1957 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season
Encyclopedia
The 1957 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the seventh season of the Sports Car Club of America
's National Sports Car Championship
. It began May 19, 1957, and ended November 17, 1957, after fifteen races.
Ralph Durbin
| Dick Thompson
| Phil Hill
| Dave Causey
| Carroll Shelby
| Trant Jarman
| Ed Lunken
Jim Kimberly
| Bob Kuhn
| Ed Crawford
| Don Wester
| M. R. J. Wyllie
Margaret Wyllie
| Ed Hugus
| Bruce Townsend
|-
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| rowspan=2 | Watkins Glen
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| #24 Chevrolet
| #60 Briggs Cunningham
| #80 Mercedes-Benz
| #30 Mercedes-Benz
| #45 Austin-Healey
| #25 Maserati
| #24 A.C.-Bristol
| #140 Porsche
| #213 Porsche
| #150 Elva
| #13 Alfa Romeo
| #173 Bandini
| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Fred Windridge
| Walt Hansgen
| Harry Carter
| Paul O'Shea
| Gilbert Geitner
| John Fitch
| William Burroughs
| Bob Holbert
| Freddie Barrette
| Chuck Dietrich
| Ed Hugus
| Melvin Sachs
|-
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| rowspan=2 | Bridgehampton
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| #99 Chevrolet
| #60 Briggs Cunningham
| #80 Mercedes-Benz
| #100 Maserati
| #45 Austin-Healey
| #8 Maserati
| #180 A.C.-Bristol
| #0 Porsche
| #173 Porsche
| #35 Lotus
| #179 Alfa Romeo
| #53 D.B.
-Panhard
| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Fred Windridge
| Walt Hansgen
| Harry Carter
| Bruce Kessler
| Gilbert Geitner
| John Fitch
| Harry Carter
| Charles Wallace
| Lake Underwood
| Frank Baptista
| Tony Briggs
| Gordon Wing
|-
! rowspan=2 | 12
| rowspan=2 | VIR
|rowspan=2| no finishers
| #135 Chevrolet
| #61 Briggs Cunningham
| #80 Mercedes-Benz
|rowspan=2| no finishers
| #45 Austin-Healey
| #25 Ferrari
| #24 A.C.-Bristol
| #0 Briggs Cunningham
| #137 Porsche
| #2 Lotus
| #120 Alfa Romeo
| #109 D.B
| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Leonard Butscher
| Charles Wallace
| Harry Carter
| Gilbert Geitner
| Gaston Andrey
| William Burroughs
| Charles Wallace
| Lake Underwood
| M. R. J. Wyllie
| Brooks Robinson
| Wiley Reid
|-
! rowspan=2 | 13
| rowspan=2 | Palm Springs
| #70 Buick
| #58 Chevrolet
| #98 John Engar
| #221 Mercedes-Benz
| #59 Aston Martin
| #158 Austin-Healey
| #125 Fred Armbruster
| #195 A.C.-Bristol
| #88 Porsche
| #6 Porsche
| #151 Lotus
| #51 Alfa Romeo
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| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Max Balchowsky
| Jerry Austin
| Carroll Shelby
| Ron Ellico
| Bob Oker
| Jay Hoke
| Pete Lovely
| William Love
| Jack McAfee
| Skip Hudson
| Leon Miller
| Fred Woodward
|-
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| rowspan=2 | Laguna Seca
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| #34 Chevrolet
| #190 John Edgar
| #100 Jaguar
| #11 John von Neumann
| #146 Austin-Healey
| #125 Pete Armbruster
| #195 A.C.-Bristol
| #55 Porsche
| #172 Porsche
| #87 Lotus
| #41 Alfa Romeo
| #79 D.B.
| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Cloyd Gray
| Richie Ginther
| Ray Seher
| John von Neumann
| Hugh Pryor
| Pete Lovely
| Bill Love
| Sam Weiss
| Skip Hudson
| Paul Nau
| Fred Woodward
| Bill Wood
|-
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| rowspan=2 | Riverside
| #70 Buick
| #8 C.S. Mead
| #98 John Edgar
| #7 Robert Fletcher
| #11 John von Neumann
| #46 Hugh Pryor
| #125 Fred Ambuster
| #195 A.C.-Bristol
| #88 Stan Sugarman
| #113 M.M. Kasler
| #27 Skip Conklin
| #50 Fred Woodward
| Jim Parkinson
| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Max Balchowsky
| Jerry Austin
| Carroll Shelby
| Robert Fletcher
| John von Neumann
| Hugh Pryor
| Pete Lovely
| Bill Love
| Jack McAfee
| Lew Bracker
| Skip Conklin
| Fred Woodward
| Jim Parkinson
|}
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 19, 1957, and ended November 17, 1957, after fifteen races.
