LEFT: Chevrolet had a medical team on hand to take care of the drivers between stints. With cockpit temperatures approaching 160 degrees, it was essential to monitor drivers body temperature after they exited the car.
BELOW LEFT: Very hot weather taxed both man and machine. Early in the week crew members installed additional cooling ducts to feed fresh air to the front brakes.
imposed by the ACO. New
rules announced by the ACO last year require all production-based GTS class
racers to have a certain minimum number of street counterparts. Because Saleen
failed to produce the minimum number, all four S7Rs at Sebring had to run
70 kg heavier and use an engine 15% smaller air restrictor.
Though they werent hampered by penalties, the other
GTS competitors at Sebring, namely four Dodge Vipers and two Ferrari 550 Maranellos,