 USAC Road Racing Championship 1961 |
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 Oct 3 2003, 13:39
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I'm mot sure about my USAC Road Racing results from 1961 - and there are quite many gaps also.
Maybe somebody can help here with complete stats. I have two races at Indy Raceway Park on June 26th, two races at Continental Divide on July 1st, one race at Riverside on October 15th and two more at Laguna Seca (Pacific GP) on October 22nd. I'm also looking for the final points scoring. Thanks a million |
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Oct 6 2003, 00:00
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Just got back from Watkins Glen, so I will try to make sure I provide some of that material tomorrow.
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Oct 6 2003, 02:07
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I haven't done a lick of work on this in some months,
so this this does not include any new material I have managed to find to "refine" this information. Plus, this data only tells a tiny bit of the story of the season.... Round 1 First International Hoosier Grand Prix Heat No. 1 Indianapolis Raceway Park Clermont, Indiana 25 June 1961 Distance: 40 laps of 2.5-mile road circuit for 100.0 miles Attendance: 8,500 Results 1st Lloyd Ruby No. 1 J. Frank Harrison Maserati 40 laps, 1 hr 17 min 51.45 sec, 77.06 mph 2nd Ken Miles No. 9 Crandall Industries Incorporated Porsche RS61 40 laps 3rd Augie Pabst No. 6 Harry Woodnorth Scarab Chevrolet (chassis 003) 40 laps 4th Len Sutton Kelischev Lister Corvette 5th Chuck Sargent No. 21 Maserati Birdcage Tipo 61 6th Joakim Bonnier No. 33 Porsche 7th Rodger Ward Porsche 8th Jimmy Daywalt Lister Corvette 9th Scooter Patrick Porsche 10th Herb Swan Porsche 11th Don Skogmo Maserati 12th Leo May Gemini 13th Bill Lewis Porsche 14th Loyal Katskee Chevrolet Corvette 15th Chuck Baldwin No. 98 Chuck Baldwin Ol Yaller Mark II Engine 16th Steve Baughman Maserati 17th James Thompson No. 171 Alfa Romeo 18th Arthur Abrams Chevrolet Corvette 19th George Koehne Maserati 20th Bill Krause Lotus 19 Climax FPF 22 laps, transmission pinion bearing 21st John Barlass Jaguar 22nd Ray Heppenstall OSCA 23rd Andre Gessner Twareg Mark II 24th Felix Ballard Kurtis Corvette 25th Mac Knight OSCA 26th Chuck Towers Ferrari 27th Bob Holbert Porsche 1 lap, engine valve Qualifying 1 min 51.3 sec Bill Krause, Lotus 19 Climax Round 2 First International Hoosier Grand Prix Heat No. 2 Indianapolis Raceway Park Clermont, Indiana 25 June 1961 Distance: 40 laps of 2.5-mile road course for 100.0 miles Results 1st Augie Pabst Harry Woodnorth Scarab Mark II Chevrolet (chassis 003) 40 laps, 1 hr 15 min 20.53 sec, 79.64 mph 2nd Lloyd Ruby J. Frank Harrison Maserati 40 laps 3rd Chuck Sargent Maserati 4th Ken Miles Porsche Typ 718 RS61 5th Joakim Bonnier Porsche RS61 6th Rodger Ward Porsche 7th Herb Swan Porsche 8th Don Skogmo Maserati 9th Jimmy Daywalt Lister Corvette 10th Bill Lewis Porsche 11th Steve Baughman Maserati 12th Loyal Katskee Chevrolet Corvette 13th Louis Kaplan Chevrolet Corvette 14th Arthur Abrams Chevrolet Corvette 15th James Thompson Alfa Romeo 16th Felix Ballard Kurtis Corvette 32 laps, retired 17th Len Sutton Kelischev Lister Corvette 26 laps, retired 18th Scooter Patrick Porsche 26 laps, engine 19th Leo May Gemini 2 laps, retired 20th George Koehne Maserati 1 lap, retired Fastest Lap: 1 min 50.5 sec, Augie Pabst, Scarab Chevrolet Overall