Bridgehampton 400 km race 1962, 1st race

Porsche 356 B Carrera Abarth GTL

The 400 km race of Bridgehampton 1962 , also Double 400 (Grand Touring 2000), Bridgehampton , for GT racing cars up to 2 liter displacement took place on September 15, 1962 at the Bridgehampton Race Circuit and was the 13th race of Sports car world championship this year.

The race

The Bridgehampton road circuit became a permanent race track in 1953, where sports car races were held until 1971. In 1962 there were two championship races on the track within two days. The first race was reserved for GT vehicles with a maximum displacement of 2 liters, which competed in two racing classes. The overall standings were won by Bob Holbert in a Porsche 356 B Carrera Abarth GTL . In the class up to 1 liter displacement, Bob Grossman remained victorious in the Fiat-Abarth 1000 .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GT 2.0	31	Chuck Cassel	Bob Holbert	Porsche 356 B Carrera Abarth GTL	86
2	GT 2.0	77	Bruce Jennings	Bruce Jennings	Porsche 356 B 1600 GS Carrera	85
3	GT 1.0	9	Bob Grossman	Bob Grossman	Fiat-Abarth 1000	85
4th	GT 1.0	60	Briggs Cunningham	Walt Hansgen	Fiat-Abarth 1000	85
5	GT 2.0	83	Martini & Rossi	Paul Richards	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	84
6th	GT 2.0	82	Martini & Rossi	Charlie Kolb	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	83
7th	GT 2.0	21st	Elaine Hoffman	Fred Hoffman	Porsche 356 B 1600 GS Carrera	82
8th	GT 2.0	10	George Fogg	George Fogg Gaston Andrey	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	81
9	GT 2.0	6th	Harry Theodoracopoulos	Harry Theodoracopoulos Freddie Barrette	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	81
10	GT 1.0	62	Briggs Cunningham	Ed Hugus	Fiat-Abarth 1000	80
11	GT 2.0	17th	RM imports	Ed Mottern Gordon MacKenzie	TVR Grantura	77
12	GT 1.0	81	Ruth Havemeyer	Robert Weiser Allan Wylie	Fiat-Abarth 750	77
13	GT 2.0	4th	Filippo Theodoli	Filippo Theodoli Freddie Barrette	Sunbeam Harrington	76
14th	GT 2.0	16	RM imports	Sy Kaback Stan Sherman	TVR Grantura	72
15th	GT 1.0	39	Leonard Patterson	Leonard Patterson Harry Fanelli	Fiat-Abarth 750	68
16	GT 2.0	14th	Stefan Szwarce	Stefan Szwarce	Porsche 356 B 1600 GS Carrera	62
Failed
17th	GT 1.0	1	Rod Harmon	Rod Harmon	Fiat-Abarth 850
18th	GT 2.0	3	Kind Riley	Kind Riley	Volvo P1800
19th	GT 2.0	7th	Competition imports	Joe Buzzetta	Porsche 356 B 1600 GS Carrera
20th	GT 2.0	15th	RM imports	Mark Donohue Mike Rothschild	TVR Grantura
21st	GT 1.0	41	Elaine Hoffman	Vic Meinhardt	Turner 950 Sports
22nd	GT 1.0	61	Briggs Cunningham	Roger Penske	Fiat-Abarth 1000

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
23	GT 1.0	5	Frank Mabry	Denise McCluggage	Austin-Healey Speedwell Sprite
24	GT 2.0	18th	Anthony Koshland	Anthony Koshland Charlie Hayes	Alfa Romeo Giulietta
25th	GT 2.0	28	William Haenalt	William Haenalt George Powers	Porsche 356
26th	GT 2.0	69	North American Racing Team	George Arents Robert Publicker	Osca 1600GT
26th	GT 2.0	78	Bruce Jennings	Duncan Black	Porsche 356 B 1600 GS Carrera

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GT 2.0	Bob Holbert	Porsche 356 B Carrera Abarth GTL	Overall victory
GT 1.0	Bob Grossman	Fiat-Abarth 1000	Rank 3

Racing data

• Registered: 26
• Started: 22
• Valued: 16
• Race classes: 2
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cold and dry
• Route length: 4.603 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 3:01: 16,600 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 86
• Total distance of the winning team: 395.834 km
• Winner's average: 131.015 km / h
• Pole position: unknown
• Fastest race lap: Bob Holbert - Porsche 356 B Carrera Abarth GTL (# 31) - 2: 03.200 = 134.495 km / h
• Racing series: 13th round of the 1962 World Sports Car Championship

Web links

• Race results

Previous race 500 km race on the Nürburgring 1962

Sports car world championship

Succession race 400-km race at Bridgehampton in 1962, the second race