1955 SCCA National Sports Car Championship

The 1955 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the fifth season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began February 27, 1955, and ended November 13, 1955, after fourteen races.

1955 SCCA National Sports Car Championship
Previous:	1954	Next:	1956

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Length^A	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Florida National Sports Car Races	150 mi (240 km)	Fort Pierce road circuit	Fort Pierce, Florida	February 27
2	Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Race	100 mi (160 km)	Pebble Beach road circuit	Pebble Beach, California	April 17
3	Bakersfield National Sports Car Races	180 km (110 mi)	Minter Field	Bakersfield, California	May 1
4	Cumberland National Sports Car Races	1 hour	Greater Cumberland Regional Airport	Wiley Ford, West Virginia	May 15
5	Beverly National Sports Car Races	100 mi (160 km)	Beverly Airport	Beverly, Massachusetts	July 4
6	National Torrey Pines Sports Car Races	100 mi (160 km)	Camp Callan	San Diego, California	July 10
7	Seafair	?	Kitsap County Airport	Bremerton, Washington	July 31
8	Thompson Races	15 mi (24 km)	Thompson International Speedway	Thompson, Connecticut	September 4
9	Fairfax National Races	50 mi (80 km)	Fairfax Airport	Kansas City, Kansas	September 5
10	Elkhart Lake's Road America Road Race	150 mi (240 km)	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	September 11
11	International Sports Car Grand Prix at Watkins Glen	100 mi (160 km)	Watkins Glen road circuit	Watkins Glen, New York	September 17
12	Fairchild National Sports Car Races	100 mi (160 km)	Fairchild Air Force Base	Hagerstown, Maryland	October 16
13	Sacramento National Sports Car Road Races	100 mi (160 km)	California State Fair Grounds	Sacramento, California	October 30
14	National Grand Central Sports Car Races	100 mi (160 km)	Grand Central Airport	Glendale, California	November 13

