2016 IMSA WeatherTech Winter Test Results Bode Well for Sebring Twelve Hours

2016 IMSA WeatherTech Winter Test Results Bode Well for Sebring Twelve Hours
The #5 Action Express Coyote-Corvette leads the #24 Alegra Racing Riley--BMW and the #2 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ligier-Honda towards Turn 7 at Sebring Raceway on Thursday afternoon of the IMSA WeatherTech Winter Test. Chris Jasurk/Epoch Times
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The 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Winter test is over, and the clearest analysis of the data seems to indicate a high probability that the 2016 Twelve Hours of Sebring will be an excellent race.

Only 36 cars attended the Winter Test, but the field showed the depth and variety the series offers. Some teams sent only a single car; some sent none. Still, every type of car which will compete at Sebring in March was represented at the test.

The two-day test session gave teams time to adapt to the bumpy Sebring circuit and gave the series data to tweak its Balance of Performance regulations to suit a pure road-racing track.

Even though it was only a test session,. speeds were high. The fastest entries in three of the four classes beat their class’s 2015 qualifying times.

The #60 Shank Racing Ligier-Honda, here lifting a front wheel over the bumps in Turn 17, set fastest lap of the test Friday morning. (Chris Jasurek/Epoch Times)
The #60 Shank Racing Ligier-Honda, here lifting a front wheel over the bumps in Turn 17, set fastest lap of the test Friday morning. Chris Jasurek/Epoch Times