1959 British Saloon Car Championship

2nd season of the British Touring Car Championship December 2025 1959 British Saloon Car Championship 1958 1960 The 1959 BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship was the second season of the championship. It began at Goodwood on 30 March and finished at Brands Hatch on 29 August. Jeff Uren became the second BSCC champion, thanks to his domination of Class C in his Ford Zephyr.http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=2 https://web.archive.org/web/20110911100300/http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=2 2011-09-11 Official BTCC 1959 standings.http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/1959%20BSCC.html British Saloon Car Championship - 1959 2010-11-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20090311010034/http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/1959%20BSCC.html 2009-03-11 dead Calendar & Winners All races were held in the United Kingdom. Overall winners of multi-class races in bold. Round Circuit Date Class A Winner Class B Winner Class C Winner Class D Winner 1 Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex 30 March GBR George 'Doc' Shepherd GBR Les Leston GBR Jeff Uren GBR Ivor Bueb 2 Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, Liverpool 18 April GBR George 'Doc' Shepherd GBR Les Leston GBR Jeff Uren GBR Ivor Bueb 3 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 2 May GBR George 'Doc' Shepherd SWE Gunnar Andersson GBR Peter Blond GBR Ivor Bueb 4 A Crystal Palace Circuit, London 18 May GBR Geoff Williamson GBR Les Leston Not contested. B Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex Not contested. GBR Jeff Uren GBR Gawaine Baillie 5 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 14 June GBR George 'Doc' Shepherd GBR Peter Pilsworth GBR Jeff Uren GBR Gawaine Baillie 6 A Brands Hatch, Kent 3 August GBR Geoff Williamson Not contested. B Not contested. GBR Les Leston GBR Jeff Uren GBR Gawaine Baillie 7 A Brands Hatch, Kent 29 August GBR Geoff Williamson Not contested. B Not contested. GBR Bill Blydenstein GBR Jeff Uren GBR Jack Sears Championship results Driver's championship Pos. Driver Car Team Class Points 1 GBR Jeff Uren Ford Zephyr Jeff Uren C 46 2 GBR Doc Shepherd Austin A40 A 42 3 GBR Les Leston Riley 1.5 B 38 4 GBR Len Adams Austin A35 Team Speedwell A 34 5 GBR Bill Blydenstein Borgward Isabella B 33 6 GBR Geoff Williamson Austin A40 Alexander Engineering Co A 26 References External links Official website of the British Touring Car Championship Category:British Touring Car Championship seasons British Saloon Car Championship