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1960 SCCA National Sports Car Championship
The 1960 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the tenth season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began April 3, 1960, and ended November 13, 1960, after seventeen races.
Schedule
| Rnd | Race | Length | Circuit | Location | Date | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCCA National Races | ? | Corry Field Naval Air Station | Pensacola, Florida | April 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| President's Cup National Races | 68 mi | Marlboro Motor Raceway | Upper Marlboro, Maryland | April 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| National Championship Races | 200 km | Virginia International Raceway | Danville, Virginia | May 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cumberland National Sports Car Races | 45 minutes | Greater Cumberland Regional Airport | Wiley Ford, West Virginia | May 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SCCA National Races | 50 mi | Bridgehampton Race Circuit | Bridgehampton, New York | May 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
| International June Sprints | 140 mi | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | June 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SCCA National Races | ? | Lime Rock Park | Lakeville, Connecticut | July 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SCCA National Races | 180 km | Continental Divide Raceway | Castle Rock, Colorado | July 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Meadowdale SCCA National Championship Race | ? | Meadowdale International Raceway | Carpentersville, Illinois | July 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Governor's Cup National SCCA Races | 150 km | Montgomery Airport | Montgomery, New York | August 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SCCA National Races | ? | Kentucky State Fairgrounds | Louisville, Kentucky | August 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SCCA National Races | 100 mi | Thompson International Speedway | Thompson, Connecticut | September 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Road America 500 | 500 mi | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | September 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Watkins Glen Grand Prix | 100 mi | Watkins Glen International | Watkins Glen, New York | September 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SCCA National Races | ? | Cabaniss Naval Airfield | Corpus Christi, Texas | October 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SCCA National Races | ? | Ascarate Park Raceway | El Paso, Texas | October 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SCCA National Championship Sports Car Races | 115 mi | Daytona International Speedway | Daytona Beach, Florida | November 13 |
: Feature race
Season results
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 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pensacola | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | *Maserati* | unknown | Porsche | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SUI Gaston Andrey | USA Roger Penske | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marlboro | no finishers | #90 Ferrari | #11 Bill Mitchell | #56 Porsche | #57 A.C.-Bristol | '#6 Porsche''''' | #67 MG | no entries | #82 Fiat-Abarth | #7 Elva | #83 Fiat-Abarth | #76 Osca | #84 Fiat-Abarth | no entries | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Bob Grossman | USA Dick Thompson | USA Gene Hobbs | USA Charles Kurtz | USA Roger Penske | USA Sherman Decker | USA Paul Richards | USA Charlie Kolb | USA Charles Callanan | USA Oliver Schmidt | USA Chandler Lawrence | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VIR | #19 Ferrari | #11 Bill Mitchell | no entries | no finishers | #57 A.C.