1951 SCCA National Sports Car Championship

August 2023 1951 SCCA National Sports Car Championship none 1952 The 1951 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the first season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began May 12, 1951, and ended December 9, 1951, after eight races. John Fitch won the season championship. Schedule Rnd Race LengthSA A Circuit Location Date 1 Giants Despair Hillclimb 1 mi km on Giants Despair hill climb Laurel Run, Pennsylvania May 12 2 Pebble Beach Road Race 100 mi km on Pebble Beach road circuit Pebble Beach, California May 27 3 SCCA National Races ? Thompson International Speedway Thompson, Connecticut July ? 4 Elkhart Lake Road Race 200 mi km on Elkhart Lake road circuit Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 26 5 International Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen 100 mi km on Watkins Glen road circuit Watkins Glen, New York September 15 6 Reno Sports Car Road Races 100 mi km on Reno road circuit Reno, Nevada October 21 7 Climb To The Clouds 2.5 mi km on Mount Equinox Manchester, Vermont October 28 8 Road Races at Palm Beach Shores Florida 100 mi km on Palm Beach road circuit Palm Beach, Florida December 9 SA A 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 Giants' Despair Delvan Lee Results USA Delvan Lee 2 Pebble Beach #14 Tom Carstens Results USA Bill Pollack 3 Thompson MG Results USA 1921 Rowland D. H. Keith 4 Elkhart Lake #128 Briggs Cunningham Results USA John Fitch 5 Watkins Glen #55 Briggs Cunningham Results USA Phil Walters 6 Reno #14 T. Carstens Results USA Bill Pollack 7 Mt. Equinox #35 Maserati Results USA George Weaver 8 Palm Beach #1 Ferrari Results USA John Fitch External links World Sports Racing Prototypes: SCCA 1951 Racing Sports Cars: SCCA archive Etceterini: 1951 program covers Category:SCCA National Sports Car Championship SCCA National Sports Car SCCA National Sports Car