1953 SCCA National Sports Car Championship
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.
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Previous: | 1952 | Next: | 1954 |
Schedule
Rnd | Race | LengthA | Circuit | Location | Date |
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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 (160 km) | Bergstrom Air Force Base | Austin, Texas | April 12 |
3 | Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Race | 100 mi (160 km) | Pebble Beach road circuit | Pebble Beach, California | April 19 |
4 | Bridgehampton Sports Car Races | 100 mi (160 km) | Bridgehampton road circuit | Bridgehampton, New York | May 23 |
5 | Golden Gate Sports Car Races | 100 mi (160 km) | Golden Gate Park | San Francisco, California | May 31 |
6 | Race To The Clouds | 2.5 mi (4.0 km) | Mount Equinox | Manchester, Vermont | June 21 |
7 | Offutt National Sports Car Races | 200 mi (320 km) | Offutt Air Force Base | Omaha, Nebraska | July 5 |
8 | Giants Despair Hillclimb | 1 mi (1.6 km) | Giants Despair hill climb | Laurel Run, Pennsylvania | July 24 |
9 | Ohio Sesqui-centennial National Sports Car Races | 100 mi (160 km) | Lockbourne Air Force Base | Columbus, Ohio | August 9 |
10 | Moffet NAS Races | 2 hours, 30 minutes | Moffett Naval Air Station | Mountain View, California | August 16 |
11 | Janesville National Sports Car Races | 92.5 mi (148.9 km) | Rock County Municipal Airport | Janesville, Wisconsin | August 23 |
12 | Thompson National Races | 15 mi (24 km) | 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 (400 km) | Turner Air Force Base | Albany, Georgia | October 25 |
15 | Orange Empire National Sports Car Races | 175 mi (282 km) | March Air Force Base | Moreno Valley, California | November 8 |
- ^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 |
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1 | MacDill | #4 Cunningham | Results |
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2 | Bergstrom | #5 Ferrari | Results |
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3 | Pebble Beach | #2 Phil Hill | Results |
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4 | Bridgehampton | #1 William C. Spear | Results |
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5 | Golden Gate | #58 Jaguar | Results |
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6 | Mt. Equinox | #74 Jaguar | Results |
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7 | Offutt | #58 Masten Gregory | Results |
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8 | Giants' Despair | #21 Delvan Lee | Results |
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9 | Lockbourne | #11 Ferrari | Results |
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10 | Moffett | #30 Bill Stroppe | Results |
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11 | Janesville | #5 Ferrari | Results |
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12 | Thompson | #32 Briggs Cunningham | Results |
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13 | Reno | #26 Sterling Edwards | Results |
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14 | Turner | #90 Bill Spear | Results |
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15 | March | #15 Briggs Cunningham | Results |
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