1963 British Saloon Car Championship
Appearance
The 1963 BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship was a British motor racing series for Group 2 Touring Cars. The championship was contested over eleven races commencing on 30 March at Snetterton and concluding on 28 September at the same circuit.[1] It was the sixth British Saloon Car Championship.
The championship was won by Jack Sears driving a Ford Cortina GT, a Ford Galaxie and a Ford Cortina Lotus.
Calendar & Winners
[edit]All races were held in the United Kingdom. Overall winners of multi-class races are shown below in bold.
Note: Cars competed in four classes:
- Class A: Up to 1300cc
- Class B: 1301 to 2000cc
- Class C: 2001 to 3000cc
- Class D: Over 3000cc [1]
Championship results
[edit]Pos.[1] | Driver | Car | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jack Sears | Ford Cortina GT Ford Galaxie Ford Cortina Lotus |
71 |
2 | John Whitmore | Austin Mini Cooper Austin Mini Cooper S |
69 |
3 | Graham Hill | Jaguar Mk II 3.8 Ford Galaxie |
49 |
4 | Roy Salvadori | Jaguar Mk II 3.8 Ford Galaxie |
38 |
5 | Jimmy Blumer | Ford Cortina GT | 33 |
6 | Paddy Hopkirk | Morris Mini Cooper Morris Mini Cooper S |
30 |
7 | Bob Olthoff | Ford Cortina GT | 28 |
= | Christabel Carlisle | Morris Mini Cooper Morris Mini Cooper S |
28 |
9 | Peter Harper | Sunbeam Rapier Series IIIA | 23 |
10 | David Haynes | Ford Cortina GT | 22 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship, Broken English - 1963, touringcarracing.net Retrieved 2 April 2018