Group	Peter Baron Dennis O'Keefe Steve Pelke	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	?	24
43 DNF	GT3	67	The Racer's Group	Peter Baron Dennis O'Keefe Steve Pelke	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	?	24
44 DNF	GT2	15	Jon Lewis	Bill Eagle Dorsey Schroeder	Vector M12	G	16
44 DNF	GT2	15	Jon Lewis	Bill Eagle Dorsey Schroeder	Lamborghini 5.7 L V12	G	16
45 DNF	WSC	16	Dyson Racing	James Weaver Elliott Forbes-Robinson Butch Leitzinger	Riley & Scott Mk III	G	7
45 DNF	WSC	16	Dyson Racing	James Weaver Elliott Forbes-Robinson Butch Leitzinger	Ford 5.0L V8	G	7
46 DNF	GT2	69	Gustl Spreng	Gustl Spreng Kersten Jodexnis Ray Mummery	Porsche 993 Carrera Turbo	Y	6
46 DNF	GT2	69	Gustl Spreng	Gustl Spreng Kersten Jodexnis Ray Mummery	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6	Y	6
47 DNF	GT3	33	Phoenix Racing	Steve McNeely Jim Michealian Joe Aquilante	Pontiac Firebird	?	4
47 DNF	GT3	33	Phoenix Racing	Steve McNeely Jim Michealian Joe Aquilante	Pontiac V8	?	4
48 DNF	GT1	3	Greg Malvaso	Jerry Kinn Chuck Singletary Gerre Payvis	Chevrolet Camaro	?	0
48 DNF	GT1	3	Greg Malvaso	Jerry Kinn Chuck Singletary Gerre Payvis	Chevrolet V8	?	0

Statistics

Pole Position - #7 Doyle-Risi Racing - 1:55.052
Average Speed - 158.208 km/h (98.306 mph)

External links

Related Research Articles

Olivier Jean Marie Fernand Gendebien was a Belgian racing driver who was called "one of the greatest sportscar racers of all time".

The 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race for sports cars held at Sebring International Raceway, on the site of the former Hendricks Army Airfield World War II air base in Sebring, Florida, US. In the past, this race has been a round of the now defunct World Sportscar Championship, IMSA GT Championship and American Le Mans Series. In 2012, the race was the opening event of the FIA World Endurance Championship in a one off race before being returned back to the American Le Mans Series for 2013. Starting in 2014, the event became the second round of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Sebring International Raceway is a road course auto racing facility in the southeastern United States, located near Sebring, Florida.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Panoz</span> American sports car manufacturer

Panoz is an American manufacturer of sports automobiles founded in 1989 as Panoz Auto Development by Dan Panoz, son of Don Panoz. The company has also been extensively involved in professional racing, and designs, engineers and builds its own race cars. Panoz products have included the Panoz Roadster and AIV Roadster, the Panoz Esperante, and the Panoz Avezzano.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bob Wollek</span>

Robert Jean Wollek, nicknamed "Brilliant Bob", was a race car driver from Strasbourg, France. He won a total of 76 races in his career, 71 in Porsche cars, including four editions of the 24 Hours of Daytona and one edition of the 12 Hours of Sebring. He died in a road accident in Florida while riding a bicycle back to his accommodation after the day's practice sessions for the following day's race, the 12 Hours of Sebring.

John Lee Paul Jr. was an American racing driver. He competed in CART and the Indy Racing League competitions, but primarily in IMSA GT Championship, winning the title in 1982.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marco Werner</span> German motorsports driver

Marco Werner is a professional racer from Germany. He was the eighth driver to complete the informal triple crown in endurance racing.

Stéphane Ortelli is a Monégasque professional racing driver with three world championship titles. He has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1998 with Allan McNish and Laurent Aïello and the Spa 24 Hours in 2003 with Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb. He's also won the GT1 Class at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2005 with David Brabham and Darren Turner. Currently, he is an Emil Frey Racing driver competing and developing the Jaguar and Lexus GT racing cars in the Blancpain Endurance Series and the VLN series.

