1959 British Saloon Car Championship

1959 British Saloon Car Championship
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The 1959 BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship was the second season of the championship. It began at Goodwood on 30 March and finished at Brands Hatch on 29 August. Jeff Uren became the second BSCC champion, thanks to his domination of Class C in his Ford Zephyr.^{[1] [2]}

Calendar & Winners

All races were held in the United Kingdom. Overall winners of multi-class races in bold.

Round		Circuit	Date	Class A Winner	Class B Winner	Class C Winner	Class D Winner
1		Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex	30 March	George 'Doc' Shepherd	Les Leston	Jeff Uren	Ivor Bueb
2		Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, Liverpool	18 April	George 'Doc' Shepherd	Les Leston	Jeff Uren	Ivor Bueb
3		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	2 May	George 'Doc' Shepherd	Gunnar Andersson	Peter Blond	Ivor Bueb
4	A	Crystal Palace, London	18 May	Geoff Williamson	Les Leston	Not contested.
	B	Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex		Not contested.		Jeff Uren	Gawaine Baillie
5		Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	14 June	George 'Doc' Shepherd	Peter Pilsworth	Jeff Uren	Gawaine Baillie
6	A	Brands Hatch, Kent	3 August	Geoff Williamson	Not contested.
	B			Not contested.	Les Leston	Jeff Uren	Gawaine Baillie
7	A	Brands Hatch, Kent	29 August	Geoff Williamson	Not contested.
	B			Not contested.	Bill Blydenstein	Jeff Uren	Jack Sears

Championship results

Driver's championship
Pos.	Driver	Car	Team	Class	Points
1	Jeff Uren	Ford Zephyr	Jeff Uren	C	46
2	Doc Shepherd	Austin A40		A	42
3	Les Leston	Riley 1.5		B	38
4	Len Adams	Austin A35	Team Speedwell	A	34
5	Bill Blydenstein	Borgward Isabella		B	33
6	Geoff Williamson	Austin A40	Alexander Engineering Co	A	26

References

1. http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=2 Official BTCC 1959 standings.
2. http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/1959%20BSCC.html

External links

• Official website of the British Touring Car Championship