SEBRING, Fla. (March 15, 2002)—Pirelli S.p.A. returns to U.S. road racing at Sebring with entries in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Dodge, March 16 in Sebring Fla.
After a year´s sabbatical from the Sebring endurance sports car race, Pirelli will supply tires for five key teams: Konrad Motorsports´ Saleen S7Rs and Dodge Viper GTS-Rs from American Viperracing and Team Holland Carsport in the GTS category; and in the GT category a pair of Ferrari 360 Modenas from JMB Racing and two PK Sport Porsche GT3s.
The race, part of the American LeMans series, will be televised live nationally in the U.S. on the SPEED Channel beginning at 10:30 a.m. on March 16.