The 1954 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the fourth season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began January 31, 1954, and ended November 7, 1954, after twelve races. For the first time, championships were awarded to drivers in each class, rather than an overall championship as before.

Classes Class Displacement A over 5000cc B 4000–5000cc C 3000–4000cc D 2000–3000cc E 1500–2000cc F 1100–1500cc G 750–1100cc H under 750cc

Schedule

Rnd Race Length Circuit Location Date 1 Florida National Sports Car Races MacDill Air Force Base Tampa, Florida January 31 2 Savannah National Sports Car Races Hunter Air Force Base Savannah, Georgia March 14 3 Lone Star National Sports Car Race Bergstrom Air Force Base Austin, Texas March 28 4 Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Race Pebble Beach road circuit Pebble Beach, California April 11 5 National Capital Sports Car Races Andrews Air Force Base Washington, D.C. May 2 6 Chanute National Sports Car Races Chanute Air Force Base Rantoul, Illinois June 6 7 New England National Sports Car Races Westover Air Force Base Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts June 13 8 Offutt National Sports Car Races Offutt Air Force Base Omaha, Nebraska July 4 9 Lockbourne Sports Car Races Lockbourne Air Force Base Columbus, Ohio August 8 10 Thompson National Races Thompson International Speedway Thompson, Connecticut September 5 11 International Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen Watkins Glen road circuit Watkins Glen, New York September 18 12 Orange Empire National Races March Air Force Base Moreno Valley, California November 7

Feature race

Season results Feature race overall winners in bold.

