Nassau Trophy Race 1961 - Race Results

Event: 8th Annual International Bahamas Speed Week		Date: 10.12.1961
Track: Oakes Field Course, Nassau (Bahamas), 7.242 kms	Organiser: unknown
Nassau Trophy Race
Competition Press U.S. National Championship (round 19)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	1	Dan Gurney	Lotus 19 Monte Carlo Climax	Arciero Brothers	55	398.3127 kms	146.1220		1^st	D
2^nd	36	Roger Penske	Cooper Monaco T57 Climax		55				2^nd	D
3^rd	2	Pedro Rodriguez	Ferrari 250 TRI Fantuzzi Spyder 61	North American Racing Team	55				3^rd	D
4^th	55	Alan Connell	Maserati Tipo 61 Ferrari		54				4^th	D
5^th	5	Graham Hill	Ferrari 250 TRI Fantuzzi Spyder 61	Scuderia Serenissima	54				5^th	D
6^th	49	George Constantine	Ferrari 250 TR Fantuzzi Spyder 59/60	John Bunch	53				6^th	D
7^th	14	Bob Holbert	Porsche 718 RS 61		53				1^st	E
8^th	93	George Reed	Ferrari 250 TR Fantuzzi Spyder 59/60 3.1	George Reed	52				1^st	C
9^th	99	John Fulp	Ferrari Dino 246 S	North American Racing Team	52				7^th	D
10^th	16	Chuck Cassel	Porsche 718 RS 61		52				1^st	F
11^th	24	Art Huttinger	Lister - Corvette						1^st	B
12^th	41	Spencer Litchie	Ferrari 250 TR Scaglietti Spyder 58	Spencer Litchie					8^th	D
13^th	26	Peter Da Costa	Porsche 718 RS 61						2^nd	F
14^th	9	Bob Grossman	Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta						9^th	D
15^th	17	Charlie Hayes	Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta						10^th	D
16^th	61	Don Skogmo	Maserati Tipo 61						11^th	D
17^th	91	Paul Richards	Fiat-Abarth 1000	John Norwood					1^st	G
18^th	97	B. A. Miske	Jaguar D-type						2^nd	C
19^th	76	Oliver Schmidt	Lola Mk.1 Osca						1^st	H
20^th	72	Norm Namerow	Chevrolet Corvette						2^nd	B
21^st	106	Anson Johnson	Ferrari 500 TRC						2^nd	E
22^nd	101	John Colgate	Austin-Healey Sprite						2^nd	G
23^rd	57	Fred Darling	Austin-Healey Sprite						3^rd	G
24^th	70	Tom Fleming	Jaguar XKE						3^rd	C
25^th	75	Rodger Ward	Austin-Healey Sprite						4^th	G
26^th	18	George Arents	Ferrari 250 GT SWB California						12^th	D
27^th	59	Allan Wylie	Ferrari 250 GT LWB California						13^th	D
28^th	19	Ross Durant	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ						5^th	G
29^th	15	Nino Vaccarella	Maserati Tipo 63	Scuderia Serenissima					14^th	D
30^th	71	Richard Toland	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ						6^th	G
31^st	74	Tom Northcutt	Triumph TR3						3^rd	E
32^nd	98	John Dennis	Elva Courier						3^rd	F
33^rd	62	Krov Menuhin	Porsche 356 Super 90						4^th	F
34^th	31	Paul Hagan	DB - Panhard						7^th	G
35^th	73	Jere Mills	Triumph TR3A						4^th	E
36^th	46	Chris Charles	Triumph TR3A						5^th	E
37^th	89	George Waltman	Triumph TR3A						6^th	E
38^th	64	Joel Jacobs	Osca S 750						2^nd	H
39^th	69	Art Habersin	Austin-Healey Chevrolet						4^th	C
40^th	181	John Norwood	Alfa Romeo Giulietta						8^th	G
41^st	66	Jim Hall	Chaparral 1 Chevrolet	Chaparral	38			Engine
42^nd	84	J. C. Kilburn	Maserati Tipo 61		38			DNF
43^rd	33	Chuck Tannlund	Lotus Eleven		32			Engine
44^th	58	Bob Hurt	Ferrari 250 TR Fantuzzi Spyder 59	Bob Hurt	28			Broken rear axle
45^th	44	Charlie Kolb	Sadler Mk III Corvette	Paul Lehman	28			DNF
46^th	4	Stirling Moss	Lotus 19 Climax	Team Rosebud	27			Rear wishbone
47^th	78	Bob Schroeder	Maserati Tipo 61		27			DNF
48^th	151	David Lane	Lister - Chevrolet		27			DNF
49^th	125	Joe Davis	Alfa Romeo Giulietta		26			DNF
50^th	7	Ricardo Rodriguez	Ferrari Dino 246 S		25			Oil pressure
51^st	94	Wayne Burnett	Ferrari 250 TR Scaglietti Spyder 58	Wayne Burnett	24			DNF		C
52^nd	51	Grant Clark	Sadler Mk V	Comstock Racing Team	21			DNF
53^rd	180	Guido Lollobrigida	Maserati 300S		17			DNF
54^th	95	Hap Sharp	Cooper Monaco T57 Climax		10			DNF		D
55^th	86	Bob Hathaway	Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta	Robert Hathaway	6			Holed radiator		D
56^th	82	Art Swanson	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SS		6			DNF
57^th	48	Graham Shaw	Bocar Stiletto Chevrolet		4			DNF
58^th	54	Dan Shaw	Sadler Mk V Corvette	Comstock Racing Team	4			DNF		B
59^th	27	Roy Schecter	Lotus 19 Climax		3			DNF		D
60^th	53	Fred Gamble	Ol'Yaller Mk IV Buick		3			DNF		B
61^st	102	Jack Nethercutt	Lotus 19 Climax		3			DNF

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
83	William Wadell	Lotus 15 Buick	Ralph Darlington	Accident in practice
	Rodger Ward	Cooper Monaco - Buick		Blown engine in practice

Did not practice:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
0	Mark Donohue	Elva Courier
12	Augie Pabst	Scarab

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Reason
6	Pete Lovely	Ferrari
6	Pete Lovely	Austin-Healey Sprite Special
6	Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari
34	John W. Baxter	Ferrari 250 GT SWB
52	Peter Ryan	Lotus 19	Not known if ran
79	R. J. Henry	Lotus Eleven	Not known if ran
92	Ronnie Hissom	Cooper Monaco T49 Maserati
96	Jim Miller	Lotus Eleven	Not known if ran
103	Bill Bradshaw	Lotus 15	Not known if ran
105	Jerry Titus	Devin CC	Not known if ran