1965 SCCA National Championship Runoffs explained

The 1965 American Road Race of Champions was the second running of the SCCA National Championship Runoffs. It took place on 27 and 28 November 1965 at Daytona International Speedway, on 3,1-mile and 1,6-mile courses. Despite the National Championship being cancelled, the ARRC still was not a championship race, as National Championships were awarded to Divisional winners. Most competitive drivers from SCCA's seven divisions were invited to the event.

Changes for 1965

1965 saw several changes in SCCA's class structure.

Formula Libre was split up in Formula A for under-3-litre racing engines and Formula B for 1,6-litre production engines. Formula Junior was now replaced by Formula C for 1,1-litre racing engines.

New cars were homologated for Production classes, including the new Porsche 911. Some other cars were reclassified, for example the Austin-Healey 100-6.

Race results

Sources:^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Class winners for multi-class races in bold.

Race 1 - H Production

The first race, held on November 27, was the H Production race. It was held on the 1,6-mile course for 45 minutes and 32 laps.

Pos	Class	Qualified in class	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Division	Laps	Info
1	HP	4th	Peter Feistmann	21	Fiat-Abarth 850 Allemano Spider	-	Southeast	32
2	HP	5th	Randy Canfield	13	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Northeast	32
3	HP	13th	Robert Rentzell	22	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Southeast	32
4	HP	7th	Bobby Vandivort	41	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Midwest	32
5	HP	6th	Bob Turgeon	12	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Northeast	32
6	HP	12th	Kent Carpenter	31	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Central	32
7	HP	8th	Bill Cox	52	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Southwest	31
8	HP	6th	Lloyd Barton	34	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Central	31
9	HP	9th	Dean Hatch	62	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Pacific	30
10	HP	10th	George Cowherd	42	Austin-Healey Sprite	-	Midwest	30
11	HP	2nd	Lee Mueller	61	Austin-Healey Sprite	-|Pacific|30|Blown tire.|-!12|HP|16th| Dick Brownfield|54|Austin-Healey Sprite| -|Southwest|30||-!DNF|HP|11th| Dan Miller|51|Austin-Healey Sprite| -|Southwest|16|DNF|-!DNF|HP|1st| Carl Truitt|11|Austin-Healey Sprite| -|Northeast|10|DNF|-!DNF|HP|16th| Joe Garrison|24|Austin-Healey Sprite| -|Southeast|9|DNF|} Race 2 - H Modified The H Modified race was held on November 27 on the 1,6-mile course for 45 minutes and 35 laps. Pos Class Qualified in class Driver No. Car Entrant Division Laps Info 1 HM 1st Jerry Mong 32 Bobsy SR3-SAAB - Central 35 Led laps 1-35. 2 HM 2nd John Igleheart 11 Bobsy SR2-OSCA - Northeast 35 3 HM 5th Jim Lawrence 62 Lindqvist Special-SAAB - Pacific 34 4 HM 3rd Bill Mitchell 31 Sunbeam Special - Central 34 5 HM 6th Dick Jacobs 34 Jackal-SAAB - Central 34 6 HM 4th Fred Cox 21 Sunbeam Special - Southeast 34 7 HM 12th Glen Shepard 42 Jabro-SAAB - Midwest 32 8 HM 9th Fred Minning 23 Sunbeam Special - Southeast 31 9 HM 13th Gordon Waddle 43 Li'l Duck 1-SAAB - Midwest 29 10 HM 8th George Avent 22 Begra Mk III-Abarth - Southeast 26 11 HM 10th John Gordon 14 OSCA S750 Special - Northeast 19 DNF HM 11th Floyd Lambert 51 Lambert-Abarth - Southwest 26 DNF DNF HM 7th Dan Parkinson 61 Dolphin America-Abarth - Pacific 9 DNF DNF HM 14th David Bland 52 Jabland-SAAB - Southwest 4 DNF DNF HM 15th George Garrett 13 Bobsy SR2-Ford - Northeast 0 DNF Race 3 - G Production The G Production race was held on November 27 on the 1,6-mile course for 45 minutes and 33 laps. Pos Class Qualified in class Driver No. Car Entrant Division Laps Info 1 GP 1st Emmett Brown 62 MG Midget - Pacific 33 Led laps 1-33. 