Sebring International Raceway

Vroom! Vroom! You’re going to hear that a lot here!
If you live anywhere within driving distance, this is an experience not to be missed. I don’t care if you don’t like racing. It’s about the UNIQUE EXPERIENCE! If you have kids, especially boys, it’s practically MANDATORY!
Yes the March race is international madness and yes it is expensive. So what! Check the web site and find something else throughout the year.
Today I was there as many of the teams tested their cars and the track for next month’s race. It cost me a whole $ 10. A family with a young boy and two teenage girls was down by the pits. A driver pulled in after whipping around the course at insane speeds. He swaggered over to talk to them. The boy practically exploded with excitement. The girls, well, let’s just say the best word is probably melted! I guarantee they will be talking about it for years! On a beautiful Florida day it doesn’t get much better.
Vroom! Vroom!

This is an old track with facilities that are old. However, the facilities are clean and acceptable I don’t know what it would be like for a large event here because I’m here for an SCCA event.

We came out to Sebring International to see a friend race in the Huracan Amateur Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Finals. It was our first time here and once past the gate, it was a little confusing as to where we were supposed to go. We drove to where we saw most of the cars parked and crossed the bridge over the racetrack. Immediately walking in we were excited about just how close you could get to the racetrack. They do take the proper safety precautions so I was never nervous about letting my nephews watch the cars. After a little exploring we found our friends at their car trailer and we were excited to see that anyone was allowed to walk through the trailers to see their favorite drivers. We asked our friends where the best place would be to sit and watch them race, and the answer was, go anywhere! This track winds and curves making it really exciting and giving you several great places to be to watch. Once we got comfortable with the concept of the freedom to move along the track to watch from different vantage points, we stayed on the move. We watched qualifying from one side of the track then drove to the other side of the track and sat in the air conditioned car to watch the race. If you want to hear the announcements you have to stay near in the covered area above where the Cars pit. You can’t hear the announcements from the far side of the track and you really have no way of knowing what is happening on the other side of the track so you have to know what time the race ends to know that it is over. There are bathrooms on both sides of the track but there is also a snack bar and several bathrooms behind the pits.
There were not many seats unless you own a box, but they do let you bring your own chairs. The snack bar was expensive for a snack bar, but they also seemed to let you bring your own coolers!
Check the website for upcoming races!

I’m a little bummed that I was here for five weeks to do work for Highlands County and there wasn’t a race going on. Sebring is home of the famous «12 Hours of Sebring» race and it takes place in March. But on the plus side, there wasn’t a race going on! I live in Charlotte and I know what a race week does to the local traffic, restaurants and especially the hotel prices. So perhaps it was best to be here during the «off season.»
The track is awesome. None of this left turn — left turn — left turn — left turn nonsense that we have in NASCAR. Sebring is a proper track with with turns and right turns and straightaways. It is REAL racing and has been since 1950.
During off season, Skip Barber does their competitive training courses here.
Sebring is pretty far from pretty much every major airport. Orlando, 2 hours. Sarasota, 2 hours. Melbourne, 2.25 hours. Fort Lauderdale, 2.5 hours. Palm Beach, 2.5 hours. Crazy that anyone would think to host a major event here in the sticks. But maybe that’s the charm?

Great facility of you like road course racing. If you like turning left then visit your favorite oval track. 12 hours of Sebring race is a well know race for now 63 years! None stop racing for every fan to enjoy. Don’t be afraid to walk and check out the whole track as there is not one corner that is the same as the others. Bring your own food and drink as the only negative is the concessions are a
joke, but what do you expect you are paying for convenience.

Its not Daytona But it has one hell of a history and a lot more Turns. Good Track for the kids to see and adults to enjoy. Cant wait till my next visit.