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. As of 2025 only 10 drivers have completed the Triple Crown by winning all three races, Hans Herrmann was the first to do so in 1970, and Nick Tandy is the most recent to do so in 2025. 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. In 2025, Laurens Vanthoor had similar results; he won at Daytona and Sebring but finished second in the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Hurley Haywood and Al Holbert have won all three races at least twice.
Numerous drivers have won only two out of the three events that makes up the triple crown of endurance racing.
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 |
 24hLM|195824hLM|196124hLM|1962Big SixThe "Big Six" is an expansion of the endurance racing Triple Crown that adds Petit Le Mans, the Nürburgring 24 Hours and the Spa 24 Hours. The Big Six races are considered to be the six most prestigious endurance races in the world. Petit Le Mans is the only other major endurance race besides Le Mans, Daytona and Sebring to feature top-tier machinery, while Nürburgring and Spa are the only other major 24-hour races besides Le Mans and Daytona.In 2025, Nick Tandy became the first driver to win the Big Six endurance races overall after winning the 2025 12 Hours of Sebring. |