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Event: Eleventh Running Santa Barbara Sports Car Road RacesDate: 30.5.1959
Track: Santa Barbara Airport at Goleta (United States), 3.541 kmsOrganiser: California Sports Car Club

Preliminary Santa Barbara [GP+HP]
Non championship race
Weather:unknown
Start time:unknown
Grid:unknown
Distance:8 laps
Attendance:unknown
Entered:47
Practiced:44
Started:26
Finished:24
Classified:24
Classes:StartClass
Class G - Production1211
Class H - Production1211
Class I - Production22
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Winners:
Overall:500Alfa Romeo Giulietta SpyderDick Hayward
Class H - Production:89Austin-Healey SpriteRay Pickering
Class I - Production:131Fiat-Abarth Zagato CoupeJim Parkinson
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Austin-Healey (11), MG (9), Alfa Romeo (3), Fiat-Abarth (3)
Top engines by numbers:BMC (11), MG (9), Alfa Romeo (3), Fiat (3)
Top car types by numbers:Austin-Healey Sprite (11), MG TD (5), Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider (2), MG TF (2), MG TC (2)
Driver nationalities:USA (26)
Team nationalities:USA (26)
Most used colours:white (28%), red (15%), black (15%), blue (14%)
Engine positions:front-engined (92%), rear-engined (8%)
Oldest known drivers:Jim Parkinson (27)
Youngest known drivers:Jim Parkinson (27)

Official Race Programme:

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