The 2006 12 Hours of Sebring are further proof that Audi/Volkswagen is the greatest automobile engineering company in the world. They put their diesel LMP racecars on the pole and finished with one of the cars in the top podium spot. The only thing that would have made it perfect is that they had the other one in the garage at the checkered flag.
Corvette won its class against a daunting challenge by the Aston Martin DBR9s that bumped the second Vette from the podium in the final minutes of the race.
Porsche has to head back to the endurance drawing board, as the top spot in GT2 was stolen by the Panoz Esperante, which gave Panoz its first win, with the Ferrari 430 Challenge car finishing third. It was an emotional victory for the brand created by Dan Panoz, after years of near misses in the LMP category.
One of the greatest personal experiences for me was meeting both Don Panoz and Dan Panoz at the conclusion of the race. Also fun to hang out with some of the DuPont Registry "Cars and Coffee" crowd, as well.
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