The 1952 SCCA National Sports Car Championship was the second season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began March 8, 1952 and ended October 26, 1952 after eleven rounds. Sherwood Johnston won the championship.
Schedule Rnd Race Length Circuit Location Date 1 Florida Handicap Vero Beach Endurance Road Race 12 hours Vero Beach Airport Vero Beach, Florida March 8 2 Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Race Pebble Beach road circuit Pebble Beach, California April 20 3 Bridgehampton Sports Car Road Races Bridgehampton road circuit Bridgehampton, New York May 24 4 Golden Gate Road Race Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California May 31 5 Climb To The Clouds Mount Equinox Manchester, Vermont ? 6 Burke Mountain Hillclimb ? Burke Mountain Burke, Vermont ? 7 Giants Despair Hillclimb Giants Despair hill climb Laurel Run, Pennsylvania July 25 8 SCCA National Races Thompson International Speedway Thompson, Connecticut August 17 9 Elkhart Lake Road Race Elkhart Lake road circuit Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin September 7 10 International Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen Watkins Glen road circuit Watkins Glen, New York September 20 11 Sowega National Sports Car Races 4 hours Turner Air Force Base Albany, Georgia October 26
Feature race
Championship results Note: Although both support and feature races counted towards the championship, only feature race overall winners are listed below. Rnd Circuit Winning team Results Winning driver(s) 1 Vero Beach #5 Ferrari Results Jim Kimberly Marshall Lewis 2 Pebble Beach #14 Bill Carstens Results Bill Pollack 3 Bridgehamption #20 Bill Spear Results Bill Spear 4 Golden Gate Tom Carstens Results Bill Pollack 5 Mt. Equinox ? Results George Weaver 6 Burke Mountain ? Results George Weaver 7 Giants Despair #76 Briggs Cunningham Results Phil Walters 8 Thompson #76 Briggs Cunningham Results Phil Walters 9 Elkhart Lake #3 Briggs Cunningham Results John Fitch 10 Watkins Glen not completed Results 11 Turner #2 Briggs Cunningham Results John Fitch
Race not completed due to fatal accident involving spectators.
Recerences
External links World Sports Racing Prototypes: SCCA 1952 Racing Sports Cars: SCCA archive Etceterini: 1952 SCCA Race Results