Rnd Circuit BM Winning Team CM Winning Team CP Winning Team DM Winning Team DP Winning Team EM Winning Team EP Winning Team FM Winning Team FP Winning Team GM Winning Team HM Winning Team Results BM Winning Driver(s) CM Winning Driver(s) CP Winning Driver(s) DM Winning Driver(s) DP Winning Driver(s) EM Winning Driver(s) EP Winning Driver(s) FM Winning Driver(s) FP Winning Driver(s) GM Winning Driver(s) HM Winning Driver(s) 1 MacDill #3 Cunningham #5 Ferrari #12 Jaguar #6 Briggs Cunningham/Momo no entries #31 Saita no entries #1 Briggs Cunningham #18 MG #77 O.S.C.A. #81 Renault Results Phil Walters Jim Kimberly Austin Young John Fitch Robert Blackwood Briggs Cunningham Ralph Durbin Rees Makins Henry Gauding 2 Hunter #51 Briggs Cunningham #5 Ferrari #39 Jaguar #44 Ferrari #64 Austin-Healey #97 Kieft no entries #2 O.S.C.A. #33 Porsche #111 PB Crosley Results Sherwood Johnston Jim Kimberly Warren Smith Bill Lloyd Billy Dantone Bill Carpenter George Moffett Dick Pace George Schrafft 3 Bergstrom #20 Allard #5 Ferrari #53 Jaguar #52 Ferrari no entries no entries no entries #9 Porsche #49 Porsche no entries #66 D.B. Panhard Results Walt Gray Jim Kimberly Curtis Attaway Bill Jarnigan John von Neumann Art Bunker François Crouzet 4 Pebble Beach #107 Allard #26 Ferrari #1 Edwards #5 Ferrari #117 O.S.C.A. #124 Giaur #51 Crosley Special Results John Barneson Sterling Edwards Wagner Randy McDougall Chick Leson Hicks Harry Eyerly 5 Andrews #17 Jack R. Ensley #1 Bill Spear #178 Jaguar #2 William B. Lloyd #85 David Herson #46 Donald McKnought #146 James S. P. Robinson #42 Briggs Cunningham #65 Dick Thompson #107 Rees T. Makins #74 Candler H. Poole, Jr. Results Jack Ensley Bill Spear Stephen Spitler Bill Lloyd William Kinchloe Don McKnought Roger Wing Briggs Cunningham Dick Thompson Rees Makins Candy Poole 6 Chanute #17 Jack R. Ensley #5 James H. Kimberly #121 Jack Pry #136 J. M. R. Lyeth, Jr. unknown #10 Robert B. Kuhn unknown unknown #12 Max J. Goldman, Jr.#126 Ralph Durbin #47 Rees T. Makins unknown Results Jack Ensley Jim Kimberly Charles Wallace Charles Hassan Bob Kuhn Max Goldman (Porsche) Ralph Durbin (MG) Rees Makins 7 Westover no entries #5 Ferrari #40 Jaguar #25 Ferrari #22 Austin-Healey #85 Siata #95 Triumph #4 Lester MG #54 Porsche #91 O.S.C.A. #3 Bandini Results Jim Kimberly Charles Wallace Bill Lloyd Fred Allen George Schrafft Ron McConkey Duncan Black John Bye Jim Kimberly Henry Rudkin 8 Offutt #60 Charles Moran, Jr. #55 Tony Parravano #43 Curtis L. Attaway, Jr. #20 J. M. R. Lyeth, Jr. no finishers #7 C. Ted Boynton no finishers #66 Phil Stewart #90 Arthur S. Bunker, Jr. #77 Rees T. Makins #33 Roy Cherryholmes Results Charles Moran Jack McAfee Curtis Attaway Richard Lyeth Ted Boynton Phil Stewart Art Bunker Rees Makins Roy Cherryholmes 9 Lockbourne #68 Phil Walters #5 James H. Kimberly #79 C. C. Wallace no finishers #157 Austin-Healey #26 Lt. Col. Robert B. Kuhn #17 Triumph #91 James Simpson, Jr. #2 Dr. R. K. Thompson #4 Rees T. Makins #131 Jerry Rigden Results Sherwood Johnston Jim Kimberly Charles Wallace Robert Fergus Bob Kuhn Jim Brooks James Simpson Dick Thompson Rees Makins Jerry Rigden 10 Thompson #17 Kurtis Kraft #111 Ferrari #23 Jaguar #9 Ferrari #45 Austin-Healey #11 Maserati no finishers #1 Briggs Cunningham #76 Porsche#51 MG #14 O.S.C.A. #74 PBX Results Jack Ensley Bill Spear Charles Wallace Adrian Melville Robert Fergus Fred Procter Briggs Cunningham Chandler Lawrence (Overall) Mike Rodney Rees Makins Candy Poole 11 Watkins Glen #18 Briggs Cunningham #5 Jim Kimberly #66 Richard Perrin #132 William B. Lloyd #12 Fred Allen #110 Frederick W. Procter, Jr. #137 James S. P. Robinson #118 Rees T. Makins #107 Robert W. Magenheimer #127 Robert T. Keller #198 Briggs Cunningham Results Phil Walters Jim Kimberly Richard Perrin Bill Lloyd Roy Jackson-Moore Fred Proctor Jim Robinson Frank Bott Robert Magenheimer Robert T. Keller Marshall Lewis 12 March #104 Mabee Chrysler Special #4 Ferrari #83 Jaguar #71 Ferrari no entries #200 Triumph #183 Triumph #91 O.S.C.A. #118 Porsche #25 Panhard Special #31 Moretti Results Mickey Wysong Bill Spear Jim Peterson Howard Hively Walter Kieckhefer Lee Owen James Simpson Jean Pierre Kunstle Perry Peron John Biehl

G Modified were classified with H Modified at Hunter. Modified & Production classes were classified together at Pebble Beach. Separate MG and Porsche winners in F Production were declared at Chanute and Thompson. A separate race for the fastest 10 drivers of the weekend was also held, won by Walt Hansgen in a C Modified-class Jaguar C-Type.

Champions Class Driver Car B Modified Jack Ensley Kurtis Kraft 500S C Modified Jim Kimberly Ferrari 375 MM C Production Charles Wallace Jaguar XK120 D Modified Bill Lloyd Ferrari 225 S, Ferrari 2.7 D Production William Kinchloe Austin-Healey 100 E Modified Fred Wacker‡ Ted Boynton‡ Arnolt-BristolFrazer Nash Le Mans E Production Bob Salzgaber Triumph TR2 F Modified Briggs Cunningham O.S.C.A. MT4 F Production Dick Thompson‡ Art Bunker‡ Porsche 356, MG TDPorsche 356 Super Coupe, Roadster G Modified Rees Makins O.S.C.A. MT4 H Modified Candy Poole PBX Special

‡Tie

References

External links World Sports Racing Prototypes: SCCA 1954 Racing Sports Cars: SCCA archive Etceterini: 1954 program covers