Across the Atlantic, Alex Job Racing is one of the biggest names in endurance racing. Alex Job started out racing in his spare time but created his own team in 1988, setting up shop in the family garage before his hobby turned into a full-time job. He long stayed loyal to Porsche and his Florida-based team built up an impressive trophy haul in GT, with three consecutive titles in the American Le Mans Series between 2002 and 2004. Around the same time, Alex Job Racing also made a name for itself in the former GT2 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, first in 2003 with Sascha Maassen, Emmanuel Collard and Lucas Luhr, then again in 2005 with Marc Lieb, who now drives the Porsche 919 Hybrid, businessman Leo Hindery and Mike Rockenfeller, who would go on to claim overall victory with Audi in 2010.

Another 24 Hours of Le Mans victor will join the Hall of Fame next year - the newly retired Tom Kristensen, record-holder with nine wins at Le Mans. The Danish driver also boasts the highest number of wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring with six overall victories, the first with BMW in 1999 and the rest with Audi. He also scored the fastest race lap a record four times. The record-breaker now oversees the fitness regimes of Audi’s drivers and has been made a brand ambassador.

Another BMW driver will also join the Hall of Fame class of 2016: Sam Posey was on the team that won the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1975 together with Brian Redman, Allan Moffat and Hans-Joachim Stuck. He was Grand Marshal of the 2015 running of the 12 Hours of Sebring to commemorate the 40th anniversary of that victory. Posey never won at Le Mans but he finished third in 1971 in a Ferrari 512. Later, he became well-known as a race commentator in the United States.

The Class of 2016 will be officially inducted on 18 March 2016, on the eve of the 64th running of the 12 Hours of Sebring, the second round of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Text Cécile Bonardel/ACO
Translated from French by Clair Pickworth