1955 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season
Encyclopedia
The 1955 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the fifth season of the Sports Car Club of America
's National Sports Car Championship
. It began February 27, 1955, and ended November 13, 1955, after fourteen races.
Phil Hill
| Paul O'Shea
| Pete Lovely
| Tracy Bird
| Skip Swartley
| Duane Feuerhelm
| Robert Holbrook
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| rowspan=2 | Seafair
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| #103 Tony Parravano
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| #3 George Tilp
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| Porsche
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| Cooper
-Porsche
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| rowspan=2 | Results
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| Carroll Shelby
| Phil Hill
| John von Neumann
| Pete Lovely
|-
! rowspan=2 | 8
| rowspan=2 | Thompson
| #36 Allard
-Chrysler
| #4 Ferrari
| #91 Jaguar
#60 Chevrolet
| #21 Briggs Cunningham
| #70 Mercedes-Benz
#84 Austin-Healey
| #53 Ferrari
| #6 Morgan
| #5 Porsche
| #89 Porsche
| #66 Lotus
| #9 MG
| #74 PBX
| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Stewart Rutherford
| Duncan Black
| Dick Thompson
(XKM)
Addison Austin (others)
| Bill Lloyd
| Art Simmons (overall)
Harold Kunz (AH
)
| Jim Pauley
| Gaston Andrey
| Walt Hansgen
| Emil Pupulidy
| Len Bastrup
| George Valentine
| Candy Poole
|-
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| rowspan=2 | Fairfax
| #51 Allard
| #55 Dayton
| #0 Jaguar
| #76 Ferrari
| #93 Mercedes-Benz
| #32 Maserati
| #26 Triumph
| #61 Porsche
| #14 Porsche
| #65 Lotus
| #19 MG
| #59 Giaur
| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Walt Gray
| Dale Duncan
| Charles Wallace
| David Biggs
| Bud Seaverns
| Tom Friedmann
| Richard McGuire
| Art Bunker
| Bob Ballenger
| Norman Scott
| Roy Heath
| Bill Betts
|-
! rowspan=2 | 10
| rowspan=2 | Road America
| #57 Walter S. Gray
| #60 Briggs Cunningham
| #137 Ralph Miller
| #3 George Tilp
| #143 George Tilp
| #9 S. H. Arnolt
| #300 Bus Gunter
| #60 Briggs Cunningham
| #14 Bob Ballenger
| #177 Rees Makins
| #191 Roy Heath
| #41 John C. Mays
| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Walt Gray
| Sherwood Johnston
| Ralph Miller
| Phil Hill
| Paul O'Shea
| S. H. Arnolt
| Bob Goldich
| Frank Bott
| Bob Ballenger
| Rees Makins
| Roy Heath
| John Mays
|-
! rowspan=2 | 11
| rowspan=2 | Watkins Glen
| #19 Charles Moran, Jr.
| #60 Briggs Cunningham
| #112 Dr. R.K. Thompson, Jr.
| #10 W.C. Spear
| #18 George Tilp
#109 Frank S. Pohanka, Jr.
