1962 SCCA National Sports Car Championship

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1962 SCCA National Sports Car Championship
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The 1962 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the twelfth season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began January 28, 1962, and ended September 22, 1962, after thirteen races.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Length^A	Circuit	Location	Date
1	SCCA National Race	150 km (93 mi)	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	January 28
2	SCCA National Race	68 mi (109 km)	Marlboro Motor Raceway	Upper Marlboro, Maryland	April 15
3	President's Cup	2 hours, 30 minutes	Virginia International Raceway	Danville, Virginia	April 29
4	Cumberland National Championship Sports Car Races	75 km (47 mi)	Greater Cumberland Regional Airport	Wiley Ford, West Virginia	May 13
5	SCCA National Race	90 mi (140 km)	Stuttgart Municipal Airport	Stuttgart, Arkansas	May 27
6	SCCA National Race	70 mi (110 km)	Bridgehampton Race Circuit	Bridgehampton, New York	June 3
7	International June Sprints	150 mi (240 km)	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	June 17
8	Lime Rock Nationals	60 km (37 mi)	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	June 30
9	Lake Garnett Grand Prix	70 mi (110 km)	Lake Garnett Circuit	Garnett, Kansas	July 8
10	Meadowdale SCCA National Championships	210 km (130 mi)	Meadowdale International Raceway	Carpentersville, Illinois	August 5
11	SCCA National Races	60 mi (97 km)	Thompson International Speedway	Thompson, Connecticut	September 3
12	Road America 500	500 mi (800 km)	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	September 9
13	Grand Prix at Watkins Glen	100 mi (160 km)	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	September 22

