1964 SCCA National Sports Car Championship

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The 1964 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the fourteenth and final season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began April 12, 1964, and ended October 31, 1964, after eleven races.

## Schedule

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Rnd  | Race  | LengthA | Circuit  | Location  | Date

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1  | SCCA National Race  | 45 minutes  | Marlboro Motor Raceway | Upper Marlboro, Maryland | April 12
2  | National Championship Sports Car Races  | 58 mi (93 km)  | Virginia International Raceway | Danville, Virginia | April 19
3  | Cumberland National Championship Sports Car Races  | ?  | Greater Cumberland Regional Airport | Wiley Ford, West Virginia | May 17
4  | SCCA National Race | ?  | Bridgehampton Race Circuit | Bridgehampton, New York | May 31
5  | SCCA National Race  | 155 km (96 mi)  | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio | June 14
6  | June Sprints | 160 mi (260 km)  | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | June 21
7  | Lake Garnett Grand Prix  | ?  | Lake Garnett Circuit | Garnett, Kansas | July 5
8  | SCCA National Race  | 100 km (62 mi)  | Lynndale Farms Road Racing Course | Pewaukee, Wisconsin | August 2
9  | The Glen 500  | 500 mi (800 km)  | Watkins Glen International | Watkins Glen, New York | August 23
10  | SCCA National Race  | ?  | Thompson International Speedway | Thompson, Connecticut | September 7
11  | SCCA National Race | 100 km (62 mi)  | Lime Rock Park | Lakeville, Connecticut | October 31
NCB | Sports Car Graphic presents the American Road Race of Champions | 45 minutes  | Riverside International Raceway | Riverside, California | November 14–15

^A Feature race
^B Non-championship event

## Season results

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Feature race overall winners in bold.

Rnd  | Circuit  | AP 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  | Results

