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The 1959 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the ninth season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began April 5, 1959, and ended November 15, 1959, after fourteen races.
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 | IP Winning Team | JP Winning Team | Results |
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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) | IP Winning Driver(s) | JP Winning Driver(s) | |||
1 | Pensacola | unknown | #1 Chevrolet | #41 E.D. Martin | unknown | unknown | no entries | unknown | unknown | unknown | #0 Porsche | #28 Cooper-Climax | unknown | #76 Osca | unknown | unknown | unknown | Results |
2 | Marlboro | #228 Chevrolet | Chevrolet | #60 Briggs Cunningham | Jaguar | Ferrari | unknown | no entries | A.C.-Bristol | Porsche | Porsche | Cooper-Climax | Alfa Romeo | #61 Team Roosevelt | #91 D.B.-Panhard | no entries | no entries | Results |
3 | VIR | #36 Lister-Corvette | #1 Chevrolet | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #19 Ferrari | A | #247 Austin-Healey | #24 Ferrari | #175 A.C.-Bristol | #74 Porsche | #77 Porsche | #37 Elva | #5 Alfa Romeo | #28 Osca | B | #65 Team Roosevelt | C | Results |
4 | Cumberland | #222 Sadler | #69 Chevrolet | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #29 Ferrari | #15 Ferrari | #247 Austin-Healey | #7 Maserati | #126 A.C.-Bristol | #140 Porsche | #58 Porsche | #2 Lotus | #123 Alfa Romeo | #23 Osca | #211 D.B. | #83 Fiat-Abarth | #137 Berkeley | Results |
5 | Bridgehampton | #36 Kelso Auto Dynamics | #99 Chevrolet | #60 Briggs Cunningham | D | #124 Alan Connell | #247 Austin-Healey | #25 Mike Garber | #80 A.C.-Bristol | #140 Porsche | #149 Porsche | #70 Lotus | #15 Alfa Romeo | #28 Osca | #50 D.B.-Panhard | #83 Fiat-Abarth | no entries | Results |
6 | Road America | #36 Kelso Auto Dynamics | #1 John Stephani | #49 Elisha Walker | #38 Duke Knowlton | #12 Alan B. Connell, Jr. | #34 Tim Mayer | #76 Ted Baumgartner | #5 Harvey Woodward | #1 Bob Donner, Jr. | #49 Harry C. Blanchard | #13 John Miller | #77 William Wuesthoff | #9 Ed Walsh | #15 Ray Heppenstall | #83 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. | #31 Derr L. Andrlik | Results |
7 | Lime Rock | no entries | E | #49 Elisha Walker | #9 Ferrari | F | #171 Austin-Healey | #25 Mike Garber | #48 A.C.-Bristol | #74 Porsche | #149 Porsche | #35 Elva | #21 Alfa Romeo | #28 Osca | #90 D.B. | #83 Fiat-Abarth | no entries | Results |
8 | Buckley Field | #10 Nickey Chevrolet | #1 Chevrolet | G | H | #21 Ferrari | #73 Austin-Healey | #152 Lotus | #7 A.C.-Bristol | #171 Porsche | #162 Porsche | #19 Lola | #47 Alfa Romeo | #28 Osca | #90 D.B. | #83 Fiat-Abarth | no entries | Results |
9 | Riverside | no finishers | #51 Chevrolet | I | #45 Mercedes-Benz | #46 Ferrari | J | #55 Porsche | #77 A.C.-Bristol | #11 Porsche | #10 Porsche | #33 Lotus | #57 Alfa Romeo | #20 Lotus-Crosley | #90 D.B. | #5 Fiat-Abarth | no entries | Results |
10 | Montgomery | no finishers | #119 Chevrolet | #49 Elisha Walker | #14 Ferrari | #12 Alan Connell | #247 Austin-Healey | #72 Lotus | #59 A.C.-Bristol | #140 Porsche | #149 Porsche | #35 Elva | #85 Alfa Romeo | #123 Briggs Cunningham | #66 D.B.-Panhard | #82 Fiat-Abarth | no entries | Results |
11 | Thompson | no entries | #99 Chevrolet | #49 Elisha Walker | #146 Ferrari | #12 Maserati | #247 Austin-Healey | #25 Ferrari | #180 A.C.-Bristol | #140 Porsche | #149 Porsche | #35 Elva | #110 Alfa Romeo | #123 Briggs Cunningham | #27 D.B | #83 Fiat-Abarth | no entries | Results |
12 | Road America | #64 John Staver | #2 Kack Stephani | #62 Briggs Cunningham | #47 Wayne Burnett | #57 William Sturgis | #24 Frank J. Opalka | #89 Pat Pigott | #73 Fritz Taylor | #6 Harry C. Blanchard | #0 Chuck Rickert | #37 Elva | #78 William Wuesthoff | #65 Briggs Cunningham | #22 Arthur W. Subberra | #83 Fiat-Abarth | K | Results |
13 | Watkins Glen | #91 J. M. R. Lyeth, Jr. | #99 Robert M. Rosenthal | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #70 Mercedes-Benz | #213 Fredrick J. Hayes | #88 Glenn Carlson | #78 Millard Ripley | #97 Charles Kurtz | #6 Harry C. Blanchard | #111 Frank Wagenhofer | #13 John Miller | #211 George C. Rainville | #9 Osca | #179 Howard Hanna | #89 F.D. Roosevelt, Jr. | #76 Ellsworth L. Hall | Results |
14 | Daytona | no entries | #175 Chevrolet | #12 Ferrari | no entries | #90 Ferrari | L | #16 Porsche | #157 A.C.-Bristol | M | #94 Porsche | #37 Elva | #19 Alfa Romeo | #80 Fiat-Abarth | #9 D.B. | #83 Fiat-Abarth | no entries | Results |
Class | Driver | Car |
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B Modified | Echidna-Chevrolet | |
B Production | Chevrolet Corvette | |
C Modified | Lister-Jaguar | |
C Production | Ferrari 250 GT California | |
D Modified | Ferrari 250 TR, Maserati 250S | |
D Production | Austin-Healey 100-6 | |
E Modified | Ferrari 500 TR | |
E Production | AC Ace-Bristol | |
F Modified | Porsche 718 RSK | |
F Production | Porsche 356 Carrera GT | |
G Modified | Elva Mk IV | |
G Production | Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spyder | |
H Modified | Osca 750, Osca 187S | |
H Production | D.B.-Panhard | |
I Production | Fiat-Abarth Zagato | |
J Production | Berkeley SE Excelsior |
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