1962 British Saloon Car Championship

The 1962 BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship, was the fifth season of the championship. It began at Snetterton on 14 April and finished at Oulton Park on 1 September. Rhodesian driver John Love became the first non-British BSCC winner, driving a Morris Mini Cooper and an Austin Mini Cooper, making it the second consecutive championship win for a Mini driver.^[1][2]

1962 British Saloon Car Championship

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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	14 April	John Love	Alan Hutcheson	None (no entries?)	Mike Parkes
2		Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex	23 April	Christabel Carlisle	Alan Hutcheson	None (no entries)	Graham Hill
3		Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, Liverpool	28 April	John Love	Alan Hutcheson	Nicky Byrne	Graham Hill
4		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	12 May	John Love	Peter Harper	Innes Ireland	Graham Hill
5		Crystal Palace, London	11 June	John Love	Peter Harper	None (no entries)	Roy Salvadori
NC		Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex		Unknown.	Unknown.	Nicky Byrne	P.J. Woodroffe
NC		Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	15 July	Mick Clare	Alan Hutcheson	Unknown.	Graham Hill
6		Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, Liverpool	21 July	John Love	Peter Harper	Nicky Byrne	Jack Sears
7		Brands Hatch, Kent	6 August	John Love	Peter Jopp	David Haynes	Mike Parkes
8		Oulton Park, Cheshire	1 September	John Love	Peter Harper	Chris McLaren?	Graham Hill
NC*		Brands Hatch, Kent	6 October	John Aley Denny Hulme	Not contested.	Piero Frescobaldi Cesare Fiorio	Mike Parkes Jimmy Blumer

• The final race at Brands Hatch did not follow the same class structure as the preceding events. There were additional classes with 1300 & 1600cc engine capacity limits which were won by Alan Foster/ Andrew Hedges and Peter Procter/ Peter Harper, respectively.

Championship results

Driver's championship
Pos.	Driver	Car	Team	Class	Points
1	John Love	Morris Mini Cooper Austin Mini Cooper	Cooper Car Co.	A	52
2	Peter Harper	Sunbeam Rapier	Sunbeam Talbot Ltd	B	49
3	Jack Sears	Jaguar Mk II 3.8	Equipe Endeavour	D	38
4	Graham Hill	Jaguar Mk II 3.8	John Coombs	D	37
5	Mike Parkes	Jaguar Mk II 3.8	Equipe Endeavour	D	32
6	Peter Jopp	Sunbeam Rapier	Alan Fraser	B	32
7	Alan Hutcheson	Riley 1.5	Barwell Motorsport	B	31
8	John Whitmore	Austin Mini Cooper	Cooper Car Co.	A	29