Riverside 3 Hours 1961 - Race Results

Event: Grand Prix for Sports Cars Riverside		Date: 14.10.1961
Track: Riverside International Raceway (United States), 5.271 kms	Organiser: California Sports Cars Club & SCCA
Riverside 3 Hours
Non championship race

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	81	Jay Hills	Porsche 356 Carrera GT	Jay Hills	71	2:59:06.0000	374.2127 kms	124.7242	1^st	DP
2^nd	34	Hank Montonen	Porsche 550 RS	Hank Montonen	70	3:00:45.0000			1^st	FM
3^rd	36	West / Cole	Lotus Eleven Climax	Ron Cole					1^st	GM
4^th		Brabham / Moss	Sunbeam Alpine	Bud Rose Imports	69	3:00:01.0000			1^st	FP
5^th	7	Art Snyder	Lola Mk.1	Art Snyder	69				2^nd	GM
6^th	192	Ted Peterson	Maserati 200SI	Ted Peterson	69				1^st	EM
7^th	73	Brock / Amsden	Lotus Eleven Climax	Pete Brock	69				3^rd	GM
8^th	31	Ronnie Bucknum	Austin-Healey 3000	Hollywood Sport Cars	69	3:00:43.0000			2^nd	DP
9^th	153	Wyn Robertson	Porsche 356 Super	Wyn Robertson					1^st	EP
10^th	47	Gates / Jordan	Porsche 356 1600N	Charlie Gates					2^nd	FP
17^th	169	Tom Tobin	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	Tom Tobin					1^st	GP
21^st	290	John Bukowski	Miller - Crosley	John Bukowski					1^st	HM
25^th	4	Phil Binks	Austin-Healey Sprite	Phil Binks					1^st	HP

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason	Gr.
8	Danny Stephens	Austin-Healey 100-4	Danny Stephens		Accident	EP
24	Barker / Follmer	Porsche 356 Super	Ed Barker		Broken shift linkage	EP
45	Lew Spencer	Sunbeam Alpine	Rootes Motors Inc.		DNF	FP
50	Ken Miles	Sunbeam Alpine	Rootes Motors Inc.		Brakes	FP
66	Molle / Monise	Lotus - Climax	William Mollé		Spark plug	GM
108	Elgin Holmes	Porsche 356 Carrera GT	European Motors		Broken axle	DP
145	Crane / Nethercutt	Morgan Plus 4 Super Sports	Lew Spencer Imports		Broken rod bolt	DP
185	Ralph Bowyer	Sunbeam Alpine	Ralph Bowyer		Accident	FP
6	Peter Haywood	AC - Bristol	Pete Haywood	3	Broken axle	DP

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
1	Jack Brabham	Sunbeam Alpine	Brabham Motors	Not known if ran	FP
2	Stirling Moss	Sunbeam Alpine	Bellew Imports	Not known if ran	FP
10	Tom Milana	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider	Phil Pressburger	Not known if ran	FP
11	Fay Van	Porsche 356 Super	Dr. Fay C. Van	Not known if ran	EP
19	Bob Donner	Porsche 718 RS 61	Rennod Race Cars	Not known if ran	EM
21	Ingvar Lindquist	Saab Special	Lindquist Foreign Car Service	Not known if ran	HM
25	Chaffee / Levinson	MGA	Jim Chaffee	Not known if ran	FP
27	John Christy	Austin-Healey 100-6	John Christy	Not known if ran	DP
28	Jim Dittemore	MGA	Jim Dittemore Automatic Transmission	Not known if ran	FP
29	Jim Nieland	AC - Bristol	Uncle Gabriel's Log Cabin	Not known if ran	DP
30	Peter Mergens	Triumph TR3	Peter Mergens	Not known if ran	EP
33	Ted Block	MGA	Covina Sports Cars	Not known if ran	EP
37	Paul Cunningham	MGA Twin Cam	Paul Cunningham	Not known if ran	EP
62	Lumkin / Dillaway	MGA	South Bay Imported Cars	Not known if ran	FP
63	Jack Breskovich	Austin-Healey 100S	Jack Breskovich	Not known if ran	DP
65	Copeland / Johnson	Porsche 356 1600 Super	Frank Copeland	Not known if ran	EP
74	Carl Swanson	MGA Twin Cam	Carl F. Swanson	Not known if ran	EP
80	Al Brengle	Cooper - Climax	Team Black Flag	Not known if ran	GM
82	Schorken / Rustad	Arnolt-Bristol	Alan Schorken	Not known if ran	EP
85	Spratt / Fahey	Triumph TR3	E. J. Spratt	Not known if ran	EP
97	Thomas O'Neill	Austin-Healey Sprite	Thomas L. O'Neill	Not known if ran	GM
101	Nevin Lyon	Porsche 356 1600N	Nevin Lyon	Not known if ran	FP
105	Dan Parkinson	Fiat-Abarth	Dan Parkinson	Not known if ran	HM
112	Gounis / Rydel	Fiat-Abarth Special	Auto Sport	Not known if ran	HM
121	Jim Greaves	Daimler SP250	James Greaves	Not known if ran	DP
126	Travis / Hornney	Porsche 356 1600S	E. J. Travis	Not known if ran	EP
131	Jim Parkinson	Fiat-Abarth	Jim Parkinson	Not known if ran	EP
132	Frank Dochnal	Austin-Healey 100M	Frank Dochnal	Not known if ran	EP
136	Joe Zebor	Austin-Healey Sprite	Joe Zebor	Not known if ran	HP
154	Wagner / Kirby	Porsche 356 1600S	Don Wagner	Not known if ran	EP
155	Jim Ling	Austin-Healey Sprite	Jim Ling	Not known if ran	HP
160	Joe Catron	Porsche 356 1600	Joe Catron	Not known if ran	FP
164	Jarlson / Newman	Lotus Eleven Le Mans Climax	Nevada Club	Not known if ran	GM
174	Rick Muther	Porsche 356 Super	Rick Muther	Not known if ran	EP
175	Miles Gupton	Porsche 356 1600N	Miles J. Gupton	Not known if ran	FP
181	Donald Runyon	Crosley - Fiat	Team Black Flag	Not known if ran	HM
188	Holmes / Jones	Austin-Healey Sprite	George Holmes	Not known if ran	HP
200	Marshall Owen	Fiat-Abarth Zagato	Marshall Owen	Not known if ran	HM
212	Ed Mackey	Lotus Eleven Alfa Romeo	Ed Mackey	Not known if ran	FM
214	Ed Lynch	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	Ed Lynch	Not known if ran	GP
219	Gildred / Cadrobbi	Porsche 356 Super 90	Ted Gildred	Not known if ran	DP
227	Smith / Aldhous	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider	Frank Smith	Not known if ran	GP
245	Lew Spencer	Sunbeam Alpine	Rootes Motors Inc.	Not known if ran	FP
317	Schaeffer / Smith	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	Stanley Schaeffer	Not known if ran	GP
408	Hank Tubman	Lotus - Climax	Hank Tubman	Not known if ran	FM