1962 British Saloon Car Championship

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The 1962 BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship, was the fifth season of the

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 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland John Love United Kingdom Alan Hutcheson None (no entries?) United Kingdom Mike Parkes
2 Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex 23 April United Kingdom Christabel Carlisle United Kingdom Alan Hutcheson None (no entries) United Kingdom Graham Hill
3 Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, Liverpool 28 April Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland John Love United Kingdom Alan Hutcheson United Kingdom Nicky Byrne United Kingdom Graham Hill
4 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 12 May Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland John Love United Kingdom Peter Harper United Kingdom Innes Ireland United Kingdom Graham Hill
5
Crystal Palace, London
11 June Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland John Love United Kingdom Peter Harper None (no entries) United Kingdom Roy Salvadori
NC Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex Unknown. Unknown. United Kingdom Nicky Byrne P.J. Woodroffe
NC
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk
15 July United Kingdom Mick Clare United Kingdom Alan Hutcheson Unknown. United Kingdom Graham Hill
6 Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, Liverpool 21 July Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland John Love United Kingdom Peter Harper United Kingdom Nicky Byrne United Kingdom Jack Sears
7 Brands Hatch, Kent 6 August Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland John Love United Kingdom Peter Jopp United Kingdom David Haynes United Kingdom Mike Parkes
8 Oulton Park, Cheshire 1 September Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland John Love United Kingdom Peter Harper United Kingdom Chris McLaren? United Kingdom Graham Hill
NC* Brands Hatch, Kent 6 October United Kingdom John Aley
New Zealand Denny Hulme
Not contested. Italy Piero Frescobaldi
Italy Cesare Fiorio
United Kingdom Mike Parkes
United Kingdom Jimmy Blumer

Championship results

Driver's championship
Pos. Driver Car Team Class Points
1 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland John Love
Austin Mini Cooper
Cooper Car Co. A 52
2 United Kingdom Peter Harper Sunbeam Rapier Sunbeam Talbot Ltd B 49
3 United Kingdom Jack Sears
Jaguar Mk II 3.8
Equipe Endeavour D 38
4 United Kingdom Graham Hill
Jaguar Mk II 3.8
John Coombs D 37
5 United Kingdom Mike Parkes
Jaguar Mk II 3.8
Equipe Endeavour D 32
6 United Kingdom Peter Jopp Sunbeam Rapier Alan Fraser B 32
7 United Kingdom Alan Hutcheson
Riley 1.5
Barwell Motorsport B 31
8 United Kingdom John Whitmore
Austin Mini Cooper
Cooper Car Co. A 29

References

  1. ^ http://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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