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1957 SCCA National Sports Car Championship
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.
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 | Length | Circuit | Location | Date | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland Sports Car Races | 1 hour | Greater Cumberland Regional Airport | Wiley Ford, West Virginia | May 19 | ||||||||||||||||
| National Championship Sports Car Road Races | 60 mi | Eagle Mountain National Guard Base | Fort Worth, Texas | June 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lime Rock National Championship Sports Car Races | 100 km | Lime Rock Park | Lakeville, Connecticut | June 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Road America National Championships Races | 150 mi | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | June 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Marlboro National Sports Car Races | 43 mi | Marlboro Motor Raceway | Upper Marlboro, Maryland | July 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Inaugural Grand Prix Sports Car Races | 100 km | Virginia International Raceway | Danville, Virginia | August 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Montgomery National Championships Races | 150 km | Montgomery Airport | Montgomery, New York | August 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thompson National Championship Races | 1 hour | Thompson International Speedway | Thompson, Connecticut | September 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Road America 500 | 500 mi | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | September 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Watkins Glen Grand Prix | 100 mi | Watkins Glen International | Watkins Glen, New York | September 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bridgehampton Inaugural Races | 70 mi | Bridgehampton Race Circuit | Bridgehampton, New York | September 29 | ||||||||||||||||
| President's Cup Race | 2 hours, 30 minutes | Virginia International Raceway | Danville, Virginia | October 27 | ||||||||||||||||
| National Palm Springs Championship Road Race | 85 mi | Palm Springs Municipal Airport | Palm Springs, California | November 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pebble Beach Races | 100 mi | Laguna Seca Raceway | Monterey, California | November 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Riverside National Championship Sports Car Races | 150 km | Riverside International Raceway | Riverside, California | November 17 |
: Feature race
Season results
Feature race overall winners in bold.
| Rnd | Circuit | BS Winning Team | BP Winning Team | CS Winning Team | CP Winning Team | DS Winning Team | DP Winning Team | ES Winning Team | EP Winning Team | FS Winning Team | FP Winning Team | GS Winning Team | GP Winning Team | HS Winning Team | Results | BS Winning Driver(s) | BP Winning Driver(s) | CS Winning Driver(s) | CP Winning Driver(s) | DS Winning Driver(s) | DP Winning Driver(s) | ES Winning Driver(s) | EP Winning Driver(s) | FS Winning Driver(s) | FP Winning Driver(s) | GS Winning Driver(s) | GP Winning Driver(s) | HS Winning Driver(s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland | #271 J. E. Rose | #11 Lindsay Hopkins | #59 Briggs Cunningham | #235 Leonard E. Butscher | #8 John Edgar | #204 John K. Colgate, Jr. | #98 Scuderia Rosinante | #120 Bob Kuhn | #0 Jack Pry | #37 Lake Underwood | #35 Frank W. Baptista | #213 William M. Speer | #195 Richard W. Gent | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA J. E. Rose | USA Dick Thompson | USA Walt Hansgen | USA Charles Butscher | USA Carroll Shelby | USA John Colgate | USA Bruce Kessler | USA Bob Kuhn | USA Charles Wallace | USA Lake Underwood | USA Frank Baptista | USA Ed Hugus | USA Melvin Sachs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eagle Mountain | #65 Chevrolet | '#11 Chevrolet''''' | #36 Jaguar | #111 Ferrari | #129 Austin-Healey | no entries | #26 A.C.