2 GP 2nd Rick Hilgers 61 Austin-Healey Sprite - Pacific 33 3 GP 4th Bob Sharp 11 Datsun Sports SPL310 - Northeast 33 4 GP 5th Dick Gilmartin 12 Triumph Spitfire - Northeast 33 5 GP 3rd Fred Darling 13 Austin-Healey Sprite - Northeast 33 6 GP 7th Steve Froines 63 Triumph Spitfire - Pacific 33 7 GP 11th Walter McCray 42 Austin-Healey Sprite - Midwest 32 8 GP 9th Don Smith 51 Triumph Spitfire - Southwest 32 9 GP 13th Roger Chastain 23 Triumph Spitfire - Southeast 32 10 GP 10th John Tremblay 22 Datsun Sports SPL310 - Southeast 32 11 GP 15th Tommy Allen 43 Datsun Sports SPL310 - Midwest 31 12 GP 14th Dick Drexler 31 Austin-Healey Sprite - Central 31 DNF GP 12th Don Davenport 52 Triumph Spitfire - Southwest 28 DNF DNF GP 17th D.W. Foerster 53 Datsun Sports SPL310 - Southwest 15 DNF DNF GP 16th Walt Biddle 33 MG Midget - Central 9 DNF DNF GP 6th Bob Clemens 32 Triumph Spitfire - Central 4 DNF DNF GP 8th David Kiser 41 Triumph Spitfire - Midwest 3 DNF DNF GP 18th Don Kearney 21 Triumph Spitfire - Southeast 1 DNF Race 4 - G Modified The G Modified race was held on November 27 on the 1,6-mile course for 45 minutes and 36 laps. Pos Class Qualified in class Driver No. Car Entrant Division Laps Info 1 GM 9th Jim Baker 21 Lotus 23 - Southeast 36 2 GM 2nd Gordon Heald 11 Elva Mk VII-Coventry Climax - Northeast 36 3 GM 5th Harry Banta 62 Ferharry (Genie Mk.5-Coventry Climax) - Pacific 36 4 GM 3rd Quinn Calhoun 31 Elva Mk VII - Central 36 5 GM 4th W.D. Roland 52 Merlyn MK 6 - Southwest 35 6 GM 10th Edwin Arnold 13 Lotus 23 - Northeast 35 7 GM 8th Peter Dawson 33 Lola Mk1 - Central 34 DNF GM 6th Wick Williams 22 Lotus 23B-Ford - Southeast 26 DNF DNF GM 11th Peter Talbert 63 Bourgeault - Pacific 24 DNF DNF GM 7th Robert Kelce 42 Elva Mk VII - Midwest 14 DNF DNF GM 1st Charles Barns 51 Merlyn MK 6A-Ford - Southwest 7 DNF Race 5 - F Production The F Production race was held on November 27 on the 1,6-mile course for 45 minutes and 34 laps. Pos Class Qualified in class Driver No. Car Entrant Division Laps Info 1 FP 2nd Brian Fuerstenau 11 Triumph TR3 Group 44 Northeast 34 Led laps 3-34. 2 FP 1st Lee Midgley 62 Triumph TR2 - Pacific 34 3 FP 4th Richard Hull 31 Volvo P1800 - Central 34 4 FP 6th Leo Picard 12 Volvo P1800 - Northeast 34 5 FP 7th L.C. Thomas 63 Sunbeam Alpine - Pacific 34 6 FP 8th Eddie Wachs 33 Alfa Romeo Giulietta - Central 34 7 FP 11th John Gunn 21 Alfa Romeo Giulietta - Southeast 33 8 FP 12th Bill Riggs 41 Triumph TR3 - Midwest 33 9 FP 5th Dan Carmichael 32 Sunbeam Alpine - Central 33 10 FP 10th John Barker 42 MG MGA - Midwest 33 11 FP 14th Bill Bagby 51 Triumph TR3 - Southwest 33 12 FP 15th Bill Buchman 22 Sunbeam Alpine - Southeast 32 13 FP 17th Bob Mitchell 23 Triumph TR3 - Southeast 31 14 FP 16th Jack Jewell 52 Triumph TR3 - Southwest 30 15 FP 18th Elouise Norris 43 Triumph TR3 - Midwest 30 DNF FP 13th Buell