Classes
Class | Modified | Production |
---|---|---|
B | over 5000cc | 3500-5000cc |
C | 3000-5000cc | 2700-3500cc |
D | 2000-3000cc | 2000-2700cc |
E | 1500-2000cc | 1600-2000cc |
F | 1100-1500cc | 1300-1600cc |
G | 750-1100cc | 750-1300cc |
H | 500-750cc | under 750cc |
Schedule
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Location | Date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cumberland 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 19 |
2 | National Championship Sports Car Road Races | 60 mi (96.6 km) | Eagle Mountain National Guard Base Kenneth Copeland Airport Kenneth Copeland Airport is a private airport located eighteen miles northwest of the central business district of Fort Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas, USA.... |
Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and... |
June 2 |
3 | Lime Rock National Championship Sports Car Races Lime Rock Grand Prix The Lime Rock Grand Prix is a sports car race held at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut, United States on the Memorial Day weekend... |
100 km (62.1 mi) | Lime Rock Park Lime Rock Park Lime Rock Park is a natural-terrain motorsport road racing venue located in Lime Rock, Connecticut, United States, a hamlet in the village of Lakeville, Connecticut, in the state’s northwest corner... |
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June 9 |
4 | Road America National Championships Races June Sprints The June Sprints are amateur sports car races held yearly on the third or fourth weekend of June at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The event was first held in 1956 as a round of the SCCA National Sports Car Championship, as a shorter-format alternative to the Road America 500.The June... |
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... |
June 23 |
5 | Marlboro National Sports Car Races | 43 mi (69.2 km) | Marlboro Motor Raceway Marlboro Motor Raceway Marlboro Motor Raceway is a now-defunct motorsports park located in Prince George's County, just outside Upper Marlboro, Maryland. MMR closed after the 1969 season and local Sports Car Club of America racing moved to the more advanced facility at Summit Point, West Virginia due to safety concerns... |
Upper Marlboro, Maryland Upper Marlboro, Maryland Upper Marlboro is a town in and the county seat of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The live-in population of the town core proper was only 648 at the 2000 census, although Greater Upper Marlboro is many times larger.... |
July 14 |
6 | Inaugural Grand Prix Sports Car Races | 100 km (62.1 mi) | Virginia International Raceway Virginia International Raceway The Virginia International Raceway is a road course located in the community of Alton, Virginia near Danville, Virginia. It is found less than a half-mile from the North Carolina/Virginia border just outside Milton, North Carolina on the banks of the Dan River... |
Danville, Virginia Danville, Virginia Danville is an independent city in Virginia, United States, bounded by Pittsylvania County, Virginia and Caswell County, North Carolina. It was the last capital of the Confederate States of America. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Danville with Pittsylvania county for... |
August 4 |
7 | Montgomery National Championships Races | 150 km (93.2 mi) | Montgomery Airport Orange County Airport (New York) New York’s Orange County Airport is an untowered general aviation airport located 1 mile southwest of village of Montgomery, in the Town of Montgomery, New York... |
Montgomery, New York Montgomery (town), New York Montgomery is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 20,891 at the 2000 census. It was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 at the Battle of Quebec.... |
August 18 |
8 | Thompson National Championship Races | 1 hour | 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 2 |
9 | Road America 500 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... |
500 mi (804.7 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 8 |
10 | Watkins Glen Grand Prix 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 International Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen International is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. The facility is owned by International Speedway Corporation... |
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 21 |
11 | Bridgehampton Inaugural Races Bridgehampton Sports Car Races The Bridgehampton Sports Car Races was a sports car race held at Bridgehampton Race Circuit between 1949 and 1971.-History:The first road races in Bridgehampton were held on public roads around the hamlet of Bridgehampton from 1915 until 1921... |
70 mi (112.7 km) | Bridgehampton Race Circuit Bridgehampton Race Circuit Bridgehampton Race Circuit was a race track located near Sag Harbor, New York, United States. The circuit opened in 1957, following a series of road races held from 1949 until 1953... |
Bridgehampton, New York Bridgehampton, New York Bridgehampton is a hamlet in the South Fork of Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 1,381 at the 2000 census.... |
September 29 |
12 | President's Cup Race | 2 hours, 30 minutes | Virginia International Raceway Virginia International Raceway The Virginia International Raceway is a road course located in the community of Alton, Virginia near Danville, Virginia. It is found less than a half-mile from the North Carolina/Virginia border just outside Milton, North Carolina on the banks of the Dan River... |
Danville, Virginia Danville, Virginia Danville is an independent city in Virginia, United States, bounded by Pittsylvania County, Virginia and Caswell County, North Carolina. It was the last capital of the Confederate States of America. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Danville with Pittsylvania county for... |
