Sebring Fans - by Sports Car International

I found this article in the 1992 issue about Spring Break in Sebring. I have started to read the pretty interesting article about the sub-culture of fans surrounding the tracks and racing world.

Then I stumbled upon a paragraph about Wayne Baker racing back in 1983; here it goes:

Wayne Baker in his winning Porsche 934  in 1983 (photo taken at Mid-Ohio by Jack Webster)

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It can be a rough crowd for drinkers. One group tried to sell the passed-out body of a mate for $40 - listing him as a rare "Beer-o-saurus". Times being tough, they were willing to take a case of beer in trade. Another group listed itself as " Drunks against MADD Mothers". In 1983 an inebriated fan wandered out to trackside at the old high-speed turn one to get a closer look, forcing eventual winner Wayne Baker to take evasive action and run off course. It was the same wild, weird year when water in fuel supplies knocked out the leading GTP car, giving Baker's GTO-class Porsche 934 one of Sebring's biggest upsets. 
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This prompted me to verify the story with Wayne Baker: he said it happened in an instant and he just acted out of instinct. He seen a figure in the corner of his eyes what seemed like a blue shirt and blue pants wondering at the track and he swerved his car racing over 150 mph and barely avoided a potentially fatal collision. Luckily he ended up winning Sebring that year.

Wayne Baker (in center), Nierop and Mullen were the first ever to win an overall race in the GTO category.