1951 SCCA National Sports Car Championship

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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

RndRaceLength A CircuitLocationDate
1 Giants Despair Hillclimb 1 mi (1.6 km)Giants Despair hill climb Laurel Run, Pennsylvania May 12
2 Pebble Beach Road Race 100 mi (160 km)Pebble Beach road circuit Pebble Beach, California May 27
3SCCA National Races? Thompson International Speedway Thompson, Connecticut July ?
4 Elkhart Lake Road Race 200 mi (320 km)Elkhart Lake road circuit Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 26
5 International Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen 100 mi (160 km)Watkins Glen road circuit Watkins Glen, New York September 15
6Reno Sports Car Road Races100 mi (160 km)Reno road circuit Reno, Nevada October 21
7Climb To The Clouds2.5 mi (4.0 km) Mount Equinox Manchester, Vermont October 28
8Road Races at Palm Beach Shores Florida100 mi (160 km)Palm Beach road circuit Palm Beach, Florida December 9
^A Feature race

Season results

Note: Although support races counted towards the season points championship, only feature race overall winners are listed below.

RndCircuitWinning teamResults
Winning driver(s)
1 Giants' Despair Delvan Lee Results
Flag of the United States.svg Delvan Lee
2Pebble Beach#14 Tom Carstens Results
Flag of the United States.svg Bill Pollack
3 Thompson MG Results
Flag of the United States.svg Rowland D. H. Keith
4Elkhart Lake#128 Briggs Cunningham Results
Flag of the United States.svg John Fitch
5Watkins Glen#55 Briggs Cunningham Results
Flag of the United States.svg Phil Walters
6Reno#14 T. Carstens Results
Flag of the United States.svg Bill Pollack
7Mt. Equinox#35 Maserati Results
Flag of the United States.svg George Weaver
8Palm Beach#1 Ferrari Results
Flag of the United States.svg John Fitch
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