1964 SCCA National Sports Car Championship

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1964 SCCA National Sports Car Championship
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The 1964 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the fourteenth and final season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began April 12, 1964, and ended October 31, 1964, after eleven races.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Length^A	Circuit	Location	Date
1	SCCA National Race	45 minutes	Marlboro Motor Raceway	Upper Marlboro, Maryland	April 12
2	National Championship Sports Car Races	58 mi (93 km)	Virginia International Raceway	Danville, Virginia	April 19
3	Cumberland National Championship Sports Car Races	?	Greater Cumberland Regional Airport	Wiley Ford, West Virginia	May 17
4	SCCA National Race	?	Bridgehampton Race Circuit	Bridgehampton, New York	May 31
5	SCCA National Race	155 km (96 mi)	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	June 14
6	June Sprints	160 mi (260 km)	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	June 21
7	Lake Garnett Grand Prix	?	Lake Garnett Circuit	Garnett, Kansas	July 5
8	SCCA National Race	100 km (62 mi)	Lynndale Farms Road Racing Course	Pewaukee, Wisconsin	August 2
9	The Glen 500	500 mi (800 km)	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	August 23
10	SCCA National Race	?	Thompson International Speedway	Thompson, Connecticut	September 7
11	SCCA National Race	100 km (62 mi)	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	October 31
NC^B	Sports Car Graphic presents the American Road Race of Champions	45 minutes	Riverside International Raceway	Riverside, California	November 14–15

