Grand Prix Riverside 200 Miles 1961 - Qualifying 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)

(Qualifying Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time	Km/h
1^st	4	Jack Brabham	Cooper Monaco T57 Climax	Brabham Racing Org., Ltd.	2:01.0000	156.7758
2^nd	7	Stirling Moss	Lotus 19 Monte Carlo Climax	UDT-Laystall Racing Team	2:01.3000	156.6600
3^rd	6	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Monaco T57 Climax	Peter Berry Racing, Ltd.	2:01.5000	156.1385
4^th	96	Dan Gurney	Lotus 19 Monte Carlo Climax	Arciero Bros.	2:01.5000	156.1385
5^th	66	Jim Hall	Chaparral 1 Chevrolet	Troutman-Barnes	2:01.7000	155.9068
6^th	61	Walt Hansgen	Maserati Tipo 61	Alfred Momo	2:04.2000	152.5590
7^th	22	Harry Heuer	Scarab Mk II Chevrolet	Peter Hand Brewery Co.	2:05.6000
8^th	15	Chuck Daigh	Scarab Mk II Chevrolet	George Lehmann	2:05.8000
9^th	83	Peter Ryan	Lotus 19 Monte Carlo Climax	Autosport-Comstock	2:05.9000
10^th	53	Bill Krause	Maserati Tipo 61	Maserati Distributors, Inc.	2:06.6000
11^th	110	Chuck Parsons	Maserati Tipo 61	Charles Parsons	2:06.9000
12^th	70	Bob Drake	Ol'Yaller Mk III Buick	Haskell Wexler	2:07.3000
13^th	5	Alan Connell	Maserati Tipo 61 Ferrari	John Miller	2:07.7000
14^th	49	George Constantine	Ferrari 250 TR Fantuzzi Spyder 59/60	John Bunch	2:07.7000
15^th	17	Bob Harris	Campbell Special Corvette	Bill Campbell	2:07.7000
16^th	45	Lew Spencer	Devin VKI Corvette	Phil Kondratief	2:07.9000
17^th	8	Rodger Ward	Cooper Monaco - Buick	Del Webb's Kern City Special	2:08.2000
18^th	37	Paul Cunningham	Kurtis - Pontiac	Chieftain Pontiac	2:08.3000	147.6219
19^th	10	Olivier Gendebien	Lotus 19 Monte Carlo Climax	UDT-Laystall Racing Team	2:09.1000
20^th	9	Ken Miles	Porsche 718 RS 61	Crandall Industries, Inc.	2:09.8000
21^st	63	Dick Thompson	Maserati Tipo 60	Alfred Momo	2:11.4000
22^nd	88	Jack McAfee	Porsche 718 RSK		2:11.4000
23^rd	127	Robertson / Grinzewitsch	Cooper - Climax	Leon Robertson	2:12.6000
24^th	72	Scooter Patrick	Adam-Mitchell Porsche Special	P.A.M. Foreign Car Service	2:12.7000
25^th	19	Bob Donner	Porsche 718 RS 61	Rennod Race Cars, Inc.	2:12.9000
26^th	162	Steve Herrick	Porsche 718 RS 60	Earle & O'Reilly	2:13.3000
27^th	161	George Follmer	Porsche 550 RS	Trans Ocean Motor Co., Inc.	2:15.5000
28^th	16	Roger Penske	Cooper Monaco T57 Climax	John M. Wyatt, III
29^th	60	Augie Pabst	Maserati Tipo 63	Alfred Momo
30^th	78	Jerry Grant	Ferrari 250 TR Scaglietti Spyder 58	Dick Hahn
31^st	69	Don Hulette	Ferrari - Maserati	Frank Arciero, Montebello
32^nd	172	Steve Baughman	Maserati 200SI	Steve Baughman & Bowyers, Inc.
33^rd	180	George Grinzewitsch	Cooper Monaco T49 Climax	Von Housens Motors

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
11	George Koehne	Maserati Tipo 61	Lois Koehne
12	Harry Heuer	Chaparral 1 Chevrolet	Peter Hand Brewery Co.
21	Chuck Sargent	Maserati Tipo 61	Chuck Sargent, Inc.
33	Chuck Kessinger	Maserati 450S	Rey Martinez & Rich Motors, Inc.
36	Bob Hurt	Ferrari 250 TR	Robert Hurt
60T	Walt Hansgen	Maserati Tipo 63	Alfred Momo
65	Robert Edmison	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Corvette	Dan White-Mike Koslovsky
68	Ricardo Rodriguez	Ferrari 250 TRI Fantuzzi Spyder 61	Luigi Chinetti, North American Racing Team
77	Bob Schroeder	Maserati Tipo 61	Richard Hall
90	Skip Hudson	Ferrari 412 MI	Harrah's Club
343	Eric Hauser	Sorrell-Larkin Special
614	Bob Bondurant	Chevrolet Corvette	Washburn Chevrolet

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
00	Dave MacDonald	Chevrolet Corvette Special	Bob Sorenson Chevrolet
2	Bob Challman	Porsche 550 RS	Ecurie Shirlee Corp.
18	Don Horvath	Ferrari	Josephine Horvath
23	Eric Hauser	Lister - Corvette	Sorrell Enterprises
25	Pete Woods	Devin Corvair	Hollywood Sports Cars
27	Bill Krause	Jaguar D-type Corvette	Bill Krause
38	André Gessner	Twareg Chrysler	Andre Gessner
62	Briggs Cunningham	Maserati Tipo 60	Alfred Momo
93	Floyd Burt	MG Simca Special	Floyd Burt
97	Rick Lewis	Road Runner Chevrolet	Jesse J. Tidwell
99	Bill Cantrell	Kurtis - Chevrolet	Jerry McGee
102	Jack Nethercutt	Lotus 19 Climax	Jack Nethercutt
114	Bob Murphy	Ford Special	W. L. Gussenbauer
116	Bob Herda	Huffaker - Chevrolet	Bob Herda
141	Bill Lewis	Porsche 718 RS 60	Bill Lewis
146	Dave Ridenour	Lister - Jaguar	Charles Rodenour
151	Raymond Rockall	Elva - Climax	Raymond Rockall
192	Ted Peterson	Maserati	Ted Petersen
230	Herbert Cadenhead	Devin Triumph Special	Herbert Cadenhead
231	Joey Dagenais	Cooper - Climax	Joe Lubin
408	Hank Tubman	Lotus - Climax	Hank Tubman
711	Bill Dixon	Maserati 300S Chevrolet	Bill Dixon