| #184 William Wonder
| #94 Gunnard A. Rubini
| #103 William H. Weldon
| #89 Emil Pupulidy
| #75 Len Bastrup
| #218 Henry Willard
| #74 Candy Poole
| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Charles Moran
| Sherwood Johnston
| Dick Thompson
| Bill Spear
| Paul O'Shea (MB
)
Frank Pohanka (others)
| William Wonder
| Gunnard Rubini
| Bill Weldon
| Emil Pupulidy
| Len Bastrup
| Henry Willard
| Candy Poole
|-
! rowspan=2 | 12
| rowspan=2 | Hagerstown
| #29 Allard
| #60 Briggs Cunningham
| #0 Jaguar
| #3 Ferrari
| #33 Mercedes-Benz
#81 Austin-Healey
| #58 Briggs Cunningham
| #155 Morgan
| #69 Porsche
| #48 Porsche
#177 MG
| #19 Lester-MG
| #126 Alfa Romeo
| #44 Bandini
| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Bob Bucher
| Sherwood Johnston
| Charles Wallace
| Phil Hill
| Paul O'Shea (overall)
Fred Moore (AH)
| Briggs Cunningham
| Mike Rothschild
| Ed Crawford
| Lake Underwood
(Porsche)
Stephen Spitler (MG)
| Chuck Dietrich
| Henry Wessells
| Dolph Vilardi
|-
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| rowspan=2 | Sacramento
| #108 Kurtis Kraft
| #32 VB Special
| #1 Jaguar
| #2 John von Neumann
| #3 Mercedes-Benz
| #39 Frazer Nash
| #14 Siata
| #124 Cooper
-Porsche
| #35 Porsche
| #55 Osca
| #147 MG
| #50 Crosley
Special
| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Lou Brero
| Fred Van Beuren
| Charles Wallace
| Phil Hill
| Paul O'Shea
| James Lowe
| Lou Keller
| Pete Lovely
| George Gartung
| Sam Weiss
| John Dair
| Harry Eyerly
|-
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| rowspan=2 | Glendale
| #21 Bill Murphy
| #76 William Doheny
| #83 Jim Peterson
| #2 Eleanor von Neumann
| #12 Rudy W. Cleye
| #311 Manning J. Post
| #59 Ed Savin
| #124 Pete Lovely
| #86 Dale Johnson
| #122 Scuderia Excelsior
| #160 Robert E. Brigham
| #17 James A. Orr
| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Bill Murphy
| Ernie McAfee
| Jim Peterson
| Phil Hill
| Rudy Cleye
| Richie Ginther
| Bob Oker
| Pete Lovely
| Dale Johnson
| George Buchanan
| Robert Brigham
| James Orr
|}
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 February 27, 1955, and ended November 13, 1955, after fourteen races.
Schedule
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Location | Date | |
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1 | Florida National Sports Car Races | 150 mi (241.4 km) | Fort Pierce road circuit | Fort Pierce, Florida Fort Pierce, Florida Fort Pierce, also spelled Ft. Pierce, is a city in St. Lucie County, Florida, USA. It is known as The Sunrise City. The population was 37,959 at the 2004 census. As of 2008, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 41,000. It is the county seat of St. Lucie County.Fort Pierce is part... |
February 27 |
2 | Pebble Beach Sports Car 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.... |
April 17 |
3 | Bakersfield National Sports Car Races | 180 km (111.8 mi) | Minter Field | Bakersfield, California Bakersfield, California Bakersfield is a city near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California. It is roughly equidistant between Fresno and Los Angeles, to the north and south respectively.... |
May 1 |
4 | Cumberland National Sports Car Races | 1 hour | Greater Cumberland Regional Airport Greater Cumberland Regional Airport Greater Cumberland Regional Airport is a public airport located in the town of Wiley Ford in Mineral County, West Virginia. It is two miles south of the larger city of Cumberland in Allegany County, Maryland... |
Wiley Ford, West Virginia Wiley Ford, West Virginia Wiley Ford is a census-designated place in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States and part of the 'Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area'... |
May 15 |
5 | Beverly National Sports Car Races | 100 mi (160.9 km) | Beverly Airport | Beverly, Massachusetts Beverly, Massachusetts Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 39,343 on , which differs by no more than several hundred from the 39,862 obtained in the 2000 census. A resort, residential and manufacturing community on the North Shore, Beverly includes Beverly Farms and Prides... |
July 4 |
6 | National Torrey Pines Sports Car Races | 100 mi (160.9 km) | Camp Callan Camp Callan Camp Callan was a United States Army anti-aircraft artillery replacement training center that was operational during World War II. It was located in La Jolla, California, but was closed after WWII ended. Few traces of the former base can be seen today.... |
San Diego, California San Diego, California San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round... |
July 10 |
7 | Seafair Seafair Seafair is a summer festival in Seattle, Washington, USA that encompasses a wide variety of small neighborhood events leading up to several major city-wide celebrations... |
? | Kitsap County Airport Bremerton National Airport Bremerton National Airport is the largest airport on the Kitsap Peninsula with an all-weather, fully lighted 6,200-foot runway and located in Bremerton, Washington. PWT was previously known as Kitsap County Airport until July 1, 1983.... |
Bremerton, Washington Bremerton, Washington Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The population was 38,790 at the 2011 State Estimate, making it the largest city on the Olympic Peninsula. Bremerton is home to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and the Bremerton Annex of Naval Base Kitsap... |