Owen 53 Triumph TR3 - Southwest 23 DNF DNF FP 3rd Jim Dittemore 61 Triumph TR3 - Pacific 23 DNF DNF FP 9th Al Costner 13 Sunbeam Alpine - Northeast 4 DNF Race 6 - E Production The E Production race was held on November 27 on the 1,6-mile course for 45 minutes and 34 laps. Pos Class Qualified in class Driver No. Car Entrant Division Laps Info 1 EP 4th Allan Barker 31 Austin-Healey 100-6 - Central 34 2 EP 5th Carl Swanson 62 Morgan +4 - Pacific 34 3 EP 8th Ray Pickering 41 Lotus Seven America - Midwest 34 4 EP 10th Richard K. Roberts 42 Porsche 356 - Midwest 34 5 EP 11th Bill Phaneuf 22 Lotus Seven America - Southeast 33 6 EP 9th Nagle Bridwell 13 Porsche 356B Super 90 - Northeast 33 7 EP 15th Fred Keyser 21 Porsche 356 Speedster - Southeast 32 8 EP 20th Vincent Collins 55 Porsche 356 Speedster - Southwest 32 9 EP 3rd Dick Brakenridge 33 Porsche 356 - Central 30 Flat tire. 10 EP 19th Harro Zitza 24 Porsche 356 - Southeast 24 11 EP 14th Bert Miller 52 Austin-Healey 100-6 - Southwest 16 DNF EP 6th Peter Hutchinson 32 Porsche 356 - Central 29 DNF DNF EP 17th Robert Kirby 64 Porsche 356 - Pacific 29 DNF DNF EP 16th William McKemie 53 Elva Courier - Southwest 26 DNF DNF EP 2nd George Frey 12 Porsche 356 Speedster - Northeast 9 DNF DNF EP 12th Larry Myers 43 Porsche 356 - Midwest 7 DNF DNF EP 1st Bert Everett 11 Porsche 356 Speedster - Northeast 6 DNF DNF EP 13th Dale Hersh 61 Porsche 356 - Pacific 0 DNF Race 7 - C & D Production C Production and D Production cars raced in a multi-class race held on November 28 on the 3,1-mile course for 45 minutes and 24 laps. Pos Class Qualified in class Driver No. Car Entrant Division Laps Info 1 CP 4th Bill Young 63 Lotus Elan - Pacific 24 2 CP 3rd Flip Groggins 11 Lotus Elan - Northeast 24 3 CP 9th Joe Ward 62 Lotus Elan - Pacific 24 4 CP 5th Chuck Stoddard 31 Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ - Central 24 5 DP 6th Steve Froines 62 Triumph TR4 - Pacific 23 6 DP 2nd Bob Tullius 11 Triumph TR4 Group 44 Northeast 23 7 DP 5th Lee Herbert 63 Triumph TR4 - Pacific 23 Led laps 11-17, spun. 8 DP 3rd Brad Picard 13 MG MGB - Northeast 23 9 DP 1st Dick Stockton 12 Triumph TR4 - Northeast 23 Led laps 1-10. 10 DP 9th Charles Slade 23 Porsche 911 - Southeast 22 11 CP 7th Jim Harris 43 Lotus Elan - Midwest 21 12 DP 13th Joe Locario 51 Alfa Romeo Giulia - Southwest 20 13 CP 8th Jim Kauffman 53 Lotus Super Seven - Southwest 20 14 DP 15th Lynn Beaumont 52 Austin-Healey 3000 - Southwest 17 15 DP 11th Bill Maloney 32 Austin-Healey 3000 - Central 13 DNF DP 10th Tommy Charles 22 MG MGB - Southeast 12 DNF DNF DP 12th Bill Frank 55 Triumph TR4 - Southwest 12 DNF DNF DP 8th Bill Pendleton 61 Triumph TR4 - Pacific 9 DNF DNF CP 6th Ted Clark 33 Lotus Super Seven - Central 3 DNF DNF CP 2nd Ed Tucker 52 Lotus Elan - Southwest 3 DNF DNF DP 14th John McComb 42 MG MGB - Midwest 2 DNF DNF DP 7th Roger West 21 MG MGB - Southeast 1 DNF DNF DP 4th Vic Campell 41 Triumph TR4 - Midwest 1 DNF DNF CP 1st Lou Sell 65 Lotus Super Seven - Pacific 1 DNF Race 8 - Formula A, B & C Formula B and Formula C cars raced in a multi-class race held on November 28 on the 1,6-mile course for 45 minutes and 38 laps. Despite the 3-litre Formula A already being introduced, the number of cars was so small that no drivers were invited.