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1951 SCCA National Sports Car Championship
The 1951 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the first season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began May 12, 1951, and ended December 9, 1951, after eight races. John Fitch won the season championship.
Schedule
| Rnd | Race | Length | Circuit | Location | Date | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giants Despair Hillclimb | 1 mi | Giants Despair hill climb | Laurel Run, Pennsylvania | May 12 | |||||||||
| Pebble Beach Road Race | 100 mi | Pebble Beach road circuit | Pebble Beach, California | May 27 | |||||||||
| SCCA National Races | ? | Thompson International Speedway | Thompson, Connecticut | July ? | |||||||||
| Elkhart Lake Road Race | 200 mi | Elkhart Lake road circuit | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | August 26 | |||||||||
| International Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen | 100 mi | Watkins Glen road circuit | Watkins Glen, New York | September 15 | |||||||||
| Reno Sports Car Road Races | 100 mi | Reno road circuit | Reno, Nevada | October 21 | |||||||||
| Climb To The Clouds | 2.5 mi | Mount Equinox | Manchester, Vermont | October 28 | |||||||||
| Road Races at Palm Beach Shores Florida | 100 mi | Palm Beach road circuit | Palm Beach, Florida | December 9 |
: Feature race
Season results
Note: Although support races counted towards the season points championship, only feature race overall winners are listed below.
| Rnd | Circuit | Winning team | Results | Winning driver(s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giants' Despair | Delvan Lee | Results | ||||||||||
| USA Delvan Lee | ||||||||||||
| Pebble Beach | #14 Tom Carstens | Results | ||||||||||
| USA Bill Pollack | ||||||||||||
| Thompson | MG | Results | ||||||||||
| USA Rowland D. H. Keith | ||||||||||||
| Elkhart Lake | #128 Briggs Cunningham | Results | ||||||||||
| USA John Fitch | ||||||||||||
| Watkins Glen | #55 Briggs Cunningham | Results | ||||||||||
| USA Phil Walters | ||||||||||||
| Reno | #14 T. Carstens | Results | ||||||||||
| USA Bill Pollack | ||||||||||||
| Mt. Equinox | #35 Maserati | Results | ||||||||||
| USA George Weaver | ||||||||||||
| Palm Beach | #1 Ferrari | Results | ||||||||||
| USA John Fitch |
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