October 27 |
13 | National Palm Springs Championship Road Race | 85 mi (136.8 km) | Palm Springs Municipal Airport Palm Springs International Airport Palm Springs International Airport is a public airport located two miles east of the central business district of Palm Springs, California, serving the Inland Empire Metropolitan Area of Southern California. The airport covers and utilizes two runways... |
Palm Springs, California Palm Springs, California Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, within the Coachella Valley. It is located approximately 37 miles east of San Bernardino, 111 miles east of Los Angeles and 136 miles northeast of San Diego... |
November 3 |
14 | Pebble Beach Races 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) | Laguna Seca Raceway | Monterey, California Monterey, California The City of Monterey in Monterey County is located on Monterey Bay along the Pacific coast in Central California. Monterey lies at an elevation of 26 feet above sea level. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 27,810. Monterey is of historical importance because it was the capital of... |
November 10 |
15 | Riverside National Championship Sports Car Races Los Angeles Times Grand Prix The Los Angeles Times Grand Prix was a sports car race held at the Riverside International Raceway. The race was held throughout the track's existence, from 1957 until 1987. The race was sponsored by the Los Angeles Times to raise money for its charities. The Special Events director was Glenn... |
150 km (93.2 mi) | Riverside International Raceway Riverside International Raceway Riverside International Raceway was a race track or road course in Riverside, California. The track was in operation from September 22, 1957, to July 2, 1989... |
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November 17 |
- Feature race
Season results
Feature race overall winners in bold.Ralph Durbin
| 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...
| 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...
| Dave Causey
| 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...
| Trant Jarman
| Ed Lunken
Jim Kimberly
| Bob Kuhn
| Ed Crawford
| Don Wester
| M. R. J. Wyllie
Margaret Wyllie
| Ed Hugus
| Bruce Townsend
|-
! rowspan=2 | 10
| rowspan=2 | Watkins Glen
Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen International is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. The facility is owned by International Speedway Corporation...
|rowspan=2| no entries
| #24 Chevrolet
Chevrolet
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| #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...
| #80 Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz
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| #30 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...
| #45 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...
| #25 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...
| #24 A.C.-Bristol
Bristol Cars
Bristol Cars is a manufacturer of hand-built luxury cars headquartered in Patchway, near Bristol, United Kingdom. Bristol have always been a low-volume manufacturer; the most recent published official production figures were for 1982, which stated that 104 cars were produced in that year...
| #140 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....
| #213 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....
| #150 Elva
Elva (car manufacturer)
Elva was a sports and racing car manufacturing company based in Bexhill, then Hastings and Rye, East Sussex, United Kingdom. The company was founded in 1955 by Frank G. Nichols. The name comes from the French phrase elle va .-Racing cars:...
| #13 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...
| #173 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...
| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Fred Windridge
| Walt Hansgen
Walt Hansgen
Walt Hansgen was a racecar driver from the United States. His racing career began as a road racing driver...
| Harry Carter
| Paul O'Shea
| Gilbert Geitner
| John Fitch
| William Burroughs
| Bob Holbert
| Freddie Barrette
| Chuck Dietrich
| Ed Hugus
| Melvin Sachs
|-
! rowspan=2 | 11
| rowspan=2 | Bridgehampton
Bridgehampton Race Circuit
Bridgehampton Race Circuit was a race track located near Sag Harbor, New York, United States. The circuit opened in 1957, following a series of road races held from 1949 until 1953...
|rowspan=2| no entries
| #99 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...
| #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...
| #80 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...
| #100 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...
| #45 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...
| #8 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...
| #180 A.C.-Bristol
Bristol Cars
Bristol Cars is a manufacturer of hand-built luxury cars headquartered in Patchway, near Bristol, United Kingdom. Bristol have always been a low-volume manufacturer; the most recent published official production figures were for 1982, which stated that 104 cars were produced in that year...
| #0 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....
| #173 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 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...
| #179 Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo
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| #53 D.B.
DB (car)
DB was a French automobile maker between 1938 and 1961, based in Champigny-sur-Marne near Paris. The firm was founded by Charles Deutsch and René Bonnet...
