Action Express Wins Prototype Class, Corvette Racing Tops GTLM

Subtitle:Team Seattle Takes GTD, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Claim PC Win

Joao Barbosa and Action Express Racing put on a dominant performance in the 63rd Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida.

The No. 5 Corvette Daytona Prototype crushed the competition, winning the overall title by a full lap over the No. 10 Corvette DP of Wayne Taylor Racing.

Chevrolet powered three of the four class winners, with Tom Kimber-Smith taking home the checkered flag in the PC class and Antonio Garcia capturing the GTLM win in a Corvette C7.R.

The best battle of the day came in GTD, with the Dodge Viper SRT of Jeroen Bleekemolen passing the Porche 911 GT America driven by Mario Farnbacher with about 8 minutes left to take the lead.

Farnbacher's Porche was in the lead heading into Turn 10, but ran off into the gravel to put the Viper in prime position for the victory. But the Viper unexpectedly broke with less than 5 minutes left, returning the lead (and win) to Farnbacher's Porche.

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