Bridgehampton 400 km race 1962, 2nd race

The second 400 km race of Bridgehampton 1962 , also Double 400, Bridgehampton , took place on September 16, 1962 at the Bridgehampton Race Circuit and was the 14th round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

One day after the GT car race, another championship race of the 1962 World Sports Car Championship took place on the Bridgehampton circuit . This time GT and racing cars over 2 liters were eligible to compete. After driving almost three hours, Pedro Rodríguez won in a Ferrari 330TRI / LM with two laps ahead of Bob Grossman in a Ferrari 250 GTO .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	SR / S + 2.0	8th	North American Racing Team	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari 330TRI / LM	87
2	GT + 2.0	17th	Bob Grossman	Bob Grossman	Ferrari 250 GTO	85
3	GT + 2.0	57	Scuderia Bear	Charlie Hayes Ed Hugus	Ferrari 250 GTO	84
4th	SR / S 2.0	78	Charles Kurtz	Millard Ripley Charles Kurtz	Porsche 718 RS 61	84
5	SR / S 2.0	36	David ship	David Schiff William Wonder	Porsche 718 RS 60	83
6th	GT + 2.0	60	Briggs Cunningham	Walt Hansgen	Jaguar E-Type	82
7th	GT + 2.0	41	Bob Brown	Bob Brown	Chevrolet Corvette	82
8th	GT + 2.0	18th	Florence Wylie	Allan Wylie Gerry Georgi	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	81
9	GT + 2.0	11	Grady Davis	Dick Thompson Grady Davis	Chevrolet Corvette	81
10	SR / S + 2.0	15th	Andrew Hedges	John Todd Webster Todd	Warwick Special GT	78
11	GT + 2.0	54	John Baxter	Chuck Dietrich John Baxter	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	72
12	GT + 2.0	81	Harry Theodoracopoulos	Harry Theodoracopoulos Filippo Theodoli Freddie Barrette	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	72
Failed
13	SR / S 2.0	99	Herb Swan	Herb Swan	Porsche 718 RS 61	77
14th	SR / S + 2.0	61	Briggs Cunningham	Augie Pabst	Maserati Tipo 151	55
15th	SR / S 2.0	23	North American Racing Team	Denise McCluggage Allen Eager	Osca S1000	42
16	SR / S 2.0	14th	Bob Holbert	Bob Holbert	Porsche 718 RS 61/62	20th
17th	SR / S + 2.0	5	Alan Connell	Alan Connell	Cooper Monaco T57	16
18th	GT + 2.0	51	Doug Thiem	Doug Thiem	Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta	6th
19th	GT + 2.0	2	Grady Davis	Don Yenko	Chevrolet Corvette
20th	GT + 2.0	69	Frank Dominianni	Frank Dominianni	Chevrolet Corvette
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21st	GT + 2.0	72	Ray Heppenstall	Tom Fleming Ray Heppenstall	Jaguar E-Type	1

¹ brake defect in training

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
22nd	SR / S + 2.0	1	Peter Hand Brewery	Harry Heuer	Chaparral 1
23	SR / S 2.0	3	North American Racing Team	Charlie Hayes	Ferrari Dino 206SP
24	SR / S + 2.0	6th	North American Racing Team	John Fulp	Ferrari 330 TRI / LM
25th	SR / S + 2.0	6th	O and M Racing	Bob Colombosian	Lotus 19th

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
SR / S + 2.0	Pedro Rodríguez		Ferrari 330 TRI / LM	Overall victory
SR / S 2.0	Millard Ripley	Charles Kurtz	Porsche 718 RS 61	Rank 4
GT + 2.0	Bob Grossman		Ferrari 250 GTO	Rank 2

Racing data

• Registered: 25
• Started: 20
• Valued: 12
• Race classes: 3
• Spectators: 15,000
• Race day weather: cold and dry
• Route length: 4.603 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 2: 47: 48,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 87
• Total distance of the winning team: 400.437 km
• Winner's average: 143.183 km / h
• Pole position: Pedro Rodríguez - Ferrari 330TRI / LM (8) - 1: 49.600 = 151.185 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Pedro Rodríguez - Ferrari 330TRI / LM (8) - 1: 50.200 = 150.361 km / h
• Racing series: 14th round of the 1962 World Sports Car Championship

Web links

• Race results

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Sports car world championship

Successor to the 1000 km race in Paris 1962