USAC Road Racing Championship Laguna Seca 1962 - Grid Race 1

Event: Pacific Grand Prix at Laguna Seca		Date: 21.10.1962
Track: Laguna Seca Raceway (United States), 3.109 kms	Organiser: unknown
USAC Road Racing Championship Laguna Seca
USAC Road Racing Championship (round 5)

(Grid Race 1 Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
1^st	6	Roger Penske	Zerex Special Climax	Updraught Enterprises
2^nd	26	Lloyd Ruby	Lotus 19 Climax	J. Frank Harrison
3^rd	5	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Monaco T61 Climax	Cooper Car Co. Ltd.
4^th	63	Walt Hansgen	Cooper Monaco T57 Buick	Momo & Cunningham
5^th	66	Jim Hall	Chaparral 1 Chevrolet	Chaparral Cars
6^th	96	Dan Gurney	Lotus 19 Climax	Arciero Bros.
7^th	57	Graham Hill	Cooper Monaco T57 Climax	Bill Sturgis
8^th	3	Masten Gregory	Lotus 19 Climax	U-D-T Laystall-Rosebud Teams
9^th	155	Alan Connell	Cooper Monaco T57 Climax	Alan Connell
10^th	15	Innes Ireland	Lotus 19 Climax	U-D-T Laystall-Rosebud Teams
11^th	14	Bob Holbert	Porsche 718 RS 61	Bob Holbert
12^th	17	Tim Mayer	Cooper Monaco T57 Climax	Edward E. Mayer
13^th	22	Harry Heuer	Chaparral 1 Chevrolet	Peter Hand Brewery
14^th	11	Jo Bonnier	Porsche Spyder	Porsche of Germany
15^th	4	Jack Brabham	Lotus 23 Ford	Brabham Racing Organization
16^th	8	Jerry Grant	Lotus 19 Buick	Jerry Grant
17^th	94	Pete Lovely	Lotus 23 Ford	Auto Sports Northwest Co.
18^th	411	John Cannon	Dailu Mk I Chevrolet	Bardahl Lubricants
19^th	188	Don Hulette	Porsche 718 RS 61	Vasek Polak Porsche
20^th	12	Bill Wuesthoff	Scarab - Chevrolet	Peter Hand Brewery
21^st	41	Dave Causey	Lotus 19 Climax	Dean Causey
22^nd	60	Don Wester	Porsche 718 RSK	Wester Motors
23^rd	95	Skip Hudson	Lotus 23 Climax	Arciero Bros.
25^th	153	Ken Miles	Maserati Tipo 61	Harry Finer Maserati
26^th	61	Augie Pabst	Cooper Monaco T57 Maserati	Momo & Cunningham
26^th	64	Jack Flaherty	Genie Mk IV BMC	Kjell Qvale
27^th	222	Scooter Patrick	Porsche 718 RS 60	Scooter Patrick (Masterson Racing Enterprises)
28^th	53		Maserati Tipo 63	Harry Finer Maserati
29^th	39	Stan Burnett	Burnett Special Chevrolet	Stan Burnett
30^th	36	Bob Hurt	Ferrari 250 TR 59	Bob Hurt
31^st	38	André Gessner	Twareg Chrysler Special	Andre Gessner
32^nd	111	Bill Sherwood	Ferrari 625 TRC Corvette	Accurate Electric
33^rd	19	John Max Wolf	Elva Mk VI	Miller-Wolf
34^th	9	Frank Crane	Lotus Mark VI Buick	Frank Crane
35^th	127	Leon Robertson	Cooper T49 Ferrari	Leon Robertson
36^th	30	Paul O'Shea	BMC-Corvair	Paul O'Shea
37^th	166	Bill Molle	Lotus 23	William Molle
38^th	62T	Briggs Cunningham	Abarth-Simca	Momo & Cunningham

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
18	Chuck Tannlund	Lotus 15	Larry Albedi
20	Ron Dykes	Maserati Tipo 60	Ron Dykes
37	Paul Cunningham / Carl Margulies	Pontiac Tempest	Chieftain Pontiac
44	Frank Monise	Lotus 23	Frank Monise
54	Rod Carveth	Lotus 19 Ford	Carveth Enterprises
62	Augie Pabst	Maserati Tipo 64	Momo & Cunningham
72	Scooter Patrick	Last Minute Special	R.J.K. Racing Enterprises
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102	Jack Nethercutt	Lotus 19 Climax	Jack Nethercutt
117	Bob Harris	Maserati Tipo 63	Harry Finer Maserati
137	Stan Peterson	Buick Skylark Special	Spencer Buick
169	Starr Calvert	McCornack Special	John McCornack
180	George Grinzewitsch	Cooper Monaco Climax	Von Housen Motors
192	Ted Peterson	Lister Costin Jaguar	Ted Peterson
333	Dave Kyte	Genie Mk IV BMC	David B. Kyte
441	Henry Chandler	Elva Mk VI	C. E. Frederick

Other listed cars, participation unknown:

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
	61	Augie Pabst	Maserati Tipo 151	Momo & Cunningham
	63	Walt Hansgen	Maserati Tipo 151	Momo & Cunningham