VIR - October 1964 SCCA Divisional Races - Results

(thanks to Gordon Warren)

Saturday October 3, 1964

RACE NO. 1 CLASSES A & B Production and C-G Modified

TIME OF DAY 2:45 PM No. OF LAPS 5 NO OF MILES 16.15
O/A POS. NO. MAKE CLASS CL POS. DRIVER
1 10 Cobra AP I Bob Nagel
2 79 DEX-I CM 1 W. C. Wissell
3 12 Corvette BP 1 Don Yenko
4 57 Corvette BP 2 Bob Mouat
5 18 Elva MK VII GM 1 Gordon Heald
6 11 AC-Buick CM 2 Don Guthrie
7 63 Corvette BP 3 John Bushell
8 19 Merlyn GM 2 Jake McLaughlin
9 2* Lola MB 23 GM 3 George Ralph
DNF 21 Lotus XI B GM - Harry Reynolds

* 3 Laps

OVERALL TIMES AND AVERAGE SPEEDS
CLASS CAR OVERALL TIME AVERAGE SPEED NO. OF LAPS
AP 10 12:25.2 78.019 MPH 5
BP 12 13:12:0 73.405 MPH 5
CM 79 13:11.6 73.445 MPH 5
GM 18 13:18.6 72.802 MPH 5

FASTEST LAPS
CLASS CAR NO. FASTEST LAP AVERAGE SPEED
AP 10 2:26.6 79.256 MPH
BP 12 2:35.2 74.866 MPH
CM 79 2:36.1 74.421 MPH
GM 18 2:36.4 74.285 MPH

Car No. 7, Genie-Mustang, did not run, having broken the left rear axle in practice. Nagel ran slam away. George Ralph pitted on lap 3, then finished in the pit lane. Yenko got past Mouat on the 3rd lap and then almost nipped Wissell. 

RACE NO. 2 CLASSES D & E Production

TIME OF DAY 3:15 NO. OF LAPS 5 NO. OF MILES 16.15
O.A. CAR MAKE CLASS CLASS DRIVER
1 44 TR-4 DP 1 Tullius
2 5 TR-4 DP 2 Marks
3 89 Healey DP 3 Ladd
4 38 Porsche EP I Frey
5 73 Porsche EP 2 Steele
6 78 Porsche EP 3 Kinlein
7 24 TR-4 DP 4 Lowrey
8 74 MG-B DP 5 Bolson
9 19 Healey DP 6 Totten
10 81 Healey DP 7 Ashton
11 86 A. Romeo DP 8 Bowers
12 9 Elva EP 4 Johnson
13 71 Healey EP 5 Ramseur
14 97 MG-B DP 9 Wilson
15 7 Porsche EP 6 Phillips
DNF 27 Porsche EP - Erwin
DNF 51 TVR DP - Mims

OVERALL TIMES AND AVERAGE SPEEDS
CLASS CAR NO. OVERALL TIME AVERAGE SPEED NO. OF LAPS
DP 44 13:07.2 75.127 5
EP 38 13:38.4 71.041 5

FASTEST LAPS
CLASS CAR NO. FASTEST LAP AVERAGE SPEED
DP 44 2:33.0* 75.913
EP 38 2:39.6 72.788

*New Lap Record

Marks never was more than 2 seconds behind Tullius. On the last lap, Marks pulled abreast Tullius held him off nipping him by a fender. Ladd was another second back. Tullius knocked 0.7 off his old D Production record.

RACE NO. #3 CLASSES C & F Production and Sedan

 TIME OF DAY 3:48 NO. OF LAPS 5 NO. OF MILES 16.15
O.A. CAR MAKE CLASS CLASS DRIVER
1 94 Porsche CP 1 Kelley
2 31 Lotus CP 2 Hayman
3 32 Volvo FP 1 Riley
4 46 TR-3 FP 2 Fuerstenau
5 18 TR-3 FP 3 Diedrich
6 72 Lotus FP 4 Williams
7 67 Lotus FP 5 Brown
8 53 Alpine FP 6 James
9 34 TR-3 FP 7 Swimme
10 62 MG-4 FP 8 Collins
11 47 TR-3 FP 9 Grimes
12 10 MG-A FP 10 Upchurch
13 6 Lotus FP 11 Dye
14 64 MG-A FP 12 Mercer
DNF 69 TR-3 FP - Alvarez
DNF 54 TR-3 FP - Luke

OVERALL TIMES AND AVERAGE SPEEDS
CLASS CAR NO. OVERALL TIME AVERAGE SPEED NO. OF LAPS
CP 94 13:11.6 73.445 5
FP 32 13:43.0 70.644 5

FASTEST LAPS
CLASS CAR NO. FASTEST LAP AVERAGE SPEED
CP 94 2:36.0 74.479
FP 32 2:41.0 72.156

Jennings worked all day on his engine and didn't run. Kelly won going away. Riley was fantastic as usual in taking 3rd although he failed to break his F production record(2:40.4). In practice, Riley had gotten down to 2:39.4.

