The 1955 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the fifth season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began February 27, 1955, and ended November 13, 1955, after fourteen races.
Schedule
edit| Rnd | Race | LengthA | Circuit | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida National Sports Car Races | 150 mi (240 km) | Fort Pierce road circuit | Fort Pierce, Florida | February 27 |
| 2 | Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Race | 100 mi (160 km) | Pebble Beach road circuit | Pebble Beach, California | April 17 |
| 3 | Bakersfield National Sports Car Races | 180 km (110 mi) | Minter Field | Bakersfield, California | May 1 |
| 4 | Cumberland National Sports Car Races | 1 hour | Greater Cumberland Regional Airport | Wiley Ford, West Virginia | May 15 |
| 5 | Beverly National Sports Car Races | 100 mi (160 km) | Beverly Airport | Beverly, Massachusetts | July 4 |
| 6 | National Torrey Pines Sports Car Races | 100 mi (160 km) | Camp Callan | San Diego, California | July 10 |
| 7 | Seafair | ? | Kitsap County Airport | Bremerton, Washington | July 31 |
| 8 | Thompson Races | 15 mi (24 km) | Thompson International Speedway | Thompson, Connecticut | September 4 |
| 9 | Fairfax National Races | 50 mi (80 km) | Fairfax Airport | Kansas City, Kansas | September 5 |
| 10 | Elkhart Lake's Road America Road Race | 150 mi (240 km) | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | September 11 |
| 11 | International Sports Car Grand Prix at Watkins Glen | 100 mi (160 km) | Watkins Glen road circuit | Watkins Glen, New York | September 17 |
| 12 | Fairchild National Sports Car Races | 100 mi (160 km) | Fairchild Air Force Base | Hagerstown, Maryland | October 16 |
| 13 | Sacramento National Sports Car Road Races | 100 mi (160 km) | California State Fair Grounds | Sacramento, California | October 30 |
| 14 | National Grand Central Sports Car Races | 100 mi (160 km) | Grand Central Airport | Glendale, California | November 13 |
- ^A Feature race
Season results
editFeature race overall winners in bold.
| Rnd | Circuit | BM 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 | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BM 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) | |||
| 1 | Fort Pierce | #73 Fageol-Porsche | #30 Ferrari | #20 Ferrari | #71 Ferrari | #55 Austin-Healey | #7 Frazer Nash | #1 Triumph | #155 Porsche | #39 MG | #189 Siata | no entries | #54 Panhard | Results |
 Lou Fageol
|
Sherwood Johnston
|
Charles Wallace
|
Howard Hively
|
Duncan Forlong
|
Ted Boynton
|
Joe Sheppard
|
Bob Davis
|
Dick Nash
|
Howard Hanna
|
Hubert L. Brundage
| ||||
| 2 | Pebble Beach | Allard | Jaguar | A | #2 Ferrari | A | Alfa Romeo | A | #50 Ken Miles | A | Osca | A | Crosley Special | Results |
| Carl Block
|
Lou Brero
|
Phil Hill
|
Charles Rezzaghi
|
 Ken Miles
|
I. W. Stephenson
|
Harry Eyerly
| ||||||||
| 3 | Bakersfield | #5 Akton Miller | #25 W. Gussenbauer | #83 Jerry Austin | #26 Sterling Edwards | #107 Roy Jackson-Moore | #39 James W. Lowe | #167 Al Newlon | #11 John von Neumann | #135 Springer Jones | #118 Jean P. Kunstle | #32 D.R. Feuerhelm | #172 James A. Orr | Results |
| Akton Miller
|
Donald Driscoll
|
Jerry Austin
|
Sterling Edwards
|
Roy Jackson-Moore
|
James Lowe
|
Al Newlon
|
John von Neumann
|
Springer Jones
|
Jean Pierre Kunstle
