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Event: 12th Running of the Santa Barbara Sports Car Road RacesDate: 6.9.1959
Track: Santa Barbara Airport at Goleta (United States), 3.541 kmsOrganiser: California Sports Car Club

Santa Barbara [DP+EP+FP+GP+HP]
Weather:unknown
Start time:unknown
Grid:unknown
Distance:12 laps
Attendance:12000
Entered:unknown
Practiced:unknown
Started:27
Finished:25
Classified:25
Classes:Class
Class D - Production6
Class E - Production7
Class F - Production5
Class G - Production5
Class H - Production2
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Race notes:
Race for top 7 finishers from races 1, 2A, 3, 4 and class D cars in race 5.
Winners:
Overall:AC - BristolLew Spencer
Class E - Production:Porsche 356 CarreraChuck Parsons
Class F - Production:Porsche 356 SpeedsterEd Barker
Class G - Production:Alfa Romeo Giulietta SpyderJack Rebney
Class H - Production:Austin-Healey SpriteBrown
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Porsche (11), Alfa Romeo (5), Austin-Healey (4), AC (3), MG (3)
Top engines by numbers:Porsche (11), Alfa Romeo (5), BMC (4), Bristol (3), MG (3)
Top car types by numbers:Porsche 356 (11), AC Ace (2), Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider (2), Austin-Healey Sprite (2), Alfa Romeo Giulietta Super (2)
Driver nationalities:USA (27)
Engine positions:front-engined (59%), rear-engined (41%)
Oldest known drivers:Chuck Parsons (35), Paul Cunningham (33)
Youngest known drivers:Paul Cunningham (33), Chuck Parsons (35)

Official Race Programme:

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