USRRC - GT 1963

1.round : Pensacola 2.round : Laguna Seca 3.round : Watkins Glen 4.round : Pacific Raceways 5.round : Castle Rock 6.round : Road America 7.round : Mid-Ohio

Pensacola - GT race 26.5.1963

USRRC-GT Pensacola 1.round

Race: Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/Retired Group Practice
Classified: 1. - Roger Penske / USA Ferrari 250 GTO 50 1. GT 2. - Mike Gammino / USA Ferrari 250 GTO 49 2. GT 3. - Ed Cantrell Ferrari 250 GTO 48 3. GT 4. - Bill Cantrell Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ra 46 4. GT 5. - R. E. L. Hayes AC Cobra 46 5. GT Did not finish: - Ken Miles / USA AC Cobra 46 DNF GT - Bob Johnson / USA AC Cobra 40 DNF GT - Bob Holbert / USA AC Cobra 34 DNF GT - Geo. Demetropoulos Jaguar XKE 20 DNF GT - Dave MacDonald / USA AC Cobra 20 DNF GT Top of page

Laguna Seca 150 9.6.1963

USRRC Laguna Seca 2.round

Race: * 78 laps = 241,402 km AVG: 138,725 km/h FL: Chuck Parsons Lotus 23 Ford 1:17,800 Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/Retired Group Practice
Classified: 1. - Chuck Parsons / USA Lotus 23 Ford 78 1:47:20,300 1. 1.6 2. - Don Wester / USA Porsche RS61 78 2. 1.6 3. - Skip Hudson / USA Chaparral 1 Chevrolet 76 1. +1.6 4. - Bob Holbert / USA AC Cobra 76 1. GT 5. - Jerry Titus / USA Genie Mk5 Chevrolet 75 2. +1.6 6. - Jim Parkinson Campbell Spl. Chevrolet 75 3. +1.6 7. - Dave MacDonald / USA AC Cobra 75 2. GT 8. - Ed Leslie / USA AC Cobra 74 3. GT 9. - Ken Miles / USA AC Cobra 73 4. GT 10. - Stan Peterson Ferrari Berlinetta 71 5. GT 11. - Walt Maas / USA Porsche Cooper 70 3. 1.6 12. - Paul Reinhardt Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ra 69 4. +1.6 13. - Bill Molle Lotus 23 69 5. IC 14. - Dave Kyte Genie - BMC 66 4. 1.6 15. - Dan Gillum Elva 3 64 16. - Dave Ridenour Genie - Oldsmobile 38 5. IC 17. - Doug Thiem Ferrari Dino 28 6. IC Did not finish: - Don Devine / USA Scarab Mk2 Chevrolet 62 Brakes, rear e 7. - Ed Cantrell Ferrari 250 GTO 60 Transmission - Frank Monise Lotus 23 56 Plugs - Jerry Grant / USA Lotus 19 Buick 50 Road bearing 1. - Harry Heuer / USA Chaparral 1 Chevrolet 43 Half shaft - Bill Boldt Kurtis - Pontiac 36 Gas tank - Bill Sherwood Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ra 25 Fan pulley - Pedro Rodriguez / MEX Genie - Chevrolet 17 Water pump - Ken O'Neill Merlyn 9 Oil leak Other starters: - Ed Leslie / USA Jaguar E Top of page

Watkins Glen - GT race 30.6.1963

USRRC-GT Watkins Glen 3.round

Race: * 66 laps = 244,298 km AVG: 159,856 km/h FL: Dave MacDonald AC Cobra 1:29,200 Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/Retired Group Practice
Classified: 1. - Bob Johnson / USA AC Cobra 66 1. GT 2. - Ken Miles / USA AC Cobra 289 Shelby American Inc. 66 2. GT 3. - Dave MacDonald / USA AC Cobra 66 3. GT 4. - Mike Gammino / USA Ferrari 250 GTO 64 4. GT 5. - Bobby Brown / USA AC Cobra 63 5. GT 6. - Jack Moore Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ra 56 6. GT Did not finish: - Alvin M. Forsyth Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ra 51 DNF GT - Charlie Kolb / USA Ferrari 250 GTO 40 DNF GT - Millard Ripley Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ra 20 DNF GT - Bob Holbert / USA AC Cobra 7 DNF GT - Eppie Wietzes / CDN AC Cobra 1 DNF GT Top of page