RACE NO. 4 CLASSES G&H Production

TIME OF DAY 4:18 NO. OF LAPS 5 NO. OF MILES 16:15
O.A. CAR MAKE CLASS CLASS DRIVER
1 17 Datsun GP 1 Sharp
2 22 Spitfire GP 2 Gilmartin
3 56 Spitfire GP 3 Lorinez
4 1 Spitfire GP 4 Staples
5 4 sprite HP 1 Nagel
6 11 Sprite GP 5 Roberts
7 41 Sprite HP 2 Canfield
8 66 Sprite GP 6 Dennis
9 55 Fiat GP 7 Whiteman
10 16 Datsun GP 8 Wiley
11 29 Sprite HP 3 Buynitzky
12 15 Sprite HP 4 Turgeon
13 28 Sprite HP 5 Dodenhoff
14 84 Sprite HP 6 Blount
15 83 Sprite HP 7 Horn
16 75 Sprite HP 8 Cavender
17 57 Sprite GP 9 Spier
18 33 Fiat HP 9 Norburn
19 0 Fiat HP 10 Culbreth
20 8 Sprite HP 11 Parker
21 49 Sprite HP 12 Willes
22 2 Fiat HP 13 Ratliff
23 3 Fiat HP 14 Lord
24 63 Sprite HP 15 Hopkins
25 76 Sprite HP 16 Calloway
DNF 37 Morgan GP -- Mernone
DNF 45 MG Midg. GP - Baird

OVERALL TIMES AND AVERAGE SPEEDS
CLASS CAR NO. OVERALL TIME AVERAGE SPEED LAPS
GP 17 14:01.6 69.083 5
HP 4 14:29.9 66.835 5

FASTEST LAPS
CLASS CAR NO. FASTEST LAP AVERAGE SPEED
GP 17 2:43.6* 70.988
HP 4 2:50.0* 68.348

* NEW LAP RECORD

Sharp had the pole with Van der Vate on the second row. They drug side-by-side to the 14 hairpin where the Morgan threw a rod. Sharp then held off the Spitfires of Gilmartin & Lorincz to win by 2 seconds, In the process he lowered the lap record (2:44.9) to 2:43.9. Nagel ran away with HP, lowering his lap record (2:51.9) to 2:50.0.


SUNDAY OCTOBER 4, 1964
EVENT Divisional Championship Races LOCATION VIR DATE 4 Oct. 164

RACE NO, 1 CLASSES E & F Production

 TIME OF DAY 1:15 NO. OF LAPS 15 NO. OF MILES 48.45
O.A. CAR MAKE CLASS CLASS DRIVER
1 38 Porsche EP 1 Frey
2 72 Lotus 7A FP 1 Williams
3 54 TR-3 FP 2 Luke
4 18 TR-3 FP 3 Diedrich
5 34 TR-3 FP 4 Swimme
6 6 Lotus 7A FP 5 Dye
7 62 MGA FP 6 Collins
8 35 MGA FP 7 Franklin
9 53 Sunbeam Alp. FP 8 James
10 47 TR-3 FP 9 Grimes
11 64 MGA FP 10 Mercer
12 69 TR-3 FP 11 Alvarez
DNF 71 Healey 3000 EP - Ramseur
DNF 73 Porsche EP - Steele

OVERALL TIMES AND AVERAGE SPEEDS
CLASS CAR NO. OVERALL TIME
EP 38 42:32.8
FP 72 42:20.6

FASTEST LAPS
CLASS CAR NO, FASTEST LAP
EP 38 2:46.5
FP 72 2:54.2

Frey lapped all but all Williams & Luke. Steele threw a rod on Lap 6 while running 3rd. Very tight race throughout between Franklin, James, and Grimes. Riley had only Blue Streaks and thought better of running.

