1957 SCCA National Sports Car Championship

August 2023 1957 SCCA National Sports Car Championship 1956 1958 The 1957 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the seventh season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began May 19, 1957, and ended November 17, 1957, after fifteen races. Classes Class Modified Production B over 5000cc 3500-5000cc C 3000-5000cc 2700-3500cc D 2000-3000cc 2000-2700cc E 1500-2000cc 1600-2000cc F 1100-1500cc 1300-1600cc G 750-1100cc 750-1300cc H 500-750cc under 750cc Haybale: Official Sports Car Racing Program, Lime Rock Park National Championship Race June 8-9, 1957 http://www.ferrariexperts.com/SCCA%20results%201957.htm#lm2 Etceterini 22 September 2010 Schedule Rnd Race LengthSA A Circuit Location Date 1 Cumberland Sports Car Races 1 hour Greater Cumberland Regional Airport Wiley Ford, West Virginia May 19 2 National Championship Sports Car Road Races 60 mi km on Eagle Mountain National Guard Base Fort Worth, Texas June 2 3 Lime Rock National Championship Sports Car Races 100 km mi on Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut June 9 4 Road America National Championships Races 150 mi km on Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin June 23 5 Marlboro National Sports Car Races 43 mi km on Marlboro Motor Raceway Upper Marlboro, Maryland July 14 6 Inaugural Grand Prix Sports Car Races 100 km mi on Virginia International Raceway Danville, Virginia August 4 7 Montgomery National Championships Races 150 km mi on Montgomery Airport Montgomery, New York August 18 8 Thompson National Championship Races 1 hour Thompson International Speedway Thompson, Connecticut September 2 9 Road America 500 500 mi km on Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin September 8 10 Watkins Glen Grand Prix 100 mi km on Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York September 21 11 Bridgehampton Inaugural Races 70 mi km on Bridgehampton Race Circuit Bridgehampton, New York September 29 12 President's Cup Race 2 hours, 30 minutes Virginia International Raceway Danville, Virginia October 27 13 National Palm Springs Championship Road Race 85 mi km on Palm Springs Municipal Airport Palm Springs, California November 3 14 Pebble Beach Races 100 mi km on Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California November 10 15 Riverside National Championship Sports Car Races 150 km mi on Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California November 17 SA A Feature race Season results Feature race overall winners in bold. Rnd Circuit BS Winning Team BP Winning Team CS Winning Team CP Winning Team DS Winning Team DP Winning Team ES Winning Team EP Winning Team FS Winning Team FP Winning Team GS Winning Team GP Winning Team HS Winning Team Results BS Winning Driver(s) BP Winning Driver(s) CS Winning Driver(s) CP Winning Driver(s) DS Winning Driver(s) DP Winning Driver(s) ES Winning Driver(s) EP Winning Driver(s) FS Winning Driver(s) FP Winning Driver(s) GS Winning Driver(s) GP Winning Driver(s) HS Winning Driver(s) 1 Cumberland #271 J. E. Rose #11 Lindsay Hopkins #59 Briggs Cunningham #235 Leonard E. Butscher #8 John Edgar #204 John K. Colgate, Jr. #98 Scuderia Rosinante #120 Bob Kuhn #0 Jack Pry #37 Lake Underwood #35 Frank W. Baptista #213 William M. Speer #195 Richard W. Gent Results USA J. E. Rose USA Dick Thompson USA Walt Hansgen USA Charles Butscher USA Carroll Shelby USA John Colgate USA Bruce Kessler USA Bob Kuhn USA Charles Wallace USA Lake Underwood USA Frank Baptista USA Ed Hugus USA Melvin Sachs 2 Eagle Mountain #65 Chevrolet #11 Chevrolet #36 Jaguar A A #111 Ferrari #129 Austin-Healey no entries #26 A.C.