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Event: Eleventh Running Santa Barbara Sports Car Road RacesDate: 31.5.1959
Track: Santa Barbara Airport at Goleta (United States), 3.541 kmsOrganiser: California Sports Car Club

Santa Barbara - Consolation Class GP+HP
Non championship race
Weather:unknown
Start time:unknown
Grid:unknown
Distance:8 laps
Attendance:18000
Entered:unknown
Practiced:unknown
Started:33
Finished:28
Classified:28
Classes:StartClass
Class G - Production119
Class H - Production2219
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Race notes:
scheduled as one race with FP for non-qualifiers for the race 13 but according to available results, the race was probably split in two, one for class FP, the other for GP and HP
Winners:
Overall:97Alfa Romeo GiuliettaJack Rebney
Class H - Production:35Austin-Healey SpritePaul Cunningham
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Austin-Healey (17), MG (8), Alfa Romeo (3), Berkeley (2)
Top engines by numbers:BMC (17), MG (8), Alfa Romeo (3)
Top car types by numbers:Austin-Healey Sprite (17), MG TD (6)
Driver nationalities:USA (33)
Team nationalities:USA (33)
Most used colours:white (27%), red (18%), green (12%), black (12%), blue (11%)
Engine positions:front-engined (100%)
Average engine size:1000 cc
Oldest known drivers:Paul Cunningham (33)
Youngest known drivers:Paul Cunningham (33)

Official Race Programme:

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