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AP 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)
1  | Marlboro | Shelby | Chevrolet | Genie-Ford | Porsche | Ferrari | Triumph | Elva-Porsche | Porsche | Elva | Lotus | Lola | Triumph | Osca | Austin-Healey | Results
Charlie Hayes  |  Robert Mouat  |  Ed Lowther |  Bruce Jennings  |  Tom O'Brien  |  Bob Tullius |  Skip Scott  |  Hans Zereis  |  Dick Young  |  Bob Sharp  |  Art Tweedale  |  Erwin Lorincz  |  John Gordon  |  Carl Truitt
2  | VIR | #41 Roger Penske | #1 Chevrolet | #7 Genie-Ford | #77 Porsche | no finishers | #44 Triumph | no entries | #12 Volvo | #3 Lotus | #22 Porsche | #55 Elva | #31 Morgan | #9 Lotus-Saab | #72 Fiat-Abarth | Results
Mark Donohue |  Don Yenko |  Ed Lowther |  Bruce Jennings  |  Bob Tullius |  Art Riley  |  Mike Goth  |  Ron Grable  |  Roger Donovan  |  Pete van der Vate  |  Ed Walsh  |  Ron Catalano
3  | Cumberland | #33 Bob Johnson  | #11 Don Yenko  | #79 William Wissel  | #6 Dave Clark  | #87 Tom O'Brien | #44 Robert Tullius  | #11 Barbara C. Cole  | #77 M.A. Russell  | #85 Donald E. Wolf  | #23 Brooks Noah  | Stuart Northrup  | #53 R&S Import Motors  | #9 Edward Walsh  | #33 Carl Truitt  | Results
Bob Johnson  |  Don Yenko |  Ed Smith  |  Dave Clark  |  Tom O'Brien |  Bob Tullius |  Skip Scott  |  Bruce Jennings  |  Don Wolf  |  Brooks Noah  |  Stuart Northrup  |  Marianne Rollo  |  Ed Walsh  |  Carl Truitt
4  | Bridgehampton | Shelby | Chevrolet | #5 Genie-Ford | Lotus | #87 Ferrari | Austin-Healey | #7 Robert Bosch | Porsche | #17 Elva-Ford | Sports Car Forum  | Lola | Morgan | Lotus-Saab | Austin-Healey | Results
Bob Johnson  |  Frank Dominianni  |  William Wonder  |  Dave Clark  |  Tom O'Brien |  Jim Ladd  |  Joe Buzzetta  |  Lake Underwood |  Jack Lofland  |  Don Sesslar  |  M. R. J. Wyllie  |  Pete van der Vate  |  Ed Walsh  |  Carl Truitt
5  | Mid-Ohio | Chevrolet | Chevrolet | Gates Chevrolet | Lotus | no entries | Triumph | no entries | #37 Porsche | Elva | Sports Car Forum  | Elva | Morgan | Lotus-Saab | Austin-Healey | Results
Dick Lang  |  Frank Dominianni  |  Bud Gates |  Dave Clark  |  Bob Tullius |  Lake Underwood |  Ernie Harris  |  Don Sesslar  |  Jack Lawrence  |  Pete van der Vate  |  Ed Walsh  |  Paul Petrun
6  | Road America | Shelby | Chevrolet | Cro-Sal | Porsche | Ferrari | Triumph | Elva-Porsche | Alfa Romeo | Elva | Sports Car Forum  | Merlyn-Cosworth[1] | Triumph | Martin T | Austin-Healey | Results
Bob Johnson  |  Don Yenko |  Ralph Salyer |  Bruce Jennings  |  Dudley Davis  |  Jim Spencer  |  Lee Hall  |  Al Allin  |  Don Wolf  |  Don Sesslar  |  Charles Barns  |  Bob Clemens  |  Martin Tanner  |  Larry Skeels
7  | Lake Garnett  | #54 Robert Cross  | Dave Dooley  | #61 Jack Hinkle | no finishers | no entries | #13 John Goans, Jr.  | no entries | #77 Leonard Janke  | no finishers | #74 Don Sesslar  | #96 Charles Barns  | #4 Tommy Allen  | #9 Ed Walsh  | #56 Richard Alley  | Results
Bob Cross  |  Dave Dooley  |  Jack Hinkle |  John Goans  |  Leonard Janke  |  Don Sesslar  |  Charles Barns  |  Tommy Allen  |  Ed Walsh  |  Richard Alley
8  | Lynndale Farms  | Shelby | no entries | Cro-Sal | Lotus | Ferrari | Triumph | Elva-Porsche | Porsche | Elva | Lotus | Merlyn-Cosworth | Porsche | Lotus-Saab | Austin-Healey | Results
Bob Johnson  |  Ralph Salyer |  Dudley Davis  |  Dudley Davis  |  Jim Spencer  |  Lee Hall  |  Jerry Frydenlund  |  Don Wolf  |  Brooks Noah  |  Charles Barns  |  Evan Morell  |  Ed Walsh  |  Larry Skeels
9  | Watkins Glen | #10 Harold S. Johnston, Jr. | #69 Frank J. Dominianni  | #17 Ed Lowther  | no finishers | no entries | #59 Krueger Tuned Racing Team  | #27 Brad Parker  | #17 Hans Zereis  | #37 High Performance Cars  | #74 Sports Car Forum  | #76 Motor Sport Service  | #13 Patricia Mernone  | #19 John S. Gordon  | #6 Fred A. Ingham, Jr.  | Results
Ed Lowther
Bob Nagel |  Frank Dominianni
Bob Grossman  |  Ed Lowther  |  Dave Martin
Ernie Donnan  |  Charlie Hayes  |  Hans Zereis  |  Peter Sachs  |  Don Sesslar  |  Jack Lawrence  |  Pete van der Vate  |  John Gordon  |  Fred Ingham
10  | Thompson | Shelby | Chevrolet | Lotus-Porsche | Porsche | no finishers | Austin-Healey | no finishers | Porsche | Brabham-Ford | Triumph | Lotus | Datsun | Bosca | Austin-Healey | Results
Harold Keck  |  Frank Dominianni  |  Skip Barber |  Bruce Jennings  |  Jim Ladd  |  Lake Underwood |  Peter Sachs |  Bob Tullius |  Charles Gibson  |  Bob Sharp  |  John Igleheart  |  Carl Truitt
11  | Lime Rock | Chevrolet | Chevrolet | Ferrari | Porsche | Ferrari | Triumph | no finishers | Porsche | Brabham-Ford | Sunbeam | Lotus | Triumph | Osca | Austin-Healey | Results
Ken Hall  |  Bob Brull  |  Bob Grossman  |  Bruce Jennings  |  Tom O'Brien |  Chris Noyes  |  Hans Zereis  |  Peter Sachs  |  William Kneeland  |  Charles Gibson  |  Dick Gilmartin  |  John Gordon  |  Gil Page
NC  | Riverside | #61 Shelby American | #61 Kjell Qvale | #61 Grizzly Engineering  | #63 Earl T. Jones  | #66 Jerry Titus  | #11 Robert C. Tullius  | #61 Ralph S. Wood  | #62 Scientific Automotive  | Rick Muther  | #33 Richard J. Hull  | #51 Charles A. Barns  | #61 Ed Barker  | #66 Dan Parkinson  | #31 Fredrick W. Salo  | Results
Ed Leslie  |  Merle Brennan  |  Bart Martin  |  Earl Jones  |  Jerry Titus  |  Bob Tullius |  Ralph Wood  |  Alan Johnson  |  Rick Muther  |  Dick Hull  |  Charles Barns  |  Ed Barker  |  Dan Parkinson  |  Fred Salo

## Champions

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Class | Driver | Car

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A Production |  Bob Johnson | Shelby Cobra 289
B Production |  Frank Dominianni | Chevrolet Corvette
C Modified |  Ed Lowther | Genie Mk.8-Ford
C Production |  Bruce Jennings | Porsche 356 Carrera
D Modified |  Tom O'Brien | Ferrari Dino 268 SP
D Production |  Bob Tullius | Triumph TR4
E Modified |  Lee Hall | Elva-Porsche
E Production |  Hans Zereis | Porsche 356 Speedster
F Modified |  Don Wolf | Elva Mk.7
F Production |  Don Sesslar | Sunbeam Alpine
G Modified |  Charles Barns | Merlyn Mk. VI-Cosworth[1]
G Production |  Pete van der Vate | Morgan 4/4 Mk IV
H Modified |  Ed Walsh | Lotus 23-Saab, Lotus Seven A-Saab
H Production |  Carl Truitt | Austin-Healey Sprite

## References

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1. ^ a b "Merlyn chassis". SportsRacer.net. Retrieved October 10, 2010.

## External links

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* World Sports Racing Prototypes: SCCA 1964
* Racing Sports Cars: SCCA archive