1965 SCCA National Championship Runoffs

The 1965 American Road Race of Champions was the second running of the SCCA National Championship Runoffs. It took place on 27 and 28 November 1965 at Daytona International Speedway, on 3,1-mile and 1,6-mile courses. Despite the National Championship being cancelled, the ARRC still was not a championship race, as National Championships were awarded to Divisional winners. Most competitive drivers from SCCA's seven divisions were invited to the event.

Changes for 1965

1965 saw several changes in SCCA's class structure.

Formula Libre was split up in Formula A for under-3-litre racing engines and Formula B for 1,6-litre production engines. Formula Junior was now replaced by Formula C for 1,1-litre racing engines.

New cars were homologated for Production classes, including the new Porsche 911. Some other cars were reclassified, for example the Austin-Healey 100-6.

Race results

Sources: ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Class winners for multi-class races in bold.

Race 1 - H Production

The first race, held on November 27, was the H Production race. It was held on the 1,6-mile course for 45 minutes and 32 laps.

Pos	Class	Qualified in class	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Division	Laps	Info
1	HP	4th	Peter Feistmann	21	Fiat-Abarth 850 Allemano Spider	-	Southeast	32
2	HP	5th	Randy Canfield	13	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Northeast	32
3	HP	13th	Robert Rentzell	22	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Southeast	32
4	HP	7th	Bobby Vandivort	41	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Midwest	32
5	HP	6th	Bob Turgeon	12	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Northeast	32
6	HP	12th	Kent Carpenter	31	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Central	32
7	HP	8th	Bill Cox	52	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Southwest	31
8	HP	6th	Lloyd Barton	34	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Central	31
9	HP	9th	Dean Hatch	62	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Pacific	30
10	HP	10th	George Cowherd	42	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Midwest	30
11	HP	2nd	Lee Mueller	61	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Pacific	30	Blown tire.
12	HP	16th	Dick Brownfield	54	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Southwest	30
DNF	HP	11th	Dan Miller	51	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Southwest	16	DNF
DNF	HP	1st	Carl Truitt	11	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Northeast	10	DNF
DNF	HP	16th	Joe Garrison	24	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Southeast	9	DNF

Race 2 - H Modified

The H Modified race was held on November 27 on the 1,6-mile course for 45 minutes and 35 laps.

Pos	Class	Qualified in class	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Division	Laps	Info
1	HM	1st	Jerry Mong	32	Bobsy SR3-SAAB	-	Central	35	Led laps 1-35.
2	HM	2nd	John Igleheart	11	Bobsy SR2-OSCA	-	Northeast	35
3	HM	5th	Jim Lawrence	62	Lindqvist Special-SAAB	-	Pacific	34
4	HM	3rd	Bill Mitchell	31	Sunbeam Special	-	Central	34
5	HM	6th	Dick Jacobs	34	Jackal-SAAB	-	Central	34
6	HM	4th	Fred Cox	21	Sunbeam Special	-	Southeast	34
7	HM	12th	Glen Shepard	42	Jabro-SAAB	-	Midwest	32
8	HM	9th	Fred Minning	23	Sunbeam Special	-	Southeast	31
9	HM	13th	Gordon Waddle	43	Li'l Duck 1-SAAB	-	Midwest	29
10	HM	8th	George Avent	22	Begra Mk III-Abarth	-	Southeast	26
11	HM	10th	John Gordon	14	OSCA S750 Special	-	Northeast	19
DNF	HM	11th	Floyd Lambert	51	Lambert-Abarth	-	Southwest	26	DNF
DNF	HM	7th	Dan Parkinson	61	Dolphin America-Abarth	-	Pacific	9	DNF
DNF	HM	14th	David Bland	52	Jabland-SAAB	-	Southwest	4	DNF
DNF	HM	15th	George Garrett	13	Bobsy SR2-Ford	-	Northeast	0	DNF

Race 3 - G Production

The G Production race was held on November 27 on the 1,6-mile course for 45 minutes and 33 laps.

