1953 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season
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The 1953 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the third season of the Sports Car Club of America
's National Sports Car Championship
. It began February 21, 1953, and ended November 8, 1953, after fifteen races. Bill Spear won the season championship.
Sports Car Club of America
The Sports Car Club of America is a club and sanctioning body supporting road racing, rallying, and autocross in the United States. Formed in 1944, it runs many programs for both amateur and professional racers.-History:...
's National Sports Car Championship
SCCA National Sports Car Championship
The SCCA National Sports Car Championship was a sports car racing series organized by the Sports Car Club of America from 1951 until 1964. It was the first post-World War II sports car series organized in the United States...
. It began February 21, 1953, and ended November 8, 1953, after fifteen races. Bill Spear won the season championship.
Schedule
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Location | Date | |
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| 1 | Florida National Sports Car Races | 6 hours | MacDill Air Force Base MacDill Air Force Base MacDill Air Force Base is an active United States Air Force base located approximately south-southwest of downtown Tampa, Florida... |
Tampa, Florida Tampa, Florida Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709.... |
February 21 |
| 2 | Lone Star National Sports Car Races | 100 mi (160.9 km) | Bergstrom Air Force Base Bergstrom Air Force Base Bergstrom Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base located seven miles southeast of downtown Austin, Texas. It was activated during World War II as a troop carrier training airfield, and was a front-line Strategic Air Command base during the Cold War... |
Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in... |
April 12 |
| 3 | Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Race Monterey Sports Car Championships The Monterey Sports Car Championships is a sports car race held annually at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The event began in 1950 as a race on the roads of Pebble Beach, California. In 1951, it was added to the new SCCA National Sports Car Championship. When Laguna Seca Raceway was built in 1957,... |
100 mi (160.9 km) | Pebble Beach road circuit | Pebble Beach, California Pebble Beach, California Pebble Beach is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California. It lies at an elevation of 3 feet . Pebble Beach is a small coastal resort destination, home to the famous golf course, Pebble Beach Golf Links.... |
April 19 |
| 4 | Bridgehampton Sports Car Races | 100 mi (160.9 km) | Bridgehampton road circuit | Bridgehampton, New York Bridgehampton, New York Bridgehampton is a hamlet in the South Fork of Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 1,381 at the 2000 census.... |
May 23 |
| 5 | Golden Gate Sports Car Races | 100 mi (160.9 km) | Golden Gate Park Golden Gate Park Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, is a large urban park consisting of of public grounds. Configured as a rectangle, it is similar in shape but 20% larger than Central Park in New York, to which it is often compared. It is over three miles long east to west, and about half a... |
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May 31 |
| 6 | Race To The Clouds | 2.5 mi (4 km) | Mount Equinox | Manchester, Vermont | June 21 |
| 7 | Offutt National Sports Car Races | 200 mi (321.9 km) | Offutt Air Force Base Offutt Air Force Base Offutt Air Force Base is a U.S. Air Force installation near Omaha, and lies adjacent to Bellevue in Sarpy County, Nebraska. It is the headquarters of the U.S... |
Omaha, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... |
July 5 |
| 8 | Giants Despair Hillclimb Giants Despair Hillclimb The Giants Despair Hillclimb is a hillclimb established in 1906 just outside Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in Laurel Run, Pennsylvania, United States. The contest was first run in conjunction with Wilkes-Barre's centennial celebration. It is the oldest continuing motorsport event in Pennsylvania... |
1 mi (1.6 km) | Giants Despair hill climb | Laurel Run, Pennsylvania Laurel Run, Pennsylvania Laurel Run is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 723 at the 2000 census.Laurel Run is the site of a mine fire which started in 1915... |
July 24 |
| 9 | Ohio Sesqui-centennial National Sports Car Races | 100 mi (160.9 km) | Lockbourne Air Force Base | Columbus, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city... |
August 9 |
| 10 | Moffet NAS Races | 2 hours, 30 minutes | Moffett Naval Air Station | Mountain View, California Mountain View, California -Downtown:Mountain View has a pedestrian-friendly downtown centered on Castro Street. The downtown area consists of the seven blocks of Castro Street from the Downtown Mountain View Station transit center in the north to the intersection with El Camino Real in the south... |
August 16 |
| 11 | Janesville National Sports Car Races | 92.5 mi (148.9 km) | Rock County Municipal Airport Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport is a public airport located southwest of the central business district of Janesville, and north of Beloit in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. Formerly known as Rock County Airport, it is owned and operated by the Rock County government... |
Janesville, Wisconsin Janesville, Wisconsin Janesville is a city in southern Wisconsin, United States. It is the county seat of Rock County and the principal municipality of the Janesville, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 62,998.-History:... |
August 23 |
| 12 | Thompson National Races | 15 mi (24.1 km) | Thompson International Speedway Thompson International Speedway Thompson International Speedway in Thompson, Connecticut, USA, is a paved oval racetrack that was once known as the Indianapolis of the East. It was the first asphalt-paved racing oval track in the United States and is now under the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series banner... |
Thompson, Connecticut Thompson, Connecticut Thompson is a rural town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The town was named after Sir Robert Thompson, an English landholder. The population was 9,458 at the 2010 census... |
September 6 |
| 13 | Stead National Sports Car Races | 2 hours, 30 minutes | Stead Air Force Base Stead Air Force Base Stead Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base operational in Nevada from 1942 to 1966. After its closure, it was reopened as Reno Stead Airport... |
Reno, Nevada Reno, Nevada Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area... |
October 18 |
| 14 | Sowega International Sports Car Races | 250 mi (402.3 km) | Turner Air Force Base Turner Air Force Base Turner Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base whose site is located within the current city limits of Albany, Georgia. Following its closure as a USAF installation in the late 1960s, it was transferred to the U.S. Navy and renamed Naval Air Station Albany... |
