USAC Road Racing Championship Laguna Seca 1961

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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)

Weather:	clear, sunny, mild
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	2 x 100 miles
Attendance:	62000

Entered:	unknown
Practiced:	unknown
Started:	unknown
Finished:	unknown

Classes:

Sports over 2000

Sports under 2000

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Race 1 Results Grid Race 1 Race 2 Results Grid Race 2 Qualifying Lap Times

Winners:
Overall:	7	Lotus 19 Monte Carlo Climax	Stirling Moss
Sports under 2000:	10	Lotus 19 Monte Carlo Climax	Olivier Gendebien
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	96	Lotus 19 Monte Carlo Climax	Dan Gurney (USA)	1:14.800
Pole Positions:
Overall:	96	Lotus 19 Monte Carlo Climax	Dan Gurney	1:14.800	149.621 km/h
Sports under 2000:	10	Lotus 19 Monte Carlo Climax	Olivier Gendebien	1:18.300
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Maserati (7), Cooper (5), Lotus (4), Porsche (2), Scarab (2), Chevrolet (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Climax (7), Chevrolet (7), Maserati (6), Porsche (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Cooper Monaco (5), Lotus 19 (4), Maserati Tipo 61 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (21), GB (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (19), GB (2)
Most used colours:	white (39%), red (19%), blue (11%), green (11%)
Engine positions:	front-engined (53%), mid-engined (47%)
Oldest known drivers:	Ken Miles (43), Walt Hansgen (42), George Koehne (41)
Youngest known drivers:	Peter Ryan (19), Bob Hurt (22), Bruce McLaren (24)

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