^[5] Pos Class Qualified in class Driver No. Car Entrant Division Laps Info 1 FB 2nd Earl Jones 62 LeGrand Mk3B-Alfa Romeo - Pacific 38 Led laps 32-38. 2 FB 1st Stew McMillen 31 Lotus 27-Ford - Central 38 Led laps 1-31. 3 FB 4th Alan Gottlieb 12 Lotus 22-Ford - Northeast 37 4 FB 5th Bob McQueen 21 Formcar-Porsche - Southeast 37 5 FB 8th Boyd Groberg 64 Lotus 22-Ford - Pacific 36 6 FB 3rd Gaston Andrey 11 Lotus 21^[6] -Alfa Romeo - Northeast 36 7 FC 3rd Larry Skeels 31 Cooper T59-BMC - Central 36 8 FC 1st Mark Donohue 11 Lotus 20B-Ford - Northeast 36 9 FC 7th Reg Howell 32 Cooper - Central 36 10 FB 7th Alson Brizard 61 Cooper T56-Alfa Romeo - Pacific 35 11 FC 2nd Tom Clark 34 Lotus 18 - Central 35 12 FC 10th Nick Reynolds 62 Lotus 22 - Pacific 35 13 FC 9th Jim Haynes 14 Quantum-SAAB - Northeast 33 14 FC 5th Tommy Bunn 51 LeGrand Mk3 - Southwest 28 15 FC 4th Clint Cavin 44 Cooper - Midwest 28 DNF FC 6th Karl Knapp 61 LeGrand Mk3 - Pacific 28 DNF DNF FB 6th Don Burris 15 Cooper-Ford - Northeast 11 DNF DNF FC 11th Nick Dioguardi 63 Brabham BT6-Cosworth - Pacific 7 DNF DNF FC 8th Bill Rutan 13 Quantum-SAAB - Northeast 6 DNF Race 9 - Formula Vee The Formula Vee race was held on November 28 on the 1,6-mile course for 45 minutes and 33 laps. Pos Class Qualified in class Driver No. Car Entrant Division Laps Info 1 FV 2nd Dan Fowler 33 Beach Mk 5-VW - Central 33 Led laps 1-33. 2 FV 3rd Boyd Hough 61 Formcar-VW - Pacific 33 3 FV 5th Joseph Dodge 12 Autodynamics-VW - Northeast 33 4 FV 7th Bill Campbell 22 Zink Z-5-VW - Southeast 33 5 FV 6th Rick Koehler 31 Bobsy Vanguard-VW - Central 33 6 FV 8th Bill Scott 13 Autodynamics-VW - Northeast 33 7 FV 10th Walter Glenn 24 Beach Mk 5-VW - Southeast 33 8 FV 9th Robert Samm 52 Autodynamics-VW - Southwest 32 9 FV 11th Robert Hubbard 41 Sardini-VW - Midwest 32 10 FV 12th Ray Pickering 43 Sardini Mk II-VW - Midwest 32 11 FV 13th Bob Costey 56 Beach Mk 5-VW - Southwest 32 DNF FV 4th Whitney Tharin 21 Formcar-VW - Southeast 26 DNF (throttle cable) DNF FV 1st Chet Freeman 32 Bobsy Vanguard-VW - Central 16 DNF Race 10 - A & B Production A Production and B Production drivers raced in a multi-class race held on November 28 on the 3,1-mile course for 45 minutes and 25 laps. Pos Class Qualified in class Driver No. Car Entrant Division Laps Info 1 AP 1st Harold Keck 11 Shelby Cobra 427 - Northeast 25 2 AP 2nd George Montgomery 31 Shelby Cobra 427 - Central 25 3 AP 4th Foster Alexander 62 Shelby Cobra - Pacific 25 4 BP 3rd Jerry Titus 61 Shelby GT350 - Pacific 25 5 BP 4th Bob Johnson 31 Shelby GT350 - Midwest 25 6 BP 5th Don Yenko 12 Chevrolet Corvette - Northeast 25 7 BP 6th Walt Hane 23 Shelby GT350 - Southeast 24 8 AP 5th Bob Fryer 13 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray - Northeast 24 9 BP 10th Merle Brennan 62 Jaguar XKE - Pacific 24 10 AP 7th Ralph Noseda 26 Shelby Cobra - Southeast 23 11 BP 7th Tom Yeager 32 Shelby GT350 - Central 23 12 AP 6th Robert Thorpe 24 Shelby Cobra - Southeast 22 13 BP 13th Martin Krinner 15 Shelby GT350 - Northeast 19 14 BP 9th John Bentley 22 Sunbeam Tiger - Southeast 17 DNF BP 8th Brad Brooker 41 Shelby GT350 - Midwest 22 DNF DNF AP 3rd Paul Sonda 32 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray - Central 20 DNF DNF BP 1st Mark Donohue 11 Shelby GT350 - Northeast 18 DNF DNF BP 11th David Dooley 42 Jaguar XKE - Midwest 4 DNF DNF BP 2nd Jim Adams 63 Sunbeam