In automobile endurance racing, three events have come to form a Triple Crown. They are considered three of the most challenging endurance races over the decades: the 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, and 24 Hours of Le Mans. [1] [2] As of 2025 only 12 drivers have completed the Triple Crown by winning all three races, Phil Hill was the first do so in 1964, and Timo Bernhard is the most recent to do so in 2010. [3] No driver has won all three events in the same year.
Ken Miles lost the chance to win all three events in the same year when a problem with the Ford team orders for a photo finish made him lose the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. This incident was dramatized in the 2019 film Ford v Ferrari . Miles died two months later testing the Ford J-car.
Hurley Haywood and Al Holbert have won all three races at least twice.
Numerous drivers have won only two out of the three events that makes up the triple crown of endurance racing.
Bold on year indicate at which race the driver achieved his Triple Crown.
Driver | Year completed | 24 Hours of Daytona | 12 Hours of Sebring | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Total wins |
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Phil Hill | 1964 | 1964* | 1958, 1959, 1961 | 1958, 1961, 1962 | 7 |
Dan Gurney | 1967 | 1962** | 1959 | 1967 | 3 |
Hans Herrmann | 1970 | 1968 | 1960, 1968 | 1970 | 4 |
Jackie Oliver | 1971 | 1971 | 1969 | 1969 | 3 |
Jacky Ickx | 1972 | 1972*** | 1969, 1972 | 1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982 | 9 |
Hurley Haywood | 1977 | 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1991 | 1973, 1981 | 1977 , 1983, 1994 | 10 |
A. J. Foyt | 1985 | 1983, 1985 | 1985 | 1967 | 4 |
Al Holbert | 1986 | 1986, 1987 | 1976, 1981 | 1983, 1986, 1987 | 7 |
Andy Wallace | 1992 | 1990, 1997, 1999 | 1992, 1993 | 1988 | 6 |
Mauro Baldi | 1998 | 1998, 2002 | 1998 | 1994 | 4 |
Marco Werner | 2005 | 1995 | 2003, 2005, 2007 | 2005 , 2006, 2007 | 7 |
Timo Bernhard | 2010 | 2003 | 2008 | 2010 , 2017 | 4 |
(*) Held as the 2000 km of Daytona. (**) Held as the Daytona 3 Hours. (***) Held as the 6 Hours of Daytona.
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