July 31 |
8 | Thompson Races | 15 mi (24.1 km) | 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... |
September 4 |
9 | Fairfax National Races | 50 mi (80.5 km) | Fairfax Airport Fairfax Airport Fairfax Airport was an airport in Kansas City, Kansas from 1921 until it closed in 1985. It is most famously associated with the construction of most of the B-25 Mitchell bombers.... |
Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified... |
September 5 |
10 | Elkhart Lake's Road America 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... |
150 mi (241.4 km) | Road America Road America Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and... |
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... |
September 11 |
11 | International Sports Car Grand Prix at 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 17 |
12 | Fairchild National Sports Car Races | 100 mi (160.9 km) | Fairchild Air Force Base | Hagerstown, Maryland Hagerstown, Maryland Hagerstown is a city in northwestern Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Washington County, and, by many definitions, the largest city in a region known as Western Maryland. The population of Hagerstown city proper at the 2010 census was 39,662, and the population of the... |
October 16 |
13 | Sacramento National Sports Car Road Races | 100 mi (160.9 km) | California State Fair Grounds California State Fairgrounds Race Track California State Fairgrounds Race Track was a dirt oval racing track located in Sacramento, California. The track was built in 1906 for horse racing on the site of the California Exposition. It was active for auto racing in 1907, 1912, and from 1946 until 1970... |
Sacramento, California Sacramento, California Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,... |
October 30 |
14 | National Grand Central Sports Car Races | 100 mi (160.9 km) | Grand Central Airport | Glendale, California Glendale, California Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population is 191,719, down from 194,973 at the 2000 census. making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the 22nd largest city in the state of California... |
November 13 |
- Feature race
Season results
Feature race overall winners in bold.Phil Hill
Phil Hill
Philip Toll Hill, Jr., was a United States automobile racer and the only American-born driver to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gentle man" and once said, "I'm in the wrong business. I don't want to beat anybody, I don't want to be the big hero...
| Paul O'Shea
| Pete Lovely
| Tracy Bird
| Skip Swartley
| Duane Feuerhelm
| Robert Holbrook
|-
! rowspan=2 | 7
| rowspan=2 | Seafair
Bremerton National Airport
Bremerton National Airport is the largest airport on the Kitsap Peninsula with an all-weather, fully lighted 6,200-foot runway and located in Bremerton, Washington. PWT was previously known as Kitsap County Airport until July 1, 1983....
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| #103 Tony Parravano
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| #3 George Tilp
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| Porsche
Porsche
Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....
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| Cooper
Cooper Car Company
The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. Together with John's boyhood friend, Eric Brandon, they began by building racing cars in Charles' small garage in Surbiton, Surrey, England in 1946...
-Porsche
Porsche
Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....
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| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Carroll Shelby
Carroll Shelby
Carroll Hall Shelby is an American retired automotive designer and racing driver. He is most well known for making Mustangs for Ford Motor Company known as Mustang Cobras which he has done since 1965...
| Phil Hill
Phil Hill
Philip Toll Hill, Jr., was a United States automobile racer and the only American-born driver to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gentle man" and once said, "I'm in the wrong business. I don't want to beat anybody, I don't want to be the big hero...
| John von Neumann
| Pete Lovely
Pete Lovely
Gerard Carlton "Pete" Lovely , was a racecar driver and businessman from the United States. He was born in Livingston, Montana.-Racing career:...
|-
! rowspan=2 | 8
| rowspan=2 | 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...
| #36 Allard
Allard
The Allard Motor Company was an English car manufacturer founded in 1936 by Sydney Allard. The company, based in Putney, London. until 1945 and then in Clapham, London, produced approximately 1900 cars until its closure in 1966....
-Chrysler
Chrysler
Chrysler Group LLC is a multinational automaker headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA. Chrysler was first organized as the Chrysler Corporation in 1925....
| #4 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...
| #91 Jaguar
#60 Chevrolet
Chevrolet
Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...
| #21 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...
| #70 Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...
