1951 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season
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The 1951 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the first season of the Sports Car Club of America
's National Sports Car Championship
. It began May 12, 1951, and ended December 9, 1951, after eight races. John Fitch won the season championship.
Sports Car Club of America
The Sports Car Club of America is a club and sanctioning body supporting road racing, rallying, and autocross in the United States. Formed in 1944, it runs many programs for both amateur and professional racers.-History:...
's National Sports Car Championship
SCCA National Sports Car Championship
The SCCA National Sports Car Championship was a sports car racing series organized by the Sports Car Club of America from 1951 until 1964. It was the first post-World War II sports car series organized in the United States...
. It began May 12, 1951, and ended December 9, 1951, after eight races. John Fitch won the season championship.
Schedule
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Location | Date | |
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| 1 | Giants Despair Hillclimb Giants Despair Hillclimb The Giants Despair Hillclimb is a hillclimb established in 1906 just outside Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in Laurel Run, Pennsylvania, United States. The contest was first run in conjunction with Wilkes-Barre's centennial celebration. It is the oldest continuing motorsport event in Pennsylvania... |
1 mi (1.6 km) | Giants Despair hill climb | Laurel Run, Pennsylvania Laurel Run, Pennsylvania Laurel Run is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 723 at the 2000 census.Laurel Run is the site of a mine fire which started in 1915... |
May 12 |
| 2 | Pebble Beach Road Race Monterey Sports Car Championships The Monterey Sports Car Championships is a sports car race held annually at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The event began in 1950 as a race on the roads of Pebble Beach, California. In 1951, it was added to the new SCCA National Sports Car Championship. When Laguna Seca Raceway was built in 1957,... |
100 mi (160.9 km) | Pebble Beach road circuit | Pebble Beach, California Pebble Beach, California Pebble Beach is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California. It lies at an elevation of 3 feet . Pebble Beach is a small coastal resort destination, home to the famous golf course, Pebble Beach Golf Links.... |
May 27 |
| 3 | SCCA National Races | ? | Thompson International Speedway Thompson International Speedway Thompson International Speedway in Thompson, Connecticut, USA, is a paved oval racetrack that was once known as the Indianapolis of the East. It was the first asphalt-paved racing oval track in the United States and is now under the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series banner... |
Thompson, Connecticut Thompson, Connecticut Thompson is a rural town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The town was named after Sir Robert Thompson, an English landholder. The population was 9,458 at the 2010 census... |
July ? |
| 4 | Elkhart Lake Road Race Road America 500 The Road America 500 is a sports car race held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The event began in 1950, and in 1951 was added to the SCCA National Sports Car Championship. Following a spectator death at the 1952 Watkins Glen Grand Prix, racing on open roads was discouraged, and the... |
200 mi (321.9 km) | Elkhart Lake road circuit | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin Elkhart Lake is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States, located within the northwestern part of the county within the Town of Rhine. The population was 1,021 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area... |
August 26 |
| 5 | International Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen 6 Hours of Watkins Glen The Six Hours of Watkins Glen is a sports car endurance race held annually at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York... |
100 mi (160.9 km) | Watkins Glen road circuit | Watkins Glen, New York Watkins Glen, New York Watkins Glen is a village in Schuyler County, New York, United States. The population was 2,149 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Schuyler County.The Village of Watkins Glen lies on the border of the towns of Dix and Montour.... |
September 15 |
| 6 | Reno Sports Car Road Races | 100 mi (160.9 km) | Reno road circuit | Reno, Nevada Reno, Nevada Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area... |
October 21 |
| 7 | Climb To The Clouds | 2.5 mi (4 km) | Mount Equinox | Manchester, Vermont | October 28 |
| 8 | Road Races at Palm Beach Shores Florida | 100 mi (160.9 km) | Palm Beach road circuit | Palm Beach, Florida Palm Beach, Florida The Town of Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The Intracoastal Waterway separates it from the neighboring cities of West Palm Beach and Lake Worth... |
December 9 |
- Feature race
Season results
Note: Although support races counted towards the season points championship, only feature race overall winners are listed below.| Rnd | Circuit | Winning Team | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winning Driver(s) | |||
| 1 | Giants' Despair Giants Despair Hillclimb The Giants Despair Hillclimb is a hillclimb established in 1906 just outside Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in Laurel Run, Pennsylvania, United States. The contest was first run in conjunction with Wilkes-Barre's centennial celebration. It is the oldest continuing motorsport event in Pennsylvania... |
Delvan Lee | Results |
 Delvan Lee |
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| 2 | Pebble Beach | #14 Tom Carstens | Results |
| Bill Pollack Bill Pollack Bill Pollack is a retired race driver who ran in the early days of the post World War II California sports car scene. He started his career in 1950, and came to fame after winning the Pebble Beach road race with his Allard J2... |
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| 3 | Thompson Thompson International Speedway Thompson International Speedway in Thompson, Connecticut, USA, is a paved oval racetrack that was once known as the Indianapolis of the East. It was the first asphalt-paved racing oval track in the United States and is now under the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series banner... |
MG | Results |
 Rowland Keith |
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| 4 | Elkhart Lake | #128 Briggs Cunningham Briggs Cunningham Briggs Swift Cunningham II was an American entrepreneur and sportsman, who raced automobiles and yachts. Born into a wealthy family, he became a racing car constructor, driver, and team owner as well as a sports car manufacturer and automobile collector.He skippered the victorious yacht Columbia... |
Results |
| John Fitch |
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| 5 | Watkins Glen | #55 Briggs Cunningham Briggs Cunningham Briggs Swift Cunningham II was an American entrepreneur and sportsman, who raced automobiles and yachts. Born into a wealthy family, he became a racing car constructor, driver, and team owner as well as a sports car manufacturer and automobile collector.He skippered the victorious yacht Columbia... |
Results |
| Phil Walters |
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| 6 | Reno | #14 T. Carstens | Results |
| Bill Pollack Bill Pollack Bill Pollack is a retired race driver who ran in the early days of the post World War II California sports car scene. He started his career in 1950, and came to fame after winning the Pebble Beach road race with his Allard J2... |
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| 7 | Mt. Equinox | #35 Maserati Maserati Maserati is an Italian luxury car manufacturer established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. The company's headquarters is now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident. It has been owned by the Italian car giant Fiat S.p.A. since 1993... |
Results |
| George Weaver |
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| 8 | Palm Beach | #1 Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947... |
Results |
| John Fitch |