-Bristol | #23 Porsche | #41 Porsche | #52 Cooper-Climax | #4 Alfa Romeo | #54 Bandini | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA J. E. Rose | USA Dick Thompson | USA Bob Stonedale | USA Jim Roberts | USA Dave Furrows | USA Richard McGuire | USA John Max Wolf | USA William Randle | USA Tom Johnson | USA Val Scroggie | USA Gordon Wright | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lime Rock | no entries | #114 Chevrolet | #61 Briggs Cunningham | #1 Jaguar | #8 John Edgar | #73 Austin-Healey | #103 Ferrari | #6 Morgan | #0 Porsche | #37 Porsche | #35 Lotus | #24 Alfa Romeo | #4 PBX | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Bark Henry | USA John Fitch | USA Jack Crusoe | USA Carroll Shelby | USA Fred Moore | USA Bruce Kessler | SUI Gaston Andrey | USA Charles Wallace | USA Lake Underwood | USA Frank Baptista | USA John Clapp | USA Dolph Vilardi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Road America | #98 Nash-Healey | #155 Chevrolet | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #11 Mercedes-Benz | #150 Ferrari | #166 Austin-Healey | #6 Ferrari | #151 A.C.-Bristol | #37 Porsche | #43 Porsche | #35 Lotus | #124 Alfa Romeo | #106 TXP | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Andy Rosenberger | USA Jim Jeffords | USA Walt Hansgen | USA Rees Makins | USA John von Neumann | USA Warren Cox | USA Ed Lunken | USA Dan Fowler | USA Lake Underwood | USA Don Wester | USA Frank Baptista | USA Al Allin | USA Bruce Townsend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marlboro | no entries | #111 Chevrolet | #61 Auto Engineering | #55 Jaguar | #30 Mercedes-Benz | #73 Austin-Healey | #6 Ferrari | #175 A.C.-Bristol | #140 Porsche | #157 Porsche | #35 Lotus | #177 Alfa Romeo | #4 PBX | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Dick Thompson | USA Walt Hansgen | USA Bob Rubin | USA Paul O'Shea | USA Fred Moore | USA Ed Lunken | USA Chuck Sarle | USA Bob Holbert | USA Dick Nash | USA Frank Baptista | USA Tony Briggs | USA Dolph Vilardi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VIR | no finishers | #211 Chevrolet | #98 John Engar | #49 Aston Martin | #30 Mercedes-Benz | #106 Austin-Healey | #59 Ferrari | #17 A.C.-Bristol | #140 Porsche | #257 Porsche | #2 Lotus | #13 Alfa Romeo | #147 D.B.-Panhard | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Dick Thompson | USA Carroll Shelby | USA George Constantine | USA Paul O'Shea | USA Harold Kunz | USA John Middleton | USA Bob Kuhn | USA Bob Holbert | USA Dick Nash | USA M. R. J. Wyllie | USA Ed Hugus | USA Howard Hanna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montgomery | no entries | #114 Chevrolet | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #180 Mercedes-Benz | #100 Maserati | #166 Austin-Healey | #35 Ferrari | #64 A.C.-Bristol | #37 Porsche | #137 Porsche | #35 Lotus | #31 Alfa Romeo | #112 Bandini-Saab | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Bark Henry | USA Walt Hansgen | USA Harry Carter | USA John Fitch | USA Warren Cox | SUI Gaston Andrey | USA Bob Kuhn | USA Lake Underwood | USA Lake Underwood | USA Frank Baptista | USA Bob Grossman | USA Henry Rudkin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thompson | no finishers | #135 Chevrolet | #52 Jaguar | #149 Aston Martin | #29 Maserati | #79 Austin-Healey | no finishers | #175 A.C.-Bristol | #65 Porsche | #114 Porsche | #54 Lotus | #7 Alfa Romeo | #86 PBX | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Leonard Butscher | USA Gordon MacKenzie | USA George Constantine | USA Bob Bucher | USA Mike Rothschild | USA Ed Welch | USA Paul Sagan | USA Freddie Barrette | USA Charles Cunningham | USA Vin Sardi | USA Candy Poole | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Road America | #85 Andy Hotton | #4 Chevrolet | #41 Gene Greenspun | #3 David F. Causey | #8 John Edgar | #10 Trant Jarman | #6 Lunken-Fulton | #17 Bob Kuhn | #69 Edward W. Crawford | #34 Don P. Wester | #2 M. R. J. Wyllie | #34 William M. Speer | #61 Bruce D. Townsend | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA John Cook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Ralph Durbin | USA Dick Thompson | USA Phil Hill | USA Dave Causey | USA Carroll Shelby | USA Trant Jarman | USA Ed Lunken | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Jim Kimberly | USA Bob Kuhn | USA Ed Crawford | USA Don Wester | USA M. R. J. Wyllie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Margaret Wyllie | USA Ed Hugus | USA Bruce