|
Duane Feuerhelm
|
James Orr
| |||
| 4 | Cumberland | no entries | #197 S. Johnston | #0 Jack Pry | #10 W.C. Spear | #148 P. O'Shea | #283 Maserati | #260 G. Andrey | #14 G. Lipe | #151 L. Underwood | #25 C.H. Dietrich, Jr. | B | #11 D. Vilardi | Results |
| Sherwood Johnston
|
Charles Wallace
|
Bill Spear
|
Paul O'Shea
|
Fritz Koster
|
 Gaston Andrey
|
Gordon Lipe
|
Lake Underwood
|
Chuck Dietrich
|
Dolph Vilardi
| |||||
| 5 | Beverly | #118 Jaguar-Cadillac Special | #5 Ferrari | #90 Jaguar | #3 George Tilp | #99 Austin-Healey | #53 Ferrari | #52 Morgan | #28 Cooper-Porsche | #81 Porsche | #107 Lotus-Climax | #46 MG | #74 PBX | Results |
| John Sinclair
|
Jim Kimberly
|
Charles Wallace
|
Phil Hill
|
Richard Whitson
|
Jim Pauley
|
Gaston Andrey
|
Gordon Lipe
|
Lake Underwood
|
Len Bastrup
|
George Valentine
|
Candy Poole
| |||
| 6 | Torrey Pines | #47 Bill Murphy | #20 Allen Guiberson | #133 Jerry Austin | #211 John von Neumann | #14 Paul O'Shea | no finishers | no finishers | #124 Pete Lovely | #91 Tracy Bird | #7 Skip Swartley | #132 Duane Feuerhelm | #32 Robert H. Holbrook | Results |
| Bill Murphy
|
Carroll Shelby
|
Jerry Austin
|
John von Neumann Phil Hill
|
Paul O'Shea
|
Pete Lovely
|
Tracy Bird
|
Skip Swartley
|
Duane Feuerhelm
|
Robert Holbrook
| |||||
| 7 | Seafair | unknown | #103 Tony Parravano | unknown | #3 George Tilp | unknown | Porsche | unknown | Cooper-Porsche | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Results |
| Carroll Shelby
|
Phil Hill
|
John von Neumann
|
Pete Lovely
| |||||||||||
| 8 | ThompsonCD | #36 Allard-Chrysler | #4 Ferrari | #91 Jaguar #60 Chevrolet |
#21 Briggs Cunningham | #70 Mercedes-Benz #84 Austin-Healey |
#53 Ferrari | #6 Morgan | #5 Porsche | #89 Porsche | #66 Lotus | #9 MG | #74 PBX | Results |
| Stewart Rutherford
|
Duncan Black
|
Dick Thompson (XKM) Addison Austin (others)E
|
Bill Lloyd
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Art Simmons (overall) Harold Kunz (AH)F
|
Jim Pauley
|
Gaston Andrey
|
Walt Hansgen
|
Emil Pupulidy
|
Len Bastrup
|
George Valentine
|
Candy Poole
| |||
| 9 | Fairfax | #51 Allard | #55 Dayton | #0 Jaguar | #76 Ferrari | #93 Mercedes-Benz | #32 Maserati | #26 Triumph | #61 Porsche | #14 Porsche | #65 Lotus | #19 MG | #59 Giaur | Results |
| Walt Gray
|
Dale Duncan
|
Charles Wallace
|
David Biggs
|
Bud Seaverns
|
Tom Friedmann
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Richard McGuire
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Art Bunker
|
Bob Ballenger
|
Norman Scott
|
Roy Heath
|
Bill Betts
| |||
| 10 | Road America | #57 Walter S. Gray | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #137 Ralph Miller | #3 George Tilp | #143 George Tilp | #9 S. H. Arnolt | #300 Bus Gunter | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #14 Bob Ballenger | #177 Rees Makins | #191 Roy Heath | #41 John C. Mays | Results |
| Walt Gray
|
Sherwood Johnston
|
Ralph Miller
|
Phil Hill
|
Paul O'Shea
|
S. H. Arnolt
|
Bob Goldich
|
Frank Bott
|
Bob Ballenger
|
Rees Makins
|
Roy Heath
|
John Mays
| |||
| 11 | Watkins GlenH | #19 Charles Moran, Jr. | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #112 Dr. R.K. Thompson, Jr. | #10 W.C. Spear | #18 George Tilp #109 Frank S. Pohanka, Jr. |
#184 William Wonder | #94 Gunnard A. Rubini | #103 William H. Weldon | #89 Emil Pupulidy | #75 Len Bastrup | #218 Henry Willard | #74 Candy Poole | Results |
