Nassau Trophy Race 1963 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 10th Annual Bahamas Speed Weeks		Date: 8.12.1963
Track: Oakes Field Course, Nassau (Bahamas), 7.242 kms	Organiser: unknown
Nassau Trophy Race
Non championship race

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	Le Mans start per engine size
Distance:	250 miles
Attendance:	5000

Entered:	unknown
Practiced:	unknown
Started:	60
Finished:	unknown

Classes:

Sports - Class 15

Sports - Class 13/14

Sports - Class 11/12

Sports - Class 10

Sports - Class 9

Sports - Class 6/8

Sports - Class 1/5

Grand Touring - Class 15

Grand Touring - Class 13/14

Grand Touring - Class 11/12

Grand Touring - Class 10

Grand Touring - Class 9

Grand Touring - Class 6/8

Grand Touring - Class 1/5

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results

Winners:
Overall:	77	Scarab Mk IV Chevrolet	A. J. Foyt
Sports - Class 11/12:	10	Ferrari 250 P	Pedro Rodriguez
Sports - Class 10:	60	Porsche 718 RS 60	Chuck Cassel
Sports - Class 9:	74	Lotus 23B Ford	Tim Mayer
Sports - Class 6/8:	92	Lola Mk.1 Climax	Frank Hilson
Grand Touring - Class 15:	149	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	Gordon Butler
Grand Touring - Class 13/14:	198	Shelby Cobra	Frank Gardner
Grand Touring - Class 11/12:	23	Ferrari 250 GTO	Mike Gammino
Grand Touring - Class 10:	6	Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth	Don Streeter
Grand Touring - Class 9:	54	Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth	Mike Kurkjian
Grand Touring - Class 6/8:	21	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	Richard Holquist
Grand Touring - Class 1/5:	42	BMW Coupe	Ubald Saskal
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	36	Cooper Monaco T61 Chevrolet	Roger Penske (USA)	2:41.000	161.934 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	95	Ferrari 250 TR 59/60 Ford	George Reed (USA)
Sports - Class 15:	77	Scarab Mk IV Chevrolet	A. J. Foyt (USA)
Sports - Class 13/14:	71	Cooper Monaco T49 Ford	Ray Heppenstall (USA)
Grand Touring - Class 15:	149	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	Gordon Butler
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Lotus (11), Ferrari (6), Porsche (6), Cooper (5), Shelby (4), Elva (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Ford (15), Chevrolet (10), Porsche (7), Climax (6), Ferrari (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Lotus 19 (5), Lotus 23 (4), Shelby Cobra (4), Elva Mk VII (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (46), GB (4), CDN (3), BS (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (52%), front-engined (38%), rear-engined (10%)
Oldest known drivers:	Morrow Decker (50), Ken Miles (45), Mike Gammino (41)
Youngest known drivers:	Clive Baker (21), Pedro Rodriguez (23), Tim Mayer (25)

Official Race Programme:

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