1960 SCCA National Sports Car Championship

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1960 SCCA National Sports Car Championship
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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^A	Circuit	Location	Date
1	SCCA National Races	?	Corry Field Naval Air Station	Pensacola, Florida	April 3
2	President's Cup National Races	68 mi (109 km)	Marlboro Motor Raceway	Upper Marlboro, Maryland	April 16
3	National Championship Races	200 km (120 mi)	Virginia International Raceway	Danville, Virginia	May 1
4	Cumberland National Sports Car Races	45 minutes	Greater Cumberland Regional Airport	Wiley Ford, West Virginia	May 15
5	SCCA National Races	50 mi (80 km)	Bridgehampton Race Circuit	Bridgehampton, New York	May 30
6	International June Sprints	140 mi (230 km)	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	June 19
7	SCCA National Races	?	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	July 2
8	SCCA National Races	180 km (110 mi)	Continental Divide Raceway	Castle Rock, Colorado	July 17
9	Meadowdale SCCA National Championship Race	?	Meadowdale International Raceway	Carpentersville, Illinois	July 18
10	Governor's Cup National SCCA Races	150 km (93 mi)	Montgomery Airport	Montgomery, New York	August 7
11	SCCA National Races	?	Kentucky State Fairgrounds	Louisville, Kentucky	August 21
12	SCCA National Races	100 mi (160 km)	Thompson International Speedway	Thompson, Connecticut	September 5
13	Road America 500	500 mi (800 km)	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	September 11
14	Watkins Glen Grand Prix	100 mi (160 km)	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	September 24
15	SCCA National Races	?	Cabaniss Naval Airfield	Corpus Christi, Texas	October 9
16	SCCA National Races	?	Ascarate Park Raceway	El Paso, Texas	October 30
17	SCCA National Championship Sports Car Races	115 mi (185 km)	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	November 13

