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The 37th Running of the 12 Hours of Sebring International Grand Prix of Endurance, Sebring International Raceway

18 march 1989

Winners average : 181,441km/h

53 starters


Time : 12:01:48:381

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GTP

Lights

GTO

GTU

 1 83 NISSAN ZX Tc GTP 88-01 Chip Robinson-Geoff Brabham-Arie Luyendijk 330 Laps 1.GTP
 2 61 JAGUAR XJR9D TWR-J12C-388 Price Cobb-John Nielsen 328 Laps 2.GTP
 3 86 PORSCHE 962 139 James Weaver-Dominic Dobson 320 Laps 3.GTP
 4 30 PORSCHE 962 001GS Gianpiero Moretti-Massimo Sigala-Michael Roe-Derek Bell 317 Laps 4.GTP
 5  0 PORSCHE 962C 129 Frank Jelinski-Jean Louis Ricci-Bob Wollek 315 Laps 5.GTP
 6 10 PORSCHE 962 HR5/F02 Jim Adams-John Hotschkis-John Hotschkis Jr NISSAN 300ZX Laps 6.GTP
 7 55 SPICE FIREBIRD PSGTPL2 Bob Lesnett-Dan Marvin 292 Laps 1.Lights
 8 11 MERCURY COUGAR XR7 Wally Dallenbach Jr-Dorsey Schroeder 292 Laps 1.GTO
 9  9 SPICE SE88P Buick Tom Hessert-Charles Morgan 290 Laps 2.Lights
10 16 MERCURY COUGAR XR7 Pete Halsmer-Bob Earl 288 Laps 2.GTO
11 33 SPICE FIREBIRD 002 Costas Los-Jeff Kline-Dieter Quester 285 Laps 7.GTP
12 38 MAZDA RX7 Roger Mandeville-Kelly Marsh-Gary Drummond 284 Laps 3.GTO
13 90 MERCURY CAPRI Les Delano-Andy Peterey-Craig Carter 282 Laps 4.GTO
14 60 JAGUAR XJR9D TWR-J12C-288 Jan Lammers-Davy Jones 281 Laps 8.GTP
15 74 PONTIAC FIERO George Robinson-Bart Kendall-Johnny Unser 278 Laps 1.GTU
16 82 MAZDA RX7 Dick Greer-Mike Mees-John Finger 273 Laps 2.GTU
17 71 MAZDA RX7 Amos Johnson-Dennis Shaw-Paul Lewis-Dan Robson 272 Laps 3.GTU
18 19 TIGA GT288 Buick 367 Reggie Smith-Michael Dow-Monte Shalett 270 Laps 3.Lights
19 89 PORSCHE 911 Peter Uria-Jack Refenning-Freddy Baker 268 Laps 4.GTU
20 09 SPICE SE88P Buick Steve Durst-Mike Brockman-Jay Cochran-Tony Belcher 263 Laps 9.GTP
21 43 FABCAR Porsche FEP-002 Charles Monk-Lorenzo Lamas-John Higgins-Chip Mead 254 Laps 4.Lights
22 72 PORSCHE 911 Jay Kjoller-Patrick Mooney-Steve Volk 248 Laps 5.GTU
23 03 CHEVROLET CAMARO Max Jones-Buz McCall 246 Laps 5.GTO
24 63 ARGO JM19 Mazda 107 Jim Downing-John O'steen-Howard Katz 246 Laps 5.Lights
25  4 SPICE SE88P Buick 002 Scott Schubot-Linda Ludemann-Tom Blackaller 245 Laps 6.Lights
26 57 NISSAN 300ZX Reed Kryder-John Gimble-Frank del Vecchio 245 Laps 6.GTU
27 18 CHEVROLET CAMARO Ken Bupp-Rob Peters 244 Laps 6.GTO
28 87 MAZDA RX7 Lance Stewart-Ron Cortez-Jeff Alkazian 243 Laps 7.GTU
29 95 NISSAN 240SX Bob Leitzinger-Butch Leitzinger-Chuck Kurtz 228 Laps 8.GTU
