1958 British Saloon Car Championship

Inaugural season of the British Touring Car Championship December 2025 1958 British Saloon Car Championship none 1959 The 1958 BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship was the inaugural season of the championship. The series was open to four separate classes, up to 1200cc, 1201-1600cc, 1601-2700cc and 2701cc and above. Equal championship points were to be scored in each class, meaning any driver could win the championship without winning any races outright. The first ever round was actually held on 26 December 1957http://www.btcc.net/html/history.php BTCC History of the BTCC https://web.archive.org/web/20130723093434/http://www.btcc.net/html/history.php 23 July 2013 at Brands Hatch. The final round of the year was held on 5 October back at Brands Hatch.http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=1 Official BTCC 1958 standings BTCC https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203803/http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=1 29 October 2013http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/1958%20BSCC.html British Saloon Car Championship - 1958 2010-09-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20070921224918/http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/1958%20BSCC.html 2007-09-21 dead Jack Sears and Tommy Sopwith ended the final race on the same number of championship points. With this a possibility going into the final round it was initially suggested the champion would be decided by the toss of a coin. The idea was very unpopular with both drivers, and it was decided two identical looking Marcus Chambers-owned Riley One-Point-Five works rally cars would be brought along for a five lap shoot-out. To make the race fair, they raced five laps, switched cars, then raced five laps again with the driver who had the quickest combined time being crowned champion. In extremely wet conditions, the first head to head was won by Sopwith by 2.2 seconds. The second race was won by Sears by 3.8 seconds. This meant that Sears was crowned the first ever BSCC champion.http://www.btcc.net/html/history.php Official BTCC history page BTCC https://web.archive.org/web/20130723093434/http://www.btcc.net/html/history.php 23 July 2013 Calendar thumb|right|The Austin A105 with which Jack Sears won the 1958 British Saloon Car Championship Overall winners of multi-class races in bold. Round Circuit Date Class A Winner Class B Winner Class C Winner Class D Winner 1 A Brands Hatch, Kent 7 April GBR John Sprinzel Not contested. GBR Jack Sears Not contested. B Not contested. GBR Alan Foster Not contested. GBR Tommy Sopwith NC Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, Liverpool 19 April Unknown. GBR Alan Foster GBR Peter Blond GBR Gawaine Baillie 2 A Brands Hatch, Kent 20 April GBR John Sprinzel Not contested. B Not contested. GBR Tommy Bridger Not contested. C Not contested. GBR Jack Sears GBR Tommy Sopwith NC Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 3 May GBR Graham Hill GBR Les Leston GBR Jeff Uren GBR Mike Hawthorn 3 A Mallory Park, Leicestershire 11 May GBR John Sprinzel Not contested. B Not contested. GBR Les Leston GBR Jeff Uren GBR Gawaine Baillie 4 A Brands Hatch, Kent 18 May GBR John Sprinzel Not contested. B Not contested. GBR Tommy Bridger GBR Jack Sears GBR Tommy Sopwith NC Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex 26 May GBR John Sprinzel GBR Barney Everley GBR Duncan Hamilton1 5 A Brands Hatch, Kent 8 June GBR John Sprinzel Not contested. B Not contested. GBR Tommy Bridger GBR Jack Sears GBR Tommy Sopwith NC Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 29 June GBR John Sprinzel GBR Les Leston GBR Edgar Wadsworth GBR Tommy Sopwith 6 Crystal Palace, London 5 July GBR George 'Doc' Shepherd GBR Alan Foster GBR Jeff Uren GBR Tommy Sopwith NC Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 19 July GBR Bob Gerard GBR Les Leston GBR Jack Sears USA Walt Hansgen 7 Brands Hatch, Kent 4 August GBR John Sprinzel GBR Alan Foster GBR Jack Sears GBR Tommy Sopwith 8 Brands Hatch, Kent 30 August GBR George 'Doc' Shepherd GBR Les Leston GBR Jack Sears GBR Tommy Sopwith 9 Brands Hatch, Kent 5 October GBR George 'Doc' Shepherd GBR Les Leston GBR Jack Sears GBR Tommy Sopwith NC Brands Hatch, Kent 26 December GBR George 'Doc' Shepherd GBR Les Leston GBR Jeff Uren GBR Gawaine Baillie 1Classes combined. Championship results Driver's championship Pos. Driver Car Team Class Points 1 GBR Jack Sears Austin A105 Jack Sears C 48 2 GBR Tommy Sopwith Jaguar 3.4 Litre Equipe Endeavour D 48 3 GBR John Sprinzel Austin A35 Team Speedwell A 47 4 GBR Doc Shepherd Austin A35 Team Speedwell A 41 5 GBR Alan Foster MG Magnette Dick Jacobs B 40 6 GBR Jeff Uren Jaguar 3.4 LitreFord Zephyr Jeff Uren C 36 References External links Official website of the British Touring Car Championship Category:British Touring Car Championship seasons British Saloon Car Championship Saloon Car Championship