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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]

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

References

^ http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=8 Archived 2011-09-11 at the Wayback Machine Official BTCC 1965 standings.
^ "British Saloon Car Championship - 1961". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2010-11-05.

External links

Official website of the British Touring Car Championship

[1] ttp://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=8 Archived 2011-09-11 at the Wayback Machine Official BTCC 1965 standings.

[2] "British Saloon Car Championship - 1961". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2010-11-05.

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-The '''1961 [[British Touring Car Championship|British Saloon Car Championship]]''', was the 4th season of the championship. It began at [[Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit|Snetterton]] on March 25 and finished after 9 races back at Snetterton on September 30. The championship switched to the new [[Group 2 (racing)|Group 2]] regulations. This year saw the first championship win for a [[Mini]], with a car driven by [[John Whitmore (racing driver)|John Whitmore]], winning the title in his debut season.<ref>http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=8 Official BTCC 1965 standings.</ref><ref>http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/1961%20BSCC.html</ref>
+The '''1961 BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship''', was the fourth season of the [[British Touring Car Championship|championship]]. It began at [[Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit|Snetterton]] on 25 March and finished after 9 races back at Snetterton on 30 September. The championship switched to the new [[Group 2 (racing)|Group 2]] regulations. This year saw the first championship win for a [[Mini]], with a car driven by [[John Whitmore (racing driver)|John Whitmore]], winning the title in his debut season.<ref>http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=8 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911100900/http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=8 |date=2011-09-11 }} Official BTCC 1965 standings.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/1961%20BSCC.html |title=British Saloon Car Championship - 1961 |access-date=2010-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311010039/http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/1961%20BSCC.html |archive-date=2009-03-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 ==Calendar & Winners==
-Overall winners in '''bold'''.
+All races were held in the United Kingdom. Overall winners in '''bold'''.
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-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit]], [[Norfolk]]
+|  [[Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit]], [[Norfolk]]
-| March 25
+| 25 March
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Doc Shepherd|George 'Doc' Shepherd]]
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Hutcheson
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-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Goodwood Circuit]], [[West Sussex]]
+|  [[Goodwood Circuit]], [[West Sussex]]
-| April 3
+| 3 April
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} [[John Whitmore (racing driver)|John Whitmore]]
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Blydenstein
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-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Aintree Motor Racing Circuit]], [[Liverpool]]
+|  [[Aintree Motor Racing Circuit]], [[Liverpool]]
-| April 22
+| 22 April
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} [[John Whitmore (racing driver)|John Whitmore]]
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Hutcheson
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-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Silverstone Circuit]], [[Northamptonshire]]
+|  [[Silverstone Circuit]], [[Northamptonshire]]
-| May 6
+| 6 May
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Bill Aston]]
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Harper
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-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Crystal Palace (circuit)|Crystal Palace]], [[London]]
+|  [[Crystal Palace (circuit)|Crystal Palace]], [[London]]
-| May 22
+| 22 May
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Doc Shepherd|George 'Doc' Shepherd]]
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Blydenstein
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-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Silverstone Circuit]], [[Northamptonshire]]
+|  [[Silverstone Circuit]], [[Northamptonshire]]
-| July 8
+| 8 July
-| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Herbert Linge]]
+| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Herbert Linge]]
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Ellis Cuff-Miller
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Chris Kerrison
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-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brands Hatch]], [[Kent]]
+|  [[Brands Hatch]], [[Kent]]
-| August 7
+| 7 August
 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Frank Hamlin
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Hutcheson
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-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Oulton Park]], [[Cheshire]]
+|  [[Oulton Park]], [[Cheshire]]
-| September 23
+| 23 September
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} [[John Whitmore (racing driver)|John Whitmore]]
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Harper
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-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit]], [[Norfolk]]
+|  [[Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit]], [[Norfolk]]
-| September 30
+| 30 September
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Doc Shepherd|George 'Doc' Shepherd]]
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Harper
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 ! Pos.
 ! Driver
+! Car
 ! Team
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-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Whitmore (racing driver)|John Whitmore]]
+| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[John Whitmore (racing driver)|John Whitmore]]
+| [[Austin Mini Seven]]
 | Don Moore
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 |align=center| 2
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mike Parkes]]
+| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Mike Parkes]]
+| [[Jaguar Mk II 3.8]]
 | Equipe Endeavour
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-| {{flagicon|}} [[Alan Hutcheson]]
+| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Alan Hutcheson]]
+| [[Riley 1.5]]
 | Barwell Motorsport
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-| {{flagicon|}} [[Bill Blydenstein]]
+| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Bill Blydenstein]]
+| [[Borgward Isabella TS]]
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 |align=center| 5
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Roy Salvadori]]
+| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Roy Salvadori]]
+| [[Jaguar Mk II 3.8]]
 | John Coombs
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 |-
 |align=center| 6
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Graham Hill]]
+| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Graham Hill]]
+| [[Jaguar Mk II 3.8]]
 | Equipe Endeavour
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 |align=center| 7
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Harper (racing driver)|Peter Harper]]
+| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Peter Harper (racing driver)|Peter Harper]]
+| [[Sunbeam Rapier]]
 | Sunbeam Talbot Ltd
 |align=center| B
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 |-
 |align=center| 8
-| {{flagicon|}} [[John Aley]]
+| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[John Aley]]
+| [[Austin Mini Seven]]<br>[[Morris Mini Minor]]
 | Don Moore
 |align=center| A
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 |-
 |align=center| 9
-| {{flagicon|}} [[Edward Lewis (racing driver)|Edward Lewis]]
+| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Edward Lewis (racing driver)|Edward Lewis]]
+| [[Austin Mini Seven]]<br>[[Riley 1.5]]
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 |align=center| B
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 |align=center| 10
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bill Aston]]
+| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Bill Aston]]
+| [[Morris Mini Minor]]
 | Downton Engineering Ltd
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-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Doc Shepherd]]
+| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Doc Shepherd]]
+| [[Austin Mini Seven]]
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 |align=center| A
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 |align=center| 12
-| {{flagicon|}} [[Chris Kerrison]]
+| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Chris Kerrison]]
+| [[Jaguar Mk II 2.4]]
 | Gerrards Cross Motor Co.
 |align=center| C
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 == External links ==
 *[http://www.btcc.net Official website of the British Touring Car Championship]
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 [[Category:British Touring Car Championship seasons]]
-[[Category:1961 in motorsport|British Touring Car Championship]]
+[[Category:1961 in British motorsport|British Saloon Car Championship]]
-[[fr:Championnat britannique des voitures de tourisme 1961]]

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