Sebring Raceway keeps Hendricks Field under the engine noise
Sebring International Raceway is a racing landmark, but its old Hendricks Field air-base story still sits under the track.
Sebring is famous for racing, but the track did not start as a track.
Hendricks Field trained B-17 pilots from 1942 to 1945. After the war, the federal government gave the base to the City of Sebring. Its long concrete runways and broad paved areas then found a second use.
The first long sports-car race used that pavement in December 1950. That event began the track story now tied to Sebring International Raceway. Today’s cars and crowds therefore sit on an old air-base map, not on land first built for racing.
That old layout is still part of what makes Sebring different from a track built from scratch. The airfield story remains under the race-day plan.
Before a visit, check the race calendar, tickets, parking, and event traffic. A race weekend needs a real plan. On a quiet day, the Hendricks Field story helps the site feel larger than the track alone.
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