Tending to be lost in the shuffle due to the usual centrism focused on matters, trivial and otherwise, on the Eastern Side of the Atlantic World, is that on Saturday, 26 February 1944, a small group of men met and formed the Sports Car Club of America.
The group met at the home of Chapin Wallour, 140 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
The founding members were:
Everett M. Dickinson
John F. Duby
Arnold H. Engborg
Theodore F. Robertson
George F. Schulz
Robert E. Townsend
Chapin Wallour
The officers elected during the meeting were:
President: Theodore Robertson
Vice-president: Chapin Wallour
Secretary-treasurer: Everett Dickinson
They soon added two other new members:
Charles P. Fisher
Archie M. McKittrick
Their cars:
Dickinson: Duesenberg J Double Cowl Phaeton
Duby: Blackhawk Double Cowl Phaeton; Lancia Lamba 5th Series Roadster; Kissel Speedster; and Mercer Series 5 Sporting
Engborg: Stutz DV 32 Sports Tourer
Robertson: Mercer Series 4 Raceabout
Schulz: Isotta Franchino Type BA Castagna Convertible Coupe; McFarlan Roadster; Mercers Series 5 Raceabout; and, Mercer Series 5 Sporting
Townsend: Mercer Series 5 Raceabout
Wallour: Rolls Royce Phantom I Ascot Phaeton
Fisher: Bentley 3 Litre Red Label Vanden Plas Sports Tourer; Duesenberg A Fleetwood Sports Phaeton; and, Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Holbrook Roadster
McKittrick: Stutz S Bearcat
The emblem of the SCCA, the "Rudge Whitworth wheel with black tire, end brake drum, and bright metal knock-off hub, spokes, and rim.. with the inscription, Sports Car Club of America, in plain block lettering..." was designed by Chapin Wallour.
All of this provided by issue Vol. 1, No. 1, March 1944, of The Sportwagen, the official publication of the SCCA.