^A Feature race

^B Non-championship event

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	Marlboro	Shelby	Chevrolet	Genie-Ford	Porsche	Ferrari	Triumph	Elva-Porsche	Porsche	Elva	Lotus	Lola	Triumph	Osca	Austin-Healey	Results
1	Marlboro	Charlie Hayes	Robert Mouat	Ed Lowther	Bruce Jennings	Tom O'Brien	Bob Tullius	Skip Scott	Hans Zereis	Dick Young	Bob Sharp	Art Tweedale	Erwin Lorincz	John Gordon	Carl Truitt	Results
2	VIR	#41 Roger Penske	#1 Chevrolet	#7 Genie-Ford	#77 Porsche	no finishers	#44 Triumph	no entries	#12 Volvo	#3 Lotus	#22 Porsche	#55 Elva	#31 Morgan	#9 Lotus-Saab	#72 Fiat-Abarth	Results
2	VIR	Mark Donohue	Don Yenko	Ed Lowther	Bruce Jennings	no finishers	Bob Tullius	no entries	Art Riley	Mike Goth	Ron Grable	Roger Donovan	Pete van der Vate	Ed Walsh	Ron Catalano	Results
3	Cumberland	#33 Bob Johnson	#11 Don Yenko	#79 William Wissel	#6 Dave Clark	#87 Tom O'Brien	#44 Robert Tullius	#11 Barbara C. Cole	#77 M.A. Russell	#85 Donald E. Wolf	#23 Brooks Noah	Stuart Northrup	#53 R&S Import Motors	#9 Edward Walsh	#33 Carl Truitt	Results
3	Cumberland	Bob Johnson	Don Yenko	Ed Smith	Dave Clark	Tom O'Brien	Bob Tullius	Skip Scott	Bruce Jennings	Don Wolf	Brooks Noah	Stuart Northrup	Marianne Rollo	Ed Walsh	Carl Truitt	Results
4	Bridgehampton	Shelby	Chevrolet	#5 Genie-Ford	Lotus	#87 Ferrari	Austin-Healey	#7 Robert Bosch	Porsche	#17 Elva-Ford	Sports Car Forum	Lola	Morgan	Lotus-Saab	Austin-Healey	Results
4	Bridgehampton	Bob Johnson	Frank Dominianni	William Wonder	Dave Clark	Tom O'Brien	Jim Ladd	Joe Buzzetta	Lake Underwood	Jack Lofland	Don Sesslar	M. R. J. Wyllie	Pete van der Vate	Ed Walsh	Carl Truitt	Results
5	Mid-Ohio	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Gates Chevrolet	Lotus	no entries	Triumph	no entries	#37 Porsche	Elva	Sports Car Forum	Elva	Morgan	Lotus-Saab	Austin-Healey	Results
5	Mid-Ohio	Dick Lang	Frank Dominianni	Bud Gates	Dave Clark	no entries	Bob Tullius	no entries	Lake Underwood	Ernie Harris	Don Sesslar	Jack Lawrence	Pete van der Vate	Ed Walsh	Paul Petrun	Results
6	Road America	Shelby	Chevrolet	Cro-Sal	Porsche	Ferrari	Triumph	Elva-Porsche	Alfa Romeo	Elva	Sports Car Forum	Merlyn-Cosworth ^[1]	Triumph	Martin T	Austin-Healey	Results
6	Road America	Bob Johnson	Don Yenko	Ralph Salyer	Bruce Jennings	Dudley Davis	Jim Spencer	Lee Hall	Al Allin	Don Wolf	Don Sesslar	Charles Barns	Bob Clemens	Martin Tanner	Larry Skeels	Results
7	Lake Garnett	#54 Robert Cross	Dave Dooley	#61 Jack Hinkle	no finishers	no entries	#13 John Goans, Jr.	no entries	#77 Leonard Janke	no finishers	#74 Don Sesslar	#96 Charles Barns	#4 Tommy Allen	#9 Ed Walsh	#56 Richard Alley	Results
7	Lake Garnett	Bob Cross	Dave Dooley	Jack Hinkle	no finishers	no entries	John Goans	no entries	Leonard Janke	no finishers	Don Sesslar	Charles Barns	Tommy Allen	Ed Walsh	Richard Alley	Results
8	Lynndale Farms	Shelby	no entries	Cro-Sal	Lotus	Ferrari	Triumph	Elva-Porsche	Porsche	Elva	Lotus	Merlyn-Cosworth	Porsche	Lotus-Saab	Austin-Healey	Results
8	Lynndale Farms	Bob Johnson	no entries	Ralph Salyer	Dudley Davis	Dudley Davis	Jim Spencer	Lee Hall	Jerry Frydenlund	Don Wolf	Brooks Noah	Charles Barns	Evan Morell	Ed Walsh	Larry Skeels	Results
9	Watkins Glen	#10 Harold S. Johnston, Jr.	#69 Frank J. Dominianni	#17 Ed Lowther	no finishers	no entries	#59 Krueger Tuned Racing Team	#27 Brad Parker	#17 Hans Zereis	#37 High Performance Cars	#74 Sports Car Forum	#76 Motor Sport Service	#13 Patricia Mernone	#19 John S. Gordon	#6 Fred A. Ingham, Jr.	Results
9	Watkins Glen	Ed Lowther Bob Nagel	Frank Dominianni Bob Grossman	Ed Lowther	no finishers	no entries	Dave Martin Ernie Donnan	Charlie Hayes	Hans Zereis	Peter Sachs	Don Sesslar	Jack Lawrence	Pete van der Vate	John Gordon	Fred Ingham	Results
10	Thompson	Shelby	Chevrolet	Lotus-Porsche	Porsche	no finishers	Austin-Healey	no finishers	Porsche	Brabham-Ford	Triumph	Lotus	Datsun	Bosca	Austin-Healey	Results
10	Thompson	Harold Keck	Frank Dominianni	Skip Barber	Bruce Jennings	no finishers	Jim Ladd	no finishers	Lake Underwood	Peter Sachs	Bob Tullius	Charles Gibson	Bob Sharp	John Igleheart	Carl Truitt	Results
11	Lime Rock	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Ferrari	Porsche	Ferrari	Triumph	no finishers	Porsche	Brabham-Ford	Sunbeam	Lotus	Triumph	Osca	Austin-Healey	Results
11	Lime Rock	Ken Hall	Bob Brull	Bob Grossman	Bruce Jennings	Tom O'Brien	Chris Noyes	no finishers	Hans Zereis	Peter Sachs	William Kneeland	Charles Gibson	Dick Gilmartin	John Gordon	Gil Page	Results
NC	Riverside	#61 Shelby American	#61 Kjell Qvale	#61 Grizzly Engineering	#63 Earl T. Jones	#66 Jerry Titus	#11 Robert C. Tullius	#61 Ralph S. Wood	#62 Scientific Automotive	Rick Muther	#33 Richard J. Hull	#51 Charles A. Barns	#61 Ed Barker	#66 Dan Parkinson	#31 Fredrick W. Salo	Results
NC	Riverside	Ed Leslie	Merle Brennan	Bart Martin	Earl Jones	Jerry Titus	Bob Tullius	Ralph Wood	Alan Johnson	Rick Muther	Dick Hull	Charles Barns	Ed Barker	Dan Parkinson	Fred Salo	Results

Champions

Class	Driver	Car
A Production	Bob Johnson	Shelby Cobra 289
B Production	Frank Dominianni	Chevrolet Corvette
C Modified	Ed Lowther	Genie Mk.8-Ford
C Production	Bruce Jennings	Porsche 356 Carrera
D Modified	Tom O'Brien	Ferrari Dino 268 SP
D Production	Bob Tullius	Triumph TR4
E Modified	Lee Hall	Elva-Porsche
E Production	Hans Zereis	Porsche 356 Speedster
F Modified	Don Wolf	Elva Mk.7
F Production	Don Sesslar	Sunbeam Alpine
G Modified	Charles Barns	Merlyn Mk. VI-Cosworth ^[1]
G Production	Pete van der Vate	Morgan 4/4 Mk IV
H Modified	Ed Walsh	Lotus 23-Saab, Lotus Seven A-Saab
H Production	Carl Truitt	Austin-Healey Sprite

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