Pacific Raceways - GT race 21.7.1963

USRRC-GT Pacific Raceways 4.round

Race: * 67 laps = 241,402 km AVG: 134,364 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/Retired Group Practice
Classified: 1. - Dave MacDonald / USA Cobra Ford 67 1. GT 2. - Ken Miles / USA Cobra Ford 67 2. GT 3. - Bob Holbert / USA Cobra Ford 67 3. GT 4. - Mike Gammino / USA Ferrari 250 GTO 66 4. GT 5. - Jerry Grant / USA Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ra 66 5. GT 6. - Frank Crane Ferrari 250 GTO 65 6. GT 7. - Pat McElreath Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ra 63 7. GT 8. - Jim Reese Chevrolet Corvette 63 8. GT 9. - Bill Pendleton Triumph TR4 60 9. GT 10. - Bob Rinde Triumph TR4 60 10. GT 11. - John Razelle Cobra Ford 60 11. GT 12. - L. C. Thomas Sunbeam Alpine 55 12. GT Did not finish: - Rick Stark / USA Chevrolet Corvette 15 DNF GT Top of page

Continental Divide 150, Castle Rock 18.8.1963

USRRC Castle Rock 5.round

Race: * 54 laps = 243,333 km AVG: 124,225 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/Retired Group Practice
Classified: 1. - Augie Pabst / USA Scarab Mk2 Chevrolet 54 1. +1.6 4. 2. - Bob Holbert / USA AC Cobra 289 Shelby American Inc. 54 2. +1.6 3. - Don Wester / USA Porsche RS61 54 1. 1.6 4. - Bill Wuesthoff Porsche RS61 54 2. 1.6 5. - Bob Bondurant / USA AC Cobra 53 6. - Hap Sharp / USA Elva - Ford 1.5 53 3. 1.6 7. - Herb Swan Porsche RS61 52 4. 1.6 8. - Dave MacDonald / USA AC Cobra 52 9. - Bob Hayes AC Cobra 52 10. - Roy Kumnick Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ra 51 11. - Harry Washburn Cooper - Maserati 51 3. +1.6 12. - Steve Baughman Porsche RSK 51 5. 1.6 13. - Enus Wilson Maserati - Buick 50 4. +1.6 14. - Chuck Daigh / USA Cooper - Chevrolet 49 5. +1.6 15. - Dave Morgan Lotus 23 1.5 47 6. 1.6 16. - Chuck Frederick Chevrolet Corvette 47 4. GT 17. - Jim Kirbach Lotus 11 45 18. - Harry Heuer / USA Chaparral 1 Chevrolet 44 19. - Stan Schooley Elva 5 1.1 44 20. - Bob Moore Triumph TR3 43 5. GT 21. - Bob Markley Lotus 23 1.5 37 Did not finish: - John Barker MG-A 35 DNF - Yale Thomas Maserati 31 DNF - Jim Eichorn Devin 30 DNF - Matt Rann Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ra 25 DNF - Jerry Grant / USA Lotus - Buick 25 DNF - Chuck Trowbridge Elva 25 DNF - Blaise Lewark Lotus 23 1.5 23 DNF - Doug Thiem Lotus 19 2.0 10 DNF - Hank Candler Elva 10 DNF - Chuck Parsons / USA Lotus 23 1.5 9 DNF - Bob Morley Elva 6 DNF - Edna Sherman Lotus - Alfa Romeo 1.8 4 DNF - Gordon Stalgren Triumph TR2 DNF Top of page