^A 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
Rnd	Circuit	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)	Results
1	Pensacola	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	Maserati	unknown	Porsche	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	Results
1	Pensacola	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	Gaston Andrey	unknown	Roger Penske	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	Results
2	Marlboro	no finishers	#90 Ferrari	#11 Bill Mitchell	#56 Porsche	^A	#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
2	Marlboro	no finishers	Bob Grossman	Dick Thompson	Gene Hobbs	^A	Charles Kurtz	Roger Penske	Sherman Decker	no entries	Paul Richards	Charlie Kolb	Charles Callanan	Oliver Schmidt	Chandler Lawrence	no entries	Results
3	VIR	^B	#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
3	VIR	^B	Bob Grossman	Dick Thompson	no entries	no finishers	Charles Kurtz	Bob Holbert	Duncan Black	no finishers	Douglas Diffenderfer	Charlie Kolb	Vince Tamburo	Oliver Schmidt	Chandler Lawrence	no entries	Results
4	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
4	Cumberland	Dick Thompson	Ray Rairdon	no entries	Bruce Jennings	Walt Hansgen	Elliott Pew	Roger Penske	Duncan Black	no finishers	Charlie Kolb	Charlie Kolb	Vince Tamburo	Martin Tanner	Chandler Lawrence	Phillips Jeffrey	Results
5	Bridgehampton	no entries	#41 Ferrari	Bill Mitchell	Porsche	#60 Briggs Cunningham	unknown	Porsche	unknown	unknown	unknown	Lola	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	Results
5	Bridgehampton	no entries	Bob Grossman	Dick Thompson	Bruce Jennings	Walt Hansgen	unknown	Roger Penske	unknown	unknown	unknown	Millard Ripley	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	Results
6	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
6	Road America	Augie Pabst	George Reed	Dick Thompson	Bill Romig	Gaston Andrey	Lloyd Barton	Roger Penske	Duncan Black	Bill Wuesthoff	Ernie Harris	Millard Ripley	Philip Seven	Ed Walsh	Frank Phillips	no entries	Results
7	Lime Rock	#49 Kelso Auto Dynamics	#40 Chevrolet	#52 Jaguar	#77 Porsche	^C	#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
7	Lime Rock	George Constantine	Bob Johnson	Gordon MacKenzie	Bruce Jennings	^C	Charles Kurtz	Bob Holbert	Reed Rollo	Newton Davis	Mark Donohue	Millard Ripley	Don Erlbeck	Henry Rudkin	Chris Noyes	no entries	Results
8	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
8	Castle Rock	no finishers	Dan Collins	Chuck Frederick	unknown	unknown	Gene Kurland	Bob Holbert	Tony Polumbus	Charles Lyon	John Max Wolf	Charlie Kolb	Joyce Thompson	Harry Jones	Don McCormick	unknown	Results
9	Meadowdale	#1 Meister Brauser	unknown	Jaguar	unknown	Maserati	unknown	Porsche	unknown	Porsche	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	Results
9	Meadowdale	Augie Pabst	unknown	Tossie Alex	unknown	Dave Causey	unknown	Roger Penske	unknown	Bill Wuesthoff	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	Results
10	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
10	Montgomery	Augie Pabst	Bob Johnson	Bud Faust	Bill Romig	Walt Hansgen	Elliott Pew	Tom Fleming	Duncan Black	James Forno	Douglas Diffenderfer	Millard Ripley	Paul Richards	Oliver Schmidt	Chandler Lawrence	no entries	Results
11	Louisville	Meister Brauser	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	Porsche	unknown	Porsche	unknown	Lola	Sunbeam	unknown	unknown	unknown	Results
11	Louisville	Augie Pabst	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	Bob Holbert	unknown	Bill Wuesthoff	unknown	Millard Ripley	Don Sesslar	unknown	unknown	unknown	Results
12	Thompson	#49 Kelso Auto Dynamics	#39 Chevrolet	^D	#77 Porsche	#60 Briggs Cunningham	#74 A.C.-Bristol	^E	#4 Daimler	#6 Porsche	#42 Elva	#90 Lotus	#48 Sunbeam	#76 Osca	#84 Fiat-Abarth	no entries	Results
12	Thompson	George Constantine	Dick Jalbert	^D	Bruce Jennings	Walt Hansgen	Elliott Pew	^E	Duncan Black	Roger Penske	Mark Donohue	Robert Barker	Vince Tamburo	Oliver Schmidt	Chandler Lawrence	no entries	Results
13	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
13	Road America	James Place Jack Zalinger	Bob Johnson	Walt Hansgen	Dick Talbot	Dave Causey Luke Stear	Bill Steele	John Fitch William Kimberly	E. G. Davis	Ernie Erickson Don Sesslar	Harold Zimdars	M. R. J. Wyllie Margaret Wyllie	Harlan Besse	Denise McCluggage	Dick Stitt	no entries	Results
14	Watkins Glen	#50 Meister Brauser	#72 Bob Johnson	#62 Briggs Cunningham	#77 Bruce R. Jennings	#17 Ferrari	#249 Bill Harwell	^F	#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
14	Watkins Glen	Augie Pabst	Bob Johnson	Ed Hugus	Bruce Jennings	Dean McCarthy	Bill Harwell	^F	Duncan Black	Roger Penske	John Cannon	M. R. J. Wyllie	Vince Tamburo	Oliver Schmidt	Chandler Lawrence	Phillips Jeffrey	Results
15	Corpus Christi	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	Results
16	El Paso	Meister Brauser	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	Results
16	El Paso	Augie Pabst	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	Results
17	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
17	Daytona	Augie Pabst	unknown	Art Huttinger	unknown	Alan Connell	unknown	Roger Penske	unknown	Chuck Cassel	unknown	William Story	unknown	George Peck	unknown	no entries	Results

^A D Modified were classified with C Modified at Marlboro.

^B 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.

^C D Modified were classified with C Modified at Lime Rock.

^D C Modified were classified with B Modified at Thompson.

^E E Modified were classified with D Modified at Thompson.

^F 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	Augie Pabst	Scarab Mk II-Chevrolet
B Production	Bob Johnson	Chevrolet Corvette
C Modified	Dick Thompson	Stingray Racer
C Production	Bruce Jennings	Porsche 356 Carrera
D Modified	Gaston Andrey	Maserati Tipo 61
D Production	Elliott Pew	AC Ace-Bristol
E Modified	Bob Holbert	Porsche 718 RSK, Porsche 718 RS 60
E Production	Duncan Black	Daimler SP250
F Modified	Roger Penske	Porsche 718 RSK, Porsche 718 RS 60
F Production	Doug Diffenderfer	Siata 208s
G Modified	Millard Ripley	Lotus 17, Lola Mk.1
G Production	Vince Tamburo	Sunbeam Alpine
H Modified	Oliver Schmidt	Osca, Lola Mk.1-Osca
H Production	Chandler Lawrence	Fiat-Abarth
I Modified	Phillips Jeffrey	Berkeley

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