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1952 SCCA National Sports Car Championship
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1952 SCCA National Sports Car Championship 1951 1953
The 1952 SCCA National Sports Car Championship was the second season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship.SCCA National Sports Car Championship 1952 - Championships - Racing Sports Cars https://www.racingsportscars.com/championship/1952/SCCA%20Nationals.html 2025-01-29 www.racingsportscars.com It began on March 8, 1952 and ended on October 26, 1952 after eleven rounds.1952 SCCA National Sports Car Championship RacingCalendar.net https://racingcalendar.net/championship/scca-national-sports-car-championship/1952 2025-01-29 racingcalendar.net en Sherwood Johnston won the championship.
Schedule
Rnd Race LengthSA A Circuit Location Date 1 Florida Handicap Vero Beach Endurance Road Race 12 hours Vero Beach Airport Vero Beach, Florida March 8 2 Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Race 100 mi km on Pebble Beach road circuit Pebble Beach, California April 20 3 Bridgehampton Sports Car Road Races 100 mi km on Bridgehampton road circuit Bridgehampton, New York May 24 4 Golden Gate Road Race 100 mi km on Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California May 31 5 Climb To The Clouds 2.5 mi km on Mount Equinox Manchester, Vermont ? 6 Burke Mountain Hillclimb ? Burke Mountain Burke, Vermont ? 7 Giants Despair Hillclimb 1 mi km on Giants Despair hill climb Laurel Run, Pennsylvania July 25 8 SCCA National Races 15 mi km on Thompson International Speedway Thompson, Connecticut August 17 9 Elkhart Lake Road Race 200 mi km on Elkhart Lake road circuit Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin September 7 10 International Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen 100 mi km on Watkins Glen road circuit Watkins Glen, New York September 20 11 Sowega National Sports Car Races 4 hours Turner Air Force Base Albany, Georgia October 26
SA A Feature race
Championship results
Note: Although both support and feature races counted towards the championship, only feature race overall winners are listed below.
Rnd Circuit Winning team Results Winning driver(s) 1 Vero Beach #5 Ferrari Results USA Jim KimberlyUSA Marshall Lewis 2 Pebble Beach #14 Bill Carstens Results USA Bill Pollack 3 Bridgehamption #20 Bill Spear Results USA Bill Spear 4 Golden Gate Tom Carstens Results USA Bill Pollack 5 Mt. Equinox ? Results USA George Weaver 6 Burke Mountain ? Results USA George Weaver 7 Giants Despair #76 Briggs Cunningham Results USA Phil Walters 8 Thompson #76 Briggs Cunningham Results USA Phil Walters 9 Elkhart Lake #3 Briggs Cunningham Results USA John Fitch 10 Watkins Glen not completedA A Results 11 Turner #2 Briggs Cunningham Results USA John Fitch
A A Race not completed due to fatal accident involving spectators.
References
External links
World Sports Racing Prototypes: SCCA 1952
Racing Sports Cars: SCCA archive
Etceterini: 1952 SCCA Race Results https://web.archive.org/web/20100331082239/http://www.ferrariexperts.com/SCCA%20results%201952.htm March 31, 2010
Category:SCCA National Sports Car Championship
Scca National Sports Car Championship
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