1962 British Saloon Car Championship

The 1962 BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship, was the fifth season of the championship. It began at Snetterton on 14 April and finished at Oulton Park on 1 September. Rhodesian driver John Love became the first non-British BSCC winner, driving a Morris Mini Cooper and an Austin Mini Cooper, making it the second consecutive championship win for a Mini driver.[1][2]

1962 British Saloon Car Championship
Previous: 1961 Next: 1963

Calendar & Winners

All races were held in the United Kingdom. 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 14 April John Love Alan Hutcheson None (no entries?) Mike Parkes
2 Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex 23 April Christabel Carlisle Alan Hutcheson None (no entries) Graham Hill
3 Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, Liverpool 28 April John Love Alan Hutcheson Nicky Byrne Graham Hill
4 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 12 May John Love Peter Harper Innes Ireland Graham Hill
5 Crystal Palace, London 11 June John Love Peter Harper None (no entries) Roy Salvadori
NC Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex Unknown. Unknown. Nicky Byrne P.J. Woodroffe
NC Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 15 July Mick Clare Alan Hutcheson Unknown. Graham Hill
6 Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, Liverpool 21 July John Love Peter Harper Nicky Byrne Jack Sears
7 Brands Hatch, Kent 6 August John Love Peter Jopp David Haynes Mike Parkes
8 Oulton Park, Cheshire 1 September John Love Peter Harper Chris McLaren? Graham Hill
NC* Brands Hatch, Kent 6 October John Aley
Denny Hulme		 Not contested. Piero Frescobaldi
Cesare Fiorio		 Mike Parkes
Jimmy Blumer
  • The final race at Brands Hatch did not follow the same class structure as the preceding events. There were additional classes with 1300 & 1600cc engine capacity limits which were won by Alan Foster/ Andrew Hedges and Peter Procter/ Peter Harper, respectively.

Championship results
Driver's championship
Pos. Driver Car Team Class Points
1 John Love Morris Mini Cooper
Austin Mini Cooper		 Cooper Car Co. A 52
2 Peter Harper Sunbeam Rapier Sunbeam Talbot Ltd B 49
3 Jack Sears Jaguar Mk II 3.8 Equipe Endeavour D 38
4 Graham Hill Jaguar Mk II 3.8 John Coombs D 37
5 Mike Parkes Jaguar Mk II 3.8 Equipe Endeavour D 32
6 Peter Jopp Sunbeam Rapier Alan Fraser B 32
7 Alan Hutcheson Riley 1.5 Barwell Motorsport B 31
8 John Whitmore Austin Mini Cooper Cooper Car Co. A 29

References
  1. http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=8 Archived 2011-09-11 at the Wayback Machine Official BTCC 1962 standings.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2010-11-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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