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Triple Crown of endurance racing

In automobile endurance racing, three events have come to form a Triple Crown. They are considered three of the most challenging endurance races over the decades: the 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, and 24 Hours of Le Mans.[1][2] As of 2024 only 11 drivers have completed the Triple Crown by winning all three races, Phil Hill was the first do so in 1964, and Timo Bernhard is the most recent to do so in 2010.[3] No driver has won all three events in the same year.

Ken Miles lost the chance to win all three events in the same year when a problem with the Ford team orders for a photo finish made him lose the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. This incident was dramatized in the 2019 film Ford v Ferrari. Miles died two months later testing the Ford J-car.

Hurley Haywood and Al Holbert have won the three races at least twice each.

Numerous drivers have won only two out of the three events.

List of Triple Crown winners

Bold on year indicate at which race the driver achieved his Triple Crown.

Driver Year completed 24 Hours of Daytona 12 Hours of Sebring 24 Hours of Le Mans Total wins
United States Phil Hill 1964 1964 1958, 1959, 1961 1958, 1961, 1962 7
West Germany Hans Herrmann 1970 1968 1960, 1968 1970 4
United Kingdom Jackie Oliver 1971 1971 1969 1969 3
Belgium Jacky Ickx 1972 1972* 1969, 1972 1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982 9
United States Hurley Haywood 1977 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1991 1973, 1981 1977, 1983, 1994 10
United States A. J. Foyt 1985 1983, 1985 1985 1967 4
United States Al Holbert 1986 1986, 1987 1976, 1981 1983, 1986, 1987 7
United Kingdom Andy Wallace 1992 1990, 1997, 1999 1992, 1993 1988 6
Italy Mauro Baldi 1998 1998, 2002 1998 1994 4
Germany Marco Werner 2005 1995 2003, 2005, 2007 2005, 2006, 2007 7
Germany Timo Bernhard 2010 2003 2008 2010, 2017 4

(*) Held as the 6 Hours of Daytona.

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