Pos	Class	Qualified in class	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Division	Laps	Info
1	GP	1st	Emmett Brown	62	MG Midget	-	Pacific	33	Led laps 1-33.
2	GP	2nd	Rick Hilgers	61	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Pacific	33
3	GP	4th	Bob Sharp	11	Datsun Sports SPL310	-	Northeast	33
4	GP	5th	Dick Gilmartin	12	Triumph Spitfire	-	Northeast	33
5	GP	3rd	Fred Darling	13	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Northeast	33
6	GP	7th	Steve Froines	63	Triumph Spitfire	-	Pacific	33
7	GP	11th	Walter McCray	42	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Midwest	32
8	GP	9th	Don Smith	51	Triumph Spitfire	-	Southwest	32
9	GP	13th	Roger Chastain	23	Triumph Spitfire	-	Southeast	32
10	GP	10th	John Tremblay	22	Datsun Sports SPL310	-	Southeast	32
11	GP	15th	Tommy Allen	43	Datsun Sports SPL310	-	Midwest	31
12	GP	14th	Dick Drexler	31	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Central	31
DNF	GP	12th	Don Davenport	52	Triumph Spitfire	-	Southwest	28	DNF
DNF	GP	17th	D.W. Foerster	53	Datsun Sports SPL310	-	Southwest	15	DNF
DNF	GP	16th	Walt Biddle	33	MG Midget	-	Central	9	DNF
DNF	GP	6th	Bob Clemens	32	Triumph Spitfire	-	Central	4	DNF
DNF	GP	8th	David Kiser	41	Triumph Spitfire	-	Midwest	3	DNF
DNF	GP	18th	Don Kearney	21	Triumph Spitfire	-	Southeast	1	DNF

Race 4 - G Modified

The G Modified race was held on November 27 on the 1,6-mile course for 45 minutes and 36 laps.

Pos	Class	Qualified in class	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Division	Laps	Info
1	GM	9th	Jim Baker	21	Lotus 23	-	Southeast	36
2	GM	2nd	Gordon Heald	11	Elva Mk VII-Coventry Climax	-	Northeast	36
3	GM	5th	Harry Banta	62	Ferharry (Genie Mk.5-Coventry Climax)	-	Pacific	36
4	GM	3rd	Quinn Calhoun	31	Elva Mk VII	-	Central	36
5	GM	4th	W.D. Roland	52	Merlyn MK 6	-	Southwest	35
6	GM	10th	Edwin Arnold	13	Lotus 23	-	Northeast	35
7	GM	8th	Peter Dawson	33	Lola Mk1	-	Central	34
DNF	GM	6th	Wick Williams	22	Lotus 23B-Ford	-	Southeast	26	DNF
DNF	GM	11th	Peter Talbert	63	Bourgeault	-	Pacific	24	DNF
DNF	GM	7th	Robert Kelce	42	Elva Mk VII	-	Midwest	14	DNF
DNF	GM	1st	Charles Barns	51	Merlyn MK 6A-Ford	-	Southwest	7	DNF

Race 5 - F Production

The F Production race was held on November 27 on the 1,6-mile course for 45 minutes and 34 laps.

Pos	Class	Qualified in class	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Division	Laps	Info
1	FP	2nd	Brian Fuerstenau	11	Triumph TR3	Group 44	Northeast	34	Led laps 3-34.
2	FP	1st	Lee Midgley	62	Triumph TR2	-	Pacific	34
3	FP	4th	Richard Hull	31	Volvo P1800	-	Central	34
4	FP	6th	Leo Picard	12	Volvo P1800	-	Northeast	34
5	FP	7th	L.C. Thomas	63	Sunbeam Alpine	-	Pacific	34
6	FP	8th	Eddie Wachs	33	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	-	Central	34
7	FP	11th	John Gunn	21	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	-	Southeast	33
8	FP	12th	Bill Riggs	41	Triumph TR3	-	Midwest	33
9	FP	5th	Dan Carmichael	32	Sunbeam Alpine	-	Central	33
10	FP	10th	John Barker	42	MG MGA	-	Midwest	33
11	FP	14th	Bill Bagby	51	Triumph TR3	-	Southwest	33
12	FP	15th	Bill Buchman	22	Sunbeam Alpine	-	Southeast	32
13	FP	17th	Bob Mitchell	23	Triumph TR3	-	Southeast	31
14	FP	16th	Jack Jewell	52	Triumph TR3	-	Southwest	30
15	FP	18th	Elouise Norris	43	Triumph TR3	-	Midwest	30
DNF	FP	13th	Buell Owen	53	Triumph TR3	-	Southwest	23	DNF
DNF	FP	3rd	Jim Dittemore	61	Triumph TR3	-	Pacific	23	DNF
DNF	FP	9th	Al Costner	13	Sunbeam Alpine	-	Northeast	4	DNF

Race 6 - E Production

The E Production race was held on November 27 on the 1,6-mile course for 45 minutes and 34 laps.