Results 1st Augie Pabst Scarab Chevrolet 2nd Lloyd Ruby Maserati 3rd Chuck Sargent Maserati 4th Ken Miles Porsche 5th Jo Bonnier Porsche Round 3 Heat No. 1 Continental Divide Raceway Castle Rock, Colorado 2 July 1961 Distance: 36 laps of 2.8-mile road circuit for 100.8 miles Purse: $7,500 Attendance: 10,019 (paid) Results 1st Ken Miles No. 9 Crandall Industries Incorporated Typ 718 Porsche RS61 36 laps, 75.8 mph 2nd Chuck Sargent No. 21 Maserati Birdcage Tipo 61 36 laps, 75.05 mph $600 3rd Bob Donner Porsche Typ 718 RS61 36 laps, 74.12 mph 4th Rodger Ward No. 26 Leader Card Porsche RS 36 laps, 73.6 mph 5th Scooter Patrick No. 71 Porsche Special 6th Steve Herrick No. 162 Porsche RS60 7th Don Skogmo No. 31 Maserati Birdcage 8th Andre Gessner No. 38 Twareg Mark II 9th Bob Holbert No. 14 Porsche RS61 10th Don Ives No. 1 Porsche RS61 11th Loyal Katskee No. 12 Carter Chevrolet Special 12th Steve Baughman No. 172 Maserati 200SI 13th Jim Eichhorn No. 114 Devin Volkswagen Special 14th Ron Hunter No. 20 OSCA Chevrolet Crash 15th Art Abrams No. 119 Chevrolet Corvette 16th John Barlass No. 30 Jaguar D Type 17th Harry Muhlbach No. 29 Chevrolet Corvette 18th Chuck Towers No. 86 Ferrari Testa Rosa 19th Alan Connell No. 5 Maserati Birdcage Ferrari 14 laps, engine manifold Fastest Lap (over 2,000 cc) : 2 min 11.4 sec, 76.65 mph, Chuck Sargent, Maserati Birdcage Tipo 61 Fastest Lap (under 2,000 cc) : 2 min 12.2 sec, 75.8 mph, Ken Miles, Porsche RS61 Qualifying 2 min 12.0 sec, 75.816 sec, 75.816 mph Bob Holbert, Porsche RS61 Chuck Sargent, Maserati Ken Miles, Porsche Rodger Ward, Porsche Round 4 Heat No. 2 Continental Divide Raceway Castle Rock, Colorado 2 July 1961 Distance: 36 laps of 2.8-mile road circuit for 100.8 miles Results 1st Bob Holbert No. 14 Porsche RS61 36 laps, 75.79 mph 2nd Ken Miles No. 9 Crandall Industries Incorporated Porsche RS61 36 laps, 75.45 mph 3rd Bob Donner No. 19 Porsche RS61 36 laps, 74.65 mph 4th Scooter Patrick No. 72 Porsche Special 36 laps, 74.55 mph 5th Rodger Ward No. 26 Porsche RS 6th Steve Herrick No. 162 Porsche RS60 7th Don Ives No. 1 Porsche RSK 8th Steve Baughman No. 172 Maserati 200SI 9th Loyal Katskee No. 12 Carter Chevrolet Special $600 10th Chuck Towers No. 86 Ferrari Testa Rosa 11th John Barlass No. 30 Jaguar D Type 12th Art Abrams No. 119 Chevrolet Corvette 13th Andre Gessner No. 38 Twareg Mark II Fastest Lap: 2 min 11.1 sec, 76.89 mph, Bob Holbert, Porsche RS61 Overall Results 1st Ken Miles Crandall Industries Incorporated Porsche RS61 $1,000 Round 5 Los Angeles Times-Mirror Grand Prix Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California 15 October 1961 Distance: 62 laps of 3.275-mile road circuit for 203.050 miles Attendance: 70,000 Purse: $28,600 Results 1st Jack Brabham No. 4 Brabham Racing Organisation Limited Cooper Monaco Climax FPF 62 laps, 2 hr 09 min 33.8 sec, 94.06 mph $6,825* 2nd Bruce McLaren No. 6 Peter Berry Racing Limited Cooper Monaco Climax FPF 62 laps, 2 hr 09 min 44.8 sec $2,750 3rd Jim Hall No. 66 Troutman-Barnes Chaparral Chevrolet (chassis 001) 62 laps, 2 hr 10 min 55.8 sec $1,500 4th Roger Penske No. 16 Telar John M. Wyatt III Cooper Monaco Climax FPF 61 laps $1,000 5th Bob Drake No. 70 Haskell Wexler Ol Yaller Mark III Buick 59 laps $700 6th Olivier Gendebien No. 10 United Dominion Trust Laystall Racing Team Lotus 19 Climax FPF 59 laps $2,800 7th Ken Miles No. 9 Crandall Industries Incorporated Porsche RS61 59 laps $1,500 8th Jack McAfee No. 88 Porsche RSK 59 laps $1,000 9th Dan