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| 1957 Corvette SS & Sebring |
| Motor Trend
June 1957 12 hours of blazing speed
and tense drama at Sebring |
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| Top picture & Below:
10:00 AM First off the line at the starting flag, two team production
Corvettes, Dale Duncan, No. 3, and Dick Thompson, No. 4, briefly
taste leadership. |
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| Above & below upper right:
10:55 AM John Fitch's Corvette SS puts for generator repairs which
add to the untried car's woes. By now, Peter Collins Ferrari is in an early
lead. Note the SR-2 Corvette going by the pits. This article mentions mentions
that in 1957 these trackside spectator spaces were $10 a car. Today these
spaces are $500. |
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Results
| 12th overall |
4.6 liter production Corvette |
#4 |
7th in class C |
Thomson/Audrey |
| 15th overall |
4.6 liter production Corvette |
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8th in class C |
Duncan/Kilborn |
| 16th overall |
4.6 liter modified Corvette |
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9th in class C |
O'Shea/Lovely |
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4.6 liter modified Corvette |
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DNF |
Fitch |
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