Aston Martin DBR9 wins the 12 Hours of Sebring

"The three [David Brabham, Peter Kox and Darren Turner] gave Aston Martin its first class victory at Sebring since 1956, a span of 49 years."

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From the 53rd Annual 12 Hours of Sebring.

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From the 53rd Annual 12 Hours of Sebring.

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from Sebring testing

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Aston Martins raced with green and yellow paintwork all those years ago.

Here is a DB3S. The DB3S took at least 15 victories.

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The DBR9's steel roll cage is bonded and bolted to the extruded aluminum structure due to the fact that steel can't be welded to aluminum.

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from practice

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Saturday warmup

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Left to right (factory Aston Martin Racing drivers)

Peter Kox, Tomas Enge, Pedro Lamy, David Brabham, Darren Turner and Stephane Ortelli

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Peter Nox and Pedro Lamy won the FIA GT race at Silverstone earlier this year. David Brabham and Darren Turner finished second.

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Darren Turner

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The winning DBR9 of Pedro Lamy and Peter Kox

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Direct link of the Sebring race

http://theracesite.com/index.cfm?pagetype=2&form_article=8988

Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby won the the S3.0 (3 liter engine) class in the 1956 12 Hours of Sebring in an Aston Martin DB3S. They finished 4th overall.

1956 Aston Martin win at Sebring (http://www.arteauto.com/browseproducts/Aston-Martin-Sebring-1956-autographed-Victory-Poster.html)

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Here is a video of Turn 10 at Sebring.

http://www.svpweb.com/Sebring2.html

The driver lineup has been confirmed for a Sebring class repeat for next month's Twelve Hours of Sebring.

http://www.americanlemans.com/News/Article.aspx?NewsID=1763