Grand Prix Riverside 200 Miles 1961

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Event: Grand Prix for Sports Cars Riverside		Date: 15.10.1961
Track: Riverside International Raceway (United States), 5.271 kms	Organiser: California Sports Cars Club & SCCA
Grand Prix Riverside 200 Miles
USAC Road Racing Championship (round 3) Pacific Coast Point Standings (round 22) Competition Press U.S. National Championship (round 17)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	14:00
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	200 miles
Attendance:	133100

Entered:	67
Practiced:	59
Started:	33
Finished:	17
Classified:	19

Classes:

Sports over 2000

Sports under 2000

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

Pre-race sessions:
qualifying sessions held on 13/10
top 27 grid positions out of 33 were based on qualifying (at least 9 under 2-litre cars among them), remaining 6 positions were based on 10-laps consolation race on 12:30 (4 over 2-litre and 2 under 2-litre)

Winners:
Overall:	4	Cooper Monaco T57 Climax	Jack Brabham
Sports under 2000:	10	Lotus 19 Monte Carlo Climax	Olivier Gendebien
Leaders:
laps 1-27:	7	Lotus 19 Climax	Stirling Moss
laps 28-30:	4	Cooper Monaco T61 Climax	Jack Brabham
laps 31-60:	6	Cooper Monaco T61 Climax	Bruce McLaren
laps 61-62:	4	Cooper Monaco T61 Climax	Jack Brabham
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	6	Cooper Monaco T57 Climax	Bruce McLaren (NZ)	2:01.0000		lap 59
Pole Positions:
Overall:	4	Cooper Monaco T57 Climax	Jack Brabham		156.7758 km/h
Sports under 2000:	10	Lotus 19 Monte Carlo Climax	Olivier Gendebien
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Maserati (7), Cooper (6), Porsche (5), Lotus (4), Ferrari (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Climax (9), Maserati (7), Porsche (6), Chevrolet (5), Ferrari (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Cooper Monaco (6), Lotus 19 (4), Porsche 718 (4), Maserati Tipo 61 (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (28), GB (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (27), GB (2)
Most used colours:	white (35%), red (22%), silver (9%), green (9%), blue (8%), yellow (6%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (56%), front-engined (44%)
Oldest known drivers:	George Constantine (43), Ken Miles (43), Walt Hansgen (42)
Youngest known drivers:	Peter Ryan (19), Bruce McLaren (24), Roger Penske (24)

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