-Panhard
Panhard
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| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Fred Windridge
| Walt Hansgen
Walt Hansgen
Walt Hansgen was a racecar driver from the United States. His racing career began as a road racing driver...
| Harry Carter
| Bruce Kessler
| Gilbert Geitner
| John Fitch
| Harry Carter
| Charles Wallace
| Lake Underwood
Lake Underwood
Lake Underwood was an American entrepreneur who competed as a champion in the racing of prototype automobiles and motorcycles...
| Frank Baptista
| Tony Briggs
| Gordon Wing
|-
! rowspan=2 | 12
| rowspan=2 | VIR
Virginia International Raceway
The Virginia International Raceway is a road course located in the community of Alton, Virginia near Danville, Virginia. It is found less than a half-mile from the North Carolina/Virginia border just outside Milton, North Carolina on the banks of the Dan River...
|rowspan=2| no finishers
| #135 Chevrolet
Chevrolet
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| #61 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...
| #80 Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz
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|rowspan=2| no finishers
| #45 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...
| #25 Ferrari
Ferrari
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| #24 A.C.-Bristol
Bristol Cars
Bristol Cars is a manufacturer of hand-built luxury cars headquartered in Patchway, near Bristol, United Kingdom. Bristol have always been a low-volume manufacturer; the most recent published official production figures were for 1982, which stated that 104 cars were produced in that year...
| #0 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 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....
| #2 Lotus
Lotus Cars
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| #120 Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo
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| #109 D.B
DB (car)
DB was a French automobile maker between 1938 and 1961, based in Champigny-sur-Marne near Paris. The firm was founded by Charles Deutsch and René Bonnet...
| rowspan=2 | Results
|-
| Leonard Butscher
| Charles Wallace
| Harry Carter
| Gilbert Geitner
| Gaston Andrey
| William Burroughs
| Charles Wallace
| Lake Underwood
Lake Underwood
Lake Underwood was an American entrepreneur who competed as a champion in the racing of prototype automobiles and motorcycles...
| M. R. J. Wyllie
| Brooks Robinson
| Wiley Reid
|-
! rowspan=2 | 13
| rowspan=2 | Palm Springs
Palm Springs International Airport
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| #70 Buick
Buick
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| #58 Chevrolet
Chevrolet
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| #98 John Engar
| #221 Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz
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| #59 Aston Martin
Aston Martin
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| #158 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...
| #125 Fred Armbruster
| #195 A.C.-Bristol
Bristol Cars
Bristol Cars is a manufacturer of hand-built luxury cars headquartered in Patchway, near Bristol, United Kingdom. Bristol have always been a low-volume manufacturer; the most recent published official production figures were for 1982, which stated that 104 cars were produced in that year...
| #88 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....
| #6 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....
| #151 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...
| #51 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...
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| Max Balchowsky
| Jerry Austin
| 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...
| Ron Ellico
| Bob Oker
| Jay Hoke
| 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:...
| William Love
| Jack McAfee
| Skip Hudson
| Leon Miller
| Fred Woodward
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Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is a paved road racing track used for both auto racing and motorcycle racing, originally constructed in 1957 near both Salinas and Monterey, California, USA....
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| #34 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...
| #190 John Edgar
| #100 Jaguar
| #11 John von Neumann
| #146 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...
| #125 Pete Armbruster
| #195 A.C.-Bristol
Bristol Cars
Bristol Cars is a manufacturer of hand-built luxury cars headquartered in Patchway, near Bristol, United Kingdom. Bristol have always been a low-volume manufacturer; the most recent published official production figures were for 1982, which stated that 104 cars were produced in that year...
| #55 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....
| #172 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....
| #87 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...
| #41 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...
| #79 D.B.
DB (car)
DB was a French automobile maker between 1938 and 1961, based in Champigny-sur-Marne near Paris. The firm was founded by Charles Deutsch and René Bonnet...
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| Cloyd Gray
| 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...
| Ray Seher
| John von Neumann
| Hugh Pryor
| 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:...
| Bill Love
| Sam Weiss
| Skip Hudson
| Paul Nau
| Fred Woodward
| Bill Wood
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| rowspan=2 | Riverside
Riverside International Raceway
Riverside International Raceway was a race track or road course in Riverside, California. The track was in operation from September 22, 1957, to July 2, 1989...
| #70 Buick
Buick
Buick is a premium brand of General Motors . Buick models are sold in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, Taiwan, and Israel, with China being its largest market. Buick holds the distinction as the oldest active American make...
| #8 C.S. Mead
| #98 John Edgar
| #7 Robert Fletcher
| #11 John von Neumann
| #46 Hugh Pryor
| #125 Fred Ambuster
| #195 A.C.-Bristol
Bristol Cars
Bristol Cars is a manufacturer of hand-built luxury cars headquartered in Patchway, near Bristol, United Kingdom. Bristol have always been a low-volume manufacturer; the most recent published official production figures were for 1982, which stated that 104 cars were produced in that year...
| #88 Stan Sugarman
| #113 M.M. Kasler
| #27 Skip Conklin
| #50 Fred Woodward
| Jim Parkinson
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| Max Balchowsky
| Jerry Austin
| 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...
| Robert Fletcher
| John von Neumann
| Hugh Pryor
| Pete Lovely
| Bill Love
| Jack McAfee
| Lew Bracker
| Skip Conklin
| Fred Woodward
| Jim Parkinson
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- C Production were classified with B Production at Eagle Mountain.