#84 Austin-Healey
Austin-Healey
Austin-Healey was a British sports car maker. The marque was established through a joint-venture arrangement, set up in 1952 between Leonard Lord of the Austin division of the British Motor Corporation and the Donald Healey Motor Company, a renowned automotive engineering and design...
| #53 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...
| #6 Morgan
Morgan Motor Company
The Morgan Motor Company is a British motor car manufacturer. The company was founded in 1910 by Harry Frederick Stanley Morgan, generally known as "HFS" and was run by him until he died, aged 77, in 1959. Peter Morgan, son of H.F.S., ran the company until a few years before his death in 2003...
| #5 Porsche
Porsche
Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....
| #89 Porsche
Porsche
Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....
| #66 Lotus
Lotus Cars
Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at the former site of RAF Hethel, a World War II airfield in Norfolk. The company designs and builds race and production automobiles of light weight and fine handling characteristics...
| #9 MG
| #74 PBX
| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Stewart Rutherford
| Duncan Black
| Dick Thompson
Dick Thompson
Dr. Dick Thompson is a retired American racecar driver. A Washington, D.C. dentist by trade, he is known as "The Flying Dentist". He won numerous Sports Car Club of America championships and was inducted in the Corvette Hall of Fame. Thompson brought credibility to the Corvette as a world-class...
(XKM)
Addison Austin (others)
| Bill Lloyd
| Art Simmons (overall)
Harold Kunz (AH
Austin-Healey
Austin-Healey was a British sports car maker. The marque was established through a joint-venture arrangement, set up in 1952 between Leonard Lord of the Austin division of the British Motor Corporation and the Donald Healey Motor Company, a renowned automotive engineering and design...
)
| Jim Pauley
| Gaston Andrey
| Walt Hansgen
Walt Hansgen
Walt Hansgen was a racecar driver from the United States. His racing career began as a road racing driver...
| Emil Pupulidy
| Len Bastrup
| George Valentine
| Candy Poole
|-
! rowspan=2 | 9
| rowspan=2 | Fairfax
Fairfax Airport
Fairfax Airport was an airport in Kansas City, Kansas from 1921 until it closed in 1985. It is most famously associated with the construction of most of the B-25 Mitchell bombers....
| #51 Allard
Allard
The Allard Motor Company was an English car manufacturer founded in 1936 by Sydney Allard. The company, based in Putney, London. until 1945 and then in Clapham, London, produced approximately 1900 cars until its closure in 1966....
| #55 Dayton
| #0 Jaguar
| #76 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...
| #93 Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...
| #32 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...
| #26 Triumph
Triumph Motor Company
The Triumph Motor Company was a British car and motor manufacturing company. The Triumph marque is owned currently by BMW. The marque had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann of Nuremberg initiated S. Bettmann & Co and started importing bicycles from Europe and selling them with his own...
| #61 Porsche
Porsche
Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....
| #14 Porsche
Porsche
Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....
| #65 Lotus
Lotus Cars
Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at the former site of RAF Hethel, a World War II airfield in Norfolk. The company designs and builds race and production automobiles of light weight and fine handling characteristics...
| #19 MG
| #59 Giaur
| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Walt Gray
| Dale Duncan
| Charles Wallace
| David Biggs
| Bud Seaverns
| Tom Friedmann
| Richard McGuire
| Art Bunker
| Bob Ballenger
| Norman Scott
| Roy Heath
| Bill Betts
|-
! rowspan=2 | 10
| rowspan=2 | Road America
Road America
Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...
| #57 Walter S. Gray
| #60 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...
| #137 Ralph Miller
| #3 George Tilp
| #143 George Tilp
| #9 S. H. Arnolt
| #300 Bus Gunter
| #60 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...
| #14 Bob Ballenger
| #177 Rees Makins
| #191 Roy Heath
| #41 John C. Mays
| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Walt Gray
| Sherwood Johnston
| Ralph Miller
| Phil Hill
Phil Hill
Philip Toll Hill, Jr., was a United States automobile racer and the only American-born driver to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gentle man" and once said, "I'm in the wrong business. I don't want to beat anybody, I don't want to be the big hero...
