thanks JH! i did have a few cold beverages, but the sebring website winning cars list has the 1996 12 hour winner as a Mk3.
http://www.sebringraceway.com/history_cardata.lasso
either way, it was a badass R&S, which we both dig!
and i dig the Mazda Kudzu as well!
and if anyone knows the guy who lives in the New England with an LMP Panoz, see if you can convince him to come south to next year's Mitty and bring our baby home.