The 1953 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the third season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began February 21, 1953, and ended November 8, 1953, after fifteen races. Bill Spear won the season championship.
Schedule
Rnd Race Length Circuit Location Date 1 Florida National Sports Car Races 6 hours MacDill Air Force Base Tampa, Florida February 21 2 Lone Star National Sports Car Races Bergstrom Air Force Base Austin, Texas April 12 3 Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Race Pebble Beach road circuit Pebble Beach, California April 19 4 Bridgehampton Sports Car Races Bridgehampton road circuit Bridgehampton, New York May 23 5 Golden Gate Sports Car Races Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California May 31 6 Race To The Clouds Mount Equinox Manchester, Vermont June 21 7 Offutt National Sports Car Races Offutt Air Force Base Omaha, Nebraska July 5 8 Giants Despair Hillclimb Giants Despair hill climb Laurel Run, Pennsylvania July 24 9 Ohio Sesqui-centennial National Sports Car Races Lockbourne Air Force Base Columbus, Ohio August 9 10 Moffet NAS Races 2 hours, 30 minutes Naval Air Station Moffett Mountain View, California August 16 11 Janesville National Sports Car Races Rock County Municipal Airport Janesville, Wisconsin August 23 12 Thompson National Races Thompson International Speedway Thompson, Connecticut September 6 13 Stead National Sports Car Races 2 hours, 30 minutes Stead Air Force Base Reno, Nevada October 18 14 Sowega International Sports Car Races Turner Air Force Base Albany, Georgia October 25 15 Orange Empire National Sports Car Races March Air Force Base Moreno Valley, California November 8
Feature race
Season results Note: Although support races counted towards the season points championship, only feature race overall winners are listed below. Rnd Circuit Winning team Results Winning driver(s) 1 MacDill #4 Cunningham Results John Fitch 2 Bergstrom #5 Ferrari Results Jim Kimberly 3 Pebble Beach #2 Phil Hill Results Phil Hill 4 Bridgehampton #1 William C. Spear Results Bill Spear 5 Golden Gate #58 Jaguar Results Masten Gregory 6 Mt. Equinox #74 Jaguar Results Sherwood Johnston 7 Offutt #58 Masten Gregory Results Masten Gregory 8 Giants' Despair #21 Delvan Lee Results Delvan Lee 9 Lockbourne #11 Ferrari Results Bill Spear 10 Moffett #30 Bill Stroppe Results Bill Stroppe 11 Janesville #5 Ferrari Results Jim Kimberly 12 Thompson #32 Briggs Cunningham Results Phil Walters 13 Reno #26 Sterling Edwards Results Sterling Edwards 14 Turner #90 Bill Spear Results Bill Spear 15 March #15 Briggs Cunningham Results John Fitch
External links World Sports Racing Prototypes: SCCA 1953 Racing Sports Cars: SCCA archive Etceterini: 1953 program covers