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1958 SCCA National Sports Car Championship
The 1958 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the eighth season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began January 12, 1958, and ended October 5, 1958, after sixteen races.
Classes edit
| Class | Modified | Production |
|---|---|---|
| B | 5000-8000cc | 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 | 1000-1300cc |
| H | 500-750cc | 750-1000cc |
| I | 350-500cc | 500-750cc |
| J | under 350cc | 350-500cc |
| K | - | under 350cc |
Schedule edit
| Rnd | Race | LengthA | Circuit | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange Bowl National Championship Sports Car Races | 100 mi (160 km) | Master Field | Miami, Florida | January 12 |
| 2 | President's Cup | 80 mi (130 km) | Marlboro Motor Raceway | Upper Marlboro, Maryland | April 20 |
| 3 | National Championship Spring Sprint Sports Car Road Races | 1 hour | Virginia International Raceway | Danville, Virginia | May 4 |
| 4 | Cumberland National Championship Sports Car Races | 1 hour | Greater Cumberland Regional Airport | Wiley Ford, West Virginia | May 19 |
| 5 | SCCA National Races | 75 mi (121 km) | Bridgehampton Race Circuit | Bridgehampton, New York | June 1 |
| 6 | Lime Rock National Sports Car Races | 100 km (62 mi) | Lime Rock Park | Lakeville, Connecticut | June 15 |
| 7 | International June Sprints | 150 mi (240 km) | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | June 22 |
| 8 | Lime Rock National Championship Races | 100 km (62 mi) | Lime Rock Park | Lakeville, Connecticut | July 5 |
| 9 | SCCA National Races | 70 mi (110 km) | Milwaukee State Fair Park | West Allis, Wisconsin | August 16 |
| 10 | SCCA National Races | 150 km (93 mi) | Montgomery Airport | Montgomery, New York | August 17 |
| 11 | Thompson National Championship Races | 60 mi (97 km) | Thompson International Speedway | Thompson, Connecticut | September 1 |
| 12 | Road America 500 | 500 mi (800 km) | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | September 7 |
| 13 | Watkins Glen Grand Prix | 100 mi (160 km) | Watkins Glen International | Watkins Glen, New York | September 20 |
| 14 | SCCA National Races | 1 hour | Vaca Valley Raceway | Vacaville, California | October 5 |
| 15 | Autumn Festival Sports Car Races | 150 km (93 mi) | Virginia International Raceway | Danville, Virginia | October 5 |
| 16 | Palm Springs Exhibition Sports Car Races | 50 mi (80 km) | Palm Springs Municipal Airport | Palm Springs, California | November 2 |
- ^A Feature race
Season results edit
Feature race overall winners in bold.
| Rnd | Circuit | BM Winning Team | BP Winning Team | CM Winning Team | CP Winning Team | DM Winning Team | DP Winning Team | EM Winning Team | EP Winning Team | FM Winning Team | FP Winning Team | GM Winning Team | GP Winning Team | HM Winning Team | HP Winning Team | IM Winning Team | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BM Winning Driver(s) | BP Winning Driver(s) | CM Winning Driver(s) | CP Winning Driver(s) | DM Winning Driver(s) | DP Winning Driver(s) | EM Winning Driver(s) | EP Winning Driver(s) | FM Winning Driver(s) | FP Winning Driver(s) | GM Winning Driver(s) | GP Winning Driver(s) | HM Winning Driver(s) | HP Winning Driver(s) | IM Winning Driver(s) | |||
| 1 | MiamiA | #92 Ferrari | #14 Chevrolet | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #621 Jaguar | #115 Ferrari | #188 Austin-Healey | #25 Ferrari | #55 A.C.-Bristol | #0 Porsche | #83 Porsche | #37 Lotus | #130 Alfa Romeo | #77 Bandini-Saab | no entries | no entries | Results |
| George Reed | Rees Makins | Walt Hansgen | Don Smith | James Johnston | Fred Moore | Gaston Andrey | Duncan Forlong | Charles Wallace | John Cuevas | Roy Schechter | Art Tweedale | George Parsons | |||||
| 2 | Marlboro | A.C.-Jaguar | Chevrolet | #60 Briggs Cunningham | Jaguar | Maserati | Austin-Healey | Ferrari | A.C.-Bristol | Porsche | Porsche MG | Elva | Alfa Romeo | Bandini-Saab | D.B.-Panhard | no entries | Results |
| Chuck Sarle | Fred Windridge | Walt Hansgen | John Hayes | Bark Henry | Fred Moore | Gaston Andrey | Ed Welch | Bob Holbert | Emil Pupulidy (Porsche) Ben Fowke (MG)B | Frank Baptista | Bob Grossman | George Parsons | Richard Toland | ||||
