1991 12 Hours of Sebring

The Nissan Present the 39th Annual 12 Hours of Sebring International Grand Prix of Endurance, was the third round of both the 1991 Camel GT Championship and Exxon Supreme GT Series and was held at the Sebring International Raceway, on 16 March.[1]

The race winning Nissan NPT-90 of Brabham/Daly/Brabham

Report

Entry

A total of 54 cars were entered for the event, across four classes ranging through GTO /GTU up to GTP. Of these 51 cars practised.[2]

Qualifying

The Nissan NPT-90 of Geoff Brabham, partnered by Derek Daly and his younger brother, Gary Brabham took pole position. They were joined on the front row by their Nissan Performance team-mates Chip Robinson, Bob Earl and Julian Bailey.[3]

Race

In front of a crowd of approximately 80,000, the race was held over 12 Hours, on Sebring International Raceway. The race started in cool conditions, but finished wet. For most of the early running, the #6 Joest Racing Porsche 962C of Bob Wollek, Bernd Schnieder and Massimo Sigala lead. Apart from pit stops, this car lead until lap 80, when the pole winning Nissan took control of the race. The Brabham brothers and Daly would lead from lap 81 until their saw the flag on lap 298. In between, their team-mates (Robinson/Earl/Bailey) would lead a total of 41 laps, losing the lead for the last time, just six laps from home. During the race, there were seven full-course cautions covering 54 laps, lasting a total of 3 hours and 14 minutes. Despite this Brabham/Daly/Brabham took the winner spoils for Don Devendorf’s Nissan Performance Technology Inc. team. This partnership, driving their Nissan NPT-90, won in a time of 12hr 02:01.391mins., averaging a speed of 91.626 mph. They covered a distance of 1,102.6 miles. One lap adrift in second place was their fellow Nissan NPT-90 of Robinson/Earl/Bailey. Early front runners, Wolleck/Schnieder/Sigala brought their Porsche home at third just another lap further back. Another Porsche from Joest came home in fourth, driven by Frank Jelinski, Henri Pescarolo and ”John Winter”. The top Jaguar was fifth in the hands of Davy Jones, Raul Boesel and John Nielsen.[4][5][6]

