1963 SCCA National Sports Car Championship

The 1963 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the thirteenth season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began April 7, 1963, and ended September 2, 1963, after ten races.

1963 SCCA National Sports Car Championship

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Schedule

Rnd	Race	LengthA	Circuit	Location	Date
1	SCCA National Race	45 minutes	Marlboro Motor Raceway	Upper Marlboro, Maryland	April 7
2	VIR National Cup	1 hour, 30 minutes	Virginia International Raceway	Danville, Virginia	April 27
3	Cumberland National Championship Sports Car Races	75 km (47 mi)	Greater Cumberland Regional Airport	Wiley Ford, West Virginia	May 12
4	SCCA National Race	90 mi (140 km)	Bridgehampton Race Circuit	Bridgehampton, New York	June 2
5	SCCA National Race	60 mi (97 km)	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	June 15
6	June Sprints	160 mi (260 km)	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	June 23
7	Lake Garnett Grand Prix	70 mi (110 km)	Lake Garnett Circuit	Garnett, Kansas	July 8
8	Meadowdale SCCA National Championships	98 mi (158 km)	Meadowdale International Raceway	Carpentersville, Illinois	August 4
9	Glen Classic	100 mi (160 km)	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	August 25
10	SCCA National Races	60 mi (97 km)	Thompson International Speedway	Thompson, Connecticut	September 2