| 3 | VIRB | #16 Lance Reventlow | Chevrolet | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #97 Ferrari | no finishers | #26 Austin-Healey | #50 Ferrari | #20 A.C.-Bristol | #74 Porsche | #33 Porsche | #35 Elva | #179 Alfa Romeo | #160 Osca | #7 D.B.-Panhard | no entries | Results |
| Lance Reventlow | Fred Windridge | Walt Hansgen | George Arents | Reed Rollo | Gaston Andrey | Ross Wees | Don Sesslar | Emil Pupulidy | Frank Baptista | Tony Briggs | Robert Ferguson | Howard Hanna | |||||
| 4 | Cumberland | no finishers | Chevrolet | #60 Briggs Cunningham | Ferrari | no finishers | #17 David L. Herson | #7 J.V. Quackenbush | A.C.-Bristol | #74 Cyrus L. Fulton | #33 Emil Pupulidy | #35 Continental Motors, Ltd. | #82 Barry Budlong, Jr. | #127 James P. Eichenlaub | #1 Richard H.R. Toland | no entries | Results |
| Fred Windridge | Walt Hansgen | George Arents | Dick Thompson | John Quackenbush | Ross Mees | Don Sesslar | Emil Pupulidy | Frank Baptista | Barry Budlong | James Eichenlaub | Richard Toland | ||||||
| 5 | Bridgehampton | no finishers | Cheetah | #60 Briggs Cunningham | Ferrari | Aston Martin | Austin-Healey | Ferrari | A.C.-Bristol | Porsche | Porsche | unknown | Alfa Romeo | unknown | no entries | no entries | Results |
| John Plaisted | Walt Hansgen | George Arents | Fred Windridge | Dick Thompson | Gaston Andrey | Harry Carter | Bob Holbert | Emil Pupulidy | Bob Grossman | ||||||||
| 6 | Lime Rock | no entries | #99 Chevrolet | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #98 Ferrari | #76 Aston Martin | #11 Austin-Healey | #8 Maserati | #80 A.C.-Bristol | #140 Porsche | #33 Porsche | #35 Lotus | #71 Alfa Romeo | #74 PBX | D | no entries | Results |
| Fred Windridge | Walt Hansgen | George Arents | Alan Markelson | Dick Thompson | John Fitch | Harry Carter | Bob Holbert | Emil Pupulidy | Frank Baptista | John Clapp | Candy Poole | ||||||
| 7 | Road America | #91 J. M. Lyeth, Jr. | #14 L. Lindheimer | #60 Briggs Cunningham | unknown | #21 C.J. Hughes | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | no entries | no entries | Results |
| Richard Lyeth | Jim Jeffords | Walt Hansgen | Dan Collins | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Lime Rock | no entries | #99 Chevrolet | #61 Briggs Cunningham | #98 Ferrari | E | #17 Austin-Healey | #8 Maserati | #180 A.C.-Bristol | #140 Porsche | #33 Porsche | #16 Lotus | #32 Alfa Romeo | #174 PBX | F | no entries | Results |
| Fred Windridge | Ed Crawford | George Arents | Dick Thompson | John Fitch | Harry Carter | Bob Holbert | Emil Pupulidy | Floyd Aaskov | Ray Anderson | Candy Poole | |||||||
| 9 | Milwaukee | no finishers | #1 Chevrolet | #10 Ferrari | #96 Ferrari | #7 Pabst Motors | #66 Austin-Healey | #27 Porsche | #21 A.C.-Bristol | #44 Porsche | #0 Porsche | #214 Lotus Cars | #8 Alfa Romeo | #53 Martin T | no entries | no entries | Results |
| Jim Jeffords | John Kilborn | George Reed | Augie Pabst | Ralph Durbin | Ernie Erickson | Luke Stear | Dean Causey | Chuck Rickert | John C. Kilburn | Kaser | Martin Tanner | ||||||
| 10 | Montgomery | #15 Reventlow Automobiles | #1 Chevrolet | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #80 Jaguar | no finishers | #11 Austin-Healey | #46 Ed Hugus | #246 A.C.-Bristol | #140 Porsche | #33 Porsche | #2 Lotus-Climax | #170 Alfa Romeo | #38 Danielini Special | #171 D.B.-Panhard | no entries | Results |
| Chuck Daigh | Jim Jeffords | Walt Hansgen | Harry Carter | Dick Thompson | Ed Hugus | Jordan King | Bob Holbert | Emil Pupulidy | Floyd Aaskov | John Guthrie | Joe Daniels | Howard Hanna | |||||
| 11 | Thompson | Reventlow Automobiles | unknown | #60 Briggs Cunningham | Jaguar | unknown | unknown | unknown | A.C.-Bristol | Porsche | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Results |
| Lance Reventlow | Walt Hansgen | Harry Bristol | Harry Bristol | Bob Holbert | |||||||||||||
| 12 | Road America | #45 Excalibur | #2 Chevrolet | #25 North American Racing Team | #96 Ferrari | #15 James R. Johnston | #66 Austin-Healey | #13 Ferrari | #7 A.C.-Bristol | #42 Porsche | #0 Porsche | #35 Elva | #2 Alfa Romeo | #53 Martin T | no entries | no entries | Results |
