# SCCA National Sports Car Championship

The SCCA National Sports Car Championship was a sports car racing series organized by the Sports Car Club of America from 1951 until 1964. It was the first post-World War II sports car series organized in the United States. An amateur championship, it was eventually replaced by the professional United States Road Racing Championship and the amateur American Road Race of Champions, which continues to this day as the SCCA National Championship Runoffs.

## History

The championship was created in 1951 from existing SCCA events. Until 1953, a single championship was awarded, with points paid based on finishing position within each class. From 1954, champions were named in each class.
Following the 1962 season, the professional USAC Road Racing Championship collapsed, leaving many competitors looking for a series. The SCCA created the United States Road Racing Championship as a professional series in 1963, moving focus away from the amateur National Championship. In 1965, the SCCA dropped the national championship series and awarded national championships to champions from each region. Top drivers from the regions were invited to the American Road Race of Champions (today known as the National Championship Runoffs) at the end of the season. For 1966, national championships were awarded only to winners at the ARRC, a system which continues today as the Runoffs has become the most prestigious road racing event for club racers.

## Champions
### Overall (1951–1953)

| Year | Champion |
| 1951 | John FitchCunningham, Jaguar |
| 1952 | Sherwood JohnstonJaguar |
| 1953 | Bill SpearFerrari |

### Modified classes (1954–1964)

| Year | B Modified | C Modified | D Modified | E Modified | F Modified | G Modified | H Modified | I Modified |
| 1954 | Jack EnsleyKurtis Kraft | Jim KimberlyFerrari | Bill LloydFerrari | Fred Wacker‡Bristol | Briggs CunninghamOsca | Rees MakinsOsca | Candy PoolePBX Special | – |
| 1954 | Jack EnsleyKurtis Kraft | Jim KimberlyFerrari | Bill LloydFerrari | Ted Boynton‡Frazer Nash, Bristol | Briggs CunninghamOsca | Rees MakinsOsca | Candy PoolePBX Special | – |
| 1955 | Charles MoranCunningham | Sherwood JohnstonFerrari, Jaguar | Phil HillFerrari | James LoweFrazer Nash, Bristol | Pete LovelyCooper | Skip SwartleyOsca | Dolph VilardiBandini | – |
| 1956 | Walt GrayAllard | Walt HansgenJaguar | Bill LloydMaserati | E. B. LunkenFerrari | Jack McAfeePorsche | Frank BaptistaLotus | James OrrDevin Panhard | – |
| 1957 | J. E. RoseChevrolet | Walt HansgenJaguar | Paul O'SheaMercedes-Benz | Gaston AndreyFerrari | Charles WallacePorsche | Frank BaptistaLotus | Melvin SachsBandini | – |
| 1958 | Hal UllrichExcalibur | Walt HansgenLister | James JohnstonFerrari | Gaston AndreyFerrari | Bob HolbertPorsche | Frank BaptistaElva, Lotus | Martin Tanner"Martin T" Special | Sam MosesBerkeley |
| 1959 | John StaverEchidna | Dick ThompsonLister, Chevrolet | Alan ConnellFerrari, Maserati | Gaston AndreyFerrari | Don SesslarPorsche | Art TweedaleElva | James EichenlaubOsca | – |
| 1960 | Augie PabstScarab | Dick ThompsonChevrolet | Gaston AndreyMaserati | Bob HolbertPorsche | Roger PenskePorsche | Millard RipleyLola, Lotus | Oliver SchmidtOsca | Phillips JeffreyBerkeley |
| 1961 | Harry HeuerScarab | Pete HarrisonLister | Roger PenskeMaserati, Cooper | Bob HolbertPorsche | Bob BucherPorsche | Charles KurtzLola | Oliver SchmidtLola, Osca | Phillips JeffreyBerkeley |
| 1962 | – | Harry HeuerChaparral, Scarab | Roger PenskeMaserati, Cooper | Bob HolbertPorsche | Joe BuzzettaPorsche | M. R. J. WyllieLola | Glenn BaldwinLotus | – |
| 1963 | – | Harry HeuerChaparral | Roger PenskeCooper | Joe BuzzettaPorsche | Peter SachsLotus | Chuck DietrichBobsy | Bill GreerDKW | – |
| 1964 | – | Ed LowtherGenie | Tom O'BrienFerrari | Lee HallElva | Don WolfElva | Charles BarnsMerlyn | Ed WalshLotus | – |

### Production classes (1954–1965)

| Year | A Production | B Production | C Production | D Production | E Production | F Production | G Production | H Production | I Production | J Production |
| 1954 | – | – | Charles WallaceJaguar | William KinchloeAustin-Healey | Bob SalzgaberTriumph | Dick Thompson‡Porsche, MG | – | – | – | – |
| 1954 | – | – | Charles WallaceJaguar | William KinchloeAustin-Healey | Bob SalzgaberTriumph | Art Bunker‡Porsche | – | – | – | – |
| 1955 | – | – | Charles WallaceJaguar | Paul O'SheaMercedes-Benz | Gaston AndreyMorgan | Bengt SöderströmPorsche | George ValentineMG | – | – | – |
| 1956 | – | – | Harry CarterJaguar | Paul O'SheaMercedes-Benz | Bengt SöderströmPorsche | Lake UnderwoodPorsche | Emil PupulidyPorsche | – | – | – |
| 1957 | – | Dick ThompsonChevrolet | Harry CarterMercedes-Benz | Fred MooreAustin-Healey | Bob KuhnAC | Lake UnderwoodPorsche | Templeton BriggsAlfa Romeo | – | – | – |
| 1958 | – | Jim JeffordsChevrolet | George ReedFerrari | Dick ThompsonAustin-Healey | Harry CarterAC | Emil PupulidyPorsche | Bob GrossmanAlfa Romeo | Howard HannaD.B. Panhard | – | – |
| 1959 | – | Jim JeffordsChevrolet | Bob GrossmanFerrari | Fred SprossAustin-Healey | Pierre MionAC | Harry BlanchardPorsche | Chuck StoddardAlfa Romeo | Ray HeppenstallD.B. Panhard | Paul RichardsFiat-Abarth | Ed WrightBerkeley |
| 1960 | – | Bob JohnsonChevrolet | Bruce JenningsPorsche | Elliott PewAC | Duncan BlackDaimler | Douglas DiffenderferSiata | Vince TamburoSunbeam | Chandler LawrenceFiat-Abarth | – | – |
| 1961 | Bob HathawayFerrari | Dick ThompsonChevrolet | Pierre MionAC | Chuck StoddardAlfa Romeo | Mark DonohueElva | Howard HannaD.B. Panhard | Al WeaverAlfa Romeo | Rod HarmonAustin-Healey | – | – |
| 1962 | Dick ThompsonChevrolet | Don YenkoChevrolet | Dave ClarkLotus | Bert EverettPorsche | Bob TulliusTriumph | Howard HannaD.B. | Lynn BlanchardAlfa Romeo | Ed AstriFiat-Abarth | – | – |
| 1963 | Bob JohnsonFord | Don YenkoChevrolet | Duncan BlackDaimler | Bob TulliusTriumph | Lake UnderwoodPorsche | Robert ShawAlfa Romeo | Pete Van der VateAustin-Healey | Donna Mae MimsAustin-Healey | – | – |
| 1964 | Bob JohnsonFord | Frank DominianniChevrolet | Bruce JenningsPorsche | Bob TulliusTriumph | Hans ZereisPorsche | Don SesslarSunbeam | Pete Van der VateMorgan | Carl TruittAustin-Healey | – | – |
| 1965 | Ford | Jerry Titus Ford | | | | | | | | |
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