Grand Prix Riverside 200 Miles 1961 - Race Results

Event: Grand Prix for Sports Cars Riverside		Date: 15.10.1961
Track: Riverside International Raceway (United States), 5.271 kms	Organiser: California Sports Cars Club & SCCA
Grand Prix Riverside 200 Miles
USAC Road Racing Championship (round 3) Pacific Coast Point Standings (round 22) Competition Press U.S. National Championship (round 17)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	4	Jack Brabham	Cooper Monaco T57 Climax	Brabham Racing Org., Ltd.	62	2:09:33.8000	326.7773 kms	152.179		1^st	O2L
2^nd	6	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Monaco T57 Climax	Peter Berry Racing, Ltd.	62	2:09:45.0000				2^nd	O2L
3^rd	66	Jim Hall	Chaparral 1 Chevrolet	Troutman-Barnes	62	2:10:56.0000				3^rd	O2L
4^th	16	Roger Penske	Cooper Monaco T57 Climax	John M. Wyatt, III	61	2:10:24.0000				4^th	O2L
5^th	70	Bob Drake	Ol'Yaller Mk III Buick	Haskell Wexler	59	2:09:37.0000				5^th	O2L
6^th	10	Olivier Gendebien	Lotus 19 Monte Carlo Climax	UDT-Laystall Racing Team	59	2:10:27.0000				1^st	U2L
7^th	9	Ken Miles	Porsche 718 RS 61	Crandall Industries, Inc.	59	2:10:54.0000				2^nd	U2L
8^th	88	Jack McAfee	Porsche 718 RSK		59	2:11:14.0000				3^rd	U2L
9^th	96	Dan Gurney	Lotus 19 Monte Carlo Climax	Arciero Bros.	58	2:09:46.0000				6^th	O2L
10^th	19	Bob Donner	Porsche 718 RS 61	Rennod Race Cars, Inc.	58	2:10:28.0000				4^th	U2L
11^th	63	Dick Thompson	Maserati Tipo 60	Alfred Momo	58	2:11:19.0000				5^th	U2L
12^th	22	Harry Heuer	Scarab Mk II Chevrolet	Peter Hand Brewery Co.	57	2:09:52.0000				7^th	O2L
13^th	17	Bob Harris	Campbell Special Corvette	Bill Campbell	57	2:10:00.0000				8^th	O2L
14^th	78	Jerry Grant	Ferrari 250 TR Scaglietti Spyder 58	Dick Hahn	57	2:10:22.0000				9^th	O2L
15^th	49	George Constantine	Ferrari 250 TR Fantuzzi Spyder 59/60	John Bunch	57	2:11:06.0000			Oil pressure	10^th	O2L
16^th	7	Stirling Moss	Lotus 19 Monte Carlo Climax	UDT-Laystall Racing Team	56	2:11:04.0000				11^th	O2L
17^th	37	Paul Cunningham	Kurtis - Pontiac	Chieftain Pontiac	54	2:11:01.0000				12^th	O2L
18^th	161	George Follmer	Porsche 550 RS	Trans Ocean Motor Co., Inc.	50	2:09:51.0000				6^th	U2L
19^th	127	Robertson / Grinzewitsch	Cooper - Climax	Leon Robertson	49	2:09:35.0000			DNF	7^th	U2L
	72	Scooter Patrick	Adam-Mitchell Porsche Special	P.A.M. Foreign Car Service	31				DNF		U2L

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason	Gr.
110	Chuck Parsons	Maserati Tipo 61	Charles Parsons		DNF	O2L
45	Lew Spencer	Devin VKI Corvette	Phil Kondratief		Shock absorber problems	O2L
69	Don Hulette	Ferrari - Maserati	Frank Arciero, Montebello		Broken gearshift lever	O2L
172	Steve Baughman	Maserati 200SI	Steve Baughman & Bowyers, Inc.		DNF	U2L
180	George Grinzewitsch	Cooper Monaco T49 Climax	Von Housens Motors		DNF	U2L
15	Chuck Daigh	Scarab Mk II Chevrolet	George Lehmann	44	Engine	O2L
162	Steve Herrick	Porsche 718 RS 60	Earle & O'Reilly	31	DNF	U2L
61	Walt Hansgen	Maserati Tipo 61	Alfred Momo	22	Oil leak	O2L
83	Peter Ryan	Lotus 19 Monte Carlo Climax	Autosport-Comstock	11	DQ: push start	O2L
5	Alan Connell	Maserati Tipo 61 Ferrari	John Miller	10	Suspension, brake troubles	O2L
53	Bill Krause	Maserati Tipo 61	Maserati Distributors, Inc.	6	Lost wheel	O2L
8	Rodger Ward	Cooper Monaco - Buick	Del Webb's Kern City Special	1	Coolant leak	O2L
60	Augie Pabst	Maserati Tipo 63	Alfred Momo	1	Fuel leak => fire	O2L

