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event held at

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near

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from 16 to 18 March 2017. The race was the second round of the

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, as well as the second round of the

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. The race was won by

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driven by

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, Jordan Taylor, and

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, and Kyle Masson driving an

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won the GTLM class for the third straight year with Antonio García,

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, and

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taking the win in their

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. The GTD category was won by Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing's

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, and Mario Farnbacher in a

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Race

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold.

Statistics

* Pole Position - #13 Neel Jani - 1:48.1782017 12 Hours of Sebring: Qualifying Results
/ref> * Fastest Lap - #31 Mike Conway - 1:49.629 on lap 100

References

External links

{{12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours of Sebring

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