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Event: The Guardsmen Golden Gate Road RacesDate: 17.5.1953
Track: The Golden Gate Park Road Race Circuit (United States), 4.828 kmsOrganiser: Nothern California Region SCCA

SCCA National Golden Gate [S+1.5]
Weather:sunny, dry
Start time:unknown
Grid:unknown
Distance:100 miles
Attendance:100000
Entered:30
Practiced:unknown
Started:20
Finished:12
Classified:12
Classes:StartClass
Class B43
Class C116
Class D42
Class E00
Class G11
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Race notes:
The race was originally scheduled to be run to 75 miles.
Winners:
Overall:58Jaguar XK120CMasten Gregory
Class B:30Allard J2 CadillacJack Armstrong
Class D:38MG TD WillysJames Lowe
Class G:23Osca MT4 1100Al Coppel
Pole Positions:
Overall:55Allard J2X ChryslerSam Weiss (USA)
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Jaguar (6), Allard (4), Ferrari (2)
Top engines by numbers:Jaguar (6), Cadillac (3), Chrysler (2), Mercury (2), Ferrari (2)
Top car types by numbers:Jaguar C-type (4), Allard J2 (3)
Driver nationalities:USA (20)
Team nationalities:USA (20)
Engine positions:front-engined (100%)
Oldest known drivers:Sam Weiss (29), Bill Pollack (28), Phil Hill (26)
Youngest known drivers:Masten Gregory (21), Phil Hill (26), Bill Pollack (28)

Official Race Programme:

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