1963 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season

The 1963 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the thirteenth season of the Sports Car Club of America

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 April 7, 1963, and ended September 2, 1963, after ten races.

Schedule

Rnd	Race		Circuit	Location	Date
1	SCCA National Race	45 minutes	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....	April 7
2	VIR National Cup	1 hour, 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...	April 27
3	Cumberland National Championship Sports Car Races	75 km (46.6 mi)	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 12
4	SCCA National Race 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...	90 mi (144.8 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....	June 2
5	SCCA National Race Northeast Grand Prix The Northeast Grand Prix is a sports car race held at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut, United States as part of the American Le Mans Series. It has a duration of 2 hours 45 minutes and takes place in July, originally on the Independence Day weekend.-Winners:-External links:*****...	60 mi (96.6 km)	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...	Lakeville, Connecticut Lakeville, Connecticut Lakeville is a village and census-designated place in the town of Salisbury in Litchfield County, Connecticut, on Lake Wononskopomuc. The village includes Lakeville Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The district represents about of the village center...	June 15
6	June Sprints 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...	160 mi (257.5 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
7	Lake Garnett Grand Prix	70 mi (112.7 km)	Lake Garnett Circuit	Garnett, Kansas Garnett, Kansas Garnett is a city in and the county seat of Anderson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 3,415.-Geography:Garnett is located at...	July 8
8	Meadowdale SCCA National Championships	98 mi (157.7 km)	Meadowdale International Raceway Meadowdale International Raceway Meadowdale International Raceway was a race track located in Carpentersville, Illinois. It was used for motor racing from 1958 to 1968.-The track's first life:...	Carpentersville, Illinois Carpentersville, Illinois Carpentersville is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. The population was 30,586 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Carpentersville is located at ....	August 4
9	Glen Classic	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....	August 25
10	SCCA National Races	60 mi (96.6 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 2

Feature race

Season results

Feature race overall winners in bold.

D and E Modified were classified with C Modified at Meadowdale.

Champions

Class	Driver	Car
A Production	Bob Johnson	Shelby Cobra 289
B Production	Don Yenko	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 Modified	Harry Heuer	Chaparral 1-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...
C Production	Duncan Black	Daimler SP250 Daimler SP250 The Daimler Dart was a sports car built by British manufacturer Daimler in Coventry.It was launched at the 1959 New York Motor Show, and its greatest success was in the North American market. It had a fibreglass body, four-wheel Girling disc brakes, and a 2.5-litre Hemi-head V8 engine designed by...
D Modified	Roger Penske Roger Penske Roger S. Penske is the owner of the automobile racing team Penske Racing, the Penske Corporation, and other automotive related businesses. A winning racer in the late 1950s, Penske was named 1961's Sports Car Club of America Driver of the Year by Sports Illustrated...	"Zerex 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... T53-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...
D Production	Bob Tullius	Triumph TR4 Triumph TR4 The Triumph TR4 was a sports car built in the United Kingdom by the Standard Triumph Motor Company and introduced in 1961. Code named "Zest" during development, the car was based on the chassis and drivetrain of the previous TR sports cars, but with a modern Michelotti styled body. 40,253 cars...
E Modified	Joe Buzzetta	Porsche 718 RSK
E 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 Porsche 356 The Porsche 356 was the company's first production automobile. It was a lightweight and nimble handling rear-engine rear-wheel-drive 2 door sports car available in hardtop coupe and open configurations. Design innovations continued during the years of manufacture, contributing to its motorsports...
F Modified	Peter Sachs	Lotus 23 Lotus 23 The Lotus 23 was designed by Colin Chapman as a small-displacement sports racing car. Nominally a two-seater , it was a purpose-built for racing with a driver alone. The 23 used a wider version of the Lotus 20 space frame, with the same suspension, clothed in a fibreglass body...
F Production	Robert Shaw	Alfa Romeo Spyder 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...
G Modified	Chuck Dietrich	Bosby Mk.II-Ford
G Production	Pete Van der Vate	Austin-Healey Sprite Austin-Healey Sprite The Austin-Healey Sprite is a small open sports car which was announced to the press in Monte Carlo by the British Motor Corporation on 20 May 1958, just before that year's Monaco Grand Prix. It was intended to be a low-cost model that "a chap could keep in his bike shed", yet be the successor to...
H Modified	Bill Greer	Zink Petite Mk.II
H Production	Donna Mae Mims Donna Mae Mims Donna Mae Mims was an American race car driver. She was the first woman to win a Sports Car Club of America national championship. Mims won the SCCA Class H championship in 1963...	Austin-Healey Sprite Austin-Healey Sprite The Austin-Healey Sprite is a small open sports car which was announced to the press in Monte Carlo by the British Motor Corporation on 20 May 1958, just before that year's Monaco Grand Prix. It was intended to be a low-cost model that "a chap could keep in his bike shed", yet be the successor to...

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