Tiger - Pacific 1 DNF (accident) DNF AP 8th? Dave Heinz 33 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray - Central 0 DNF (brakes) DNF BP 12th Don Sesslar 33 Sunbeam Tiger - Central 0 DNF (accident) Race 11 - C, D, E & F Modified C Modified, D Modified, E Modified and F Modified drivers raced in a multi-class race held on November 28 on the 3,1-mile course for 45 minutes and 25 laps. Pos Class Qualified in class Driver No. Car Entrant Division Laps Info 1 CM 3rd Joe Starkey 51 McLaren M1A-Chevrolet - Southwest 25 2 EM 1st Lewis Kerr 11 Brabham BT8-Coventry Climax - Northeast 25 3 EM 3rd Ralph Trieschmann 31 Elva Mk VII-Porsche - Central 24 4 CM 4th Jerry Crawford 13 Lotus 30-Ford - Northeast 24 5 FM 1st/3rd Brooke Doran 31 Elva Mk VII S-Porsche - Central 24 6 FM 10th Jack Slottag 22 Lotus 23B - Southeast 24 7 FM 3rd/1st William Kneeland 13 Elva Mk VII S - Northeast 24 8 FM 4th Ed Diamond 12 Elva Mk VII-Ford - Northeast 24 9 FM 6th Frank Werber 63 Lotus 23B - Pacific 23 10 EM 2nd Chuck Dietrich 32 Elva Mk VII S-BMW - Central 23 11 CM 5th Herb Byrne 23 Jaguar XKE - Southeast 23 12 DM 1st Charles Gates 61 Triumph TR4A - Pacific 23 13 FM 11th Walter Bass 42 Elva Mk VII S - Midwest 21 14 DM 2nd R.P. McGuire 51 Maserati Tipo 61-Ferrari - Southwest 21 15 FM 7th Cliff Apel 36 Bobcat (Bobsy SR2) - Central 19 16 FM 13th E.B. Cicotte 33 Lotus 23B - Central 18 17 DM 3rd Ed La Mantia 63 Genie Mk.5-Chevrolet - Pacific 11 DNF CM 2nd Dick Durant 41 Durant Special-Chevrolet - Midwest 23 DNF DNF FM 2nd Joe Hutchinson 51 Merlyn MK 6 - Southwest 17 DNF DNF FM 9th John Norris 21 Lotus 23B-Ford - Southeast 10 DNF DNF FM 12th Alan Friedland 11 Elva Mk VII - Northeast 10 DNF DNF FM 8th Del Russo Taylor 41 Lotus 23 - Midwest 8 DNF DNF CM 1st Ralph Salyer 33 McLaren M1A-Chevrolet - Central 8 DNF DNF EM 4th Bob Mouat 14 Cooper Monaco T49 - Northeast 4 DNF DNF FM 5th Charles Barns 52 Merlyn MK 6-Ford - Southwest 1 DNF Notes H Production Turgeon and Barton are both listed as sixth-place qualifiers. Only 15 cars qualified for the race, but Brownfield and Garrison are listed as 16th-place qualifiers. E Production Only 18 cars qualified for the race, but Zitza and Collins are listed as 19th- and 20th-place qualifiers. Formula A, B & C Only 19 cars qualified for the race, but SCCA's website lists 20th- and 21th-place qualifiers. Bunn is said to drive a Lola T55 by some other sources. A & B Production Heinz's qualifying position is unknown, but the 16th-place qualifier is also unknown, so it is most likely that Heinz is the last qualifier in class. C, D, E & F Modified Only 25 cars qualified for the race, but most sources list 32nd- through 36th-place qualifiers. Non-finishers' laps are listed differently on different sources. References ]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Runoffs Driver Archive. 2021-11-27. www.crbscca.com.
2. Web site: American Road Race of Champions - Class HM. Racing Sports Cars.
3. https://www.virhistory.com/cars/arrc/scans/65-res-1.jpg Results of the 1965 American Road Race
4. Web site: Daytona, 28 Nov 1965 « US Formula A « OldRacingCars.com. 2021-11-28. www.oldracingcars.com.
5. Web site: Brown. Allen. Formula A « OldRacingCars.com. 2021-11-28. www.oldracingcars.com. en.
6. Web site: Alfa-Romeo-Historic-Racing Boston Gaston Andrey Motorsports. 2021-11-28. mysite. en.