1952 SCCA National Sports Car Championship explained

The 1952 SCCA National Sports Car Championship was the second season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began March 8, 1952 and ended October 26, 1952 after eleven rounds. Sherwood Johnston won the championship.

Schedule

RndRaceLengthCircuitLocationDate
1Florida Handicap Vero Beach Endurance Road Race12 hoursVero Beach AirportVero Beach, FloridaMarch 8
2Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Race100milesPebble Beach road circuitPebble Beach, CaliforniaApril 20
3Bridgehampton Sports Car Road Races100milesBridgehampton road circuitBridgehampton, New YorkMay 24
4Golden Gate Road Race100milesGolden Gate ParkSan Francisco, CaliforniaMay 31
5Climb To The Clouds2.5milesMount EquinoxManchester, Vermont?
6Burke Mountain Hillclimb?Burke MountainBurke, Vermont?
7Giants Despair Hillclimb1milesGiants Despair hill climbLaurel Run, PennsylvaniaJuly 25
8SCCA National Races15milesThompson International SpeedwayThompson, ConnecticutAugust 17
9Elkhart Lake Road Race200milesElkhart Lake road circuitElkhart Lake, WisconsinSeptember 7
10International Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen100milesWatkins Glen road circuitWatkins Glen, New YorkSeptember 20
11Sowega National Sports Car Races4 hoursTurner Air Force BaseAlbany, GeorgiaOctober 26

Feature race

Championship results

Note: Although both support and feature races counted towards the championship, only feature race overall winners are listed below.

RndCircuitWinning TeamResults
Winning Driver(s)
1Vero Beach
  1. 5 Ferrari
Results
Jim Kimberly
Marshall Lewis
2Pebble Beach
  1. 14 Bill Carstens
Results
Bill Pollack
3Bridgehamption
  1. 20 Bill Spear
Results
Bill Spear
4Golden GateTom CarstensResults
Bill Pollack
5Mt. Equinox?Results
George Weaver
6Burke Mountain?Results
George Weaver
7Giants Despair
  1. 76 Briggs Cunningham
Results
Phil Walters
8Thompson
  1. 76 Briggs Cunningham
Results
Phil Walters
9Elkhart Lake
  1. 3 Briggs Cunningham
Results
John Fitch
10Watkins Glennot completedResults
11Turner
  1. 2 Briggs Cunningham
Results
John Fitch

Race not completed due to fatal accident involving spectators.

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