Gurney No. 96 Arciero Brothers Lotus 19 Climax FPF 58 laps 10th Bob Donner No. 54 Porsche RS61 58 laps 11th Dick Thompson No. 62 Alfred Momo Maserati Tipo 60 12th Harry Heuer No. 22 Meister Brauser Scarab Mark II Chevrolet (chassis 002) 13th Bob Harris No. 17 Bill Campbell Campbell Special Corvette 14th Jerry Grant No. 78 Ferrari Testa Rosa 15th George Constantine No. 49 John Bunch Ferrari Testa Rosa 250TR (chassis 0746) engine oil pressure 16th Stirling Moss No. 7 United Dominion Trust Laystall Racing Team Lotus 19 Climax FPF 46 laps # Paul Cunningham No. 37 Chieftain Pontiac Kurtis Pontiac # George Follmer No. 161 Trans Ocean Motor Company Incorporated Porsche RS # Leon Robertson No. 127 Leon Robertson Cooper Climax # Alan Connell No. 5 John Miller Ferrari 10 laps, suspension and brake troubles # Rodger Ward No. 8 Del Webbs Kern City Special Cooper Buick 1 lap, coolant leak # Chuck Daigh No. 15 George Skip Lehmann Scarab Chevrolet (chassis 003) 44 or 31 laps, engine # Lew Spencer No. 45 Phil Kondratief Devin VK1 Corvette Shock absorber problems # Bill Krause No. 53 Maserati Distributors Incorporated Maserati Lost wheel # Augie Pabst No. 60 Alfred Momo Maserati Tipo 63 1 lap, car caught fire # Walt Hansgen No. 61 Alfred Momo Maserati 22 laps, engine oil leak # Don Hulette No. 69 Frank Arciero Ferrari Maserati Broken gearshift lever # Scooter Patrick No. 72 P.A.M. Foreign Car Service Adam-Mitchell Porsche Special 31 laps, Retired # Peter Ryan No. 83 Autosport-Comstock Lotus 19 Climax FPF 11 laps, overheating and unable to restart disqualified for push-start at start # Chuck Parsons No. 110 Charles Parsons Maserati Retired # Steve Herrick No. 162 Earle & OReilly Porsche RS60 31 laps, Retired # Steve Baughman No. 172 Steve Baughman & Bowyers Incorporated Maserati Retired # George Grinzewitsch No. 180 Von Housens Motors Cooper Monaco Climax Retired # Augie Pabst Maserati 0 laps, fuel tank leak car caught fire Fastest Lap: 2 min 01.1 sec, on lap 59, Bruce McLaren, Cooper Monaco Climax FPF Qualifying 2 min 01.0 sec, 97.416 mph Jack Brabham, Cooper Monaco Climax FPF $200 2 min 01.3 sec, 97.344 mph Stirling Moss, Lotus Monte Carlo Climax 2 min 01.5 sec Bruce McLaren, Cooper Monaco Climax 2 min 01.5 sec, 97.020 mph Dan Gurney, Lotus 19 Climax 2 min 01.7 sec, 96.876 mph Jim Hall, Chaparral Chevrolet 2 min 04.2 sec, 94.796 mph Walt Hansgen, Maserati Birdcage Tipo 61 2 min 05.6 sec Harry Heuer, Scarab Chevrolet 2 min 05.8 sec Chuck Daigh, Scarab Chevrolet 2 min 05.9 sec Peter Ryan, Lotus 19 Climax 2 min 06.6 sec Bill Krause, Maserati 2 min 06.9 sec Chuck Parsons, Maserati 2 min 07.3 sec Bob Drake, Ol Yaller 2 min 07.7 sec Alan Connell, Maserati 2 min 07.7 sec George Constantine, Ferrari 2 min 07.7 sec Bob Harris, Campbell Special 2 min 07.9 sec Lew Spencer, Devin Corvette 2 min 08.2 sec Rodger Ward, Cooper Buick 2 min 09.1 sec Olivier Gendebien, Lotus 19 Climax 2 min 09.8 sec Ken Miles, Porsche 2 min 11.9 sec Jack McAfee, Porsche 2 min 11.4 sec Briggs Cunningham, Maserati 2 min 12.6 sec Leon Robertson, Cooper 2 min 12.7 sec Scooter Patrick, Porsche 2 min 12.9 sec Bob Donner, Porsche 2 min 13.3 sec Steve Herrick, Porsche 2 min 15.1 sec George Follmer, Porsche Qualifiers Through Consolation Race Roger Penske, Cooper Monaco Climax Augie Pabst, Maserati Tipo 63 Jerry Grant, Ferrari Don Hulette, Frank Arciero Maserati Ferrari Steve Baughman, Maserati George Grinzewitsch, Cooper Non-qualifiers Ricardo Rodriguez, No. 68 Luigi Chinetti Ferrari Testa Rosa TR61, retired