The 1959 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the: ninth season of theββSports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began April 5, "1959," and ended November 15, "1959," after fourteen races.
Scheduleβ»
- ^A Feature race
Season resultsβ»
Feature race overall winners in bold.
Rnd | Circuit | BM Winning Team | BP Winning Team | CM Winning Team | CP Winning Team | DM Winning Team | DP Winning Team | EM Winning Team | EP Winning Team | FM Winning Team | FP Winning Team | GM Winning Team | GP Winning Team | HM Winning Team | HP Winning Team | IP Winning Team | JP Winning Team | Results |
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BM Winning Driver(s) | BP Winning Driver(s) | CM Winning Driver(s) | CP Winning Driver(s) | DM Winning Driver(s) | DP Winning Driver(s) | EM Winning Driver(s) | EP Winning Driver(s) | FM Winning Driver(s) | FP Winning Driver(s) | GM Winning Driver(s) | GP Winning Driver(s) | HM Winning Driver(s) | HP Winning Driver(s) | IP Winning Driver(s) | JP Winning Driver(s) | |||
1 | Pensacola | unknown | #1 Chevrolet | #41 E.D. Martin | unknown | unknown | no entries | unknown | unknown | unknown | #0 Porsche | #28 Cooper-Climax | unknown | #76 Osca | unknown | unknown | unknown | Results |
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2 | Marlboro | #228 Chevrolet | Chevrolet | #60 Briggs Cunningham | Jaguar | Ferrari | unknown | no entries | A.C.-Bristol | Porsche | Porsche | Cooper-Climax | Alfa Romeo | #61 Team Roosevelt | #91 D.B.-Panhard | no entries | no entries | Results |
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3 | VIR | #36 Lister-Corvette | #1 Chevrolet | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #19 Ferrari | #247 Austin-Healey | #24 Ferrari | #175 A.C.-Bristol | #74 Porsche | #77 Porsche | #37 Elva | #5 Alfa Romeo | #28 Osca | #65 Team Roosevelt | Results | |||
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4 | Cumberland | #222 Sadler | #69 Chevrolet | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #29 Ferrari | #15 Ferrari | #247 Austin-Healey | #7 Maserati | #126 A.C.-Bristol | #140 Porsche | #58 Porsche | #2 Lotus | #123 Alfa Romeo | #23 Osca | #211 D.B. | #83 Fiat-Abarth | #137 Berkeley | Results |
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5 | Bridgehampton | #36 Kelso Auto Dynamics | #99 Chevrolet | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #124 Alan Connell | #247 Austin-Healey | #25 Mike Garber | #80 A.C.-Bristol | #140 Porsche | #149 Porsche | #70 Lotus | #15 Alfa Romeo | #28 Osca | #50 D.B.-Panhard | #83 Fiat-Abarth | no entries | Results | |
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6 | Road America | #36 Kelso Auto Dynamics | #1 John Stephani | #49 Elisha Walker | #38 Duke Knowlton | #12 Alan B. Connell, Jr. | #34 Tim Mayer | #76 Ted Baumgartner | #5 Harvey Woodward | #1 Bob Donner, Jr. | #49 Harry C. Blanchard | #13 John Miller | #77 William Wuesthoff | #9 Ed Walsh | #15 Ray Heppenstall | #83 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. | #31 Derr L. Andrlik | Results |
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7 | Lime Rock | no entries | #49 Elisha Walker | #9 Ferrari | #171 Austin-Healey | #25 Mike Garber | #48 A.C.-Bristol | #74 Porsche | #149 Porsche | #35 Elva | #21 Alfa Romeo | #28 Osca | #90 D.B. | #83 Fiat-Abarth | no entries | Results | ||
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8 | Buckley Field | #10 Nickey Chevrolet | #1 Chevrolet | #21 Ferrari | #73 Austin-Healey | #152 Lotus | #7 A.C.-Bristol | #171 Porsche | #162 Porsche | #19 Lola | #47 Alfa Romeo | #28 Osca | #90 D.B. | #83 Fiat-Abarth | no entries | Results | ||
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9 | Riverside | no finishers | #51 Chevrolet | #45 Mercedes-Benz | #46 Ferrari | #55 Porsche | #77 A.C.-Bristol | #11 Porsche | #10 Porsche | #33 Lotus | #57 Alfa Romeo | #20 Lotus-Crosley | #90 D.B. | #5 Fiat-Abarth | no entries | Results | ||