^A Feature race

Season results

Feature race overall winners in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	BM 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	Results
Rnd	Circuit	BM 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)	Results
1	Fort Pierce	#73 Fageol-Porsche	#30 Ferrari	#20 Ferrari	#71 Ferrari	#55 Austin-Healey	#7 Frazer Nash	#1 Triumph	#155 Porsche	#39 MG	#189 Siata	no entries	#54 Panhard	Results
1	Fort Pierce	Lou Fageol	Sherwood Johnston	Charles Wallace	Howard Hively	Duncan Forlong	Ted Boynton	Joe Sheppard	Bob Davis	Dick Nash	Howard Hanna	no entries	Hubert L. Brundage	Results
2	Pebble Beach	Allard	Jaguar	^A	#2 Ferrari	^A	Alfa Romeo	^A	#50 Ken Miles	^A	Osca	^A	Crosley Special	Results
2	Pebble Beach	Carl Block	Lou Brero	^A	Phil Hill	^A	Charles Rezzaghi	^A	Ken Miles	^A	I. W. Stephenson	^A	Harry Eyerly	Results
3	Bakersfield	#5 Akton Miller	#25 W. Gussenbauer	#83 Jerry Austin	#26 Sterling Edwards	#107 Roy Jackson-Moore	#39 James W. Lowe	#167 Al Newlon	#11 John von Neumann	#135 Springer Jones	#118 Jean P. Kunstle	#32 D.R. Feuerhelm	#172 James A. Orr	Results
3	Bakersfield	Akton Miller	Donald Driscoll	Jerry Austin	Sterling Edwards	Roy Jackson-Moore	James Lowe	Al Newlon	John von Neumann	Springer Jones	Jean Pierre Kunstle	Duane Feuerhelm	James Orr	Results
4	Cumberland	no entries	#197 S. Johnston	#0 Jack Pry	#10 W.C. Spear	#148 P. O'Shea	#283 Maserati	#260 G. Andrey	#14 G. Lipe	#151 L. Underwood	#25 C.H. Dietrich, Jr.	^B	#11 D. Vilardi	Results
4	Cumberland	no entries	Sherwood Johnston	Charles Wallace	Bill Spear	Paul O'Shea	Fritz Koster	Gaston Andrey	Gordon Lipe	Lake Underwood	Chuck Dietrich	^B	Dolph Vilardi	Results
5	Beverly	#118 Jaguar-Cadillac Special	#5 Ferrari	#90 Jaguar	#3 George Tilp	#99 Austin-Healey	#53 Ferrari	#52 Morgan	#28 Cooper-Porsche	#81 Porsche	#107 Lotus-Climax	#46 MG	#74 PBX	Results
5	Beverly	John Sinclair	Jim Kimberly	Charles Wallace	Phil Hill	Richard Whitson	Jim Pauley	Gaston Andrey	Gordon Lipe	Lake Underwood	Len Bastrup	George Valentine	Candy Poole	Results
6	Torrey Pines	#47 Bill Murphy	#20 Allen Guiberson	#133 Jerry Austin	#211 John von Neumann	#14 Paul O'Shea	no finishers	no finishers	#124 Pete Lovely	#91 Tracy Bird	#7 Skip Swartley	#132 Duane Feuerhelm	#32 Robert H. Holbrook	Results
6	Torrey Pines	Bill Murphy	Carroll Shelby	Jerry Austin	John von Neumann Phil Hill	Paul O'Shea	no finishers	no finishers	Pete Lovely	Tracy Bird	Skip Swartley	Duane Feuerhelm	Robert Holbrook	Results
7	Seafair	unknown	#103 Tony Parravano	unknown	#3 George Tilp	unknown	Porsche	unknown	Cooper-Porsche	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	Results
7	Seafair	unknown	Carroll Shelby	unknown	Phil Hill	unknown	John von Neumann	unknown	Pete Lovely	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	Results
8	Thompson^C^D	#36 Allard-Chrysler	#4 Ferrari	#91 Jaguar #60 Chevrolet	#21 Briggs Cunningham	#70 Mercedes-Benz #84 Austin-Healey	#53 Ferrari	#6 Morgan	#5 Porsche	#89 Porsche	#66 Lotus	#9 MG	#74 PBX	Results
8	Thompson^C^D	Stewart Rutherford	Duncan Black	Dick Thompson (XKM) Addison Austin (others)^E	Bill Lloyd	Art Simmons (overall) Harold Kunz (AH)^F	Jim Pauley	Gaston Andrey	Walt Hansgen	Emil Pupulidy	Len Bastrup	George Valentine	Candy Poole	Results
9	Fairfax	#51 Allard	#55 Dayton	#0 Jaguar	#76 Ferrari	#93 Mercedes-Benz	#32 Maserati	#26 Triumph	#61 Porsche	#14 Porsche	#65 Lotus	#19 MG	#59 Giaur	Results
9	Fairfax	Walt Gray	Dale Duncan	Charles Wallace	David Biggs	Bud Seaverns	Tom Friedmann	Richard McGuire	Art Bunker	Bob Ballenger	Norman Scott	Roy Heath	Bill Betts	Results
10	Road America	#57 Walter S. Gray	#60 Briggs Cunningham	#137 Ralph Miller	#3 George Tilp	#143 George Tilp	#9 S. H. Arnolt	#300 Bus Gunter	#60 Briggs Cunningham	#14 Bob Ballenger	#177 Rees Makins	#191 Roy Heath	#41 John C. Mays	Results
10	Road America	Walt Gray	Sherwood Johnston	Ralph Miller	Phil Hill	Paul O'Shea	S. H. Arnolt	Bob Goldich	Frank Bott	Bob Ballenger	Rees Makins	Roy Heath	John Mays	Results
11	Watkins Glen^H	#19 Charles Moran, Jr.	#60 Briggs Cunningham	#112 Dr. R.K. Thompson, Jr.	#10 W.C. Spear	#18 George Tilp #109 Frank S. Pohanka, Jr.	#184 William Wonder	#94 Gunnard A. Rubini	#103 William H. Weldon	#89 Emil Pupulidy	#75 Len Bastrup	#218 Henry Willard	#74 Candy Poole	Results
11	Watkins Glen^H	Charles Moran	Sherwood Johnston	Dick Thompson	Bill Spear	Paul O'Shea (MB) Frank Pohanka (others)^G	William Wonder	Gunnard Rubini	Bill Weldon	Emil Pupulidy	Len Bastrup	Henry Willard	Candy Poole	Results
12	Hagerstown	#29 Allard	#60 Briggs Cunningham	#0 Jaguar	#3 Ferrari	#33 Mercedes-Benz #81 Austin-Healey	#58 Briggs Cunningham	#155 Morgan	#69 Porsche	#48 Porsche #177 MG	#19 Lester-MG	#126 Alfa Romeo	#44 Bandini	Results
12	Hagerstown	Bob Bucher	Sherwood Johnston	Charles Wallace	Phil Hill	Paul O'Shea (overall) Fred Moore (AH)^F	Briggs Cunningham	Mike Rothschild	Ed Crawford	Lake Underwood (Porsche) Stephen Spitler (MG)^I	Chuck Dietrich	Henry Wessells	Dolph Vilardi	Results
13	Sacramento	#108 Kurtis Kraft	#32 VB Special	#1 Jaguar	#2 John von Neumann	#3 Mercedes-Benz	#39 Frazer Nash	#14 Siata	#124 Cooper-Porsche	#35 Porsche	#55 Osca	#147 MG	#50 Crosley Special	Results
13	Sacramento	Lou Brero	Fred Van Beuren	Charles Wallace	Phil Hill	Paul O'Shea	James Lowe	Lou Keller	Pete Lovely	George Gartung	Sam Weiss	John Dair	Harry Eyerly	Results
14	Glendale^J	#21 Bill Murphy	#76 William Doheny	#83 Jim Peterson	#2 Eleanor von Neumann	#12 Rudy W. Cleye	#311 Manning J. Post	#59 Ed Savin	#124 Pete Lovely	#86 Dale Johnson	#122 Scuderia Excelsior	#160 Robert E. Brigham	#17 James A. Orr	Results
14	Glendale^J	Bill Murphy	Ernie McAfee	Jim Peterson	Phil Hill	Rudy Cleye	Richie Ginther	Bob Oker	Pete Lovely	Dale Johnson	George Buchanan	Robert Brigham	James Orr	Results

