56-car Grid Set for Historic 73rd Sebring 12 Hours
A record 56-car field is set to compete in the 73rd Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on March 15, with the highly anticipated IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship debut of the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH.
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The Valkyrie, piloted by Ross Gunn, Roman de Angelis, and Alex Riberas under the No. 23 THOR Team banner, joins a competitive 13-car GTP class field. They'll face strong competition from the Daytona-winning No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 team of Nasr, Tandy, and Vanthoor.
Defending champions Wayne Taylor Racing return with two Cadillac V-Series.Rs, featuring a revised lineup in the No. 40 car with Jordan Taylor, Louis Deletraz, and substitute driver Brendon Hartley replacing Alex Lynn.
The LMP2 class sees 12 entries with several driver changes, including Juan Manuel Correa joining United Autosports USA and Kakunoshin Ohta stepping into Era Motorsport. Notable debuts include Jeremy Clarke for Inter Europol Competition and Matias Perez Companc in the AF Corse entry.
GTD PRO features 11 entries, with the Daytona-winning Ford Mustang GT3 team (No. 65) seeking to complete the "36 Hours of Florida" sweep. Ben Barker joins Ford Multimatic Motorsports after missing Daytona due to injury.
The 20-car GTD field rounds out the grid, with highlights including Antonio Fuoco and Lorenzo Patrese returning to Cetilar Racing, and NASCAR personality Parker Kligerman making his second start with Forte Racing Lamborghini.
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