Albany, Georgia Albany, Georgia Albany is a city in and the county seat of Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. It is the principal city of the Albany, Georgia metropolitan area and the southwest part of the state. The population was 77,434 at the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the... |
October 25 |
| 15 | Orange Empire National Sports Car Races | 175 mi (281.6 km) | March Air Force Base | Moreno Valley, California Moreno Valley, California Moreno Valley is a city located in Riverside County, California.A relatively young city, its rapid growth in the 1980s and the first decade of the 21st century made it second-largest city in Riverside County by population, and one of the Inland Empire's population centers. As of the 2010 census,... |
November 8 |
- Feature race
Season results
Note: Although support races counted towards the season points championship, only feature race overall winners are listed below.| Rnd | Circuit | Winning Team | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winning Driver(s) | |||
| 1 | MacDill MacDill Air Force Base MacDill Air Force Base is an active United States Air Force base located approximately south-southwest of downtown Tampa, Florida... |
#4 Cunningham Briggs Cunningham Briggs Swift Cunningham II was an American entrepreneur and sportsman, who raced automobiles and yachts. Born into a wealthy family, he became a racing car constructor, driver, and team owner as well as a sports car manufacturer and automobile collector.He skippered the victorious yacht Columbia... |
Results |
 John Fitch |
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| 2 | Bergstrom Bergstrom Air Force Base Bergstrom Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base located seven miles southeast of downtown Austin, Texas. It was activated during World War II as a troop carrier training airfield, and was a front-line Strategic Air Command base during the Cold War... |
#5 Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947... |
Results |
| Jim Kimberly |
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| 3 | Pebble Beach | #2 Phil Hill | Results |
| Phil Hill Phil Hill Philip Toll Hill, Jr., was a United States automobile racer and the only American-born driver to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gentle man" and once said, "I'm in the wrong business. I don't want to beat anybody, I don't want to be the big hero... |
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| 4 | Bridgehampton | #1 William C. Spear | Results |
| Bill Spear |
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| 5 | Golden Gate Golden Gate Park Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, is a large urban park consisting of of public grounds. Configured as a rectangle, it is similar in shape but 20% larger than Central Park in New York, to which it is often compared. It is over three miles long east to west, and about half a... |
#58 Jaguar | Results |
| Masten Gregory Masten Gregory Masten Gregory was a racing driver from the United States. He raced in Formula One between and , participating in 43 World Championship races, and numerous non-Championship races.... |
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| 6 | Mt. Equinox | #74 Jaguar | Results |
| Sherwood Johnston |
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| 7 | Offutt Offutt Air Force Base Offutt Air Force Base is a U.S. Air Force installation near Omaha, and lies adjacent to Bellevue in Sarpy County, Nebraska. It is the headquarters of the U.S... |
#58 Masten Gregory | Results |
| Masten Gregory Masten Gregory Masten Gregory was a racing driver from the United States. He raced in Formula One between and , participating in 43 World Championship races, and numerous non-Championship races.... |
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| 8 | Giants' Despair Giants Despair Hillclimb The Giants Despair Hillclimb is a hillclimb established in 1906 just outside Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in Laurel Run, Pennsylvania, United States. The contest was first run in conjunction with Wilkes-Barre's centennial celebration. It is the oldest continuing motorsport event in Pennsylvania... |
#21 Delvan Lee | Results |
| Delvan Lee |
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| 9 | Lockbourne | #11 Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947... |
Results |
| Bill Spear |
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| 10 | Moffett | #30 Bill Stroppe | Results |
| Bill Stroppe |
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| 11 | Janesville Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport is a public airport located southwest of the central business district of Janesville, and north of Beloit in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. Formerly known as Rock County Airport, it is owned and operated by the Rock County government... |
#5 Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947... |
Results |
| Jim Kimberly |
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| 12 | Thompson Thompson International Speedway Thompson International Speedway in Thompson, Connecticut, USA, is a paved oval racetrack that was once known as the Indianapolis of the East. It was the first asphalt-paved racing oval track in the United States and is now under the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series banner... |
#32 Briggs Cunningham Briggs Cunningham Briggs Swift Cunningham II was an American entrepreneur and sportsman, who raced automobiles and yachts. Born into a wealthy family, he became a racing car constructor, driver, and team owner as well as a sports car manufacturer and automobile collector.He skippered the victorious yacht Columbia... |
Results |
| Phil Walters |
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| 13 | Reno Stead Air Force Base Stead Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base operational in Nevada from 1942 to 1966. After its closure, it was reopened as Reno Stead Airport... |
#26 Sterling Edwards | Results |
| Sterling Edwards |
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| 14 | Turner Turner Air Force Base Turner Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base whose site is located within the current city limits of Albany, Georgia. Following its closure as a USAF installation in the late 1960s, it was transferred to the U.S. Navy and renamed Naval Air Station Albany... |
#90 Bill Spear | Results |
| Bill Spear |
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| 15 | March | #15 Briggs Cunningham Briggs Cunningham Briggs Swift Cunningham II was an American entrepreneur and sportsman, who raced automobiles and yachts. Born into a wealthy family, he became a racing car constructor, driver, and team owner as well as a sports car manufacturer and automobile collector.He skippered the victorious yacht Columbia... |
Results |
| John Fitch |