1953 SCCA National Sports Car Championship

August 2023 1953 SCCA National Sports Car Championship 1952 1954 The 1953 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the third season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began February 21, 1953, and ended November 8, 1953, after fifteen races. Bill Spear won the season championship. Schedule Rnd Race LengthSA A Circuit Location Date 1 Florida National Sports Car Races 6 hours MacDill Air Force Base Tampa, Florida February 21 2 Lone Star National Sports Car Races 100 mi km on Bergstrom Air Force Base Austin, Texas April 12 3 Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Race 100 mi km on Pebble Beach road circuit Pebble Beach, California April 19 4 Bridgehampton Sports Car Races 100 mi km on Bridgehampton road circuit Bridgehampton, New York May 23 5 Golden Gate Sports Car Races 100 mi km on Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California May 31 6 Race To The Clouds 2.5 mi km on Mount Equinox Manchester, Vermont June 21 7 Offutt National Sports Car Races 200 mi km on Offutt Air Force Base Omaha, Nebraska July 5 8 Giants Despair Hillclimb 1 mi km on Giants Despair hill climb Laurel Run, Pennsylvania July 24 9 Ohio Sesqui-centennial National Sports Car Races 100 mi km on Lockbourne Air Force Base Columbus, Ohio August 9 10 Moffet NAS Races 2 hours, 30 minutes Naval Air Station Moffett Mountain View, California August 16 11 Janesville National Sports Car Races 92.5 mi km on Rock County Municipal Airport Janesville, Wisconsin August 23 12 Thompson National Races 15 mi km on Thompson International Speedway Thompson, Connecticut September 6 13 Stead National Sports Car Races 2 hours, 30 minutes Stead Air Force Base Reno, Nevada October 18 14 Sowega International Sports Car Races 250 mi km on Turner Air Force Base Albany, Georgia October 25 15 Orange Empire National Sports Car Races 175 mi km on March Air Force Base Moreno Valley, California November 8 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 MacDill #4 Cunningham Results USA John Fitch 2 Bergstrom #5 Ferrari Results USA Jim Kimberly 3 Pebble Beach #2 Phil Hill Results USA Phil Hill 4 Bridgehampton #1 William C. Spear Results USA Bill Spear 5 Golden Gate #58 Jaguar Results USA Masten Gregory 6 Mt. Equinox #74 Jaguar Results USA Sherwood Johnston 7 Offutt #58 Masten Gregory Results USA Masten Gregory 8 Giants' Despair #21 Delvan Lee Results USA Delvan Lee 9 Lockbourne #11 Ferrari Results USA Bill Spear 10 Moffett #30 Bill Stroppe Results USA Bill Stroppe 11 Janesville #5 Ferrari Results USA Jim Kimberly 12 Thompson #32 Briggs Cunningham Results USA Phil Walters 13 Reno #26 Sterling Edwards Results USA Sterling Edwards 14 Turner #90 Bill Spear Results USA Bill Spear 15 March #15 Briggs Cunningham Results USA John Fitch External links World Sports Racing Prototypes: SCCA 1953 Racing Sports Cars: SCCA archive Etceterini: 1953 program covers Category:SCCA National Sports Car Championship Scca National Sports Car Championship Category:1953 in American motorsport