1961 British Saloon Car Championship season

1961 British Saloon Car Championship
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The 1961 British Saloon Car Championship, was the 4th season of the championship. It began at Snetterton on March 25 and finished after 9 races back at Snetterton on September 30. The championship switched to the new Group 2 regulations. This year saw the first championship win for a Mini, with a car driven by John Whitmore, winning the title in his debut season.[1][2]

Contents

Calendar & Winners

Overall winners in bold.

Round Circuit Date Class A Winner Class B Winner Class C Winner Class D Winner
1 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk March 25 George 'Doc' Shepherd Alan Hutcheson None (no entries?) Gawaine Baillie
2 Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex April 3 John Whitmore Bill Blydenstein Ellis Cuff-Miller Mike Parkes
3 Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, Liverpool April 22 John Whitmore Alan Hutcheson Chris Kerrison? Roy Salvadori
4 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire May 6 Bill Aston Peter Harper Chris Kerrison? Graham Hill
5 Crystal Palace, London May 22 George 'Doc' Shepherd Bill Blydenstein None (no entries) Roy Salvadori
6 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire July 8 Herbert Linge Ellis Cuff-Miller Chris Kerrison Mike Parkes
7 Brands Hatch, Kent August 7 Frank Hamlin Alan Hutcheson Chris Kerrison Mike Parkes
8 Oulton Park, Cheshire September 23 John Whitmore Peter Harper None (no entries?) Roy Salvadori
9 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk September 30 George 'Doc' Shepherd Peter Harper None (no entries?) Mike Parkes

Championship results

Driver's championship
Pos. Driver Team Group Points
1 John Whitmore Don Moore A 53
2 Mike Parkes Equipe Endeavour D 44
3 Alan Hutcheson Barwell Motorsport D 42
4 Bill Blydenstein B 42
5 Roy Salvadori John Coombs D 37
6 Graham Hill Equipe Endeavour D 28
7 Peter Harper Sunbeam Talbot Ltd B 27
8 John Aley Don Moore A 23
9 Edward Lewis B 22?
10 Bill Aston Downton Engineering Ltd A 20
11 Doc Shepherd A 18
12 Chris Kerrison Gerrards Cross Motor Co. C 16

References

  1. ^ http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=8 Official BTCC 1965 standings.
  2. ^ http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/1961%20BSCC.html

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