| Charles Moran
|
Sherwood Johnston
|
Dick Thompson
|
Bill Spear
|
Paul O'Shea (MB) Frank Pohanka (others)G
|
William Wonder
|
Gunnard Rubini
|
Bill Weldon
|
Emil Pupulidy
|
Len Bastrup
|
Henry Willard
|
Candy Poole
| |||
| 12 | Hagerstown | #29 Allard | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #0 Jaguar | #3 Ferrari | #33 Mercedes-Benz #81 Austin-Healey |
#58 Briggs Cunningham | #155 Morgan | #69 Porsche | #48 Porsche #177 MG |
#19 Lester-MG | #126 Alfa Romeo | #44 Bandini | Results |
| Bob Bucher
|
Sherwood Johnston
|
Charles Wallace
|
Phil Hill
|
Paul O'Shea (overall) Fred Moore (AH)F
|
Briggs Cunningham
|
Mike Rothschild
|
Ed Crawford
|
Lake Underwood (Porsche) Stephen Spitler (MG)I
|
Chuck Dietrich
|
Henry Wessells
|
Dolph Vilardi
| |||
| 13 | Sacramento | #108 Kurtis Kraft | #32 VB Special | #1 Jaguar | #2 John von Neumann | #3 Mercedes-Benz | #39 Frazer Nash | #14 Siata | #124 Cooper-Porsche | #35 Porsche | #55 Osca | #147 MG | #50 Crosley Special | Results |
| Lou Brero
|
 Fred Van Beuren
|
Charles Wallace
|
Phil Hill
|
Paul O'Shea
|
James Lowe
|
Lou Keller
|
Pete Lovely
|
George Gartung
|
Sam Weiss
|
John Dair
|
Harry Eyerly
| |||
| 14 | GlendaleJ | #21 Bill Murphy | #76 William Doheny | #83 Jim Peterson | #2 Eleanor von Neumann | #12 Rudy W. Cleye | #311 Manning J. Post | #59 Ed Savin | #124 Pete Lovely | #86 Dale Johnson | #122 Scuderia Excelsior | #160 Robert E. Brigham | #17 James A. Orr | Results |
| Bill Murphy
|
Ernie McAfee
|
Jim Peterson
|
Phil Hill
|
Rudy Cleye
|
Richie Ginther
|
Bob Oker
|
Pete Lovely
|
Dale Johnson
|
George Buchanan
|
Robert Brigham
|
James Orr
|
- ^A Modified & Production classes were classified together at Pebble Beach
- ^B G Production were classified with F Production at Cumberland
- ^C An unrestricted class ran with B Modified, and was won by John Meyer in a Meyer-Cadillac Special.
- ^D A separate race for the fastest 10 drivers of the weekend was also held, won by John Gordon Bennett in a D Modified-class Maserati 300S.
- ^E Jaguar XKMs were classified separately from others in C Production at Thompson.
- ^F Separate Overall and Austin-Healey winners were declared in D Production at Thompson and Hagerstown.
- ^G Mercedes-Benz 300 SL were classified separately from others in D Production at Watkins Glen.
- ^H An unrestricted class was also run, and was won by John Plaisted in a Cheetah-Cadillac.
- ^I Separate Porsche and MG winners were declared in F Production at Hagerstown.
- ^J An unrestricted class was also run, and was won by Terry Hall in a Talbot Grand Prix car.
Champions
edit| Class | Driver | Car |
|---|---|---|
| B Modified | Charles Moran |
Cunningham C4 |
| C Modified | Sherwood Johnston |
Ferrari 375 MM, Jaguar D-Type |
| C Production | Charles Wallace |
Jaguar XK140 MC, Jaguar XK120 |
| D Modified | Phil Hill |
Ferrari 750 Monza |
| D Production | Paul O'Shea |
Mercedes-Benz 300 SL |
| E Modified | James Lowe |
Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica Mk II |
| E Production | Gaston Andrey |
Morgan Plus 4 Triumph |
| F Modified | Pete Lovely |
VW-Porsche Special, Cooper-Porsche |
| F Production | Bengt Söderström |
Porsche 356 Speedster |
| G Modified | Skip Swartley |
Osca Special |
| G Production | George Valentine |
MG TC |
| H Modified | Dolph Vilardi |
Bandini PBV |