-Bristol #23 Porsche #41 Porsche #52 Cooper-Climax #4 Alfa Romeo #54 Bandini Results USA J. E. Rose USA Dick Thompson USA Bob Stonedale USA Jim Roberts USA Dave Furrows USA Richard McGuire USA John Max Wolf USA William Randle USA Tom Johnson USA Val Scroggie USA Gordon Wright 3 Lime Rock no entries #114 Chevrolet #61 Briggs Cunningham #1 Jaguar #8 John Edgar #73 Austin-Healey #103 Ferrari #6 Morgan #0 Porsche #37 Porsche #35 Lotus #24 Alfa Romeo #4 PBX Results USA Bark Henry USA John Fitch USA Jack Crusoe USA Carroll Shelby USA Fred Moore USA Bruce Kessler SUI Gaston Andrey USA Charles Wallace USA Lake Underwood USA Frank Baptista USA John Clapp USA Dolph Vilardi 4 Road America #98 Nash-Healey #155 Chevrolet #60 Briggs Cunningham #11 Mercedes-Benz #150 Ferrari #166 Austin-Healey #6 Ferrari #151 A.C.-Bristol #37 Porsche #43 Porsche #35 Lotus #124 Alfa Romeo #106 TXP1950's SCCA Hmod Racing Cars: TXP http://ferrariexperts.com/etceterini%20my%20favorite%20hmods%20hmodcars.com%20cars%20scca%20racing%20cars.htm#TXP Etceterini 22 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101018092422/http://ferrariexperts.com/etceterini%20my%20favorite%20hmods%20hmodcars.com%20cars%20scca%20racing%20cars.htm 18 October 2010 live Results USA Andy Rosenberger USA Jim Jeffords USA Walt Hansgen USA Rees Makins USA John von Neumann USA Warren Cox USA Ed Lunken USA Dan Fowler USA Lake Underwood USA Don Wester USA Frank Baptista USA Al Allin USA Bruce Townsend 5 Marlboro no entries #111 Chevrolet #61 Auto Engineering #55 Jaguar #30 Mercedes-Benz #73 Austin-Healey #6 Ferrari #175 A.C.-Bristol #140 Porsche #157 Porsche #35 Lotus #177 Alfa Romeo #4 PBX Results USA Dick Thompson USA Walt Hansgen USA Bob Rubin USA Paul O'Shea USA Fred Moore USA Ed Lunken USA Chuck Sarle USA Bob Holbert USA Dick Nash USA Frank Baptista USA Tony Briggs USA Dolph Vilardi 6 VIR no finishers #211 Chevrolet #98 John Engar #49 Aston Martin #30 Mercedes-Benz #106 Austin-Healey #59 Ferrari #17 A.C.-Bristol #140 Porsche #257 Porsche #2 Lotus #13 Alfa Romeo #147 D.B.-Panhard Results USA Dick Thompson USA Carroll Shelby USA George Constantine USA Paul O'Shea USA Harold Kunz USA John Middleton USA Bob Kuhn USA Bob Holbert USA Dick Nash USA M. R. J. Wyllie USA Ed Hugus USA Howard Hanna 7 Montgomery no entries #114 Chevrolet #60 Briggs Cunningham #180 Mercedes-Benz #100 Maserati #166 Austin-Healey #35 Ferrari #64 A.C.-Bristol #37 Porsche #137 Porsche #35 Lotus #31 Alfa Romeo #112 Bandini-Saab Results USA Bark Henry USA Walt Hansgen USA Harry Carter USA John Fitch USA Warren Cox SUI Gaston Andrey USA Bob Kuhn USA Lake Underwood USA Lake Underwood USA Frank Baptista USA Bob Grossman USA Henry Rudkin 8 ThompsonB B no finishers #135 Chevrolet #52 Jaguar #149 Aston Martin #29 Maserati #79 Austin-Healey no finishers #175 A.C.-Bristol #65 Porsche #114 Porsche #54 Lotus #7 Alfa Romeo #86 PBX Results USA Leonard Butscher USA Gordon MacKenzie USA George Constantine USA Bob Bucher USA Mike Rothschild USA Ed Welch USA Paul Sagan USA Freddie Barrette USA Charles Cunningham USA Vin Sardi USA Candy Poole 9 Road America #85 Andy Hotton #4 Chevrolet #41 Gene Greenspun #3 David F. Causey #8 John Edgar #10 Trant Jarman #6 Lunken-Fulton #17 Bob Kuhn #69 Edward W. Crawford #34 Don P. Wester #2 M. R. J. Wyllie #34 William M. Speer #61 Bruce D. Townsend Results USA John CookUSA Ralph Durbin USA Dick Thompson USA Phil Hill USA Dave Causey USA Carroll Shelby USA Trant Jarman USA Ed LunkenUSA Jim Kimberly USA Bob Kuhn USA Ed Crawford USA Don Wester USA M. R. J. WyllieUSA Margaret Wyllie USA Ed Hugus USA Bruce Townsend 10 Watkins Glen no entries #24 Chevrolet #60 Briggs Cunningham #80 Mercedes-Benz #30 Mercedes-Benz #45 Austin-Healey #25 Maserati #24 A.C.