| Hal Ullrich Carl Haas | Jim Jeffords | Gaston Andrey Lance Reventlow | George Reed | James Johnston Bud Seaverns | Ralph Durbin | James Place Ken Neill | Luke Stear | Dean Causey Chuck Rickert | Chuck Rickert | Frank Baptista | Ted Baumgartner | Martin Tanner | |||||
| 13 | Watkins Glen | no finishers | #1 John F. Stephani | #61 Briggs Cunningham | #80 Harry E. Carter | no entries | #11 David Herson | #45 A. H. Burrough | #27 Arch M. Means | #140 Bob Holbert | #71 Harry C. Blanchard | #67 Louis C. Bartol | #47 Alfa Romeo | #121 John Milos | #29 D.B. | #134 Berkeley | Results |
| Jim Jeffords | Ed Crawford | Harry Carter | Dick Thompson | Gilbert Geitner | Arch M. Means | Bob Holbert | Harry Blanchard | Floyd Aaskov | Chuck Stoddard | John Milos | Richard Toland | Sam Moses | |||||
| 14 | Vaca Valley | no finishers | #5 Chevrolet | #11 John von Neumann | #47 Jaguar | Ferrari | #1 Mercedes-Benz | #88 Porsche | #117 A.C.-Bristol | #12 Porsche | #44 Porsche | #37 Lotus | #148 Alfa Romeo | #79 D.B. | no finishers | no entries | Results |
| Jim Jeffords | John von Neumann | Cliff Wright | Josie von Neumann | Ray Rairdon | Jack McAfee | Chick Leson | Eldon Beagle | John Barneson | Stan Peterson | Steve Froines | Bill Wood | ||||||
| 15 | VIR | #91 Ferrari-Chevrolet | #69 Chevrolet | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #190 Jaguar | no entries | #73 Austin-Healey | #25 Ferrari | #19 A.C.-Bristol | #74 Porsche | #123 MG | #14 Lotus | #90 Alfa Romeo | #121 Osca | no entries | no entries | Results |
| Richard Lyeth | Frank Dominianni | Walt Hansgen | Bob Grossman | Fred Moore | Gaston Andrey | Arch Means | Don Sesslar | Murray Clark | Floyd Aaskov | Bob Grossman | Ed Ginther | ||||||
| 16 | Palm Springs | no finishers | Chevrolet | Ferrari | Mercedes-Benz | #146 Ferrari | Austin-Healey | no entries | Porsche | Porsche | Porsche | Lotus | Alfa Romeo | Little Digger-Crosley[2] | Austin-Healey | Berkeley | Results |
| Fred Grant | Jim Connor | Pete Caulkin | Dick Morgensen | Jack Rowe | D. D. Michelmore | Jack McAfee | Richard Bellows | Chuck Schroeder | Bythiner | Bill Beck | Bill Louden | Jerry Beem |
- ^A A K Production class was also held, won by George Metzger in a Berkeley.
- ^B A K Production class was also held, won by William Harding in a Berkeley-Excelsior.
- ^C Separate Porsche and MG winners were declared in F Production at Marlboro.
- ^D H Production were classified with G Production at Lime Rock (June).
- ^E D Modified were classified with C Modified at Lime Rock (July).
- ^F H Production were classified with G Production at Lime Rock (July).
Champions edit
| Class | Driver | Car |
|---|---|---|
| B Modified | Hal Ullrich | Excalibur |
| B Production | Jim Jeffords | Chevrolet Corvette |
| C Modified | Walt Hansgen | Jaguar D-type, Lister-Jaguar |
| C Production | George Reed | Ferrari 250 GT |
| D Modified | James Johnston | Ferrari 250 TR |
| D Production | Dick Thompson | Austin-Healey 100-Six |
| E Modified | Gaston Andrey | Ferrari 500 TRC Spyder |
| E Production | Harry Carter | AC Ace-Bristol |
| F Modified | Bob Holbert | Porsche 550 RS |
| F Production | Emil Pupulidy | Porsche 356 Carrera |
| G Modified | Frank Baptista | Elva Mk II, Lotus Eleven, Elva Mk III |
| G Production | Bob Grossman | Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce |
| H Modified | Martin Tanner | "Martin T" Special[3][4] |
| H Production | Howard Hanna | D.B.-Panhard |
| I Modified | Sam Moses | Berkeley Sports |
References edit
- ^ "Haybale: Official Sports Car Racing Program, New England Championship". Etceterini. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
- ^ "Little Digger Chassis". SportsRacer.net. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
- ^ Ludvigsen, Karl. "Fabulous Featherweight". Etceterini. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
- ^ "Tanner Chassis". SportsRacer.net. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
External links edit
- Racing Sports Cars: SCCA archive
- Etceterini: 1958 program covers