The trophies from the 2012 American Le Mans Series award banquet sit in trophy cases awaiting periodic dustings.The holidays are over and the NFL Super Bowl weekend is here. That can mean only one thing; it is now time for the ALMS Winter test at Sebring International Raceway.

Teams are due to arrive by midweek to set up camp for the ALMS on track tests on Thursday and Friday, February 7 and 8..

The tests are an important part of the countdown to the 61st running of the Mobil 1 Sebring 12 Hour race March 16th, the opening event of the final season of ALMS competition before the merger of the GRAND-AM and ALMS series kicks off in 2014.

Headlining the testing line-up are the 2012 ALMS P1 champions from Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Honda.

The 2012 Petit Le Mans winning Extreme Speed Motorsports Ferrari, runner-up in the 2012 GT title slugfest, will also be on hand, joined by the returning Risi Competizione Ferrari, the SRT Vipers and the Falken and Paul Miller Racing Porsches.

For a complete list of teams, click here.

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