The 1951 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the first season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began May 12, 1951, and ended December 9, 1951, after eight races. John Fitch won the season championship.
Schedule
Rnd Race Length Circuit Location Date 1 Giants Despair Hillclimb Giants Despair hill climb Laurel Run, Pennsylvania May 12 2 Pebble Beach Road Race Pebble Beach road circuit Pebble Beach, California May 27 3 SCCA National Races ? Thompson International Speedway Thompson, Connecticut July ? 4 Elkhart Lake Road Race Elkhart Lake road circuit Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 26 5 International Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen Watkins Glen road circuit Watkins Glen, New York September 15 6 Reno Sports Car Road Races Reno road circuit Reno, Nevada October 21 7 Climb To The Clouds Mount Equinox Manchester, Vermont October 28 8 Road Races at Palm Beach Shores Florida Palm Beach road circuit Palm Beach, Florida December 9
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 Winning driver(s) 1 Giants' Despair Delvan Lee Results Delvan Lee 2 Pebble Beach #14 Tom Carstens Results Bill Pollack 3 Thompson MG Results Rowland D. H. Keith 4 Elkhart Lake #128 Briggs Cunningham Results John Fitch 5 Watkins Glen #55 Briggs Cunningham Results Phil Walters 6 Reno #14 T. Carstens Results Bill Pollack 7 Mt. Equinox #35 Maserati Results George Weaver 8 Palm Beach #1 Ferrari Results John Fitch
External links World Sports Racing Prototypes: SCCA 1951 Racing Sports Cars: SCCA archive Etceterini: 1951 program covers