^A Feature race

Season results

Feature race overall winners in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	AP Winning Team	BP Winning Team	CM Winning Team	CP Winning Team	DM Winning Team	DP Winning Team	EM Winning Team	EP Winning Team	FM Winning Team	FP Winning Team	GM Winning Team	GP Winning Team	HM Winning Team	HP Winning Team	Results
		AP Winning Driver(s)	BP Winning Driver(s)	CM Winning Driver(s)	CP Winning Driver(s)	DM Winning Driver(s)	DP Winning Driver(s)	EM Winning Driver(s)	EP Winning Driver(s)	FM Winning Driver(s)	FP Winning Driver(s)	GM Winning Driver(s)	GP Winning Driver(s)	HM Winning Driver(s)	HP Winning Driver(s)
1	Marlboro	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	no finishers	Daimler	#6 Mecom Racing Team	Porsche	Porsche	Porsche	Porsche	Lotus	Lola-Climax	Austin-Healey	Zink Petite[1]	Austin-Healey	Results
		Dick Lang	Don Yenko		Duncan Black	Roger Penske	Alex Dearborn	Herb Swan	Ron Grable	Bob Holbert	Bob Sharp	M. R. J. Wyllie	Pete van der Vate	Bill Greer	Paul Hill
2	VIR	#10 Chevrolet	#12 Grady Davis	#26 Meister Brauser Racing	#82 Fiat-Abarth	no entries	#44 Triumph	#43 Lotus	#7 Porsche	no entries	#11 Alfa Romeo	#88 Bobsy-Ford[2]	#31 Austin-Healey	#87 Zink Petite	no entries	Results
		Dick Thompson	Don Yenko	Don Devine	Paul Richards		Bob Tullius	Skip Barber	William Haenelt		Jack Crusoe	Chuck Dietrich	Pete van der Vate	Bill Greer
3	Cumberland	Shelby	Chevrolet	#60 Briggs Cunningham	Fiat-Abarth	#6 Mecom Racing Team	Triumph	Porsche	#73 Porsche	Lotus	Triumph	Bosby	Morgan	Osca	Austin-Healey	Results
		Bob Johnson	Robert Mouat	Walt Hansgen	Paul Richards	Roger Penske	Bob Tullius	Bob Holbert	Lake Underwood	T. A. Rees	Ed Diehl	Chuck Dietrich	Frank Nagel	John Igleheart	Donna Mae Mims
4	Bridgehampton	Shelby	Chevrolet	#60 Briggs Cunningham	Fiat-Abarth	Ferrari	Triumph	Porsche	Austin-Healey	Lotus	Volvo	Genie	Austin-Healey	Osca	Austin-Healey	Results
		Bob Johnson	Robert Mouat	Walt Hansgen	Paul Richards	Bob Grossman	Jim Spencer	Joe Buzzetta	Jim Ladd	Peter Sachs	Art Riley	John Fitch	Pete van der Vate	John Igleheart	Howard Blakeslee
5	Lime Rock	A.C.	Chevrolet	Porsche	Morgan	no entries	Triumph	no entries	Porsche	Lotus	Alfa Romeo	Lola-Climax	Austin-Healey	Osca	Austin-Healey	Results
		Bob Brown	Don Yenko	Joe Buzzetta	Gaston Andrey		Bob Tullius		Bill Romig	Peter Sachs	Jack Crusoe	M. R. J. Wyllie	Rod Harmon	John Igleheart	Paul Hill
6	Road America	Shelby	Chevrolet	Meister Brauser	A.C.-Bristol	#94 Wayne Burnett	Triumph	Concours Motors	Sports Car Forum	Porsche	Alfa Romeo	Lola-Climax	Austin-Healey	Martin T	Austin-Healey	Results
		Bob Johnson	Ed Smith	Harry Heuer	Fred Ellsworth	Wayne Burnett	Bob Tullius	Bill Wuesthoff	Don Sesslar	Lee Hall	Robert Shaw	M. R. J. Wyllie	Pete van der Vate	Martin Tanner	Fred Turek
7	Lake Garnett	#33 Bob Johnson	Chevrolet	Shelby American	Morgan	Cooper	Triumph	no entries	Sports Car Forum	no entries	Lotus	Bosby	Austin-Healey	Lotus	Austin-Healey	Results
		Bob Johnson	Don Yenko	Ken Miles	Lew Spencer	Jack Hinkle	John Goans		Don Sesslar		Dick Anderson	Chuck Dietrich	Robert Fry	Ed Walsh	Bruce Hoskins
8	Meadowdale	Shelby	Chevrolet	#0 Meister Brauser Team	A.C.-Bristol	no entries	Triumph	A	Austin-Healey	Porsche	Alfa Romeo	Bosby	Austin-Healey	Zink Petite	Austin-Healey	Results
		Bob Brown	Don Yenko	Harry Heuer	Bill Harwell		Jim Spencer		Allan Barker	Lee Hall	Robert Shaw	Chuck Dietrich	Donald Hampton	Bill Greer	Donna Mae Mims
9	Watkins Glen	#41 A.J. Griffith, Jr.	#2 Grady Davis	#11 Grady Davis	#4 Duncan Black	no entries	#53 Jim Spencer	Kelly Special-Porsche	Porsche	#3 Bosby Division	#15 Jerrold A. Truitt	#3 Bosby Division	#5 Erwin Lorincz	Osca	#12 Harvey Glass	Results
		Bob Brown	Don Yenko	Dick Thompson	Duncan Black		Jim Spencer	Wayne Kelly	Lake Underwood	Chuck Dietrich	Gerald Truitt	Chuck Dietrich	Erwin Lorincz	John Igleheart	Harvey Glass
10	Thompson	Shelby	Porsche	Lister-Costin Buick	Daimler	Porsche	Triumph	no entries	Porsche	Porsche	Alfa Romeo	Elva	Austin-Healey	Osca	Austin-Healey	Results
		Bob Johnson	Bruce Jennings	Eno de Pasquale	Duncan Black	Joe Buzzetta	Bob Tullius		Lake Underwood	George Wintersteen	Tom Flaherty	Dave Fenton	Don Peaslee	John Gordon	Frank Cooper

^A D and E Modified were classified with C Modified at Meadowdale.

Champions

Class	Driver	Car
A Production	Bob Johnson	Shelby Cobra 289
B Production	Don Yenko	Chevrolet Corvette
C Modified	Harry Heuer	Chaparral 1-Chevrolet
C Production	Duncan Black	Daimler SP250
D Modified	Roger Penske	"Zerex Special" Cooper T53-Climax
D Production	Bob Tullius	Triumph TR4
E Modified	Joe Buzzetta	Porsche 718 RSK
E Production	Lake Underwood	Porsche 356
F Modified	Peter Sachs	Lotus 23
F Production	Robert Shaw	Alfa Romeo Spyder
G Modified	Chuck Dietrich	Bosby Mk.II-Ford
G Production	Pete van der Vate	Austin-Healey Sprite
H Modified	Bill Greer	Zink Petite Mk.II
H Production	Donna Mae Mims	Austin-Healey Sprite