The 1955 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the fifth season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began February 27, 1955, and ended November 13, 1955, after fourteen races.
Schedule
| Rnd
|
Race
|
LengthA
|
Circuit
|
Location
|
Date
|
| 1
|
Florida National Sports Car Races
|
150 mi (240 km)
|
Fort Pierce road circuit
|
Fort Pierce, Florida
|
February 27
|
| 2
|
Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Race
|
100 mi (160 km)
|
Pebble Beach road circuit
|
Pebble Beach, California
|
April 17
|
| 3
|
Bakersfield National Sports Car Races
|
180 km (110 mi)
|
Minter Field
|
Bakersfield, California
|
May 1
|
| 4
|
Cumberland National Sports Car Races
|
1 hour
|
Greater Cumberland Regional Airport
|
Wiley Ford, West Virginia
|
May 15
|
| 5
|
Beverly National Sports Car Races
|
100 mi (160 km)
|
Beverly Airport
|
Beverly, Massachusetts
|
July 4
|
| 6
|
National Torrey Pines Sports Car Races
|
100 mi (160 km)
|
Camp Callan
|
San Diego, California
|
July 10
|
| 7
|
Seafair
|
?
|
Kitsap County Airport
|
Bremerton, Washington
|
July 31
|
| 8
|
Thompson Races
|
15 mi (24 km)
|
Thompson International Speedway
|
Thompson, Connecticut
|
September 4
|
| 9
|
Fairfax National Races
|
50 mi (80 km)
|
Fairfax Airport
|
Kansas City, Kansas
|
September 5
|
| 10
|
Elkhart Lake's Road America Road Race
|
150 mi (240 km)
|
Road America
|
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
|
September 11
|
| 11
|
International Sports Car Grand Prix at Watkins Glen
|
100 mi (160 km)
|
Watkins Glen road circuit
|
Watkins Glen, New York
|
September 17
|
| 12
|
Fairchild National Sports Car Races
|
100 mi (160 km)
|
Fairchild Air Force Base
|
Hagerstown, Maryland
|
October 16
|
| 13
|
Sacramento National Sports Car Road Races
|
100 mi (160 km)
|
California State Fair Grounds
|
Sacramento, California
|
October 30
|
| 14
|
National Grand Central Sports Car Races
|
100 mi (160 km)
|
Grand Central Airport
|
Glendale, California
|
November 13
|
- ^A Feature race
Season results
Feature race overall winners in bold.
- ^A Modified & Production classes were classified together at Pebble Beach
- ^B G Production were classified with F Production at Cumberland
- ^C An unrestricted class ran with B Modified, and was won by John Meyer in a Meyer-Cadillac Special.
- ^D A separate race for the fastest 10 drivers of the weekend was also held, won by John Gordon Bennett in a D Modified-class Maserati 300S.
- ^E Jaguar XKMs were classified separately from others in C Production at Thompson.
- ^F Separate Overall and Austin-Healey winners were declared in D Production at Thompson and Hagerstown.
- ^G Mercedes-Benz 300 SL were classified separately from others in D Production at Watkins Glen.
- ^H An unrestricted class was also run, and was won by John Plaisted in a Cheetah-Cadillac.
- ^I Separate Porsche and MG winners were declared in F Production at Hagerstown.
- ^J An unrestricted class was also run, and was won by Terry Hall in a Talbot Grand Prix car.
Champions
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