with bodywork damage and flat tire after 2 laps of consolation race Bob Edmison, Mercedes Chevrolet, crashed during consolation race Chuck Sargent, Maserati Birdcage, crashed during consolation race Bob Hurt, No. 36 Bob Hurt Ferrari Testa Rosa TR59 (chassis 0766) Notes Brabham used the Cooper Monaco chassis actually owned by Hap Sharp and using an engine owned by Brabham. * Plus the pace car, a Pontiac Grand Prix valued at $4,500 Round 6 San Francisco Examiner Pacific Grand Prix Heat No. 1 Laguna Seca 22 October 1961 Distance: 52 laps of 1.932-mile circuit for 100.464 miles Purse: $20,000 Attendance: 62,000 Results 1st Stirling Moss No. 7 United Dominion Trust Laystall Racing Team Lotus 19 Climax FPF 53 laps, 1 hr 09 min 15.8 sec, 87.23 mph 2nd Dan Gurney No. 96 Frank Arciero Lotus 19 Climax FPF 3rd Jack Brabham No. 4 Brabham Racing Organisation Limited Cooper Monaco Climax FPF 4th Bruce McLaren No. 6 Peter Berry Racing Limited Cooper Monaco Climax FPF 5th Roger Penske No. 16 John M. Wyatt III Cooper Monaco Climax FPF 6th Peter Ryan No. 83 Lotus 19 Climax FPF 7th Jim Hall No. 66 Chaparral Cars Chaparral Chevrolet (chassis 001) 8th Olivier Gendebien United Dominion Trust Laystall Racing Team Lotus 19 Climax FPF 9th Ken Miles No. 50 Porsche Typ 718 RS61 10th Jack McAfeee No. 88 Porsche Typ 718 RSK 11th Bob Drake George Grinzewitsch Cooper 13th Chuck Sargent Maserati Tipo 61 15th Harry Heuer No. 22 Meister Brauser Scarab Mark II Chevrolet (chassis 002) 17th George Koehne Maserati Tipo 61 # Bob Hurt No. 36 Bob Hurt Ferrari Testa Rosa TR59 (chassis 0766) # Chuck Daigh No. 15 George Skip Lehmann Scarab Mark II Chevrolet (chassis 003) Broken halfshaft # Rodger Ward Cooper Buick 13 laps, overheating # Chuck Parsons No. 110 Maserati Tipo 61 # Dick Thompson Maserati Tipo 60 Body damage after crash # Dave MacDonald No. 00 Ol Yaller Mark V 2 laps, crash # Augie Pabst Maserati Tipo 61 1 lap, startline crash damage, oil leak # Dave Ridenour Costin Lister Jaguar 0 laps, startline crash # Bob Bondurant Chevrolet Corvette 0 laps, startline crash Qualifying Fastest 18 over 2-ltre cars and the fastest 7 under 2-litre cars qualified. 1 min 14.8 sec, 92.970 mph Dan Gurney, Lotus 19 Climax 1 min 15.2 sec, 92.434 mph Stirling Moss, Lotus 19 Climax 1 min 15.4 sec Bruce McLaren, Cooper Monaco Climax 1 min 15.4 sec Roger Penske, Cooper Monaco Climax 1 min 15.5 sec Jack Brabham, Cooper Monaco Climax 1 min 17.8 sec Peter Ryan, Lotus 19 Climax 1 min 17.9 sec Jim Hall, Chaparral Chevrolet 1 min 18.3 sec Chuck Daigh, Scarab Chevrolet 1 min 18.3 sec Olivier Gendebien, Lotus 19 Climax 1 min 18.7 sec Chuck Parsons, Maserati Tipo 61 1 min 18.9 sec Rodger Ward, Cooper Buick 1 min 19.3 sec Harry Heuer, Scarab Chevrolet 1 min 19.3 sec Augie Pabst, Maserati Tipo 61 1 min 19.3 sec Bob Hurt, Ferrari TR 1 min 19.6 sec Chuck Sargent, Maserati Tipo 61 1 min 19.7 sec Dave MacDonald, Ol Yaller Mark V Corvette Special 1 min 19.8 sec Scooter Patrick, Porsche Special 1 min 19.8 sec Ken Miles, Porsche RS61 1 min 20.4 sec Jack McAfee, Porsche RSK 1 min 21.0 sc Dave Ridenour, Costin Lister Jaguar 1 min 21.2 sec Don Hulette, Chevrolet Special 1 min 21.5 sec Bob Bondurant, Chevrolet Corvette 1 min 22.9 sec Bob Drake, Cooper Rick Lewis, Chevrolet Special 1 min 22.9 sec George Koehne, Maserati Tipo 61 1 min 24.1 sec Dick Thompson, Maserati Tipo 60 Round 7 San Francisco Examiner Pacific Grand Prix Heat No. 2 Laguna Seca 22 October 1961 Distance: 52 laps of 1.932-mile circuit for 100.464 miles