-Bristol #140 Porsche #213 Porsche #150 Elva #13 Alfa Romeo #173 Bandini Results USA Fred Windridge USA Walt Hansgen USA Harry Carter USA Paul O'Shea USA Gilbert Geitner USA John Fitch USA William Burroughs USA Bob Holbert USA Freddie Barrette USA Chuck Dietrich USA Ed Hugus USA Melvin Sachs 11 Bridgehampton no entries #99 Chevrolet #60 Briggs Cunningham #80 Mercedes-Benz #100 Maserati #45 Austin-Healey #8 Maserati #180 A.C.-Bristol #0 Porsche #173 Porsche #35 Lotus #179 Alfa Romeo #53 D.B.-Panhard Results USA Fred Windridge USA Walt Hansgen USA Harry Carter USA Bruce Kessler USA Gilbert Geitner USA John Fitch USA Harry Carter USA Charles Wallace USA Lake Underwood USA Frank Baptista USA Tony Briggs USA Gordon Wing 12 VIR no finishers #135 Chevrolet #61 Briggs Cunningham #80 Mercedes-Benz no finishers #45 Austin-Healey #25 Ferrari #24 A.C.-Bristol #0 Briggs Cunningham #137 Porsche #2 Lotus #120 Alfa Romeo #109 D.B Results USA Leonard Butscher USA Charles Wallace USA Harry Carter USA Gilbert Geitner SUI Gaston Andrey USA William Burroughs USA Charles Wallace USA Lake Underwood USA M. R. J. Wyllie USA Brooks Robinson USA Wiley Reid 13 Palm Springs #70 Buick #58 Chevrolet #98 John Engar #221 Mercedes-Benz #59 Aston Martin #158 Austin-Healey #125 Ferrari 500 TR #195 A.C.-Bristol #88 Porsche #6 Porsche #151 Lotus #51 Alfa Romeo C C Results USA Max Balchowsky USA Jerry Austin USA Carroll Shelby USA Ron Ellico USA Bob Oker USA Jay Hoke USA Pete Lovely GBR William Love USA Jack McAfee USA Skip Hudson USA Leon Miller USA Fred Woodward 14 Laguna Seca no finishers #34 Chevrolet #190 John Edgar #100 Jaguar #11 John von Neumann #146 Austin-Healey #125 Fred Armbruster #195 A.C.-Bristol #55 Porsche #172 Porsche #87 Lotus #41 Alfa Romeo #79 D.B. Results USA Cloyd Gray USA Richie Ginther USA Ray Seher USA John von Neumann USA Hugh Pryor USA Pete Lovely USA Bill Love USA Sam Weiss USA Skip Hudson USA Paul Nau USA Fred Woodward USA Bill Wood 15 Riverside #70 Buick #8 C.S. Mead #98 John Edgar #7 Robert Fletcher #11 John von Neumann #46 Hugh Pryor #125 Fred Armbruster #195 A.C.-Bristol #88 Stan Sugarman #113 M.M. Kasler #27 Skip Conklin #50 Fred Woodward Jim Parkinson Results USA Max Balchowsky USA Jerry Austin USA Carroll Shelby USA Robert Fletcher USA John von Neumann USA Hugh Pryor USA Pete Lovely USA Bill Love USA Jack McAfee USA Lew Bracker USA Skip Conklin USA Fred Woodward USA Jim Parkinson A A C Production were classified with B Production at Eagle Mountain. B B The feature race at Thompson was won overall by Bill Rutan in an Unrestricted-class Lester -MG. C C H Sports were classified with G Sports at Palm Springs. Champions Class Driver Car B Sports USA J. E. Rose Chevrolet Corvette SR-2 B Production USA Dick Thompson Chevrolet Corvette C Sports USA Walt Hansgen Jaguar D-Type C Production USA Harry Carter Mercedes-Benz 300SL D Sports USA Paul O'Shea Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster D Production USA Fred Moore Austin-Healey 100M E Sports SUI Gaston Andrey Ferrari 500 Mondial E Production USA Bob Kuhn AC Ace-Bristol F Sports USA Charles Wallace Porsche 550 RS F Production USA Lake Underwood Porsche 356 Carrera G Sports USA Frank Baptista Lotus Eleven Monza-Climax G Production USA Tony Briggs MG TC, Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce H Sports USA Melvin Sachs Bandini References External links World Sports Racing Prototypes: SCCA 1957 Racing Sports Cars: SCCA archive Etceterini: 1957 program covers Category:SCCA National Sports Car Championship Scca National Sports Car Championship Category:1957 in American motorsport