Track Plans

Sebring International Raceway

Sebring is one of the oldest continuously operating race tracks in the U.S., with the circuit being in use since its first race in 1950. The first of it's now classic endurance sports car races, the "12 Hours of Sebring" was held on March 15, 1952, and quickly grew into a major international race.

The track is based on the old Hendricks Army Airfield which was used to train B-17 pilots from 1941-46. After the war, Russian-American aeronautical engineer Alec Ulmann saw the potential to use the runways and service roads to stage sports car racing, and on New Years' Eve 1950 the first race was held.

In 1959 the circuit hosted the United States' first ever Formula 1 race, although poor attendances meant that the U.S. Grand Prix moved to Riverside for the next year's race.

Being based on an airfield, the circuit is flat. The layout has been altered several times, partly to make it safer, and partly to facilitate the full use of the current airfield, even on racedays.