Results 1st Stirling Moss No. 7 United Dominion Trust Laystall Racing Team Lotus 19 Climax FPF 53 laps, 1 hr 08 min 15.3 sec, 88.44 mph 2nd Dan Gurney No. 96 Frank Arciero Lotus 19 Climax FPF 3rd Jack Brabham No. 4 Brabham Racing Organisation Limited Cooper Monaco Climax FPF 4th Bruce McLaren No. 6 Peter Berry Racing Limited Cooper Monaco Climax FPF 5th Roger Penske No. 16 John M. Wyatt III Cooper Monaco Climax FPF 6th Chuck Parsons No. 110 Maserati Birdcage Tipo 61 7th Chuck Daigh No. 15 George Skip Lehmann Scarab Mark II Chevrolet (chassis 003) 8th Peter Ryan No. 83 Lotus 19 Climax 9th Olivier Gendebien United Dominion Trust Laystall Racing Team Lotus 19 Climax FPF 10th Jack McAfee No. 88 Porsche Typ 718 RSK 11th Ken Miles No. 50 Porsche Typ 718 RS61 12th Chuck Sargent Maserati Tipo 61 15th Bob Hurt No. 36 Bob Hurt Ferrari Testa Rosa TR59 (chassis 0766TR) 16th Harry Heuer No. 22 Meister Brauser Scarab Mark II Chevrolet (chassis 002) # Dick Thompson Maserati Tipo 60 # Bob Drake Cooper # Rodger Ward Cooper Monaco Buick # Jim Hall No. 66 Chaparral Cars Chaparral Chevrolet (chassis 001) 3 laps, engine Fastest Lap: 1 min 14.8 sec, Dan Gurney, Lotus 19 Climax FPF Overall Results 1st Stirling Moss Lotus 19 Climax $7,000 2nd Dan Gurney Lotus 19 Climax $2,000 3rd Jack Brabham Cooper Monaco Climax $1,400 4th Bruce McLaren Cooper Monaco Climax $800 5th Roger Penske Cooper Monaco Climax $400 7th Chuck Daigh Scarab Chevrolet 8th Olivier Gendebien Lotus 19 Climax $2,500 9th Ken Miles Porsche $1,100 10th Jack McAfee Porsche $1,100 11th Bob Drake Ferrari $300 12th Dick Thompson Maserati $200 13th Harry Heuer Scarab Chevrolet 1961 Championship Standings Driver Prize Money Points 1st Ken Miles $5,185 823 2nd Jack Brabham $8,225 690 3rd Bruce McLaren $3,550 568 4th Roger Penske $1,800 446 5th Chuck Sargent $1,395 410 6th Dan Gurney $2,575 402 7th Stirling Moss $7,775 400 8th Lloyd Ruby $1,250 360 9th Rodger Ward $605 360 10th Jim Hall $1,500 347 11th Bob Donner $1,170 341 12th August Pabst $2,200 340 13th M.G. Patrick $535 260 14th Olivier Gendebien $4,700 254 15th Bob Holbert $565 240 16th Bob Drake $1,000 205 17th Joakim Bonnier $450 180 18th Steve Herrick $205 160 19th Jack McAfee $2,300 132 20th Don Skogmo $550 130 21st Peter Ryan $100 130 22nd Len Sutton $400 120 23rd Jimmy Daywalt $275 90 24th Charles Parson $150 90 25th Steve Baughman $240 80 26th Loyal Skatskee $940 70 27th Chuck Daigh $150 60 28th Andre Gessner $440 50 29th Richard Thompson $800 41 30th Harry Heuer $150 40 31st Chuck Towers $435 30 32nd John Barlass $320 20 1961 Car Owner Point Standings Car Owner Car Points 1st Crandall Industries Incorporated Porsche RS61 823 2nd Brabham Racing Limited Cooper Monaco 690 3rd Peter Berry Limited Cooper Monaco 568 4th John. M. Wyatt Porsche RS60 446 5th Chuck Sargent Maserati Tipo 61 410 6th Frank Arciero Lotus Monte Carlo 402 7th United Dominion Trust Laystall Racing Lotus Monte Carlo 400 8th J. Frank Harrison Maserati 360 9th Robert C. Wilke Leader Card Special Porsche 360 10th Troutman-Barnes Chaparral 347 11th Bob Donner Porsche RS61 341 12th P.A.M. Foreign Car Service Adam-Mitchell Special Porsche 260 13th United Dominion Trust Laystall Racing Lotus Monte Carlo 254 14th Holberts Garage Incorporated Porsche RS61 240 15th Haskell Wexler Ol Yaller Mark III 205 |
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Oct 6 2003, 07:40
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Member Posts: 648 Joined: September 01 |
A big THANK YOU, Don.
