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Palm Springs

(United States)

Note: These statistics are based only on the results available in the RSC archive database.
They cannot be modified or updated on their own and do not cover all races ever held on the track
but rather just major sports car events plus meetings selected by RSC.

General figures:
Data covers years:1950-1958, 1960-1961
Number of events:102
Total entries:1649 (contains 1211 finishers and 287 retirements, finishing ratio: 80%)
Photos in Gallery:19 (1% of all entries)
Winners:
Wins by drivers:Jack McAfee (9), Carroll Shelby (4), Ken Miles (4), Bob Drake (3), Ernie McAfee (3), Sterling Edwards (2), Cy Yedor (2), Betty Shutes (2), Pat Sawyer (2), Bob Estes (2), Fred Grant (2), Ed Barker (2), Bob Oker (2), Skip Hudson (2), Jerry Austin (2), Marion Lowe (1)
Wins by makes:Porsche (20), Ferrari (14), MG (10), Chevrolet (7), Jaguar (7), Maserati (6), Lotus (5), Cooper (3), Triumph (3), AC (3), Alfa Romeo (2)
Notes of interest:
Most frequent drivers:Jack McAfee (22), Bob Drake (14), John von Neumann (12), Tracy Bird (12), Carroll Shelby (11), Ken Miles (11), Howard Wheeler (10), Elliot Forbes-Robinson (10), Betty Shutes (9), Bob Oker (9), Bill Murphy (8)
Most frequent makes:MG (283), Porsche (207), Jaguar (147), Austin-Healey (102), Ferrari (74), Lotus (69), Triumph (64), Chevrolet (62), Mercedes-Benz (44), Alfa Romeo (38), Cooper (33)
Most frequent chassis:TD 1114 (8), 550-0026 (6), 0032MT [275S] (5), 1655 [150S] (5), 550-06 (5), DB3S/8 (5), 0478AM [375MM] (4), 0492M [750] (4), 0438MD [500MD] (4), 0078E [212E] (4), 0588M [857S] (4), 356/2-063 (4), 550-0047 (4), 550A-0116 (4), AHS 3508 (4), DB3S/11 (4), XKC 024 (4), 0598CM [410S] (3)
Most frequent championships:West Coast Championship (33), SCCA Nationals (21), Pacific Coast Championship (6), California National (4), Golden Wheel (1)

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