^A Modified & Production classes were classified together at Pebble Beach

^B G Production were classified with F Production at Cumberland

^C An unrestricted class ran with B Modified, and was won by John Meyer in a Meyer-Cadillac Special.

^D A separate race for the fastest 10 drivers of the weekend was also held, won by John Gordon Bennett in a D Modified-class Maserati 300S.

^E Jaguar XKMs were classified separately from others in C Production at Thompson.

^F Separate Overall and Austin-Healey winners were declared in D Production at Thompson and Hagerstown.

^G Mercedes-Benz 300 SL were classified separately from others in D Production at Watkins Glen.

^H An unrestricted class was also run, and was won by John Plaisted in a Cheetah-Cadillac.

^I Separate Porsche and MG winners were declared in F Production at Hagerstown.

^J An unrestricted class was also run, and was won by Terry Hall in a Talbot Grand Prix car.

Champions

Class	Driver	Car
B Modified	Charles Moran	Cunningham C4
C Modified	Sherwood Johnston	Ferrari 375 MM, Jaguar D-Type
C Production	Charles Wallace	Jaguar XK140 MC, Jaguar XK120
D Modified	Phil Hill	Ferrari 750 Monza
D Production	Paul O'Shea	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL
E Modified	James Lowe	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica Mk II
E Production	Gaston Andrey	Morgan Plus 4 Triumph
F Modified	Pete Lovely	VW-Porsche Special, Cooper-Porsche
F Production	Bengt Söderström	Porsche 356 Speedster
G Modified	Skip Swartley	Osca Special
G Production	George Valentine	MG TC
H Modified	Dolph Vilardi	Bandini PBV

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