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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.

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General figures:
Data covers years:1950-1958, 1960-1961
Number of events:102
Total entries:1654 (contains 1211 finishers and 287 retirements, finishing ratio: 80%)
Photos in Gallery:21 (1% of all entries)
Winners:
Wins by drivers:Jack McAfee (9), Ken Miles (4), Carroll Shelby (4), Bob Drake (3), Ernie McAfee (3), Pat Sawyer (2), Skip Hudson (2), Ed Barker (2), Fred Grant (2), Bob Oker (2), Sterling Edwards (2), Jerry Austin (2), Cy Yedor (2), Betty Shutes (2), Bob Estes (2), Elliot Forbes-Robinson (1)
Wins by makes:Porsche (20), Ferrari (14), MG (10), Jaguar (7), Chevrolet (7), Maserati (6), Lotus (5), Cooper (3), AC (3), Triumph (3), Mercedes-Benz (2)
Notes of interest:
Most frequent drivers:Jack McAfee (22), Bob Drake (13), John von Neumann (12), Tracy Bird (12), Carroll Shelby (11), Ken Miles (11), Elliot Forbes-Robinson (10), Betty Shutes (10), Howard Wheeler (10), Bob Oker (9), Ernie McAfee (8)
Most frequent makes:MG (283), Porsche (208), 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), 550-06 (6), 0032MT [275S] (5), 1655 [150S] (5), DB3S/8 (5), 550A-0116 (4), 0078E [212E] (4), 550-0047 (4), 0588M [857S] (4), 0478AM [375MM] (4), AHS 3508 (4), 356/2-063 (4), XKC 024 (4), 0492M [750] (4), 0438MD [500MD] (4), DB3S/11 (4), XKD 527 (3)
Most frequent championships:West Coast Championship (33), SCCA Nationals (21), Pacific Coast Championship (6), California National (4), Golden Wheel (1)
89 - Doretti20 - Baldwin Mk II Mercury - Ken Simpson43 - Doretti54 - Aston Martin DB3S #11 - Rod Carveth