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
12	Harry Heuer	Chaparral 1 Chevrolet	Peter Hand Brewery Co.	Blown engine in qualifying	O2L
77	Bob Schroeder	Maserati Tipo 61	Richard Hall		O2L

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
11	George Koehne	Maserati Tipo 61	Lois Koehne		O2L
21	Chuck Sargent	Maserati Tipo 61	Chuck Sargent, Inc.		O2L
33	Chuck Kessinger	Maserati 450S	Rey Martinez & Rich Motors, Inc.		O2L
36	Bob Hurt	Ferrari 250 TR	Robert Hurt		O2L
65	Robert Edmison	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Corvette	Dan White-Mike Koslovsky		O2L
68	Ricardo Rodriguez	Ferrari 250 TRI Fantuzzi Spyder 61	Luigi Chinetti, North American Racing Team		O2L
90	Skip Hudson	Ferrari 412 MI	Harrah's Club	Mechanical	O2L
343	Eric Hauser	Sorrell-Larkin Special			O2L
614	Bob Bondurant	Chevrolet Corvette	Washburn Chevrolet		O2L

Practiced:

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
	60T	Walt Hansgen	Maserati Tipo 63	Alfred Momo							O2L

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
00	Dave MacDonald	Chevrolet Corvette Special	Bob Sorenson Chevrolet	Not known if ran	O2L
2	Bob Challman	Porsche 550 RS	Ecurie Shirlee Corp.	Not known if ran	U2L
18	Don Horvath	Ferrari	Josephine Horvath	Not known if ran	U2L
23	Eric Hauser	Lister - Corvette	Sorrell Enterprises		O2L
25	Pete Woods	Devin Corvair	Hollywood Sports Cars	Not known if ran	O2L
27	Bill Krause	Jaguar D-type Corvette	Bill Krause		O2L
38	André Gessner	Twareg Chrysler	Andre Gessner	Not known if ran	O2L
62	Briggs Cunningham	Maserati Tipo 60	Alfred Momo	Not known if ran	U2L
93	Floyd Burt	MG Simca Special	Floyd Burt	Not known if ran	U2L
97	Rick Lewis	Road Runner Chevrolet	Jesse J. Tidwell	Not known if ran	O2L
99	Bill Cantrell	Kurtis - Chevrolet	Jerry McGee	Not known if ran	O2L
102	Jack Nethercutt	Lotus 19 Climax	Jack Nethercutt	Not known if ran	O2L
114	Bob Murphy	Ford Special	W. L. Gussenbauer	Not known if ran	O2L
116	Bob Herda	Huffaker - Chevrolet	Bob Herda	Not known if ran	O2L
141	Bill Lewis	Porsche 718 RS 60	Bill Lewis	Not known if ran	U2L
146	Dave Ridenour	Lister - Jaguar	Charles Rodenour	Not known if ran	O2L
151	Raymond Rockall	Elva - Climax	Raymond Rockall	Not known if ran	U2L
192	Ted Peterson	Maserati	Ted Petersen	Not known if ran	U2L
230	Herbert Cadenhead	Devin Triumph Special	Herbert Cadenhead	Not known if ran	U2L
231	Joey Dagenais	Cooper - Climax	Joe Lubin	Not known if ran	U2L
408	Hank Tubman	Lotus - Climax	Hank Tubman	Not known if ran	U2L
711	Bill Dixon	Maserati 300S Chevrolet	Bill Dixon	Not known if ran	O2L