1963 12hrs of Sebring - Dave MacDonald & Fireball Roberts run Shelby Cobra CSX2026
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- 1963 12hrs of Sebring international endurance race attracts the worlds finest cars and drivers. Italian speed had long dominated this race and 1963 was no exception as Ferrari grabbed the top six spots. Top American finish was an 11th place showing by Phil Hill, Ken MIles and Lew Spencer driving a Shelby Cobra Roadster. Dave MacDonald & Fireball Roberts went out on lap 52 when Roberts brought the Cobra in with a fried differential.
I love this great vintage racing!! The good old days. What a treat to watch. Thank you for posting!
Cobra? Man, Fireball would drive anything!
Fireball Roberts was my first favorite race car driver. It was such a shock when he died. It was my first realization that what these men did was dangerous. I miss Fireball.
Fireball Roberts was my first favorite race car driver. It was such a shock when he died. It was my first realization that what these men did was dangerous. I miss Fireball.
Nice to see a car with some ground clearance, tires riding for endurance, and road car bodies that the market wanted.
Thanks to Sherri MacDonald for loading this film. The Gurney Johnson Cobra was running a special Jack Hoare 404 hp. motor with 12:1 compression and a 1/2" lift. Gurney also laid his windshield back a bit more than the other Cobra roadsters and leaned out his carburetors.
About 85 HP per liter.
Dan got 425 HP out of a 325 CID Ford for his Lotus 19J, which we saw at Daytona 2000Km. 1965
Ran off and hid there for several hours, the colatti box then packed up....
Car had fuel pump problems at Sebring.....never figured in the race
Lola Chevy T-70s, and Jim Halls cars were the new things....
SA's GT-40s finally were put right...
Ferrari a no show...
Again...
Sic transit gloria..
But it was the best of times
Forza Ferrari
J.C.
drove down from college in NJ for the race. the cobras were the class of the field but couldn't hold up. only cars faster were the Ferrari prototypes. this race was the dawn of American Dominance into international competition.
1963 Sebring 12 Hours
23 March 1963 - Sebring (USA): Round 2, International Championship for Manufacturers (Divisions II and III). Round 1, Challenge Mondial. Round 1, International Trophy for Prototypes
12 Hour duration in which 209 laps of a 5.200 mile/8.369 km circuit - 1086.800 miles/1749.032 kms were completed
Weather: cloudy, cold
Pos Car # Drivers Car Entrant Laps DNF Reason Group Group Pos
1 30 John Surtees/Ludovico Scarfiotti/Lorenzo Bandini^/Willy Mairesse^ Ferrari 250P [0810] SpA Ferrari SEFAC 209 Prototype GT 3000 1
2 31 Willy Mairesse/Nino Vaccarella/Lorenzo Bandini/Mike Parkes^/Ludovico Scarfiotti^ Ferrari 250P [0812] SpA Ferrari SEFAC 208 Prototype GT 3000 2
3 18 Pedro Rodriguez/Graham Hill Ferrari 330 TRI/LM [0808/0780] North American Racing Team 207 Prototype GT +3000 1
4 24 Roger Penske/Augie Pabst Ferrari 250 GTO [3987] Mecom Racing Team 203 Grand Touring 3000 1
5 26 Carlo Maria Abate/Juan-Manuel Bordeu Ferrari 250 GTO [3445] Scuderia Centro Sud 196 Grand Touring 3000 2
6 25 Richie Ginther/Innes Ireland Ferrari 250 GTO [3589] Rosebud Racing Team 196 Grand Touring 3000 3
7 23 Ed Leslie/Frank Morrill Jaguar E-type [S850660] Kjelle Qvalle 195 Grand Touring 4000 1
8 20 Bruce McLaren/Walt Hansgen Jaguar E-type [S850659] Briggs Cunningham 194 Grand Touring 4000 2
9 44 Don Wester/Bob Holbert Porsche-Abarth 356B Carrera GTL [1013] Porsche System Engineering 193 Grand Touring 2000 1
10 43 Edgar Barth/Herbert Linge Porsche-Abarth 356B Carrera GTL [1018] Porsche System Engineering 193 Grand Touring 2000 2
11 12 Phil Hill/Lew Spencer/Ken Miles/Fireball Roberts^/Ed Hugus*/Peter Jopp*/George Reed* Shelby Cobra [CSX2127] Ed Hugus 192 Grand Touring +4000 1
12 33 Bob Olthoff/Ronnie Bucknum Austin-Healey 3000 Donald Healey Motor Co. 187 Prototype GT 3000 3
13 28 Jo Bonnier/John Cannon/John Fulp*/Graham Hill* Ferrari 250 GTO [3387] North American Racing Team 186 Grand Touring 3000 4
14 29 Ed Cantrell/David Piper Ferrari 250 GTO [3767] David Piper 186 Grand Touring 3000 5
15 58 Chuck Cassel/Don Sesslar Porsche-Abarth 356B Carrera GTL Porsche Car Imports 185 Grand Touring 1600 1
16 3 Delmo Johnson/Dave Morgan Chevrolet Corvette Johnson Chevrolet Co. 182 Grand Touring +4000 2
17 6 Jef Stevens/Johnny Allen/George Robertson Jr* Chevrolet Corvette Dixie Motor Co. 181 Grand Touring +4000 3
18 32 Charlie Hayes/Doug Thiem/Bob Grossman*/Tim Mayer*/Fabrizio Serena di Lapigio* Ferrari 250 GTO [3223] North American Racing Team 179 Grand Touring 3000 6
19 21 William Kimberly/Paul Richards Jaguar E-type Briggs Cunningham 177 Grand Touring 4000 3
I wish I can have the chance to actually drive one of these or atleast be in the passenger seat while going around the race track
What an amazing experience it will be one day for me
3:35 White 1963 Grand Sport Corvette in EARLY TRIM.