RACE NO. 2 CLASSES G & H Production and Sedan

 TIME OF DAY 2:20 NO. OF LAPS 15 NO. OF MILES 48.45
POS. NO. MAKE CLASS POS. DRIVER
1 22 Spitfire GP I Gilmartin
2 11 Sprite GP 2 R. P. Roberts
3 15 Sprite HP 1 B. Turgeon
4 41 Sprite HP 2 Canfield
5 16 Datsun GP 3 Brunk
6 83 Sprite HP 3 Horne
7 29 Sprite HP 4 Buynitzky
8 84 Sprite HP 5 Blount
9 45 MG Midget GP 4 Baird
10 4 Sprite HP 6 Nagel
11 59 BMW Sedan 1 Torpy
12 66 Sprite GP 5 Dennis
13 0 Fiat HP 7 Culbreth
14 8 Sprite HP 8 Parker
15 17 Datsun GP 6 Sharpe
16 56 Spitfire GP 7 Lorinez
17 63 Sprite HP 9 Hopkins
DNF 57 Sprite GP - Zacc
DNF 28 Sprite HP - Dodenhoff
DNF I Spitfire GP - T. Wood
DNF 49 Sprite GP - Willes

OVERALL TINES AND AVERAGE SPEEDS
CLASS CAR NO. OVERALL TIME
GP 22 34:06.3
HP 15 34:10.9
Sd 59 36:21.1

FASTEST LAPS
CLASS CAR NO. FASTEST LAP
GP 17 2.54.7
HP 15 2:59.0
Sd 59 3.10.4

COMMENTS: Sharp's engine quit as he crossed the Start-Finish line in-the lead on Lap 9 because of water on the coil wires, finishing a lap back. Staples had carb trouble. Lorinez started a lap behind after being pushed off the grid with a jammed starter. Hopkins had a broken accelerator spring. Willes cracked a course marker on the first lap putting the pole thru his windshield hitting his shoulder. Driver o.k. Ratcliff ran out of gas.

RACE NO. 3 CLASSES C & D Production

TINE OF DAY 3:15 NO. OF LAPS 11 NO. OF MILES 35.53 
POS. NO. MAKE CLASS POS. DRIVER
1 74 MGB DP 1 Bolson
2 89 Healey 3000 DP 2 Ladd
3 19 Healey 3000 DP 3 Totten
4 97 MGB DP 4 Wilson
5 86 Alfa-Romeo DP 5 Bowers
DNF 23 MGB DP - Donna Mims
DNF 51 TVR DP - Mary Mims
DNF 5 TR-4 DP - Marks
DNF 81 Healy 3000 DP - Ashton

OVERALL TIMES AND AVERAGE SPEEDS
CLASS CAR NO, OVERALL TIME
CP - -
DP 74 32:46.3

FASTEST LAPS 
CLASS CAR NO. FASTEST LAP
CP - -
DP 19 2:32.9

COMMENTS: Marks held the lead for 3 laps with Ladd a close second. Then the TR-4's ignition began to break up. Ladd took the lead on the 4th but his Blue Streak t-7's weren't holding well on the turns. Bolson started catching 2 seconds a lap, passing Ladd on the 9th lap to win going away. Marks quit on the 6th lap with a sheared accelerator stud.

RACE 4 CLASSES B Production and C through G Modified

TIME OF DAY 4:00 NO. OF LAPS 11 NO. OF MILES 35.53
POS. NO. MAKE CLASS POS. DRIVER
1 12 Corvette BP 1 Yenko
2 57 Corvette BP 2 Mouat
3 2 Lola GM 1 Ralph
4 18 Elva GM 2 Heald
5 21 Lotus XlB GM 3 Reynolds
6 10 Cobra CM 1 Lowther
7 11 AC Buick CM 2 Guthrie
8 22 Corvette BP 3 Nagel
DNF 79 Dex-l CM - Wissell
DNF 19 Merlyn GM - McLaughlin

OVERALL TIMES AND AVERAGE SPEEDS
CLASS CAR NO. OVERALL TIME
BP 12 32:27.9
CM 10 35:55.8
GM 2 33:21.7

FASTEST LAPS
CLASS CAR NO. FASTEST LAP
BP 12 2:30.4
CM 10 3:29.3
GM 2 2:57.8

Lowther was in Nagel's Cobra running C Modified. Nagel drove Okney's Corvette. Yenko came off the second row and blasted by Lowther and Nagel into the lead. And that was the race. Lowther had too much torque and couldn't put his foot in it. Yenko lapped all but Mouat, Ralph, and Heald who ran pretty much together.

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