Fangio and Moss win Sebring 1957

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzegAlq92V0
Telephone poles, no guard rails, no roll bars, shorty helmets and t-shirts......

Motorpsorts came back with a bang after World War II and the cars got faster and drivers quickly adapted to the increased speeds and improved handling. Two of the standouts in this era, bridged the the pre and post War worlds, Juan Manuel Fangio was the veteran and a young Stirling Moss was rising to the top.

The Maserati team soared to victory at Sebring in 1957 with Moss #20 Maserati coming in second and Fangio and co-driver Jean Behra in the #19 Maserati taking first.

Chris Carter
I saw this race live! I was sixteen, and a friend and I rode our motorcycles up from Lake Worth, Fl. where we lived. We spent most of our time at the "hairpin" turn and the "esses" just before the hairpin as I remember. We each had a few dollars for food and drinks, and bedrolls for sleeping between the bikes after the race (happy it didn't rain), then left the next morning for home. It was FANTASTIC to actually see the drivers we knew were legends then and are now, and to see and hear the sounds of those fantastic race cars of that period...!!! We both came back again in 1958 for more of the same... WOW, life is good when you're young and free....

One of most interesting visual sights was to see the brake drums and a very few brake disks, glowing bright red and all the way to bright yellow as the cars ran by after dark...! Most of the cars had wire wheels and it was easy to see the brakes.