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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 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> |
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==Calendar & Winners== |
==Calendar & Winners== |
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| [[Goodwood Circuit]], [[West Sussex]] |
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| {{flagicon|GBR}} Christabel Carlisle |
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Christabel Carlisle]] |
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| {{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Hutcheson |
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Hutcheson |
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Latest revision as of 00:12, 18 September 2024
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
[edit]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 | |
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| 1 | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk | 14 April |  John Love
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 Alan Hutcheson
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None (no entries?) | Mike Parkes
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| 2 | Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex | 23 April | Christabel Carlisle
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Alan Hutcheson
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None (no entries) | Graham Hill
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| 3 | Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, Liverpool | 28 April | John Love
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Alan Hutcheson
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Nicky Byrne
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Graham Hill
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| 4 | Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire | 12 May | John Love
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Peter Harper
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Innes Ireland
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Graham Hill
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| 5 | Crystal Palace, London | 11 June | John Love
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Peter Harper
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None (no entries) | Roy Salvadori
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| NC | Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex | Unknown. | Unknown. | Nicky Byrne
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 P.J. Woodroffe
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| NC | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk | 15 July | Mick Clare
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Alan Hutcheson
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Unknown. | Graham Hill
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| 6 | Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, Liverpool | 21 July | John Love
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Peter Harper
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Nicky Byrne
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Jack Sears
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| 7 | Brands Hatch, Kent | 6 August | John Love
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Peter Jopp
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David Haynes
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Mike Parkes
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| 8 | Oulton Park, Cheshire | 1 September | John Love
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Peter Harper
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Chris McLaren?
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Graham Hill
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| NC* | Brands Hatch, Kent | 6 October | John Aley Denny Hulme
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Not contested. |  Piero Frescobaldi Cesare Fiorio
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Mike Parkes Jimmy Blumer
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- 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
[edit]| Driver's championship | |||||
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| Pos. | Driver | Car | Team | Class | Points |
| 1 | John Love
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Morris Mini Cooper Austin Mini Cooper |
Cooper Car Co. | A | 52 |
| 2 | Peter Harper
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Sunbeam Rapier | Sunbeam Talbot Ltd | B | 49 |
| 3 | Jack Sears
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Jaguar Mk II 3.8 | Equipe Endeavour | D | 38 |
| 4 | Graham Hill
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Jaguar Mk II 3.8 | John Coombs | D | 37 |
| 5 | Mike Parkes
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Jaguar Mk II 3.8 | Equipe Endeavour | D | 32 |
| 6 | Peter Jopp
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Sunbeam Rapier | Alan Fraser | B | 32 |
| 7 | Alan Hutcheson
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Riley 1.5 | Barwell Motorsport | B | 31 |
| 8 | John Whitmore
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Austin Mini Cooper | Cooper Car Co. | A | 29 |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.