^A Feature race

Season results

Feature race overall winners in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	AP 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	Results
Rnd	Circuit	AP 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)	Results
1	Daytona	#77 Ferrari	#25 Chevrolet	#5 Maserati-Ferrari	Daimler	no entries	Alfa Romeo	#14 Porsche	Elva	#42 Porsche	D.B.	Elva	Alfa Romeo	Osca	Berkeley	Results
1	Daytona	Doug Thiem	Ralph Salyer	Alan Connell	Duncan Black	no entries	Bob Richardson	Bob Holbert	Jay Signore	Joseph Hoppen	Howard Hanna	Curt Gonstead	Bob Durren	George Peck	Hugh Kleinpeter	Results
2	Marlboro	#90 Ferrari	#1 Chevrolet	#18 Maserati	Lotus	#6 Cooper	Porsche	#14 Porsche	Elva	#29 Porsche	Turner	#2 Lola	#20 Alfa Romeo	Lotus	Fiat-Abarth	Results
2	Marlboro	Bob Grossman	Don Yenko	Charlie Kolb	Horace Pettit	Roger Penske	Bert Everett	Bob Holbert	Jay Signore	Bob Bucher	Skip Barber	M. R. J. Wyllie	Jack Crusoe	Glenn Baldwin	Ed Hessert	Results
3	VIR	#11 Chevrolet	#12 Chevrolet	^A	#37 Lotus	#6 Cooper	#27 Alfa Romeo	#14 Porsche	#44 Triumph	#29 Porsche	#74 Sports Car Forum	#37 Lola	#21 Alfa Romeo	#39 Osca	#5 Fiat-Abarth	Results
3	VIR	Dick Thompson	Don Yenko	^A	Dave Clark	Roger Penske	Eric Mangelsen	Bob Holbert	Bob Tullius	Bob Bucher	Don Sesslar	Art Tweedale	Jack Crusoe	John Gordon	Ed Astri	Results
4	Cumberland	#11 Grady Davis	#15 Ralph C. Salyer	#56 E. E. Hobbs, Jr.	#6 Dave Clark	#6 John M. Wyatt	#55 Herbert E. Everett	#14 Robert Holbert	#80 Jay Signore	#199 Herb Swan	#40 Skip Barber	#2 M. R. J. Wyllie	#46 Lynn Blanchard	#70 John Holmes	#119 Edmund C. Hessert	Results
4	Cumberland	Dick Thompson	Ralph Salyer	E. Hobbs, Jr.	Dave Clark	Roger Penske	Bert Everett	Bob Holbert	Jay Signore	Herb Swan	Skip Barber	M. R. J. Wyllie	Lynn Blanchard	John Holmes	Ed Hessert	Results
5	Stuttgart	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	no entries	Daimler	Cooper	Porsche	no entries	Triumph	Porsche	D.B.	Lola	Alfa Romeo	Lotus	Austin-Healey	Results
5	Stuttgart	Dick Thompson	Don Yenko	no entries	Eugene Clements	Hap Sharp	Tommy Allen	no entries	Bob Tullius	Harry Washburn	Howard Hanna	M. R. J. Wyllie	Lynn Blanchard	Glenn Baldwin	Bill Stone	Results
6	Bridgehampton	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	#60 Briggs Cunningham	Lotus	^B	Porsche	Bob Donner	Morgan	Porsche	Sports Car Forum	Elva	Alfa Romeo	Lola-Osca	Austin-Healey	Results
6	Bridgehampton	Dick Thompson	Don Yenko	Walt Hansgen	Dave Clark	^B	Bill Romig	Bob Donner	Arch McNeill	David Schiff	Don Sesslar	Frank Baptista	Howard Brown	John Holmes	Rod Harmon	Results
7	Road America	#11 Grady Davis	#1 Grady Davis	#10 Chaparral Cars	#28 Ledwith & Edwards	#95 Hap Sharp	#73 Eric Mangelsen	#7 Bob Donner	#88 Jay Signore	#77 William Wuesthoff	#61 Ferril M. Miller	#76 Ollie Schmidt	#35 Alfa Romeo	#98 Martin W. Tanner	#15 Edward Astri	Results
7	Road America	Dick Thompson	Don Yenko	Jim Hall	Pete Ledwith	Hap Sharp	Eric Mangelsen	Bob Donner	Jay Signore	Bill Wuesthoff	Shorty Miller	James Scott	Howard Brown	Martin Tanner	Ed Astri	Results
8	Lime Rock	#16 Allan Wyllie	#77 Porsche	^C	#7 Lotus	#6 Cooper	#55 Porsche	#14 Porsche	#94 Morgan	#11 Kelso Auto Dynamics	#48 Turner	#6 De Tomaso-Osca	#1 Alfa Romeo	#76 Lola-Osca	#12 Austin-Healey	Results
8	Lime Rock	Gerry Georgi	Bruce Jennings	^C	Dave Clark	Roger Penske	Bert Everett	Bob Holbert	Arch McNeill	Paul Richards	Skip Barber	James Scott	Chris Noyes	John Holmes	Harvey Glass	Results
9	Lake Garnett	#11 Chevrolet	#1 Chevrolet	#2 Meister Brauser	#44 A.C.-Bristol	#5 Cooper	#72 Alfa Romeo	^D	#53 Triumph	#161 Porsche	#37 D.B.	#76 De Tomaso-Osca	#361 Alfa Romeo	#98 Martin T	#64 Fiat-Abarth	Results
9	Lake Garnett	Dick Thompson	Don Yenko	Harry Heuer	R. E. L. Hayes	Alan Connell	Eric Mangelsen	^D	John Goans	Ed Haussermann	Howard Hanna	James Scott	Lynn Blanchard	Martin Tanner	Bruce Larson	Results
10	Meadowdale	#11 Chevrolet	#25 Chevrolet	#1 Meister Brauser	#7 Lotus	#94 Wayne Burnett	#13 Alfa Romeo	#17 Ferrari	#92 Triumph	#77 Concours Motors	#33 MG	#2 Lola-Climax	#4 Alfa Romeo	#93 Lotus	#64 Fiat-Abarth	Results
10	Meadowdale	Dick Thompson	Ralph Salyer	Harry Heuer	Dave Clark	Wayne Burnett	Sheldon Brown	Owen Coon	Bruce Kellner	Bill Wuesthoff	Chuck Cantwell	M. R. J. Wyllie	Jim Kaser	Glenn Baldwin	Bruce Larson	Results
11	Thompson	#16 Ferrari	#77 Porsche	^E	#6 Lotus	no entries	#55 Porsche	#14 Porsche	#44 Triumph	#7 Porsche	#22 Porsche	#2 Lola-Climax	#11 Austin-Healey	#95 Osca	#48 Austin-Healey	Results
11	Thompson	Gerry Georgi	Bruce Jennings	^E	Dave Clark	no entries	Bert Everett	Bob Holbert	Bob Tullius	Joe Buzzetta	Will Daugherty	M. R. J. Wyllie	Rod Harmon	John Igleheart	Brad Picard	Results
12	Road America	#8 Doug Thiem	#1 Don Yenko	#4 Jim Hall-Hap Sharp	#47 Ernie Harris	#41 Dean Causey	#1 Chuck Stoddard	#7 Bob Donner	#44 Bob Tullius	#66 E. L. Hall	#38 Chuck Cantwell	#37 L. E. Page	#36 Lynn Blanchard	#98 Martin Tanner	#2 Bob Anderson	Results
12	Road America	Doug Thiem	Don Yenko	Jim Hall Hap Sharp	Ernie Harris	Dean Causey Dave Causey	Chuck Stoddard	Bob Donner Don Sessler	Bob Tullius	Lee Hall Glenn Carroll	Chuck Cantwell	Art Tweedale Frank Baptista	Lynn Blanchard	Martin Tanner	Bob Anderson	Results
13	Watkins Glen	#11 Grady Davis	#1 Grady Davis	#61 Briggs Cunningham	#7 Lotus	#6 Cooper	#23 Austin-Healy	#9 Maserati	#44 Triumph	#78 Porsche	#37 D.B.	#76 De Tomaso-Osca	#6 Alfa Romeo	#95 Osca	#22 Fiat-Abarth	Results
13	Watkins Glen	Dick Thompson	Don Yenko	Walt Hansgen	Dave Clark	Hap Sharp	Robert Priebe	Conrad Kraus	Bob Tullius	Millard Ripley	Howard Hanna	James Scott	Jack Crusoe	John Igleheart	Ed Hessert	Results