30 62 PORSCHE 911 Alex Job-Chris Kraft-Rusty Bond 225 Laps 9.GTU
31 12 TIGA GT286 Mazda 342 Tomas Lopez-Al Rocca-Carlos Bobeda 225 Laps 7.Lights
32 17 MAZDA RX7 Al Bacon-Bob Reed 216 Laps 10.GTU
33 75 NISSAN 300ZX John Morton-Steve Millen 215 Laps 7.GTO
34 40 TIGA GT286 Ferrari 341 Martino Finotto-Paolo Guatamacchi-Uli Bieri 193 Laps 8.Lights
35 47 CHEVROLET CAMARO Ferdinand de Lesseps-Luis Sereix-Chaunce Wallace-Hervé Regout 189 Laps 8.GTO
36 48 BMW 325 Mike Graham-Dave Russell-Alan Crouch 187 Laps 11.GTU
37 67 PORSCHE 962 108C/C02 Bob Wollek-Derek Bell-John Andretti 184 Laps 10.GTP
38 44 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Tim Morgan-Marcus Opie-Peter Morgan-Charles Bair 171 Laps 9.GTO
39 98 TOYOTA 88C 87C-007 Chris Cord-Steve Bren-Drake Olson 149 Laps 11.GTP
40 53 CHEVROLET CAMARO Richard McDill-Bill McDill 146 Laps 10.GTO
41 22 MAZDA RX7 Guy Church-E.J Generotti-Louis D'Agostino 141 Laps 12.GTU
42 25 ARGO JM19 Buick 113 Brent O'neill-Steve Shelton-Don Courtney-George Wilkie 137 Laps 9.Lights
43  2 CHEVROLET CORVETTE John Jones-Hunter Jones-Richard Andison 116 Laps 11.GTO
44 50 PORSCHE 911 Rudy Bartling-Rainer Brezinka-Fritz Hochreuter 115 Laps 13.GTU
45 68 PORSCHE 911 Luis Mendez-Mandy Gonzalez-Tato Ferrer 101 Laps 14.GTU
46 45 PORSCHE 911 Charles Slater-Kenneth Brady-Norm Dupont 93 Laps 15.GTU
47 05 OLDSMOBILE TORONADO Ken Hendrick-Dan Gallant 90 Laps 12.GTO
48  7 MAZDA RX7 Juan Negron-Chiqui Soldevilla-Luis Gordillo 72 Laps 16.GTU
49 42 PONTIAC FIREBIRD Del Taylor-Mark Montgomery 58 Laps 13.GTO
50 46 CHEVROLET CAMARO Gene Whipp-Daniel Urrutia-Gary Smith 20 Laps 14.GTO
51 58 LOLA T616 Mazda Bill Bean-Gary Wonzer-Bruce Westcott-Michael Dow 19 Laps 10.Lights
52 84 NISSAN ZX Tc GTP 88-03 Arie Luyendijk-Chip Robinson-Geoff Brabham 14 Laps 12.GTP
53 39 PHOENIX JG2 Chevrolet John Gunn-Chip Mead-Gary Belcher 10 Laps 13.GTP




Cars that did not start

   00 DODGE DAYTONA Kal Showket-Neil Hanneman GTU
   23 PONTIAC FIREBIRD Raul Garcia GTO
   99 EAGLE HF89 Toyota Willy T.Ribbs-Juan Fangio II GTP
   ## TIGA GT285 Mazda Tommy Johnson-Buzzy Smith Lights
   01 SPICE FIREBIRD 001 Michael Dow-George Wilkie-Andrew Gilbert-Scott Lights
   07 DODGE DAYTONA Joe Varde-Tommy Riggins GTU
   31 CHEVROLET CAMARO Anthony Puleo-Richard Valentine-Phil Currin GTO
   46 NISSAN 280Z Adriano Abreu GTU
   70 ARGO JM19 Mazda Tom Blackaller-Jim Downing Lights
   76 CHEVROLET CORVETTE GTP T8811-HU01 Jack Baldwin-Tom Pumpelly GTP
   79 SPICE FIREBIRD 003 ## Lights



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