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Racers, Welcome to the 48 Hours at Sebring club race. The primary goal for the 48 Hours at Sebring has been to consistently put on the greatest quality club race for our racers. It is this mission of ours that drives our focus on what you want, A LOT OF TRACK TIME; OVER 12 HOURS OF TRACK TIME!!!

The 48 Hours at Sebring offers four (4) racer opportunities. It all starts off on Thursday with a Test & Tune presented by Foreign Affairs Motorsports & Suncoast Porsche. Our test & tune is limited to 65 entrants where the average number of Porsche’s on the track at any given time is 35-40 cars. The format is an open track venue for 5¾ hours of private track time.

In 2008, the 48 Hours at Sebring held its inaugural Night-Race. The night race starts off our PCA club race event beginning Thursday night with 1 hour of night-time practice and concludes Friday night with another 30-minute warm-up and a 40-45 minute sprint race. Total track time is 2¼ hours. Due to our night-driving time constraints with the track, track is cold by 9:00pm, we are limited to two (2) run groups of 70-75 cars each, so with over 250 racing entrants, register early as this series sells out early.

Friday morning kicks off the Sprint venue. A mandatory drivers meeting is held at 7:30am with the 1st racers run group on the track at 8:25am. We run three (3) run groups of 80-90 cars each; however, history has shown that generally no more than 70-cars are on the tack at any one time, a ratio of 19-cars per mile. Our sprint venue is over two days, Friday & Saturday, and includes several practice sessions, practice flying starts, qualifying, and a 45-50 minute feature race. In all, you have 2-hours of track time available for each run group.

Sunday morning brings our final day, Enduro racing. Again, we run three (3) run groups of 70-80 cars. This race has become more popular over the years with nearly 90% participation by our core sprint racers. 2½ hours of track time is dedicated for each run group which includes the 30-minute warm-up and the 90-minute feature race.

The 48 Hours at Sebring is a test of stamina; so come rested and ready to drive, a lot!!

 

48 HOURS AT SEBRING GRID PROCEDURES, 2010

We welcome you to Sebring and hope you will have a wonderful experience during the weekend. The following will help you understand how we run the grid. During your time on the grid we do a safety check on your car looking for missing hood latch pins, window safety nets, fluids on the ground, and tires going flat. We’re here to help you enjoy a fun, safe event. If you need us while waiting on the grid please wave us down. We will come to you.

You must have a dot, windshield number, and correct color wristband to enter the grid. It is your responsibility to have the correct material and ours to check up on you. We want you to be in the correct run group.

The grid is located inside of where the back straight ends and just before turn 17. To enter the grid, approach from the East through the paddock, and head West parallel to the back straight toward turn 17. There will be two lanes open for entry onto the grid. Stop at the barrels for grid position.

Thursday, starting with the first run group, we will start to grid in our normal way in the numbered slots. You may grid wherever you wish until the timed qualifying runs. The cone with the grid position number will be on the driver’s side. Advanced Solo will grid with the fastest cars on the low grid numbers (1-50) on the right and the rest of the cars will grid on the left side (51-99). There will be no nose to tail parking on the grid during Advanced Solo. If there is a car in the position you would like, you must find a vacant position.

We close the grid at the 5 minute mark. Do not be on time….be early. The instructions to close the grid are given from the tower and the Chief Steward. We are required to close the grid even if we see you on the way. If you are late, you must go to the West end of the pits, near pit-in, and enter thru the hot pits following the instructions of the pit-in safety worker. Pit-out will wave you onto the track…..last.

At the 3 minute mark, we clear the crew members from the grid. Your crew must leave your car and step to the perimeter at that time. Should a problem occur with your car that will not allow you to leave the grid with your run group, your crew may return to help you only after the cars clear the grid and are on the track. Under no circumstances will you be allowed to enter the circuit directly from the grid onto turn 17 after the run group has departed.

After qualifying runs, go to the information desk and get your time and grid position for the next run or race. If there is no information for you on the time sheet, then you can assume that your transponder was not working and you will be placed at the back of the grid. We use the grid sheets handed to us by the tower to determine your position. The greatest way you can help everything run smoothly is to enter the grid knowing your grid position in advance. We will still check and confirm your position from our sheet as well as your wristband color to confirm you are in the proper run group.

If you know that you had a transponder problem or you did not run in the last qualifying session, please show up early. The sooner you arrive, the farther up the grid you will be among those with the same problem.

If there is a grid position problem that cannot be immediately sorted out in the entry lanes, we will ask you to pull over to the right, inside the grid area. From there, we can help solve the issue, and move you to the proper grid position. Moving to the right allows the others to continue filing onto the grid smoothly, without the possibility of having to turn anyone away at the 5 min mark. You will also be inside the grid ahead of the 5 minute mark.

Please remember that we are all volunteers, and most of us work all day and into the evening on the grid while you are on the track. Our wonderful PCA region volunteers pay their own way and work for a t-shirt and lunch. Please be nice and courteous. We consider you to be our guest, and will be doing everything we can to make your race weekend in sunny Sebring, Florida the best it can possibly be.

See ya on the grid early!

Page Obenshain, grid co-chair Suncoast Region

Christal Smithyman, grid co-chair Gold Coast Region

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