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.
Class | Modified | Production |
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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 |
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 |
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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 | 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 |
J. E. Rose | Dick Thompson | Walt Hansgen | Charles Butscher | Carroll Shelby | John Colgate | Bruce Kessler | Bob Kuhn | Charles Wallace | Lake Underwood | Frank Baptista | Ed Hugus | Melvin Sachs | |||
2 | Eagle Mountain | #65 Chevrolet | #11 Chevrolet | #36 Jaguar | A | #111 Ferrari | #129 Austin-Healey | no entries | #26 A.C.-Bristol | #23 Porsche | #41 Porsche | #52 Cooper-Climax | #4 Alfa Romeo | #54 Bandini | Results |
J. E. Rose | Dick Thompson | Bob Stonedale | Jim Roberts | Dave Furrows | Richard McGuire | John Max Wolf | William Randle | Tom Johnson | Val Scroggie | Gordon Wright | |||||
3 | 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 |
Bark Henry | John Fitch | Jack Crusoe | Carroll Shelby | Fred Moore | Bruce Kessler | Gaston Andrey | Charles Wallace | Lake Underwood | Frank Baptista | John Clapp | Dolph Vilardi | ||||
4 | 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 [2] | Results |
Andy Rosenberger | Jim Jeffords | Walt Hansgen | Rees Makins | John von Neumann | Warren Cox | Ed Lunken | Dan Fowler | Lake Underwood | Don Wester | Frank Baptista | Al Allin | Bruce Townsend | |||
5 | 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 |
Dick Thompson | Walt Hansgen | Bob Rubin | Paul O'Shea | Fred Moore | Ed Lunken | Chuck Sarle | Bob Holbert | Dick Nash | Frank Baptista | Tony Briggs | Dolph Vilardi | ||||
6 | 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 |
Dick Thompson | Carroll Shelby | George Constantine | Paul O'Shea | Harold Kunz | John Middleton | Bob Kuhn | Bob Holbert | Dick Nash | M. R. J. Wyllie | Ed Hugus | Howard Hanna | ||||
7 | 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 |
Bark Henry | Walt Hansgen | Harry Carter | John Fitch | Warren Cox | Gaston Andrey | Bob Kuhn | Lake Underwood | Lake Underwood | Frank Baptista | Bob Grossman | Henry Rudkin | ||||
8 | Thompson B | 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 |
Leonard Butscher | Gordon MacKenzie | George Constantine | Bob Bucher | Mike Rothschild | Ed Welch | Paul Sagan | Freddie Barrette | Charles Cunningham | Vin Sardi | Candy Poole | |||||
9 | 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 |
John Cook Ralph Durbin | Dick Thompson | Phil Hill | Dave Causey | Carroll Shelby | Trant Jarman | Ed Lunken Jim Kimberly | Bob Kuhn | Ed Crawford | Don Wester | M. R. J. Wyllie Margaret Wyllie | Ed Hugus | Bruce Townsend | |||
10 | 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 |
Fred Windridge | Walt Hansgen | Harry Carter | Paul O'Shea | Gilbert Geitner | John Fitch | William Burroughs | Bob Holbert | Freddie Barrette | Chuck Dietrich | Ed Hugus | Melvin Sachs | ||||
11 | 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 |
Fred Windridge | Walt Hansgen | Harry Carter | Bruce Kessler | Gilbert Geitner | John Fitch | Harry Carter | Charles Wallace | Lake Underwood | Frank Baptista | Tony Briggs | Gordon Wing | ||||
12 | 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 |
Leonard Butscher | Charles Wallace | Harry Carter | Gilbert Geitner | Gaston Andrey | William Burroughs | Charles Wallace | Lake Underwood | M. R. J. Wyllie | Brooks Robinson | Wiley Reid | |||||
13 | 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 | C | Results |
Max Balchowsky | Jerry Austin | Carroll Shelby | Ron Ellico | Bob Oker | Jay Hoke | Pete Lovely | William Love | Jack McAfee | Skip Hudson | Leon Miller | Fred Woodward | ||||
14 | 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 |
Cloyd Gray | Richie Ginther | Ray Seher | John von Neumann | Hugh Pryor | Pete Lovely | Bill Love | Sam Weiss | Skip Hudson | Paul Nau | Fred Woodward | Bill Wood | ||||
15 | 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 |
Max Balchowsky | Jerry Austin | Carroll Shelby | Robert Fletcher | John von Neumann | Hugh Pryor | Pete Lovely | Bill Love | Jack McAfee | Lew Bracker | Skip Conklin | Fred Woodward | Jim Parkinson |
Class | Driver | Car |
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B Sports | J. E. Rose | Chevrolet Corvette SR-2 |
B Production | Dick Thompson | Chevrolet Corvette |
C Sports | Walt Hansgen | Jaguar D-Type |
C Production | Harry Carter | Mercedes-Benz 300SL |
D Sports | Paul O'Shea | Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster |
D Production | Fred Moore | Austin-Healey 100M |
E Sports | Gaston Andrey | Ferrari 500 Mondial |
E Production | Bob Kuhn | AC Ace-Bristol |
F Sports | Charles Wallace | Porsche 550 RS |
F Production | Lake Underwood | Porsche 356 Carrera |
G Sports | Frank Baptista | Lotus Eleven Monza-Climax |
G Production | Tony Briggs | MG TC, Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce |
H Sports | Melvin Sachs | Bandini |
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