^A C and D Modified were classified together at VIR; the combined class was won by Roger Penske in a DM-class Cooper Monaco. The highest-finishing CM car was John Todd's Warwick GT350-Buick in 3rd.

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

^C C and D Modified were classified together at Lime Rock; the combined class was won by Roger Penske in a DM-class Cooper Monaco. The highest-finishing CM car was Bob Colombosian's Buick-Mustang in 2nd.

^D E Modified were classified with D Modified at Lake Garnett.

^E C, D, and E Modified were classified together at Thompson; the combined class was won by Bob Holbert in an EM-class Porsche 718 RS 61. There were no DM cars; the highest-finishing CM car was Don Adams' Lister-Jaguar in 2nd.

Champions

Class	Driver	Car
A Production	Dick Thompson	Chevrolet Corvette 327
B Production	Don Yenko	Chevrolet Corvette 283
C Modified	Harry Heuer	Chaparral 1-Chevrolet, Scarab
C Production	Dave Clark	Lotus Super Seven
D Modified	Roger Penske	Cooper Monaco T61-Maserati
D Production	Bert Everett	Porsche 356 1600 Super
E Modified	Bob Holbert	Porsche 718 RS 61
E Production	Bob Tullius	Triumph TR3, TR4
F Modified	Joe Buzzetta	Porsche 718 RSK
F Production	Howard Hanna	D.B. HBR5
G Modified	M. R. J. Wyllie	Lola Mk.1-Climax
G Production	Lynn Blanchard	Alfa Romeo Giulietta
H Modified	Glenn Baldwin	Lotus 17
H Production	Ed Astri	Fiat-Abarth Allemano, 750

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