USAC Road Racing Championship Laguna Seca 1961 - Grid Race 1

Event: International Pacific Grand Prix Sports Car Races		Date: 22.10.1961
Track: Laguna Seca Raceway (United States), 3.058 kms	Organiser: San Francisco Region SCCA
USAC Road Racing Championship Laguna Seca
USAC Road Racing Championship (round 4) Pacific Coast Point Standings (round 23) Competition Press U.S. National Championship (round 18)

(Grid Race 1 Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
1^st	96	Dan Gurney	Lotus 19 Monte Carlo Climax	Arciero Bros.
2^nd	7	Stirling Moss	Lotus 19 Monte Carlo Climax	UDT-Laystall Racing Team
3^rd	6	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Monaco T57 Climax	Peter Berry Racing Ltd.
4^th	16	Roger Penske	Cooper Monaco T57 Climax	John Wyatt, III
5^th	4	Jack Brabham	Cooper Monaco T57 Climax	Brabham Racing Org. Ltd.
6^th	83	Peter Ryan	Lotus 19 Monte Carlo Climax	Autosport-Comstock
7^th	66	Jim Hall	Chaparral 1 Chevrolet	Troutman-Barnes
8^th	15	Chuck Daigh	Scarab Mk II Chevrolet	George Lehmann
9^th	10	Olivier Gendebien	Lotus 19 Monte Carlo Climax	UDT-Laystall Racing Team
10^th	110	Chuck Parsons	Maserati Tipo 61	Charles Parsons
11^th	8	Rodger Ward	Cooper Monaco - Buick	Del Webb Kern City Spec.
12^th	22	Harry Heuer	Scarab Mk II Chevrolet	Peter Hand Brewery Co.
13^th	61	Augie Pabst	Maserati Tipo 63	Alfred Momo
14^th	36	Bob Hurt	Ferrari 250 TR Fantuzzi Spyder 59	Robert Hurt
15^th	21	Chuck Sargent	Maserati Tipo 61	Chuck Sargent
16^th	00	Dave MacDonald	Ol’Yaller Mark V Corvette Special	Jim Simpson-Bob Sorenson Chev.
17^th	72		Adam-Mitchell Porsche Special	P.A.M. Foreign Car Serv.
18^th	50	Ken Miles	Porsche 718 RS 61	Otto Zipper
19^th	88	Jack McAfee	Porsche 718 RSK	Vaclav Polak
20^th	146	Dave Ridenour	Lister Costin Jaguar	Charles Ridenour
21^st	204	Don Hulette	Jaguar Special Chevrolet
22^nd	614	Bob Bondurant	Chevrolet Corvette	Washburn Chev.
23^rd	180	Bob Drake	Cooper Monaco	VonHousens Motors
24^th	97	Rick Lewis	Road Runner Chevrolet Special	Jesse Tidwell
25^th	11	George Koehne	Maserati Tipo 61	Lois Koehne
26^th	63	Dick Thompson	Maserati Tipo 60	Alfred Momo

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
60	Walt Hansgen	Maserati Tipo 60	Alfred Momo
5	Alan Connell	Maserati Tipo 61 Longtail Ferrari	John Miller
102	Jack Nethercutt	Lotus 19 Climax	Jack Nethercutt

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
9	Ken Miles	Porsche 718 RS 61	Crandall Ind.
12	Harry Heuer	Chaparral 1 Chevrolet	Peter Hand Brewery Co.
19	Bob Donner	Porsche 718 RS 61	Rennod Race Cars, Inc.
44	John Barneson	Porsche Special	Lee Wachs
49	George Constantine	Ferrari 250 TR Fantuzzi Spyder 59/60	John Bunch
53	Bill Krause	Maserati Tipo 61	Maserati Dist., Inc.
62	Dick Thompson	Maserati Tipo 61	Alfred Momo
75	Hugh Harn	Kurtis - Chevrolet	Hugh Harn
86	Ray Vermuth	Special Chevrolet	Bob Shirley
90	Skip Hudson	Ferrari 340	Harrah's
116	Bob Herda	Huffaker - Chevrolet	Bob Herda
127	Leon Robertson	Cooper Monaco	Leon Robertson
161	George Follmer	Porsche 550 RS	Trans Ocean Motor Co., Inc.
162	Steve Herrick	Porsche 718 RS 60	Tim O'Reilly
177	Dan Herman	Porsche 550 RS	Don VonHerman
711	Bill Dixon	Maserati 300S Chevrolet	Bill Dixon