Pos	Class	Qualified in class	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Division	Laps	Info
1	EP	4th	Allan Barker	31	Austin-Healey 100-6	-	Central	34
2	EP	5th	Carl Swanson	62	Morgan +4	-	Pacific	34
3	EP	8th	Ray Pickering	41	Lotus Seven America	-	Midwest	34
4	EP	10th	Richard K. Roberts	42	Porsche 356	-	Midwest	34
5	EP	11th	Bill Phaneuf	22	Lotus Seven America	-	Southeast	33
6	EP	9th	Nagle Bridwell	13	Porsche 356B Super 90	-	Northeast	33
7	EP	15th	Fred Keyser	21	Porsche 356 Speedster	-	Southeast	32
8	EP	20th	Vincent Collins	55	Porsche 356 Speedster	-	Southwest	32
9	EP	3rd	Dick Brakenridge	33	Porsche 356	-	Central	30	Flat tire.
10	EP	19th	Harro Zitza	24	Porsche 356	-	Southeast	24
11	EP	14th	Bert Miller	52	Austin-Healey 100-6	-	Southwest	16
DNF	EP	6th	Peter Hutchinson	32	Porsche 356	-	Central	29	DNF
DNF	EP	17th	Robert Kirby	64	Porsche 356	-	Pacific	29	DNF
DNF	EP	16th	William McKemie	53	Elva Courier	-	Southwest	26	DNF
DNF	EP	2nd	George Frey	12	Porsche 356 Speedster	-	Northeast	9	DNF
DNF	EP	12th	Larry Myers	43	Porsche 356	-	Midwest	7	DNF
DNF	EP	1st	Bert Everett	11	Porsche 356 Speedster	-	Northeast	6	DNF
DNF	EP	13th	Dale Hersh	61	Porsche 356	-	Pacific	0	DNF

Race 7 - C & D Production

C Production and D Production cars raced in a multi-class race held on November 28 on the 3,1-mile course for 45 minutes and 24 laps.

Pos	Class	Qualified in class	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Division	Laps	Info
1	CP	4th	Bill Young	63	Lotus Elan	-	Pacific	24
2	CP	3rd	Flip Groggins	11	Lotus Elan	-	Northeast	24
3	CP	9th	Joe Ward	62	Lotus Elan	-	Pacific	24
4	CP	5th	Chuck Stoddard	31	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	-	Central	24
5	DP	6th	Steve Froines	62	Triumph TR4	-	Pacific	23
6	DP	2nd	Bob Tullius	11	Triumph TR4	Group 44	Northeast	23
7	DP	5th	Lee Herbert	63	Triumph TR4	-	Pacific	23	Led laps 11–17, spun.
8	DP	3rd	Brad Picard	13	MG MGB	-	Northeast	23
9	DP	1st	Dick Stockton	12	Triumph TR4	-	Northeast	23	Led laps 1–10.
10	DP	9th	Charles Slade	23	Porsche 911	-	Southeast	22
11	CP	7th	Jim Harris	43	Lotus Elan	-	Midwest	21
12	DP	13th	Joe Locario	51	Alfa Romeo Giulia	-	Southwest	20
13	CP	8th	Jim Kauffman	53	Lotus Super Seven	-	Southwest	20
14	DP	15th	Lynn Beaumont	52	Austin-Healey 3000	-	Southwest	17
15	DP	11th	Bill Maloney	32	Austin-Healey 3000	-	Central	13
DNF	DP	10th	Tommy Charles	22	MG MGB	-	Southeast	12	DNF
DNF	DP	12th	Bill Frank	55	Triumph TR4	-	Southwest	12	DNF
DNF	DP	8th	Bill Pendleton	61	Triumph TR4	-	Pacific	9	DNF
DNF	CP	6th	Ted Clark	33	Lotus Super Seven	-	Central	3	DNF
DNF	CP	2nd	Ed Tucker	52	Lotus Elan	-	Southwest	3	DNF
DNF	DP	14th	John McComb	42	MG MGB	-	Midwest	2	DNF
DNF	DP	7th	Roger West	21	MG MGB	-	Southeast	1	DNF
DNF	DP	4th	Vic Campell	41	Triumph TR4	-	Midwest	1	DNF
DNF	CP	1st	Lou Sell	65	Lotus Super Seven	-	Pacific	1	DNF

Race 8 - Formula A, B & C

Formula B and Formula C cars raced in a multi-class race held on November 28 on the 1,6-mile course for 45 minutes and 38 laps. Despite the 3-litre Formula A already being introduced, the number of cars was so small that no drivers were invited. ^[5]