 - that's all I needed.
As it's not easy to get full stats and infos about US sports car racing over here I might ask a few more questions soon. I'm sure, you'll have the answers. |
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Oct 6 2003, 15:52
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Member Posts: 446 Joined: March 03 |
Wow. Fascinating entry lists and collection of cars. And intresting to see that Haskell Waxler was listed as owner of Old Yaller.
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Oct 6 2003, 16:05
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As I mentioned -- warned might be a better word -- this is merely a draft of the material I have been assembling along with the great help of Bill Green (of the IMRRC) and many others on this series. Errors of omission and commission probably abound since this was basically tossed together some many months ago and updates and corrections haven't been applied that have been found in the meantime. However, at the time it was done, it was based upon the best available information we had at hand. What is needed -- desperately! -- is the info from NSSN (National Speed Sport News) for the USAC series (1958 to 1962, plus a few events in 1963 and later*) since even Competition Press left lots of "details" out (especially in 1959).
Keep in mind that "heats" were treated as SEPARATE races and scored accordingly by USAC. * Not USAC RRC events, but other events that USAC sanctioned after the series was abandoned at the end of the 1962 season. |
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Oct 8 2003, 10:51
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Member Posts: 68 Joined: February 02 |
You couldn't possibly mail the results from the other years of the USAC road racing championship 1958-1963, could you?
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Oct 9 2003, 07:23
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Member Posts: 648 Joined: September 01 |
Originally posted by Bengt
You couldn't possibly mail the results from the other years of the USAC road racing championship 1958-1963, could you? That would be fantastic. I'd love to compare them to my records. |
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Oct 9 2003, 13:54
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I couldn't help noticing that Jack Brabham and Stirling Moss made more in prize money than the series winner Ken Miles or other notables like Dan Gurney, Jim Hall, Bruce McLaren, and Roger Penske. No wonder that Jim Hall was already driving the #66 Chapparal, and that the others would go racing as team owners !
Was this just the race organizers paying to get Sir Jack and Sir Stirling to race? I remember Mike Argetsinger speaking of how Stirling Moss could put butts in the seats as an international racing celebrity. I am not complaining about the practice, just wondering. Mike |
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Sep 29 2004, 18:30
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You couldn't possibly mail the results from the other years of the USAC road racing championship 1958-1963, could you?
Another of the many projects that got shelved for lack of time. One of the major items I intend to work on this weekend at Watkins Glen is nosing around some more on the USAC RRC events, especially the material in the magazines which have vanished into the mists of time. The IMRRC has a nice cache of such materials. Naturally, that national treasure known as Bill Green continues to be a huge help whenever I get stumped or confused about the politics.... Keep in mind that Brabham and Moss won the two events in the RRC which had the biggest purses.... clever lads.... |
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Sep 29 2004, 23:20
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Don,
A couple of additions to your 1961 USAC Hoosier GP results at IRP: Loyal Katskee drove a Devin/Chevy, not a Corvette Andre Gessner's car was a Tuareg, not a Twareg [the Riverside organizers did not catch this one until 1962] It is Frank Ballard, not Felix Ballard, according to the program WINO |
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Sep 30 2004, 01:09
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As always, thank you. I am always one step behind in cross-checking and there are always enough that slip through to drive you batty.....
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