[h=2]HSR: Classic 12 Hours of Sebring set for Dec. 1-4[/h] Tuesday, 28 June 2016


HSR
A new sponsor and event updates and details for the Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Alan Jay Automotive Network Classic 12 Hours of Sebring, Pistons and Props, at Sebring International Raceway, Dec. 1-4, have been announced by HSR officials.
The on-track and on-the-runways celebration of the legendary 12 Hours of Sebring auto race and historic Hendricks Field, the iconic military and civil aviation facility on which the race is run every year, will be among the first events of its kind in the United States, and perhaps the world.
The lasting connection between historic race cars and aviation will come to life again with sportscars and classic airplanes parked next to each other on Sebring's hallowed ground. Still in part an active airport, the Classic 12 Hour, Pistons and Props, will see vintage aircraft land on one of the Sebring runways and taxi into the paddock to be displayed right alongside the historic race cars. A group of race car drivers will be asked to judge the planes for "best in show" honor and much more.
In short, classic aircraft and historic race cars, both of which have made the Sebring airfield legendary on a global scale, will join together to celebrate the magnificent facility at the Classic 12 Hours of Sebring, Pistons and Props, this December.
"It is an honor for HSR to join with Sebring International Raceway in recreating seven decades of the 12 Hours of Sebring and to pay tribute to the iconic facility's rich aviation history," said HSR President David Hinton. "On the racing side, we will be able to showcase all generations of sportscar racing in the United States with the iconic makes of the 1950s all the way up to modern Daytona Prototypes that will soon to be retired from IMSA."