Pos	Class	Qualified in class	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Division	Laps	Info
1	FB	2nd	Earl Jones	62	LeGrand Mk3B-Alfa Romeo	-	Pacific	38	Led laps 32–38.
2	FB	1st	Stew McMillen	31	Lotus 27-Ford	-	Central	38	Led laps 1-31.
3	FB	4th	Alan Gottlieb	12	Lotus 22-Ford	-	Northeast	37
4	FB	5th	Bob McQueen	21	Formcar-Porsche	-	Southeast	37
5	FB	8th	Boyd Groberg	64	Lotus 22-Ford	-	Pacific	36
6	FB	3rd	Gaston Andrey	11	Lotus 21 [6] -Alfa Romeo	-	Northeast	36
7	FC	3rd	Larry Skeels	31	Cooper T59-BMC	-	Central	36
8	FC	1st	Mark Donohue	11	Lotus 20B-Ford	-	Northeast	36
9	FC	7th	Reg Howell	32	Cooper	-	Central	36
10	FB	7th	Alson Brizard	61	Cooper T56-Alfa Romeo	-	Pacific	35
11	FC	2nd	Tom Clark	34	Lotus 18	-	Central	35
12	FC	10th	Nick Reynolds	62	Lotus 22	-	Pacific	35
13	FC	9th	Jim Haynes	14	Quantum-SAAB	-	Northeast	33
14	FC	5th	Tommy Bunn	51	LeGrand Mk3	-	Southwest	28
15	FC	4th	Clint Cavin	44	Cooper	-	Midwest	28
DNF	FC	6th	Karl Knapp	61	LeGrand Mk3	-	Pacific	28	DNF
DNF	FB	6th	Don Burris	15	Cooper-Ford	-	Northeast	11	DNF
DNF	FC	11th	Nick Dioguardi	63	Brabham BT6-Cosworth	-	Pacific	7	DNF
DNF	FC	8th	Bill Rutan	13	Quantum-SAAB	-	Northeast	6	DNF

Race 9 - Formula Vee

The Formula Vee race was held on November 28 on the 1,6-mile course for 45 minutes and 33 laps.

Pos	Class	Qualified in class	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Division	Laps	Info
1	FV	2nd	Dan Fowler	33	Beach Mk 5-VW	-	Central	33	Led laps 1-33.
2	FV	3rd	Boyd Hough	61	Formcar-VW	-	Pacific	33
3	FV	5th	Joseph Dodge	12	Autodynamics-VW	-	Northeast	33
4	FV	7th	Bill Campbell	22	Zink Z-5-VW	-	Southeast	33
5	FV	6th	Rick Koehler	31	Bobsy Vanguard-VW	-	Central	33
6	FV	8th	Bill Scott	13	Autodynamics-VW	-	Northeast	33
7	FV	10th	Walter Glenn	24	Beach Mk 5-VW	-	Southeast	33
8	FV	9th	Robert Samm	52	Autodynamics-VW	-	Southwest	32
9	FV	11th	Robert Hubbard	41	Sardini-VW	-	Midwest	32
10	FV	12th	Ray Pickering	43	Sardini Mk II-VW	-	Midwest	32
11	FV	13th	Bob Costey	56	Beach Mk 5-VW	-	Southwest	32
DNF	FV	4th	Whitney Tharin	21	Formcar-VW	-	Southeast	26	DNF (throttle cable)
DNF	FV	1st	Chet Freeman	32	Bobsy Vanguard-VW	-	Central	16	DNF

Race 10 - A & B Production

A Production and B Production drivers raced in a multi-class race held on November 28 on the 3,1-mile course for 45 minutes and 25 laps.

Pos	Class	Qualified in class	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Division	Laps	Info
1	AP	1st	Harold Keck	11	Shelby Cobra 427	-	Northeast	25
2	AP	2nd	George Montgomery	31	Shelby Cobra 427	-	Central	25
3	AP	4th	Foster Alexander	62	Shelby Cobra	-	Pacific	25
4	BP	3rd	Jerry Titus	61	Shelby GT350	-	Pacific	25
5	BP	4th	Bob Johnson	31	Shelby GT350	-	Midwest	25
6	BP	5th	Don Yenko	12	Chevrolet Corvette	-	Northeast	25
7	BP	6th	Walt Hane	23	Shelby GT350	-	Southeast	24
8	AP	5th	Bob Fryer	13	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	-	Northeast	24
9	BP	10th	Merle Brennan	62	Jaguar XKE	-	Pacific	24
10	AP	7th	Ralph Noseda	26	Shelby Cobra	-	Southeast	23
11	BP	7th	Tom Yeager	32	Shelby GT350	-	Central	23
12	AP	6th	Robert Thorpe	24	Shelby Cobra	-	Southeast	22
13	BP	13th	Martin Krinner	15	Shelby GT350	-	Northeast	19
14	BP	9th	John Bentley	22	Sunbeam Tiger	-	Southeast	17
DNF	BP	8th	Brad Brooker	41	Shelby GT350	-	Midwest	22	DNF
DNF	AP	3rd	Paul Sonda	32	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	-	Central	20	DNF
DNF	BP	1st	Mark Donohue	11	Shelby GT350	-	Northeast	18	DNF
DNF	BP	11th	David Dooley	42	Jaguar XKE	-	Midwest	4	DNF
DNF	BP	2nd	Jim Adams	63	Sunbeam Tiger	-	Pacific	1	DNF (accident)
DNF	AP	8th?	Dave Heinz	33	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	-	Central	0	DNF (brakes)
DNF	BP	12th	Don Sesslar	33	Sunbeam Tiger	-	Central	0	DNF (accident)

