USAC Road Racing Championship Laguna Seca 1962 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: Pacific Grand Prix at Laguna Seca			Date: 21.10.1962
Track: Laguna Seca Raceway (United States), 3.109 kms		Organiser: unknown
USAC Road Racing Championship Laguna Seca
USAC Road Racing Championship (round 5)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	6	Roger Penske	Zerex Special Climax	Updraught Enterprises	104	2:13:37.000	321.868 kms	144.841	1^st	O2L
2^nd	26	Lloyd Ruby	Lotus 19 Climax	J. Frank Harrison	104	2:13:58.000			2^nd	O2L
3^rd	5	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Monaco T61 Climax	Cooper Car Co. Ltd.	104	2:14:31.000			3^rd	O2L
4^th	14	Bob Holbert	Porsche 718 RS 61	Bob Holbert	102	2:14:57.000			1^st	U2L
5^th	3	Masten Gregory	Lotus 19 Climax	U-D-T Laystall-Rosebud Teams	102	2:14:57.000			4^th	O2L
6^th	22	Harry Heuer	Chaparral 1 Chevrolet	Peter Hand Brewery	100	2:13:15.000			5^th	O2L
7^th	60	Don Wester	Porsche 718 RSK	Wester Motors	100	2:13:57.000			2^nd	U2L
8^th	95	Skip Hudson	Lotus 23 Climax	Arciero Bros.	99	2:13:23.000			3^rd	U2L
9^th	4	Jack Brabham	Lotus 23 Ford	Brabham Racing Organization	99	2:14:33.000			4^th	U2L
10^th	63	Walt Hansgen	Cooper Monaco T57 Buick	Momo & Cunningham	95	2:14:09.000			6^th	O2L
	188	Don Hulette	Porsche 718 RS 61	Vasek Polak Porsche	83	2:15:00.000				U2L
	94	Lovely	Lotus 23 Ford	Auto Sports Northwest Co.	55	2:15:00.000				U2L

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.
36	Bob Hurt	Ferrari 250 TR 59	Bob Hurt	47	1:05:45.000			1:DNS	O2L
41	Dave Causey	Lotus 19 Climax	Dean Causey	93				1:Out of fuel; 2:Stalled in pits	O2L
96	Dan Gurney	Lotus 19 Climax	Arciero Bros.	87				2:Gear shaft	O2L
66	Jim Hall	Chaparral 1 Chevrolet	Chaparral Cars	76				2:Stalled in pits	O2L
8	Jerry Grant	Lotus 19 Buick	Jerry Grant	61				1:Bodywork	O2L
411	John Cannon	Dailu Mk I Chevrolet	Bardahl Lubricants	50	1:07:48.000			2:Accident	O2L
39	Stan Burnett	Burnett Special Chevrolet	Stan Burnett	49	1:06:13.000			1:DNS	O2L
64	Jack Flaherty	Genie Mk IV BMC	Kjell Qvale	48	1:05:31.000			1:DNS	U2L
127	Leon Robertson	Cooper T49 Ferrari	Leon Robertson	47	1:06:09.000			1:DNS	U2L
15	Innes Ireland	Lotus 19 Climax	U-D-T Laystall-Rosebud Teams	44				1:Brakes, steering; 2:DNS	U2L
17	Tim Mayer	Cooper Monaco T57 Climax	Edward E. Mayer	25				1:Oil pressure; 2:DNS	O2L
155	Alan Connell	Cooper Monaco T57 Climax	Alan Connell	18				1:Accident damage; 2:Steering	O2L
57	Graham Hill	Cooper Monaco T57 Climax	Bill Sturgis	17				1:Gearbox; 2:DNS	O2L
222	Scooter Patrick	Porsche 718 RS 60	Scooter Patrick (Masterson Racing Enterprises)	16				1:DNS; 2:Engine	U2L
38	André Gessner	Twareg Chrysler Special	Andre Gessner	15				1:DNS; 2:Fuel pump => pit fire	O2L
12	Bill Wuesthoff	Scarab - Chevrolet	Peter Hand Brewery	12				1:Radiator; 2:DNS	O2L
153	Ken Miles	Maserati Tipo 61	Harry Finer Maserati	12				1:Piston; 2:DNS	O2L
11	Jo Bonnier	Porsche Spyder	Porsche of Germany	11				1:Engine; 2:DNS	U2L
61	Augie Pabst	Cooper Monaco T57 Maserati	Momo & Cunningham	3				1:Gearbox; 2:DNS	O2L

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
53		Maserati Tipo 63	Harry Finer Maserati	Spark plugs	O2L

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
111	Bill Sherwood	Ferrari 625 TRC Corvette	Accurate Electric		O2L
19	John Max Wolf	Elva Mk VI	Miller-Wolf		U2L
9	Frank Crane	Lotus Mark VI Buick	Frank Crane		O2L
30	Paul O'Shea	BMC-Corvair	Paul O'Shea		O2L
166	Bill Molle	Lotus 23	William Molle		U2L
62T	Briggs Cunningham	Abarth-Simca	Momo & Cunningham		U2L
18	Chuck Tannlund	Lotus 15	Larry Albedi	2:Handling	U2L

Practiced:

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
	62	Pabst	Maserati Tipo 64	Momo & Cunningham							O2L

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
20	Ron Dykes	Maserati Tipo 60	Ron Dykes
37	Cunningham / Margulies	Pontiac Tempest	Chieftain Pontiac
44	Frank Monise	Lotus 23	Frank Monise
54	Rod Carveth	Lotus 19 Ford	Carveth Enterprises
61	Augie Pabst	Maserati Tipo 151	Momo & Cunningham
63	Walt Hansgen	Maserati Tipo 151	Momo & Cunningham
72	Scooter Patrick	Last Minute Special	R.J.K. Racing Enterprises
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102	Jack Nethercutt	Lotus 19 Climax	Jack Nethercutt
117	Bob Harris	Maserati Tipo 63	Harry Finer Maserati
137	Stan Peterson	Buick Skylark Special	Spencer Buick
169	Starr Calvert	McCornack Special	John McCornack
180	George Grinzewitsch	Cooper Monaco Climax	Von Housen Motors
192	Ted Peterson	Lister Costin Jaguar	Ted Peterson
333	Dave Kyte	Genie Mk IV BMC	David B. Kyte
441	Henry Chandler	Elva Mk VI	C. E. Frederick

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