- The feature race at Thompson was won overall by Bill Rutan in an Unrestricted-class LesterLesterLester is a Scottish and Irish surname of Gaelic origin, which is a variant of the surname Lister.Lester may refer to:-Given name:*Lester Bangs , American music critic...
-MG. - H Sports were classified with G Sports at Palm Springs.
Champions
Class | Driver | Car |
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B Sports | J. E. Rose | Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Corvette The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car by the Chevrolet division of General Motors that has been produced in six generations. The first model, a convertible, was designed by Harley Earl and introduced at the GM Motorama in 1953 as a concept show car. Myron Scott is credited for naming the car after... SR-2 |
B Production | 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... |
Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Corvette The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car by the Chevrolet division of General Motors that has been produced in six generations. The first model, a convertible, was designed by Harley Earl and introduced at the GM Motorama in 1953 as a concept show car. Myron Scott is credited for naming the car after... |
C Sports | Walt Hansgen Walt Hansgen Walt Hansgen was a racecar driver from the United States. His racing career began as a road racing driver... |
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 | Harry Carter | Mercedes-Benz 300SL Mercedes-Benz 300SL The Mercedes-Benz 300SL was introduced in 1954 as a two-seat, closed sports car with distinctive gull-wing doors. Later it was offered as an open roadster... |
D Sports | Paul O'Shea | Mercedes-Benz 300SL Mercedes-Benz 300SL The Mercedes-Benz 300SL was introduced in 1954 as a two-seat, closed sports car with distinctive gull-wing doors. Later it was offered as an open roadster... Roadster |
D Production | Fred Moore | Austin-Healey 100 Austin-Healey 100 The Austin-Healey 100 is a sports car built from 1953 until 1959. There were two models, the original four-cylinder Austin-Healey 100, built 1953-1956, and the six-cylinder Austin-Healey 100-6, built 1956-1959.... M |
E Sports | Gaston Andrey | Ferrari 500 Mondial |
E Production | Bob Kuhn | AC Ace AC Ace -History:AC came back to the market after the Second World War with the staid Two-litre range of cars in 1947, but it was with the Ace sports car of 1953 that the company really made its reputation in the post war years... -Bristol Bristol Cars Bristol Cars is a manufacturer of hand-built luxury cars headquartered in Patchway, near Bristol, United Kingdom. Bristol have always been a low-volume manufacturer; the most recent published official production figures were for 1982, which stated that 104 cars were produced in that year... |
F Sports | Charles Wallace | Porsche 550 Porsche 550 The Porsche 550 was a sports car produced by Porsche from 1953-1956.Inspired by the Porsche 356 which was created by Ferry Porsche, and some spyder prototypes built and raced by Walter Glöckler starting in 1951, the factory decided to build a car designed for use in auto racing. The model Porsche... RS |
F Production | Lake Underwood Lake Underwood Lake Underwood was an American entrepreneur who competed as a champion in the racing of prototype automobiles and motorcycles... |
Porsche 356 Carrera |
G Sports | Frank Baptista | Lotus Eleven Lotus Eleven The Lotus Eleven was a racing car built in various versions by Lotus from 1956 until 1958. The later versions built in 1958 are sometimes referred to as Lotus 13, although this was not an official designation... Monza-Climax Coventry Climax Coventry Climax was a British forklift truck, fire pump, and speciality engine manufacturer.-History:The company was started in 1903 as Lee Stroyer, but two years later, following the departure of Stroyer, it was relocated to Paynes Lane, Coventry, and renamed to Coventry-Simplex by H... |
G Production | Tony Briggs | MG TC, Alfa Romeo Giulietta Alfa Romeo Giulietta The Alfa Romeo Giulietta was a subcompact automobile manufactured by the Italian car maker Alfa Romeo from 1954 to 1965. The Giulietta was introduced at the Turin Motor Show in 1954 and almost 132,000 were built in the Portello factory in Milan.The first Giulietta model was a coupé, the Giulietta... Veloce |
H Sports | Melvin Sachs | 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... |