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1954 SCCA National Sports Car Championship
The 1954 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the fourth season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began January 31, 1954, and ended November 7, 1954, after twelve races. For the first time, championships were awarded to drivers in each class, rather than an overall championship as before.
Classes
| Class | Displacement |
|---|---|
| A | over 5000cc |
| B | 4000–5000cc |
| C | 3000–4000cc |
| D | 2000–3000cc |
| E | 1500–2000cc |
| F | 1100–1500cc |
| G | 750–1100cc |
| H | under 750cc |
Schedule
| Rnd | Race | Length | Circuit | Location | Date | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida National Sports Car Races | 200 mi | MacDill Air Force Base | Tampa, Florida | January 31 | |||||||||||||
| Savannah National Sports Car Races | 150 mi | Hunter Air Force Base | Savannah, Georgia | March 14 | |||||||||||||
| Lone Star National Sports Car Race | 100 mi | Bergstrom Air Force Base | Austin, Texas | March 28 | |||||||||||||
| Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Race | 100 mi | Pebble Beach road circuit | Pebble Beach, California | April 11 | |||||||||||||
| National Capital Sports Car Races | 200 mi | Andrews Air Force Base | Washington, D.C. | May 2 | |||||||||||||
| Chanute National Sports Car Races | 150 mi | Chanute Air Force Base | Rantoul, Illinois | June 6 | |||||||||||||
| New England National Sports Car Races | 175 mi | Westover Air Force Base | Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts | June 13 | |||||||||||||
| Offutt National Sports Car Races | 200 mi | Offutt Air Force Base | Omaha, Nebraska | July 4 | |||||||||||||
| Lockbourne Sports Car Races | 150 mi | Lockbourne Air Force Base | Columbus, Ohio | August 8 | |||||||||||||
| Thompson National Races | 15 mi | Thompson International Speedway | Thompson, Connecticut | September 5 | |||||||||||||
| International Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen | 100 mi | Watkins Glen road circuit | Watkins Glen, New York | September 18 | |||||||||||||
| Orange Empire National Races | 125 mi | March Air Force Base | Moreno Valley, California | November 7 |
: Feature race
Season results
Feature race overall winners in bold.
| Rnd | Circuit | BM 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 | HM Winning Team | Results | BM 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) | HM Winning Driver(s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacDill | #3 Cunningham | '#5 Ferrari''''' | #12 Jaguar | #6 Briggs Cunningham/Momo | no entries | #31 Saita | no entries | #1 Briggs Cunningham | #18 MG | #77 O.S.C.A. | #81 Renault | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Phil Walters | USA Jim Kimberly | USA Austin Young | USA John Fitch | USA Robert Blackwood | USA Briggs Cunningham | USA Ralph Durbin | USA Rees Makins | USA Henry Gauding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hunter | #51 Briggs Cunningham | '#5 Ferrari''''' | #39 Jaguar | #44 Ferrari | #64 Austin-Healey | #97 Kieft | no entries | #2 O.S.C.A. | #33 Porsche | #111 PB Crosley | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Sherwood Johnston | USA Jim Kimberly | USA Warren Smith | USA Bill Lloyd | USA Billy Dantone | USA Bill Carpenter | USA George Moffett | USA Dick Pace | USA George Schrafft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bergstrom | #20 Allard | '#5 Ferrari''''' | #53 Jaguar | #52 Ferrari | no entries | no entries | no entries | #9 Porsche | #49 Porsche | no entries | #66 D.B. Panhard | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Walt Gray | USA Jim Kimberly | USA Curtis Attaway | USA Bill Jarnigan | USA John von Neumann | USA Art Bunker | FRA François Crouzet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pebble Beach | #107 Allard | '#26 Ferrari''''' | #1 Edwards | #5 Ferrari | #117 O.S.C.A. | #124 Giaur | #51 Crosley Special | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA John Barneson | USA Sterling Edwards | Wagner | USA Randy McDougall | USA Chick Leson | Hicks | USA Harry Eyerly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Andrews | #17 Jack R. Ensley | #1 Bill Spear | #178 Jaguar | #2 William B. Lloyd | #85 David Herson | #46 Donald McKnought | #146 James S. P. Robinson | #42 Briggs Cunningham | #65 Dick Thompson | #107 Rees T. Makins | #74 Candler H. Poole, Jr. | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Jack Ensley | USA Bill Spear | USA Stephen Spitler | USA Bill Lloyd | USA William Kinchloe | USA Don McKnought | USA Roger Wing | USA Briggs Cunningham | USA Dick Thompson | USA Rees Makins | USA Candy Poole | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chanute | #17 Jack R. Ensley | #5 James H. Kimberly | #121 Jack Pry | #136 J. M. R. Lyeth, Jr. | unknown | #10 Robert B. Kuhn | unknown | unknown | #12 Max J. Goldman, Jr. