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American Road Race of Champions (F/SCCA class)

Daytona, 28 Nov 1965

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Earl Jones (FB) 1.6-litre LeGrand Mk 3B [001] - Alfa Romeo
#62B
38
81.859 mph
2 Stew McMillen (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 27 - Ford twin cam
#31B
38
3 Alan Gottlieb (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 22 - Ford twin cam
#12B
37
4 Bob McQueen (FB) 1.6-litre Formcar - Porsche
#21B
37
5 Boyd Groberg (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus
#64B
36
6 Gaston Andrey (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus - Alfa Romeo
#11B
36
7 Larry Skeels (FC) 1-litre Cooper FJ Mk III 'T59' - BMC
#31C
36 1st in FC
10 Alson Brizard (FB) 1.6-litre Cooper FJ Mk II 'T56' [FJ-2-62] - Alfa Romeo
#61B
35
R Don Burris (FB) 1.6-litre Cooper - Ford twin cam
#15B
11
R Nick Dioguardi (FC) 1.1-litre Brabham BT6/BT9 [FJ-19-63] - Ford
#63C (see note 1)
7

All cars are 3-litre FA unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Stew McMillen (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 27 - Ford twin cam
2 Earl Jones (FB) 1.6-litre LeGrand Mk 3B [001] - Alfa Romeo
3 Gaston Andrey (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus - Alfa Romeo
4 Alan Gottlieb (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 22 - Ford twin cam
5 Bob McQueen (FB) 1.6-litre Formcar - Porsche
6 Don Burris (FB) 1.6-litre Cooper - Ford twin cam
7 Alson Brizard (FB) 1.6-litre Cooper FJ Mk II 'T56' [FJ-2-62] - Alfa Romeo
10 Larry Skeels (FC) 1-litre Cooper FJ Mk III 'T59' - BMC
14 Boyd Groberg (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus
21 Nick Dioguardi (FC) 1.1-litre Brabham BT6/BT9 [FJ-19-63] - Ford

Notes on the cars:

  1. Brabham BT6/BT9 [FJ-19-63] (Nick Dioguardi): To Grand Prix International (Los Angeles, CA) and first seen when raced by Kurt Neumann in an SCCA race in the car park of Dodger Stadium in December 1963. Raced by Bruce Kessler (Beverly Hills, CA) in SCCA Nationals in early 1964 but crashed at Del Mar in March. Then raced by Lothar Motschenbacher (also Beverley Hills, CA) in May and then by Neumann again in June. Sold to Nick Dioguardi (Glendale, CA) and run in the new Formula C in 1965 and 1966. Despite competition from SCA-engined cars, Dioguardi won the 1966 Run-Offs in this car. Last seen when advertised by Alan Bouverat (Saratoga, FL) in December 1967 so this would be the FC Brabham that Bouverat raced in the War Bonnett SCCA Nationals in October 1967. Subsequent history unknown.

Sources

Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.

US information has been taken from SCCA results sheets with additional information from Autoweek race reports and from some entry lists. Thanks to David McKinney and Wolfgang Klopfer for providing these. Identifying the classes and model of some entries has proved very difficult so all new information would be welcomed.

All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen (allen@oldracingcars.com) if you can help in any way with our research.