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10 | Montgomery | no finishers | #119 Chevrolet | #49 Elisha Walker | #14 Ferrari | #12 Alan Connell | #247 Austin-Healey | #72 Lotus | #59 A.C.-Bristol | #140 Porsche | #149 Porsche | #35 Elva | #85 Alfa Romeo | #123 Briggs Cunningham | #66 D.B.-Panhard | #82 Fiat-Abarth | no entries | Results |
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11 | Thompson | no entries | #99 Chevrolet | #49 Elisha Walker | #146 Ferrari | #12 Maserati | #247 Austin-Healey | #25 Ferrari | #180 A.C.-Bristol | #140 Porsche | #149 Porsche | #35 Elva | #110 Alfa Romeo | #123 Briggs Cunningham | #27 D.B | #83 Fiat-Abarth | no entries | Results |
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12 | Road America | #64 John Staver | #2 Kack Stephani | #62 Briggs Cunningham | #47 Wayne Burnett | #57 William Sturgis | #24 Frank J. Opalka | #89 Pat Pigott | #73 Fritz Taylor | #6 Harry C. Blanchard | #0 Chuck Rickert | #37 Elva | #78 William Wuesthoff | #65 Briggs Cunningham | #22 Arthur W. Subberra | #83 Fiat-Abarth | Results | |
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13 | Watkins Glen | #91 J. M. R. Lyeth, Jr. | #99 Robert M. Rosenthal | #60 Briggs Cunningham | #70 Mercedes-Benz | #213 Fredrick J. Hayes | #88 Glenn Carlson | #78 Millard Ripley | #97 Charles Kurtz | #6 Harry C. Blanchard | #111 Frank Wagenhofer | #13 John Miller | #211 George C. Rainville | #9 Osca | #179 Howard Hanna | #89 F.D. Roosevelt, Jr. | #76 Ellsworth L. Hall | Results |
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14 | Daytona | no entries | #175 Chevrolet | #12 Ferrari | no entries | #90 Ferrari | #16 Porsche | #157 A.C.-Bristol | #94 Porsche | #37 Elva | #19 Alfa Romeo | #80 Fiat-Abarth | #9 D.B. | #83 Fiat-Abarth | no entries | Results | ||
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- ^A D Modified were classified with C Modified at VIR.
- ^B H Production were classified with G Production at VIR.
- ^C J Production were classified with I Production at VIR.
- ^D C Production were classified with B Production at Bridgehampton.
- ^E B and C Production were classified together at Lime Rock; the combined class was won by, Bob Grossman's CP Ferrari. The highest-finishing BP car was Roy Tuerke's Chevrolet Corvette in 2nd.
- ^F D Modified were classified with C Modified at Lime Rock.
- ^G C Modified were classified with B Modified at Buckley Field.
- ^H C Production were classified with B Production at Buckley Field.
- ^I C and D Modified were classified together at Riverside; the combined class was won by Dick Morgensen's DP Ferrari. The highest-finishing CP car was Jack Eubank's Talbot-Lago in 3rd.
- ^J D Production were classified with C Production at Riverside.
- ^K J Production were classified with I Production at the "Road America 500."
- ^L D Production were classified with B Production at Daytona.
- ^M F Modified were classified with E Modified at Daytona.
Championsβ»
Class | Driver | Car |
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B Modified | ![]() |
Echidna-Chevrolet |
B Production | ![]() |
Chevrolet Corvette |
C Modified | ![]() |
Lister-Jaguar |
C Production | ![]() |
Ferrari 250 GT California |
D Modified | ![]() |
Ferrari 250 TR, Maserati 250S |
D Production | ![]() |
Austin-Healey 100-6 |
E Modified | ![]() |
Ferrari 500 TR |
E Production | ![]() |
AC Ace-Bristol |
F Modified | ![]() |
Porsche 718 RSK |
F Production | ![]() |
Porsche 356 Carrera GT |
G Modified | ![]() |
Elva Mk IV |
G Production | ![]() |
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spyder |
H Modified | ![]() |
Osca 750, Osca 187S |
H Production | ![]() |
D.B.-Panhard |
I Production | ![]() |
Fiat-Abarth Zagato |
J Production | ![]() |
Berkeley SE Excelsior |