Johnny O’Connell, Ron Fellows, and Max Papis had plenty to celebrate at the conclusion of the 12 Hours of Sebring back in march. The trio drove to 1st in class and 4th overall behind three of Audi’s remarkable R8 prototypes.
Another Ferrari team, Barron Connor Racing, fared better in the sponsorship arena, though not so well in the race. Led by Indy 500 winner Danny Sullivan, the team entered two 575 GTCs in the 12 hour classic. The Barron Connor cars are the first production-based racers to come from Ferrari in many years (the Prodrive 550 Maranellos were engineered and built completely independent of Ferrari), and hopes were high that these cars would bring the fight to Corvette. It never happened though as everything that could go wrong for them did. That left the ACEMCO team’s Saleen S7R as the only formidable competitor in GTS class. Despite the Saleen’s strong driver lineup and proven race design (remember, it was a Saleen that won Sebring in 2002) the car simply could not keep pace with the Corvettes.
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