1961 British Saloon Car Championship

The 1961 BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship, was the fourth season of the championship. It began at Snetterton on 25 March and finished after 9 races back at Snetterton on 30 September. The championship switched to the new Group 2 regulations. This year saw the first championship win for a Mini, with a car driven by John Whitmore, winning the title in his debut season.^[1][2]

1961 British Saloon Car Championship

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1961 BRSCC champion, John Whitmore

Calendar & Winners

All races were held in the United Kingdom. Overall winners in bold.

Round		Circuit	Date	Class A Winner	Class B Winner	Class C Winner	Class D Winner
1		Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	25 March	George 'Doc' Shepherd	Alan Hutcheson	None (no entries?)	Gawaine Baillie
2		Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex	3 April	John Whitmore	Bill Blydenstein	Ellis Cuff-Miller	Mike Parkes
3		Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, Liverpool	22 April	John Whitmore	Alan Hutcheson	Chris Kerrison?	Roy Salvadori
4		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	6 May	Bill Aston	Peter Harper	Chris Kerrison?	Graham Hill
5		Crystal Palace, London	22 May	George 'Doc' Shepherd	Bill Blydenstein	None (no entries)	Roy Salvadori
6		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	8 July	Herbert Linge	Ellis Cuff-Miller	Chris Kerrison	Mike Parkes
7		Brands Hatch, Kent	7 August	Frank Hamlin	Alan Hutcheson	Chris Kerrison	Mike Parkes
8		Oulton Park, Cheshire	23 September	John Whitmore	Peter Harper	None (no entries?)	Roy Salvadori
9		Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	30 September	George 'Doc' Shepherd	Peter Harper	None (no entries?)	Mike Parkes

Championship results

Driver's championship
Pos.	Driver	Car	Team	Group	Points
1	John Whitmore	Austin Mini Seven	Don Moore	A	53
2	Mike Parkes	Jaguar Mk II 3.8	Equipe Endeavour	D	44
3	Alan Hutcheson	Riley 1.5	Barwell Motorsport	D	42
4	Bill Blydenstein	Borgward Isabella TS		B	42
5	Roy Salvadori	Jaguar Mk II 3.8	John Coombs	D	37
6	Graham Hill	Jaguar Mk II 3.8	Equipe Endeavour	D	28
7	Peter Harper	Sunbeam Rapier	Sunbeam Talbot Ltd	B	27
8	John Aley	Austin Mini Seven Morris Mini Minor	Don Moore	A	23
9	Edward Lewis	Austin Mini Seven Riley 1.5		B	22?
10	Bill Aston	Morris Mini Minor	Downton Engineering Ltd	A	20
11	Doc Shepherd	Austin Mini Seven		A	18
12	Chris Kerrison	Jaguar Mk II 2.4	Gerrards Cross Motor Co.	C	16