Townsend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Watkins Glen | no entries | #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 | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Fred Windridge | USA Walt Hansgen | USA Harry Carter | USA Paul O'Shea | USA Gilbert Geitner | USA John Fitch | USA William Burroughs | USA Bob Holbert | USA Freddie Barrette | USA Chuck Dietrich | USA Ed Hugus | USA Melvin Sachs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bridgehampton | no entries | #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 | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Fred Windridge | USA Walt Hansgen | USA Harry Carter | USA Bruce Kessler | USA Gilbert Geitner | USA John Fitch | USA Harry Carter | USA Charles Wallace | USA Lake Underwood | USA Frank Baptista | USA Tony Briggs | USA Gordon Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VIR | no finishers | #135 Chevrolet | #61 Briggs Cunningham | #80 Mercedes-Benz | no finishers | #45 Austin-Healey | #25 Ferrari | #24 A.C.-Bristol | #0 Briggs Cunningham | #137 Porsche | #2 Lotus | #120 Alfa Romeo | #109 D.B | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Leonard Butscher | USA Charles Wallace | USA Harry Carter | USA Gilbert Geitner | SUI Gaston Andrey | USA William Burroughs | USA Charles Wallace | USA Lake Underwood | USA M. R. J. Wyllie | USA Brooks Robinson | USA Wiley Reid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Palm Springs | #70 Buick | #58 Chevrolet | #98 John Engar | #221 Mercedes-Benz | #59 Aston Martin | #158 Austin-Healey | #125 Ferrari 500 TR | #195 A.C.-Bristol | #88 Porsche | #6 Porsche | #151 Lotus | #51 Alfa Romeo | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Max Balchowsky | USA Jerry Austin | USA Carroll Shelby | USA Ron Ellico | USA Bob Oker | USA Jay Hoke | USA Pete Lovely | GBR William Love | USA Jack McAfee | USA Skip Hudson | USA Leon Miller | USA Fred Woodward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laguna Seca | no finishers | #34 Chevrolet | #190 John Edgar | #100 Jaguar | #11 John von Neumann | #146 Austin-Healey | #125 Fred Armbruster | #195 A.C.-Bristol | #55 Porsche | #172 Porsche | #87 Lotus | #41 Alfa Romeo | #79 D.B. | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Cloyd Gray | USA Richie Ginther | USA Ray Seher | USA John von Neumann | USA Hugh Pryor | USA Pete Lovely | USA Bill Love | USA Sam Weiss | USA Skip Hudson | USA Paul Nau | USA Fred Woodward | USA Bill Wood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Riverside | #70 Buick | #8 C.S. Mead | #98 John Edgar | #7 Robert Fletcher | #11 John von Neumann | #46 Hugh Pryor | #125 Fred Armbruster | #195 A.C.-Bristol | #88 Stan Sugarman | #113 M.M. Kasler | #27 Skip Conklin | #50 Fred Woodward | Jim Parkinson | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Max Balchowsky | USA Jerry Austin | USA Carroll Shelby | USA Robert Fletcher | USA John von Neumann | USA Hugh Pryor | USA Pete Lovely | USA Bill Love | USA Jack McAfee | USA Lew Bracker | USA Skip Conklin | USA Fred Woodward | USA Jim Parkinson |
: 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 Lester -MG. : H Sports were classified with G Sports at Palm Springs.
Champions
| Class | Driver | Car |
|---|---|---|
| B Sports | USA J. E. Rose | Chevrolet Corvette SR-2 |
| B Production | USA Dick Thompson | Chevrolet Corvette |
| C Sports | USA Walt Hansgen | Jaguar D-Type |
| C Production | USA Harry Carter | Mercedes-Benz 300SL |
| D Sports | USA Paul O'Shea | Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster |
| D Production | USA Fred Moore | Austin-Healey 100M |
| E Sports | SUI Gaston Andrey | Ferrari 500 Mondial |
| E Production | USA Bob Kuhn | AC Ace-Bristol |
| F Sports | USA Charles Wallace | Porsche 550 RS |
| F Production | USA Lake Underwood | Porsche 356 Carrera |
| G Sports | USA Frank Baptista | Lotus Eleven Monza-Climax |
| G Production | USA Tony Briggs | MG TC, Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce |
| H Sports | USA Melvin Sachs | Bandini |
References
References
- "Haybale: Official Sports Car Racing Program, Lime Rock Park National Championship Race June 8-9, 1957". Etceterini.
- "1950's SCCA Hmod Racing Cars: TXP". Etceterini.
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