Classification

Sebring 12 hours

Class Winners are in Bold text.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 GTP 83 Nissan Performance Technology Geoff Brabham
Derek Daly
Gary Brabham
Nissan NPT-90 G 298
Nissan 3.0L Turbo V6
2 GTP 84 Nissan Performance Technology Chip Robinson
Bob Earl
Julian Bailey
Nissan NPT-90 G 297
Nissan 3.0L Turbo V6
3 GTP 6 Joest Porsche Racing Bob Wollek
Bernd Schnieder
Massimo Sigala
Porsche 962C G 296
Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
4 GTP 7 Joest Porsche Racing Frank Jelinski
Henri Pescarolo
"John Winter"
Porsche 962C G 295
Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
5 GTP 3 Bud Light/Jaguar Racing Davy Jones
Raul Boesel
John Nielsen
Jaguar XJR-12D G 284
Jaguar 6.5L V12
6 GTP 4 Tom Milner Racing Brian Bonner
Scott Sharp
Jeff Kline
Spice SE89P G 283
Chevrolet 6.0L V8
7 Lights 8 Essex Racing Charles Morgan
Jim Pace
Kudzu DG-1 G 280
Buick 3.0L V6
8 GTO 15 Roush Racing Max Jones
Robby Gordon
Ford Mustang G 279
Ford 6.0L V8
9 GTP 10 Hotchkiss Racing Chris Cord
Jim Adams
John Hotchkiss
Spice SE90P G 278
Pontiac 6.0L V8
10 GTP 30 Momo/Gebhardt Racing Giampiero Moretti
Hellmut Mundas
Stanley Dickens
Porsche 962C G 277
Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
11 GTO 75 Clayton Cunningham Racing Jeremy Dale
Steve Millen
Johnny O'Connell
Nissan 300ZX Y 277
Nissan 2.8L Turbo V6
12 GTO 63 Mazda USA John O'Steen
Price Cobb
Mazda RX-7 G 284
Mazda 2.6L 4-rotor
13 GTO 12 Roush Racing Dorsey Schroeder
John Fergus
Ford Mustang G 271
Ford 6.0L V8
14 GTO 62 Mazda USA Calvin Fish
Pete Halsmer
John Morton
Mazda RX-7 G 270
Mazda 2.6L 4-rotor
15 Lights 33 Spice Engineering USA Almo Coppelli
Jay Hill
Spice SE90P G 265
Buick 3.0L V6
16 GTO 92 Morrison Motorsports Andy Pilgrim
R. K. Smith
Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 G 260
Chevrolet 5.7L V8
17 GTU 95 Leitzinger Racing Bob Leitzinger
David Loring
Nissan 240SX T 257
Nissan 3.0L V6
18
DNF
GTP 99 All American Racers Juan Manuel Fangio II
Willy T. Ribbs
Eagle-Toyota HF90 G 256
Toyota 3S-GTM 2.1L Turbo I4
19 GTO 90 Roush Racing Jim Stevens
James Jaeger
Don Walker
Ford Mustang G 250
Ford 6.0L V8
20 GTU 26 Alex Job Racing Alex Job
Peter Kraft
Jack Refenning
Porsche 911 G 247
Porsche 3.2L Flat-6
21 Lights 18 Carlos Bobeda Racing Andy Evans
George Robinson
Carlos Bobeda
Spice SE90P G 236
Buick 3.0L V6
22 GTU 69 North Coast Racing Brad Hoyt
Leighton Reese
Mazda RX-7 F 234
Mazda 1.3L 2-rotor
23 GTU 82 Greer Racing Dick Greer
Al Bacon
Peter Uria
Mazda RX-7 G 232
Mazda 1.3L 2-rotor
24 Lights 54 HDF Motorsports Michael Dow
David Tennyson
Ken Knott
Spice SE89P G 227
Buick 3.0L V6
25
DNF
GTP 24 John Shapiro James Weaver
John Paul, Jr.
Porsche 962 GTi G 218
Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
26 GTU 57 Kryderacing Reed Kryder
Frank Del Vecchio
Joe Danaher
Nissan 240SX G 207
Nissan 3.0L V6
27
DNF
Lights 48 Comptech Racing Parker Johnstone
Doug Peterson
Spice SE90P BF 204
Acura 3.0L V6
28 GTO 04 Henry Brosnaham Henry Brosnaham
Steve Roberts
Bobby Scolo
Paul Mazzacane
Richard Andison
Chevrolet Camaro G 166
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
29
DNF
GTP 5 Tom Milner Racing Tim McAdam
Jeff Purner
Fred Phillips
Spice SE89P G 165
Chevrolet 6.0L V8
30
DNF
Lights 80 Bieri Racing Ruggero Melgrati
Martino Finotto
Fermín Vélez
Spice SE89P G 147
Ferrari 3.0L V8
31
DNF
GTU 37 Botero Racing Rob Wilson
Felipe Solano
Francisco López
Honorato Espinosa
Mazda MX-6 Y 140
Mazda 1.3L 2-rotor
32
DNF
Lights 40 Bieri Racing Uli Bieri
John Graham
Alba AR2 G 138
Ferrari 3.0L V8
33
DNF
GTO 91 Morrison Motorsports Scott Hayter
Scott Lagasse
Don Knowles
Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 G 134
Chevrolet 5.7L V8
34
DNF
Lights 9 Essex Racing Tom Hessert
Costas Los
Kudzu DG-1 G 128
Buick 3.0L V6
35
DNF
GTU 94 Guy W. Church E. J. Generotti
Paul Tavilla
Guy W. Church
Mazda RX-7 G 113
Mazda 1.3L 2-rotor
36
DNF
GTO 53 Bill McDill Richard McDill
Bill McDill
Chevrolet Camaro Y 112
Chevrolet 6.0L V8
37
DNF
GTU 72 Jay Kjoller Motorsports Jay Kjoller
Patrick Mooney
Steve Volk
Porsche 911 G 108
Porsche 3.2L Flat-6
38
DNF
GTU 41 Red Line Racing David Russell, Jr.
Michael Graham
Cameron Worth
BMW 325i G 103
BMW 2.8L I6
39
DNF
GTP 98 All American Racers Rocky Moran
Andy Wallace
Eagle-Toyota HF90 G 82
Toyota 3S-GTE 2.1L Turbo I4
40
DNF
Lights 09 R. J. Racing Tommy Johnson
Bob Robertson
John Sheldon
Tiga GC287 G 82
Buick 3.0L V6
41
DNF
GTO 87 Powertron Anthony Puloe
John Annis
Tom Panaggio
Tom Walsh
Chevrolet Camaro G 75
Chevrolet 6.0L V8
42
DNF
GTP 21 Alucraft Hurley Haywood
René Herzog
Wayne Taylor
Daniel Müller
Porsche 962 G 70
Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
43
DNF
GTU 96 Leitzinger Racing Bob Leitzinger
Chuck Kurtz
Butch Leitzinger
Nissan 240SX T 52
Nissan 3.0L V6
44
DNF
GTO 76 Clayton Cunningham Racing Johnny O'Connell
Jeremy Dale
Steve Millen
Nissan 300ZX Y 33
Nissan 3.0L Turbo V6
45
DNF
GTP 05 Tom Milner Racing Craig Carter
Les Delano
Andy Petery
Fabcar GTP G 75
Chevrolet 6.0L V8
46
DNF
GTO 52 Ken Bupp Robert Peters
Ken Bupp
Chevrolet Camaro G 3
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
DNS GTP 2 Bud Light/Jaguar Racing Davy Jones
Ken Acheson
Raul Boesel
Jaguar XJR-12D G -
Jaguar 6.5L V12
DNQ GTO 17 Beckett Racing Don Beckett
Scott Lieb
Robert McElheny
Chevrolet Corvette -
Chevrolet V8
DNQ GTO 06 HiTex Corp. Oma Kimbrough
Mark Montgomery
Hoyt Overbagh
Chevrolet Camaro G -
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
  • Fastest lap: Bob Wollek, 1:51.120secs. (120.57 mph)

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Class Winners

Class Winners
GTP Brabham / Daly / Brabham Nissan NPT-90
GTP Lights Morgan / Pace Spice-Chevrolet SE89P
GTO Jones / Gordon Ford Mustang
GTU Leitzinger / Loring Nissan 240SX

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