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #126 Ralph Durbin | #47 Rees T. Makins | unknown | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Jack Ensley | USA Jim Kimberly | USA Charles Wallace | USA Charles Hassan | USA Bob Kuhn | USA Max Goldman (Porsche) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Ralph Durbin (MG) | USA Rees Makins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Westover | no entries | '#5 Ferrari''''' | #40 Jaguar | #25 Ferrari | #22 Austin-Healey | #85 Siata | #95 Triumph | #4 Lester MG | #54 Porsche | #91 O.S.C.A. | #3 Bandini | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Jim Kimberly | USA Charles Wallace | USA Bill Lloyd | USA Fred Allen | USA George Schrafft | USA Ron McConkey | USA Duncan Black | USA John Bye | USA Jim Kimberly | USA Henry Rudkin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Offutt | #60 Charles Moran, Jr. | #55 Tony Parravano | #43 Curtis L. Attaway, Jr. | #20 J. M. R. Lyeth, Jr. | no finishers | #7 C. Ted Boynton | no finishers | #66 Phil Stewart | #90 Arthur S. Bunker, Jr. | #77 Rees T. Makins | #33 Roy Cherryholmes | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Charles Moran | USA Jack McAfee | USA Curtis Attaway | USA Richard Lyeth | USA Ted Boynton | USA Phil Stewart | USA Art Bunker | USA Rees Makins | USA Roy Cherryholmes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lockbourne | #68 Phil Walters | #5 James H. Kimberly | #79 C. C. Wallace | no finishers | #157 Austin-Healey | #26 Lt. Col. Robert B. Kuhn | #17 Triumph | #91 James Simpson, Jr. | #2 Dr. R. K. Thompson | #4 Rees T. Makins | #131 Jerry Rigden | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Sherwood Johnston | USA Jim Kimberly | USA Charles Wallace | USA Robert Fergus | USA Bob Kuhn | USA Jim Brooks | USA James Simpson | USA Dick Thompson | USA Rees Makins | USA Jerry Rigden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thompson | #17 Kurtis Kraft | #111 Ferrari | #23 Jaguar | #9 Ferrari | #45 Austin-Healey | #11 Maserati | no finishers | #1 Briggs Cunningham | #76 Porsche | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #51 MG | #14 O.S.C.A. | #74 PBX | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Jack Ensley | USA Bill Spear | USA Charles Wallace | USA Adrian Melville | USA Robert Fergus | USA Fred Procter | USA Briggs Cunningham | USA Chandler Lawrence (Overall) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Mike Rodney | USA Rees Makins | USA Candy Poole | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Watkins Glen | #18 Briggs Cunningham | #5 Jim Kimberly | #66 Richard Perrin | #132 William B. Lloyd | #12 Fred Allen | #110 Frederick W. Procter, Jr. | #137 James S. P. Robinson | #118 Rees T. Makins | #107 Robert W. Magenheimer | #127 Robert T. Keller | #198 Briggs Cunningham | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Phil Walters | USA Jim Kimberly | USA Richard Perrin | USA Bill Lloyd | USA Roy Jackson-Moore | USA Fred Proctor | USA Jim Robinson | USA Frank Bott | USA Robert Magenheimer | USA Robert T. Keller | USA Marshall Lewis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March | #104 Mabee Chrysler Special | '#4 Ferrari''''' | #83 Jaguar | #71 Ferrari | no entries | #200 Triumph | #183 Triumph | #91 O.S.C.A. | #118 Porsche | #25 Panhard Special | #31 Moretti | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Mickey Wysong | USA Bill Spear | USA Jim Peterson | USA Howard Hively | USA Walter Kieckhefer | USA Lee Owen | USA James Simpson | USA Jean Pierre Kunstle | USA Perry Peron | USA John Biehl |
: G Modified were classified with H Modified at Hunter. : Modified & Production classes were classified together at Pebble Beach. : Separate MG and Porsche winners in F Production were declared at Chanute and Thompson. : A separate race for the fastest 10 drivers of the weekend was also held, won by Walt Hansgen in a C Modified-class Jaguar C-Type.
Champions
| Class | Driver | Car |
|---|---|---|
| B Modified | USA Jack Ensley | Kurtis Kraft 500S |
| C Modified | USA Jim Kimberly | Ferrari 375 MM |
| C Production | USA Charles Wallace | Jaguar XK120 |
| D Modified | USA Bill Lloyd | Ferrari 225 S, Ferrari 2.7 |
| D Production | USA William Kinchloe | Austin-Healey 100 |
| E Modified | USA Fred Wacker‡ | |
| USA Ted Boynton‡ | Arnolt-Bristol | |
| Frazer Nash Le Mans | ||
| E Production | USA Bob Salzgaber | Triumph TR2 |
| F Modified | USA Briggs Cunningham | O.S.C.A. MT4 |
| F Production | USA Dick Thompson‡ | |
| USA Art Bunker‡ | Porsche 356, MG TD | |
| Porsche 356 Super Coupe, Roadster | ||
| G Modified | USA Rees Makins | O.S.C.A. MT4 |
| H Modified | USA Candy Poole | PBX Special |
‡Tie
References
References
- (1954). "Pebble Beach 1954". [[Speed Age]].
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