| Paul O'Shea
| S. H. Arnolt
| Bob Goldich
| Frank Bott
| Bob Ballenger
| Rees Makins
| Roy Heath
| John Mays
|-
! rowspan=2 | 11
| rowspan=2 | Watkins Glen
| #19 Charles Moran, Jr.
| #60 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...
| #112 Dr. R.K. Thompson, Jr.
| #10 W.C. Spear
| #18 George Tilp
#109 Frank S. Pohanka, Jr.
| #184 William Wonder
| #94 Gunnard A. Rubini
| #103 William H. Weldon
| #89 Emil Pupulidy
| #75 Len Bastrup
| #218 Henry Willard
| #74 Candy Poole
| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Charles Moran
| Sherwood Johnston
| Dick Thompson
Dick Thompson
Dr. Dick Thompson is a retired American racecar driver. A Washington, D.C. dentist by trade, he is known as "The Flying Dentist". He won numerous Sports Car Club of America championships and was inducted in the Corvette Hall of Fame. Thompson brought credibility to the Corvette as a world-class...
| Bill Spear
| Paul O'Shea (MB
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...
)
Frank Pohanka (others)
| William Wonder
| Gunnard Rubini
| Bill Weldon
| Emil Pupulidy
| Len Bastrup
| Henry Willard
| Candy Poole
|-
! rowspan=2 | 12
| rowspan=2 | Hagerstown
| #29 Allard
Allard
The Allard Motor Company was an English car manufacturer founded in 1936 by Sydney Allard. The company, based in Putney, London. until 1945 and then in Clapham, London, produced approximately 1900 cars until its closure in 1966....
| #60 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...
| #0 Jaguar
| #3 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...
| #33 Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...
#81 Austin-Healey
Austin-Healey
Austin-Healey was a British sports car maker. The marque was established through a joint-venture arrangement, set up in 1952 between Leonard Lord of the Austin division of the British Motor Corporation and the Donald Healey Motor Company, a renowned automotive engineering and design...
| #58 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...
| #155 Morgan
Morgan Motor Company
The Morgan Motor Company is a British motor car manufacturer. The company was founded in 1910 by Harry Frederick Stanley Morgan, generally known as "HFS" and was run by him until he died, aged 77, in 1959. Peter Morgan, son of H.F.S., ran the company until a few years before his death in 2003...
| #69 Porsche
Porsche
Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....
| #48 Porsche
Porsche
Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....
#177 MG
| #19 Lester-MG
| #126 Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of cars. Founded as A.L.F.A. on June 24, 1910, in Milan, the company has been involved in car racing since 1911, and has a reputation for building expensive sports cars...
| #44 Bandini
Bandini Automobili
Bandini Automobili was an Italian automobile manufacturer operating between 1946 and 1992. It was named after its founder Ilario Bandini.Founded in 1946 in Bandini’s hometown Forlì, the first Bandini used a modified Fiat 1100 engine, the body was made from hand hammered aluminum and the chassis...
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| Bob Bucher
| Sherwood Johnston
| Charles Wallace
| Phil Hill
Phil Hill
Philip Toll Hill, Jr., was a United States automobile racer and the only American-born driver to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gentle man" and once said, "I'm in the wrong business. I don't want to beat anybody, I don't want to be the big hero...
| Paul O'Shea (overall)
Fred Moore (AH)
| 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...
| Mike Rothschild
| Ed Crawford
| Lake Underwood
Lake Underwood
Lake Underwood was an American entrepreneur who competed as a champion in the racing of prototype automobiles and motorcycles...
(Porsche)
Stephen Spitler (MG)
| Chuck Dietrich
| Henry Wessells
| Dolph Vilardi
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California State Fairgrounds Race Track
California State Fairgrounds Race Track was a dirt oval racing track located in Sacramento, California. The track was built in 1906 for horse racing on the site of the California Exposition. It was active for auto racing in 1907, 1912, and from 1946 until 1970...
| #108 Kurtis Kraft
Kurtis Kraft
Kurtis Kraft was a designer and builder of race cars. The company was founded by Frank Kurtis.Kurtis Kraft designed and built midget cars, quartermidgets, sports cars, sprint cars and USAC Championship Cars....
