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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]

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	11 June	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

References

^ http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=8 Archived 2011-09-11 at the Wayback Machine Official BTCC 1962 standings.
^ "British Saloon Car Championship - 1962". 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 1962 standings.

[2] "British Saloon Car Championship - 1962". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2010-11-05.

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+{{Short description|5th season of the British Touring Car Championship}}
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-The '''1962 BRSCC [[British Touring Car Championship|British Saloon Car Championship]]''', was the 5th season of the championship. It began at [[Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit|Snetterton]] on 14 April and finished at [[Oulton Park]] on 1 September. Rhodesian driver [[John Love (racing driver)|John Love]] became the first non-British BSCC winner, driving a [[Mini|Mini Cooper]], making it the second consecutive championship win for the marque.<ref>http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=8 Official BTCC 1962 standings.</ref><ref>http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/1962%20BSCC.html</ref>
+The '''1962 BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship''', was the fifth season of the [[British Touring Car Championship|championship]]. It began at [[Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit|Snetterton]] on 14 April and finished at [[Oulton Park]] on 1 September. Rhodesian driver [[John Love (racing 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.<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 1962 standings.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/1962%20BSCC.html |title=British Saloon Car Championship - 1962 |access-date=2010-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311004230/http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/1962%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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 !colspan=2| 1
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit]], [[Norfolk]]
+| [[Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit]], [[Norfolk]]
-| April 14
+| 14 April
 | {{flagicon|Rhodesia and Nyasaland}} [[John Love (racing driver)|John Love]]
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Hutcheson
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 |-
 !colspan=2| 2
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Goodwood Circuit]], [[West Sussex]]
+| [[Goodwood Circuit]], [[West Sussex]]
-| April 23
+| 23 April
-| {{flagicon|GBR}} Christabel Carlisle
+| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Christabel Carlisle]]
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Hutcheson
 |align=center| ''None (no entries)''
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 |-
 !colspan=2| 3
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Aintree Motor Racing Circuit]], [[Liverpool]]
+| [[Aintree Motor Racing Circuit]], [[Liverpool]]
-| April 28
+| 28 April
 | {{flagicon|Rhodesia and Nyasaland}} [[John Love (racing driver)|John Love]]
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Hutcheson
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 |-
 !colspan=2| 4
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Silverstone Circuit]], [[Northamptonshire]]
+| [[Silverstone Circuit]], [[Northamptonshire]]
-| May 12
+| 12 May
 | {{flagicon|Rhodesia and Nyasaland}} [[John Love (racing driver)|John Love]]
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Harper
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 |-
 !colspan=2| 5
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Crystal Palace (circuit)|Crystal Palace]], [[London]]
+| [[Crystal Palace (circuit)|Crystal Palace]], [[London]]
-|rowspan=2| June 11
+|rowspan=2| 11 June
 | {{flagicon|Rhodesia and Nyasaland}} [[John Love (racing driver)|John Love]]
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Harper
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 |-
 !colspan=2| NC
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Goodwood Circuit]], [[West Sussex]]
+| [[Goodwood Circuit]], [[West Sussex]]
 | align=center| ''Unknown.''
 | align=center| ''Unknown.''
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 |-
 !colspan=2| NC
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit]], [[Norfolk]]
+| [[Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit]], [[Norfolk]]
-| July 15
+| 15 July
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mick Clare
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Hutcheson
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 |-
 !colspan=2| 6
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Aintree Motor Racing Circuit]], [[Liverpool]]
+| [[Aintree Motor Racing Circuit]], [[Liverpool]]
-| July 21
+| 21 July
 | {{flagicon|Rhodesia and Nyasaland}} [[John Love (racing driver)|John Love]]
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Harper
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 |-
 !colspan=2| 7
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brands Hatch]], [[Kent]]
+| [[Brands Hatch]], [[Kent]]
-| August 6
+| 6 August
 | {{flagicon|Rhodesia and Nyasaland}} [[John Love (racing driver)|John Love]]
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Jopp
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 |-
 !colspan=2| 8
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Oulton Park]], [[Cheshire]]
+| [[Oulton Park]], [[Cheshire]]
-| September 1
+| 1 September
 | {{flagicon|Rhodesia and Nyasaland}} [[John Love (racing driver)|John Love]]
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Harper
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 |-
 !colspan=2| NC*
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brands Hatch]], [[Kent]]
+| [[Brands Hatch]], [[Kent]]
-| October 6
+| 6 October
 | {{flagicon|GBR}} John Aley<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Denny Hulme]]
 |align=center| ''Not contested.''
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 {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
-! colspan=5 | Driver's championship
+! colspan=6 | Driver's championship
 |-
 ! Pos.
 ! Driver
+! Car
 ! Team
 ! Class
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 |align=center| 1
 | {{flagicon|Rhodesia and Nyasaland}} [[John Love (racing driver)|John Love]]
+| [[Morris Mini Cooper]]<br>[[Austin Mini Cooper]]
 | Cooper Car Co.
 |align=center| A
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 |-
 |align=center| 2
-| {{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| 3
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jack Sears]]
+| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jack Sears]]
+| [[Jaguar Mk II 3.8]]
 | Equipe Endeavour
 |align=center| D
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 |-
 |align=center| 4
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Graham Hill]]
+| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Graham Hill]]
+| [[Jaguar Mk II 3.8]]
 | John Coombs
 |align=center| D
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 |-
 |align=center| 5
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mike Parkes]]
+| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Mike Parkes]]
+| [[Jaguar Mk II 3.8]]
 | Equipe Endeavour
 |align=center| D
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 |-
 |align=center| 6
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Jopp]]
+| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Peter Jopp]]
+| [[Sunbeam Rapier]]
 | Alan Fraser
 |align=center| B
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 |-
 |align=center| 7
-| {{flagicon|}} [[Alan Hutcheson]]
+| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Alan Hutcheson]]
+| [[Riley 1.5]]
 | Barwell Motorsport
 |align=center| B
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 |-
 |align=center| 8
-| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Whitmore (racing driver)|John Whitmore]]
+| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[John Whitmore (racing driver)|John Whitmore]]
+| [[Austin Mini Cooper]]
 | Cooper Car Co.
 |align=center| A
 |align=center| 29
-|-
 |}
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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:1962 in motorsport|British Touring Car Championship]]
+[[Category:1962 in British motorsport|British Saloon Car Championship]]
-[[fr:Championnat britannique des voitures de tourisme 1962]]

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