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Porscheplatz at 12 Hours of Sebring
Start Date/Time: Friday, March 16, 2012
End Date/Time: Saturday, March 17, 2012
Recurring Event: One time event
Importance: Normal Priority
Category:
Sebring
Location: Sebring International Raceway
Description:

Porscheplatz at 12 Hours of Sebring

If the 50th Rolex 24 at Daytona was any indication, the 60th Anniversary Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida will also set some historical records. Porsche will be well represented both on the track - with the newest version of the GT3 RSR - and with facilities for Porsche owners, PCA members and race fans as well. The Sebring Porscheplatz will be located in its historic spot near the entrance to the track along turn 17.

Special Porscheplatz tickets are required to gain access to the reserved parking areas and space is limited – please order tickets in advance: online at sebringraceway.com or call 800-226-7223. Only Porsche vehicles will be permitted in the main parking area; non-Porsches will be directed to the reserved overflow area across from the Porscheplatz. Please plan to arrive early on Saturday.

All PCA members are welcome to visit the Sebring Porscheplatz. In addition to the closed-circuit television feed and cold beverages, activities include presentations from Flying Lizards Motorsports, former race winner Hans Herrmann, Mobil 1, Porsche Cars North America (on the new 991), and Michelin. Several significant door prizes will be offered; the Sebring Porscheplatz is made possible by Porsche AG, PCNA, Florida’s Porsche Dealers, and is staffed by PCA members from across the country. Should you wish to volunteer, a few select spots are still available. Contact David O’Neal, PCA’s Zone 12 Representative at PCAzone12rep@gmail.comor call 407-808-6461.

Porsche is once again offering its special Porsche Customer Hospitality Center that provides catered food (three meals per day), lounge areas, video feed from the race, Team/Sponsor presentations, driving simulators for Xbox, and a gift bag. Admission to this facility must be purchased separately from Porsche online at: porscheracingusa.com. Porsche Hospitality packages can be purchased without track admission, should you already have race tickets.
Created by Laz Admin Ortega On 11/19/2011

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Club Racing

Welcome To the Gold Coast Region:

As a member of the PCA Gold Coast Region, you are now involved with the single largest PCA Club Race in the world.The Gold Coast Region and Suncoast Region jointly put on the "48 Hours at Sebring" PCA club race the second Friday of each February. As the name indicates, the race is held at the legionary Sebring International Raceway in Sebring Florida.  All drivers are members like you ranging from Porsche enthusiasts learning the sport through our autocross and high performance education programs to professional race car drivers.

The 1st race was in 1994 and was held as a 2-day event.  Today, the race has grown to be consistently the largest PCA club race and is held over a 4-day race schedule with over 350 entrants and 3,000 racers, crews, PCA members and spectators coming together at one time.  In 2008, over 100 factory prepared CUP Cars were registered in the 48 Hours at Sebring, again the largest collection of CUP cars together at one time in the world.

Also in 2008 we ran our inaugural Night-Race, the only PCA club with a night race program.  Seeing these cars racing through the corners at night is a vision to remember; headlights in the dark as they approach you, the red glow of the rotors as they break into the corner, and tail lights as they go by; what a sight!  Our night program runs on Thursday & Friday night, you have got to see it!

As the co-chairman of this event, I would like to invite you to join us next February. The event is totally free for all PCA members, families, and friends. You can come as a spectator, volunteer, Advanced Solo driver, or racer, but you must come see the most exciting event your region has to offer.

If you decide to come as a volunteer, you have the opportunity to get closer to the action than anyone else, working side-by-side with our paid SCCA corner workers.  The only way to get closer to the action is to drive.

I look forward to meeting you at an upcoming event, and again in Sebring, next February. For more information you can visit our web site at www.48hoursatsebring.com or the Club Racing page at pca.org

Dan Smithyman

Co-Chairman, 48 Hours at Sebring
     
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