| #32 VB Special
| #1 Jaguar
| #2 John von Neumann
| #3 Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...
| #39 Frazer Nash
Frazer Nash
Frazer Nash was a British sports car manufacturer and engineering company founded by Archibald Frazer-Nash in 1922. It produced sports cars incorporating a unique multi-chain transmission before World War II and also imported BMW cars to the UK. After the war it continued producing sports cars with...
| #14 Siata
Siata
Siata , was an Italian tuning shop turned automaker founded in 1926 by amateur racecar driver Giorgio Ambrosini....
| #124 Cooper
Cooper Car Company
The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. Together with John's boyhood friend, Eric Brandon, they began by building racing cars in Charles' small garage in Surbiton, Surrey, England in 1946...
-Porsche
Porsche
Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....
| #35 Porsche
Porsche
Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....
| #55 Osca
O.S.C.A.
Officine Specializzate Costruzioni Automobili - Fratelli Maserati SpA was an Italian brand of sports car automobiles, usually abbreviated to O.S.C.A., OSCA or Osca.- History :...
| #147 MG
| #50 Crosley
Crosley
The Crosley was an automobile manufactured by the Crosley Corporation and later by Crosley Motors Incorporated in the United States from 1939 to 1952.-History:...
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| Lou Brero
| Fred Van Beuren
| Charles Wallace
| Phil Hill
Phil Hill
Philip Toll Hill, Jr., was a United States automobile racer and the only American-born driver to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gentle man" and once said, "I'm in the wrong business. I don't want to beat anybody, I don't want to be the big hero...
| Paul O'Shea
| James Lowe
| Lou Keller
| Pete Lovely
Pete Lovely
Gerard Carlton "Pete" Lovely , was a racecar driver and businessman from the United States. He was born in Livingston, Montana.-Racing career:...
| George Gartung
| Sam Weiss
| John Dair
| Harry Eyerly
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| #21 Bill Murphy
| #76 William Doheny
| #83 Jim Peterson
| #2 Eleanor von Neumann
| #12 Rudy W. Cleye
| #311 Manning J. Post
| #59 Ed Savin
| #124 Pete Lovely
| #86 Dale Johnson
| #122 Scuderia Excelsior
| #160 Robert E. Brigham
| #17 James A. Orr
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| Bill Murphy
| Ernie McAfee
| Jim Peterson
| Phil Hill
Phil Hill
Philip Toll Hill, Jr., was a United States automobile racer and the only American-born driver to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gentle man" and once said, "I'm in the wrong business. I don't want to beat anybody, I don't want to be the big hero...
| Rudy Cleye
| Richie Ginther
Richie Ginther
Paul Richard "Richie" Ginther was a racecar driver from the United States. During a varied career, the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix saw Ginther take Honda's first Grand Prix victory, a victory which would also prove to be Ginther's only win in Formula One...
| Bob Oker
| Pete Lovely
Pete Lovely
Gerard Carlton "Pete" Lovely , was a racecar driver and businessman from the United States. He was born in Livingston, Montana.-Racing career:...
| Dale Johnson
| George Buchanan
| Robert Brigham
| James Orr
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- Modified & Production classes were classified together at Pebble Beach
- G Production were classified with F Production at Cumberland
- An unrestricted class ran with B Modified, and was won by John Meyer in a Meyer-CadillacCadillacCadillac is an American luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors . Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, but mostly in North America. Cadillac is currently the second oldest American automobile manufacturer behind fellow GM marque Buick and is among the oldest...
Special. - A separate race for the fastest 10 drivers of the weekend was also held, won by John Gordon Bennett in a D Modified-class Maserati 300SMaserati 300SThe Maserati 300S was a racing car produced by Maserati of Italy between 1955-58, which competed in the FIA's World Sportscar Championship. Twenty eight examples were produced....
. - Jaguar XKMsJaguar XK120The Jaguar XK120 is a sports car which was manufactured by Jaguar between 1948 and 1954. It was Jaguar's first sports car since the SS 100, which ceased production in 1940.-History:...
were classified separately from others in C Production at Thompson. - Separate Overall and Austin-HealeyAustin-HealeyAustin-Healey was a British sports car maker. The marque was established through a joint-venture arrangement, set up in 1952 between Leonard Lord of the Austin division of the British Motor Corporation and the Donald Healey Motor Company, a renowned automotive engineering and design...
winners were declared in D Production at Thompson and Hagerstown. - Mercedes-Benz 300 SL were classified separately from others in D Production at Watkins Glen.