Race 11 - C, D, E & F Modified

C Modified, D Modified, E Modified and F Modified drivers raced in a multi-class race held on November 28 on the 3,1-mile course for 45 minutes and 25 laps.

Pos	Class	Qualified in class	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Division	Laps	Info
1	CM	3rd	Joe Starkey	51	McLaren M1A-Chevrolet	-	Southwest	25
2	EM	1st	Lewis Kerr	11	Brabham BT8-Coventry Climax	-	Northeast	25
3	EM	3rd	Ralph Trieschmann	31	Elva Mk VII-Porsche	-	Central	24
4	CM	4th	Jerry Crawford	13	Lotus 30-Ford	-	Northeast	24
5	FM	1st/3rd	Brooke Doran	31	Elva Mk VII S-Porsche	-	Central	24
6	FM	10th	Jack Slottag	22	Lotus 23B	-	Southeast	24
7	FM	3rd/1st	William Kneeland	13	Elva Mk VII S	-	Northeast	24
8	FM	4th	Ed Diamond	12	Elva Mk VII-Ford	-	Northeast	24
9	FM	6th	Frank Werber	63	Lotus 23B	-	Pacific	23
10	EM	2nd	Chuck Dietrich	32	Elva Mk VII S-BMW	-	Central	23
11	CM	5th	Herb Byrne	23	Jaguar XKE	-	Southeast	23
12	DM	1st	Charles Gates	61	Triumph TR4A	-	Pacific	23
13	FM	11th	Walter Bass	42	Elva Mk VII S	-	Midwest	21
14	DM	2nd	R.P. McGuire	51	Maserati Tipo 61-Ferrari	-	Southwest	21
15	FM	7th	Cliff Apel	36	Bobcat (Bobsy SR2)	-	Central	19
16	FM	13th	E.B. Cicotte	33	Lotus 23B	-	Central	18
17	DM	3rd	Ed La Mantia	63	Genie Mk.5-Chevrolet	-	Pacific	11
DNF	CM	2nd	Dick Durant	41	Durant Special-Chevrolet	-	Midwest	23	DNF
DNF	FM	2nd	Joe Hutchinson	51	Merlyn MK 6	-	Southwest	17	DNF
DNF	FM	9th	John Norris	21	Lotus 23B-Ford	-	Southeast	10	DNF
DNF	FM	12th	Alan Friedland	11	Elva Mk VII	-	Northeast	10	DNF
DNF	FM	8th	Del Russo Taylor	41	Lotus 23	-	Midwest	8	DNF
DNF	CM	1st	Ralph Salyer	33	McLaren M1A-Chevrolet	-	Central	8	DNF
DNF	EM	4th	Bob Mouat	14	Cooper Monaco T49	-	Northeast	4	DNF
DNF	FM	5th	Charles Barns	52	Merlyn MK 6-Ford	-	Southwest	1	DNF

Notes

H Production

^ Turgeon and Barton are both listed as sixth-place qualifiers.

^ Only 15 cars qualified for the race, but Brownfield and Garrison are listed as 16th-place qualifiers.

E Production

^ Only 18 cars qualified for the race, but Zitza and Collins are listed as 19th- and 20th-place qualifiers.

Formula A, B & C

^ Only 19 cars qualified for the race, but SCCA's website lists 20th- and 21th-place qualifiers.

^ Bunn is said to drive a Lola T55 by some other sources.

A & B Production

^ Heinz's qualifying position is unknown, but the 16th-place qualifier is also unknown, so it is most likely that Heinz is the last qualifier in class.

C, D, E & F Modified

^ Only 25 cars qualified for the race, but most sources list 32nd- through 36th-place qualifiers.

^ Non-finishers' laps are listed differently on different sources.

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