SCCA National Virginia - Classes: BM+CM+DM+EM+FM+GM 1959 - Race Results

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Event: The VIR-Shrine National Championship Sports Car Races		Date: 3.5.1959
Track: Virginia International Raceway (United States), 5.150 kms	Organiser: Danville Region SCCA
SCCA National Virginia - Classes: BM+CM+DM+EM+FM+GM
SCCA National Sports Car Championship (round 3)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	60	Walt Hansgen	Lister - Jaguar	Briggs Cunningham	40	205.9960 kms	124.9173	1^st	CM
2^nd	74	Don Sesslar	Porsche 718 RSK		40			1^st	FM
3^rd	36	Fred Windridge	Lister - Corvette	Kelso				1^st	BM
4^th	124	Alan Connell	Ferrari 250 TR Scaglietti Spyder	Alan Connell				2^nd	DM>CM
5^th	6	Roger Penske	Porsche 550 RS					2^nd	FM
6^th	37	Art Tweedale	Elva Mk IV					1^st	GM
7^th	61	Thompson / Cunningham	Lister - Jaguar	Briggs Cunningham				3^rd	CM
8^th	2	M. R. J. Wyllie	Lotus					2^nd	GM
9^th	96	George Arents	Ferrari 250 GT					4^th	DM>CM
10^th	110	Dave Causey	Jaguar XKSS					5^th	CM
11^th	24	William Burroughs	Ferrari 500 TR					1^st	EM
12^th	49	Harry Blanchard	Porsche					3^rd	FM
13^th	70	Gene Parsons	Maserati					2^nd	EM
14^th	147	Thomas Neal	VW Special					3^rd	GM
15^th	113	James Place	Ferrari 500 TR					3^rd	EM
16^th	67	Horace Green	Elva					4^th	GM
17^th	33	Newton Davis	Porsche 550 RS					4^th	FM

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Reason	Gr.
7	Kolb	Maserati	DNF	EM
8	Kolb	Cooper - Climax	DNF	GM
35	Frank Baptista	Elva Mk IV	DNF	GM
75	Bill Schade	Lotus	DNF	EM
135	Clint Lindburg	Lotus	DNF	GM
141	William Harding	Lotus	DNF	GM
144	John Zeitler	Elva	DNF	GM

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
31	Jim Jeffords	Scarab Mk II Chevrolet	John Stephani	Oil pump, bearings in practice	BM

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
	Dick Thompson	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray			CM

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