- An unrestricted class was also run, and was won by John Plaisted in a CheetahBill Thomas CheetahThe Bill Thomas Cheetah was a sports car car built from 1963-1965 by Chevrolet performance tuner Bill Thomas as a competitor to Carroll Shelby's Cobra....
-CadillacCadillacCadillac is an American luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors . Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, but mostly in North America. Cadillac is currently the second oldest American automobile manufacturer behind fellow GM marque Buick and is among the oldest...
. - Separate Porsche and MG winners were declared in F Production at Hagerstown.
- An unrestricted class was also run, and was won by Terry Hall in a TalbotTalbotTalbot was an automobile marque that existed from 1903 to 1986, with a hiatus from 1960 to 1978, under a number of different owners, latterly under Peugeot...
Grand Prix car.
Champions
Class | Driver | Car |
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B Modified | Charles Moran Charles Moran Charles Moran was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:... |
Cunningham C4 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... |
C Modified | Sherwood Johnston | Ferrari 375 Ferrari America The first America cars were the 340, produced between 1950 and 1952. Using the new Lampredi V12 developed for Formula One racing, the 340 America could produce over... , Jaguar D-Type Jaguar D-type The Jaguar D-Type, like its predecessor the C-Type, was a factory-built race car. Although it shared the basic straight-6 XK engine design with the C-Type, the majority of the car was radically different... |
C Production | Charles Wallace | Jaguar XK140 Jaguar XK140 The Jaguar XK140 is a sports car manufactured by Jaguar between 1954 and 1957, the successor to Jaguar's highly successful XK120. Upgrades included better brakes, rack and pinion steering, increased suspension travel and modern tube type shock absorbers instead of the older lever arm... MC, Jaguar XK120 Jaguar XK120 The Jaguar XK120 is a sports car which was manufactured by Jaguar between 1948 and 1954. It was Jaguar's first sports car since the SS 100, which ceased production in 1940.-History:... |
D Modified | Phil Hill Phil Hill Philip Toll Hill, Jr., was a United States automobile racer and the only American-born driver to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gentle man" and once said, "I'm in the wrong business. I don't want to beat anybody, I don't want to be the big hero... |
Ferrari 750 Monza |
D Production | Paul O'Shea | Mercedes-Benz 300 SL |
E Modified | James Lowe | Frazer Nash Frazer Nash Frazer Nash was a British sports car manufacturer and engineering company founded by Archibald Frazer-Nash in 1922. It produced sports cars incorporating a unique multi-chain transmission before World War II and also imported BMW cars to the UK. After the war it continued producing sports cars with... Le Mans Replica Mk II |
E Production | Gaston Andrey | Morgan Plus 4 Triumph |
F Modified | Pete Lovely Pete Lovely Gerard Carlton "Pete" Lovely , was a racecar driver and businessman from the United States. He was born in Livingston, Montana.-Racing career:... |
VW Volkswagen Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is... -Porsche Porsche Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry.... Special, Cooper Cooper Car Company The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. Together with John's boyhood friend, Eric Brandon, they began by building racing cars in Charles' small garage in Surbiton, Surrey, England in 1946... -Porsche Porsche Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry.... |
F Production | Bengt Söderström | Porsche 356 Speedster |
G Modified | Skip Swartley | Osca O.S.C.A. Officine Specializzate Costruzioni Automobili - Fratelli Maserati SpA was an Italian brand of sports car automobiles, usually abbreviated to O.S.C.A., OSCA or Osca.- History :... Special |
G Production | George Valentine | MG TC |
H Modified | Dolph Vilardi | Bandini PBV Bandini 750 sport siluro The Bandini 750 sport siluro is a racing car model, produced from 1950 to 1956 by the Italian company Bandini Cars.Born in 1950, this new type marked the consecration of Bandini as an international challenger in the smaller classes... |