Sascha Maassen is a veteran sports car driver.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Didier Theys</span> Belgian racing driver

Didier Maurice Theys is a Belgian sports car driver. He is a two-time overall winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona ; a winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring (1998); the Sports Racing Prototype driver champion of the Grand-American Road Racing Association (2002) and the winner of the 24 Hours of Spa. He was also the polesitter (1996) and a podium finisher at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The podium finish in 1999 was a third overall in the factory Audi R8R with co-drivers Emanuele Pirro and Frank Biela. Theys' first appearance at Le Mans was in 1982, while his last start in the world's most famous endurance sports car race came 20 years later in 2002.

Marino Alessandro Cesare Franchitti is a British racing driver, and the younger brother of Dario Franchitti. He has spent the majority of his career racing in sports cars and grand tourers, with a career highlight of winning the 2014 12 Hours of Sebring.

Joseph F. Hand is an American professional racing driver who competes in sports car racing as a Ford factory driver. A former champion of the Star Mazda Series, Hand is the co-winner of the 2011 24 Hours of Daytona driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring GT class for BMW Team Rahal, and the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans LMGTE Pro class for Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA driving the Ford GT.

The 60th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring was an 12-hour automobile endurance race for teams of three drivers each fielding sports prototype and grand touring cars held on March 17, 2012 at the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida before more than 90,000 spectators. It was the 60th 12 Hours of Sebring and the first round of both the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the 2012 American Le Mans Series (ALMS). Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1), Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Le Mans Prototype Challenge (LMPC), Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance (LMGTE), and Grand Touring Challenge (GTC) cars competed in the race.

Champion Racing was a sports car racing team based in Pompano Beach, Florida, USA. Founded in 1994 by Dave Maraj, a former rally driver from Trinidad, as the motorsport wing of the Champion Motors car dealership, the team has campaigned various Porsches and Audis in North American road racing series. Champion Racing's extensive record includes a win at the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2005, and 5 straight American Le Mans Series LMP1 championships, 2 as a private team and 3 as a factory team under the name Audi Sport North America.

Lucas Luhr is a German BMW factory racing driver, currently competing for BMW and Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in the GTLM category of the Tudor United SportsCar Championship.

Timo Bernhard is a former driver from Germany. He was a sports car driver from Porsche, but was seconded to Audi for selected events in 2009 and 2010. He is the ninth and most recent driver to complete the informal triple crown of endurance racing. On 29 June 2018, he became the first person in 35 years to break the all-time Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record, set by Stefan Bellof in 1983 with a Porsche 956, in a derestricted Porsche 919 Evo with a time of 5:19.546.

The 2019 1,000 Miles of Sebring was an Endurance sportscar racing event held on the 15th of March 2019, as the sixth round of the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship. This was the inaugural running of the race, a 268-lap event, and the first FIA WEC race to be held at Sebring International Raceway since the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring.

The 2020 12 Hours of Sebring was an endurance sports car race held at Sebring International Raceway near Sebring, Florida from 11–14 November 2020, after being postponed from its original date on 14–15 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The race was the final round of the 2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, as well as the final round of the Michelin Endurance Cup. Action Express Racing entered as the defending overall winners of the 12-hour event.

The 42nd Annual Contac 12 Hours of Sebring International Grand Prix of Endurance, was the second round of the 1994 IMSA GT Championship season and was held at the Sebring International Raceway, on 19 March. Victory overall went to the No. 75 Cunningham Racing Nissan 300ZX Turbo driven by John Morton, Johnny O'Connell, and Steve Millen.

The 2022 12 Hours of Sebring was an endurance sports car race held at Sebring International Raceway near Sebring, Florida from 16 to 19 March 2022. It was the second round of both the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the Michelin Endurance Cup. JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing entered as the defending overall winners of the 12-hour event.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

v t e 12 Hours of Sebring
20th century	1950 ~~1951~~ 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 ~~1974~~ 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

1998 12 Hours of Sebring

Contents

Race results

Statistics

External links

Related Research Articles