-Bristol | '#140 Porsche''''' | #4 Daimler | no finishers | #42 Siata | #7 Elva | #44 Sunbeam | #76 Osca | #84 Fiat-Abarth | no entries | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Bob Grossman | USA Dick Thompson | USA Charles Kurtz | USA Bob Holbert | USA Duncan Black | USA Douglas Diffenderfer | USA Charlie Kolb | USA Vince Tamburo | USA Oliver Schmidt | USA Chandler Lawrence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cumberland | #11 Bill Mitchell | #145 Tad Davies | no entries | #77 Bruce Jennings | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #231 Elliott Pew | #6 Elmer Wolf | #4 Duncan Black | no finishers | #9 Charlie Kolb | #7 Charles Kolb | #144 Vince Tamburo | #98 Martin W. Tanner | #84 Franklin Roosevelt | #443 Phillips G. Jeffrey | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Dick Thompson | USA Ray Rairdon | USA Bruce Jennings | USA Walt Hansgen | USA Elliott Pew | USA Roger Penske | USA Duncan Black | USA Charlie Kolb | USA Charlie Kolb | USA Vince Tamburo | USA Martin Tanner | USA Chandler Lawrence | USA Phillips Jeffrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bridgehampton | no entries | #41 Ferrari | Bill Mitchell | Porsche | #60 Briggs Cunningham | unknown | Porsche | unknown | unknown | unknown | Lola | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Bob Grossman | USA Dick Thompson | USA Bruce Jennings | USA Walt Hansgen | USA Roger Penske | USA Millard Ripley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Road America | #1 Meister Brauser | Ferrari | #11 Bill Mitchell | Porsche | #25 Mike Garber | Jaguar | #6 Roger Penske | Daimler | #77 Concours Motors | #47 Elva | #78 Lola | #7 Alfa Romeo | #9 Walsh Special | #85 Austin-Healey | no entries | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Augie Pabst | USA George Reed | USA Dick Thompson | USA Bill Romig | SUI Gaston Andrey | USA Lloyd Barton | USA Roger Penske | USA Duncan Black | USA Bill Wuesthoff | USA Ernie Harris | USA Millard Ripley | USA Philip Seven | USA Ed Walsh | USA Frank Phillips | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lime Rock | #49 Kelso Auto Dynamics | #40 Chevrolet | #52 Jaguar | #77 Porsche | #57 A.C.-Bristol | #14 Porsche | #25 Alfa Romeo | #33 Porsche | #64 Elva | #78 Lola | #22 Alfa Romeo | #12 Bandini-Saab | #65 Fiat-Abarth | no entries | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA George Constantine | USA Bob Johnson | USA Gordon MacKenzie | USA Bruce Jennings | USA Charles Kurtz | USA Bob Holbert | USA Reed Rollo | USA Newton Davis | USA Mark Donohue | USA Millard Ripley | USA Don Erlbeck | USA Henry Rudkin | USA Chris Noyes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Castle Rock | no finishers | Chevrolet | Allard-Chrysler | unknown | unknown | A.C.-Bristol | '#14 Porsche''''' | Alfa Romeo | Porsche | Porsche | Elva | Alfa Romeo | Lotus-Fiat | Fiat-Abarth | unknown | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Dan Collins | USA Chuck Frederick | USA Gene Kurland | USA Bob Holbert | USA Tony Polumbus | USA Charles Lyon | USA John Max Wolf | USA Charlie Kolb | USA Joyce Thompson | USA Harry Jones | USA Don McCormick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Meadowdale | #1 Meister Brauser | unknown | Jaguar | unknown | Maserati | unknown | Porsche | unknown | Porsche | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Augie Pabst | USA Tossie Alex | USA Dave Causey | USA Roger Penske | USA Bill Wuesthoff | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montgomery | #15 Meister Brauser | #40 Chevrolet | #141 Ferrari-Chevrolet | #12 Porsche | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #231 A.C.-Bristol | #70 Lotus | #4 Daimler | #171 Porsche | #42 Siata | #78 Lola | #87 Fiat-Abarth | #761 Osca | #84 Fiat-Abarth | no entries | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Augie Pabst | USA Bob Johnson | USA Bud Faust | USA Bill Romig | USA Walt Hansgen | USA Elliott Pew | USA Tom Fleming | USA Duncan Black | USA James Forno | USA Douglas Diffenderfer | USA Millard Ripley | USA Paul Richards | USA Oliver Schmidt | USA Chandler Lawrence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | Meister Brauser | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | *Porsche* | unknown | Porsche | unknown | Lola | Sunbeam | unknown | unknown | unknown | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Augie Pabst | USA Bob Holbert | USA Bill Wuesthoff | USA Millard Ripley | USA Don Sesslar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thompson | #49 Kelso Auto Dynamics | #39 Chevrolet | #77 Porsche | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #74 A.C.