""Mauro Forghieri: Legendary Ferrari designer dies at the age of 87....
2 November 2022.""
Designed the Ferrari winners!
250P and GTO
Many more.
Thru 1984....
Forza Ferrari!
I saw those Protos and GT's at Daytona and Sebring
1964 - 1972
J.C.
Age 73
Last gasp of the front-engined era. '61 F1 champ Phil Hill, after departing from a shattered Ferrari F1 organization, drove a Cobra with Ken Miles. Davey had a 15 more months.
The audio portion certainly sounds dubbed in, but they made poor quality audio stuff at that time too!
Shelby Cobra 289 the best of them all!!
👍👍👍
Aspect ratio!
I agree. Why ruin the image like that! 😠
Thank you.
Poster an amateur
J.C.
@@375GTB I just noticed that your original comment is four years old, sorry about that. 😄
No problem, the film is just as impotant as ever, today.
Ferrari left sports prototype ( Le Mans) racing 50 years ago, 1973)
On FIATS orders
Now they will return for 2023.
A great pity Mauro Forghieri will not be around to see this
Tho I'm sure he will be watching over proceedings
and the drivers
As will Dan, Pedro, Chris, Phil, Ritchie, Surtees, Banders, Ludvicio, Stirl, Jo, Lucien, Ickx, Nikki....
Everyone / anyone who ever drove a Ferrari in competition....
Entrants
Luigi Chinetti
Otto Zipper
Rob Walker
Scuderia Fillipenetti
Scuderia Francorchamps
Risi Competizione
AF Corse
I'd LOVE to see Mario Andretti do a lap of honor in the new car...
At every traditional WEC event...
Forza Ferrari
Que Bella Machina
J.C.
why did they have music in those days?ruined the whole thing.
Footage was collected on 16mm film cameras with no sound (the cameras had no audio). Sound effects and music were added later in production. That was old school documentary filmmaking.
Well said, and let me add this: we were glad to see ANY motorsports reporting back then in conventional media. We used to have to wait two months to find out who won what races because that was the editorial gap between the race and the published magazine. Live sound reporting didn't become common until the Seventies.
Couldn't take the flute music...
1963 Le Mans 24 Hours
15-16 June 1963 - Le Mans (F): Round 8, International Championship for Manufacturers (Division II). Round 7,
International Championship for Manufacturers (Division III). Round 4, Challenge Mondial. Round 4, International Trophy for Prototypes.
24 Hour duration in which 338 laps of a 8.364 mile/13.461 km circuit - 2834.520 miles/4561.710 kms were completed
Weather: warm, dry
Pos Car # Drivers Car Entrant Laps DNF Reason Grid Qual.Time Group Group Pos Notes
1 21 Lorenzo Bandini/Ludovico Scarfiotti/John Surtees* Ferrari 250P [0814] SpA Ferrari SEFAC 339 2 3m51.3 Prototype GT 3000 1
2 24 Jean Blaton/Gerard Langlois von Ophem/Georges Berger*/Leon Dernier* Ferrari 250 GTO [4293] Equipe Nationale Belge 323 16 4m07.8 Grand Touring 3000 1
3 22 Mike Parkes/Umberto Maglioli/Lorenzo Bandini*/Willy Mairesse* Ferrari 250P [0810] SpA Ferrari SEFAC 323 3 3m51.6 Prototype GT 3000 2
4 25 Pierre Dumay/Leon Dernier/Fernand Tavano* Ferrari 250 GTO [4153] Ecurie Francorchamps 322 14 4m06.9 Grand Touring 3000 2
5 12 Jack Sears/Mike Salmon/David Piper* Ferrari 330 LMB [4725] Maranello Concesionaires Ltd. 314 11 4m04.8 Prototype +3000 1
6 26 Masten Gregory/David Piper/Bob Grossman* Ferrari 250 GTO LMB [4713] North American Racing Team 312 15 4m07.2 Grand Touring 3000 3
NC 00 Richie Ginther/Graham Hill Rover-BRM Owen Racing Organisation 310 unofficial competitor 49 4m22.0 Turbine unnumbered at test
7 3 Ninian Sanderson/Peter Bolton A.C. Cobra [CS2131] W. Hurdock/A.C. Cars 310 21 4m12.4 Grand Touring +3000 1
8 28 Edgar Barth/Herbert Linge/Heinz Schiller* Porsche 718 WRS Porsche System Engineering 300 23 4m13.2 Prototype GT 3000 3
9 15 Briggs Cunningham/Bob Grossman/Paul Richards^/Bruce McLaren*/Augie Pabst* Jaguar E-type [S850664] Briggs Cunningham 283 20 4m11.5 Grand Touring +3000 2