Road American "500", Elkhart Lake 8.9.1963

USRRC Road America 6.round

Race: * 125 laps = 804,672 km AVG: 136,001 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/Retired Group Practice
Classified: 1. - Augie Pabst / USA Elva Mk7 Porsche Oliver Schmidt 125 1. 1.6 1. Bill Wuesthoff 2. - Bob Holbert / USA AC Cobra 289 Shelby American Inc. 125 1. +1.6 Ken Miles / USA 3. - Don Sesslar / USA Porsche RS60 123 2. 1.6 Chuck Cassell / USA 4. - Bob Bondurant / USA AC Cobra 123 1. GT Dave MacDonald / USA 5. - Chuck Dietrich / USA Bobsy SR2 Ford 122 3. 1.6 6. - Bob Johnson / USA AC Cobra 121 2. GT Lew Spencer 7. - Doug Thiem Ferrari Dino 121 4. 1.6 Tom Terrell 8. - Augie Pabst / USA Ferrari 250 GTO 120 2. +1.6 Roger Penske / USA 9. - Lee Hall Porsche RS60 120 5. 1.6 Glenn Carroll 10. - M. R. J. Wyllie / GB Lola 117 6. 1.6 11. - Walt Hansgen / USA Jaguar XKE 116 3. GT Paul Richards / USA 12. - Wayne Burnett Ferrari 250 TR 116 3. +1.6 Luke Stear 13. - Mike Hall / USA Elva 6 114 7. 1.6 Martin / CDN 14. - Chuck Rickert Porsche 114 8. 1.6 Sam Eller 15. - Enus Wilson Ferrari 250 TR 113 4. +1.6 Gary Wilson / USA 16. - David Biggs Ferrari 250 TR 112 5. +1.6 James Johnston / USA 17. - Skip Hudson / USA Maserati 151 112 6. +1.6 18. - Scott Beckett Maserati - Ford 112 Don Skogmo 19. - Bob Kelce Elva 7 111 Lindburg 20. - Briggs Cunningham / USA Jaguar XKE 110 4. GT John Fitch / USA 21. - Howard Quick Lister Jaguar 110 Hal Ullrich / USA 22. - Allan Ross / USA Elva 7 109 Hank Candler 23. - Jack Stone Elva 5 108 Bill Stone 24. - George Hartley Elva 7 108 Roger Donovan 25. - Alex Ratelle Elva 6 107 F. Philipps 26. - Chas. Edwards Elva 6 105 Joseph Swanson 27. - Homer Rader Lotus 23 105 Bob Markley 28. - Mike Rahal / USA Elva 6 104 Stan Kozlowski 29. - Herb Swan Elva 6 101 30. - Bob Dusinberre Porsche RS61 102 Burrell Besancon 31. - Dick Durant / USA Durant Spl. 101 A. R. Welch jr. 32. - Bill Cooper / USA Ferrari 500 TR 99 Dick Irish / USA 33. - Bud Gates Apache Spl. 98 Jack Ensley / USA 34. - Jerry Nelson Stanguellini 97 Charles Cox 35. - Keith Hardy Chevrolet Corvette 96 Chuck Frederick 36. - Jerald Scrabeck Scrabeck Spl. 92 Dewey Brohaugh 37. - Moore Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ra 88 38. - Tom Payne / USA AC Cobra 83 5. GT Dan Gerber 39. - Bob Grossman / USA Jaguar XKE 79 6. GT Richard Thompson / USA Did not finish: - Don Wolf Elva 6 114 DNF Dick Talbot - Doane / USA Chevrolet Corvette GS 93 DNF Ralph Salyer - J. Baxter Ferrari 250 GT 93 DNF W. Tannhaeuser - E. C. Eriksson Elva - Porsche 89 DNF Wester / USA - Morgan Lotus 23 73 DNF J. R. Sharp - Don Yenko / USA Scarab Mk2 Chevrolet 73 DNF Don Devine / USA - A. W. Joslin Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ra 69 DNF Dick Lang / USA - Spencer Lotus 23 40 DNF R. Buedinger - W. Niemeyer Bristol Chevrolet 39 DNF Tom Cones - Harry Heuer / USA Chaparral 34 DNF - George Reed / USA Ferrari - Ford 27 DNF - Jerry Dunbar Edwards Spl. 22 DNF W. Gray - Roger Penske / USA Cooper Zerex Special Climax John Mecom DNF Other starters: - C. Constead Lotus 23 18 - Roy Kumnick Excalibur Studebaker 18 - Pat Manning Ferrari Chevrolet 17 Bob Liess - John Snyder / USA Lister - Corvette 17 - Ralph Treischmann Elva 7 15 Owen Coon - Causey / USA Lotus 19 11 Causey - Spooner Bocar-Stilletto 5 Joe Scopelite - R. Jordan Fireball 3 Clicquemoi - Wester / USA Porsche RS61 0 - Kolb / USA Maserati - Chevrolet Top of page

Mid-Ohio - GT race 22.9.1963

USRRC-GT Mid-Ohio 7.round

Race: * 70 laps = 270,370 km AVG: 121,779 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/Retired Group Practice
Classified: 1. - Bob Holbert / USA Cobra 70 1. GT 2. - Ken Miles / USA Cobra 67 2. GT 3. - Dick Lang / USA Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ra 67 3. GT 4. - Tony Denman Chevrolet Corvette 65 4. GT 5. - Bob Bienrath Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ra 62 5. GT 6. - Jack Moore Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ra 57 6. GT 7. - Al Rogers / USA Morgan SS 47 7. GT 8. - Mike Gammino / USA Ferrari 250 GTO 3223GT 46 8. GT Did not finish: - Bob Johnson / USA Cobra 2 DNF GT Top of page