-Bristol | #4 Daimler | #6 Porsche | #42 Elva | #90 Lotus | #48 Sunbeam | #76 Osca | #84 Fiat-Abarth | no entries | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA George Constantine | USA Dick Jalbert | USA Bruce Jennings | USA Walt Hansgen | USA Elliott Pew | USA Duncan Black | USA Roger Penske | USA Mark Donohue | USA Robert Barker | USA Vince Tamburo | USA Oliver Schmidt | USA Chandler Lawrence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Road America | #33 James Place | Chevrolet | #60 Briggs Cunningham | Porsche | #24 Dave Causey | A.C.-Bristol | #61 Briggs Cunningham | Daimler | #27 Ernest Erickson | Porsche | Lotus | Alfa Romeo | #60 Briggs Cunningham | Fiat-Abarth | no entries | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA James Place | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Jack Zalinger | USA Bob Johnson | USA Walt Hansgen | USA Dick Talbot | **USA Dave Causey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Luke Stear** | USA Bill Steele | USA John Fitch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA William Kimberly | USA E. G. Davis | USA Ernie Erickson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Don Sesslar | USA Harold Zimdars | USA M. R. J. Wyllie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Margaret Wyllie | USA Harlan Besse | USA Denise McCluggage | USA Dick Stitt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Watkins Glen | #50 Meister Brauser | #72 Bob Johnson | #62 Briggs Cunningham | #77 Bruce R. Jennings | #17 Ferrari | #249 Bill Harwell | #4 Duncan Black | #6 John M. Wyatt III | #224 Cambridge Motors | #2 M. R. J. Wyllie | #95 Vincent Tamburo | #98 Oliver C. Schmidt | #84 Franklin D. Roosevelt | #58 Phillips G. Jeffrey | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Augie Pabst | USA Bob Johnson | USA Ed Hugus | USA Bruce Jennings | USA Dean McCarthy | USA Bill Harwell | USA Duncan Black | USA Roger Penske | CAN John Cannon | USA M. R. J. Wyllie | USA Vince Tamburo | USA Oliver Schmidt | USA Chandler Lawrence | USA Phillips Jeffrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corpus Christi | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| El Paso | Meister Brauser | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Augie Pabst | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Daytona | #0 Meister Brauser | unknown | #40 Lister-Corvette | unknown | #20 Maserati | unknown | #44 Porsche | unknown | Porsche | unknown | #1 Lotus-Climax | unknown | #9 Osca | unknown | no entries | Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Augie Pabst | USA Art Huttinger | USA Alan Connell | USA Roger Penske | USA Chuck Cassel | USA William Story | USA George Peck |
: D Modified were classified with C Modified at Marlboro. : B and C Modified were classified together at VIR; the combined class was won by Dick Thompson's CM Chevrolet Corvette Sing Ray. The highest-finishing BM car was Bud Gates's Lister-Corvette in 2nd. : D Modified were classified with C Modified at Lime Rock. : C Modified were classified with B Modified at Thompson. : E Modified were classified with D Modified at Thompson. : E and F Modified were classified together at Watkins Glen; the combined class was won by Roger Penske's FM Porsche 718. The highest-finishing EM car was William Kimberly in Briggs Cunningham's Maserati Tipo 61.
Champions
| Class | Driver | Car |
|---|---|---|
| B Modified | USA Augie Pabst | Scarab Mk II-Chevrolet |
| B Production | USA Bob Johnson | Chevrolet Corvette |
| C Modified | USA Dick Thompson | Stingray Racer |
| C Production | USA Bruce Jennings | Porsche 356 Carrera |
| D Modified | SUI Gaston Andrey | Maserati Tipo 61 |
| D Production | USA Elliott Pew | AC Ace-Bristol |
| E Modified | USA Bob Holbert | Porsche 718 RSK, Porsche 718 RS 60 |
| E Production | USA Duncan Black | Daimler SP250 |
| F Modified | USA Roger Penske | Porsche 718 RSK, Porsche 718 RS 60 |
| F Production | USA Doug Diffenderfer | Siata 208s |
| G Modified | USA Millard Ripley | Lotus 17, Lola Mk.1 |
| G Production | USA Vince Tamburo | Sunbeam Alpine |
| H Modified | USA Oliver Schmidt | Osca, Lola Mk.1-Osca |
| H Production | USA Chandler Lawrence | Fiat-Abarth |
| I Modified | USA Phillips Jeffrey | Berkeley |
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