The Historic Sportscar Racing Classic Sebring 12 Hour presented by Mission Foods hit the halfway mark early Saturday evening as nightfall neared after a picture-perfect day of great weather and even better competition at Sebring International Raceway.
Each of the four competing Run Groups have completed the first two of their four race segments that run over the course of Saturday and Sunday on the legendary 3.74-mile Sebring International Raceway airport road course. A fast group of three potential first time winners and a previous HSR Classic presented by Mission Foods multiple champion has emerged as the race leaders at the halfway point.
Perennial HSR powerhouse Todd Treffert has won in just about every class and series he has contested in HSR’s season-long sprint and endurance championships, but a victory in any HSR Classic race has eluded him over the past decade.
That dry spell is halfway home to ending, however, as Treffert is leading overall in the combined Run Group A and B divisions at the midway mark of the Classic Sebring 12. Treffert finished second in his 901 Shop-prepared 1975 No. 41 Porsche 911 Carrera Cup RSR “Baby” Turbo in the pair of Group B opening segments to build a one-lap lead on the field.
The Run Group A winners in Saturday’s opening rounds finished fourth overall in both races, but the division leader ranks third in the cumulative running order. David Agretelis won the second Group A race and took runner-up honors in the closely contested first round to take the halfway lead in his 901 Shop 1972 No. 166 Porsche 911 S/T by 16 seconds over his nearest challenger.
One of the emerging major rivalries in HSR continues this weekend in Run Group C between Pierce Marshall and Eric Foss in the 2017 No. 02 Matador Motorsports Cadillac Dpi and Bob Neapole and Guy Cosmo in the RBN Motorsports with Cosmo-Sport 2020 No. 60 Acura ARX-05 prepared by Hudson Historics.
