Bridgehampton 500 km race 1964, 1st race

Porsche 904 GTS

The Bridgehampton 500km race , also Bridgehampton Double 500 (500km Race for FIA Grand Touring Category, and for the GT Prototype, SCCA Modified and FIA Appendix C Sports Cars to 1600 cc), Bridgehampton , was run in 1964 in two races extended. On September 19, the vehicles in the classes up to 2 liters of displacement were launched. One day later, on September 20, the GT racing cars with a displacement of up to and over 3 liters took off.

The race

Although the Bridgehampton Race Circuit was sufficiently long with a length of 4.603 km, the race was carried out in two runs over two days. It all started with racing vehicles with a maximum displacement of 2 liters. After 110 laps and a driving time of 3: 39: 00,200 hours, Joe Buzzetta and Bill Wuesthoff won in a Porsche 904 GTS .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GT 2.0	30th	Ed Weschler	Joe Buzzetta Bill Wuesthoff	Porsche 904 GTS	110
2	GT 2.0	37	Steve Berg	Skip Scott	Porsche 904 GTS	109
3	GT 2.0	19th	Harry Theodoracopulos	Harry Theodoracopulos Bob Grossman	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	107
4th	SR / P 1.6	44	Wetson's Drive-In	Herb Wetanson	Porsche 718 RSK	106
5	GT 2.0	34	Faza Motorsport	Jody Porter Bud Patterson	Abarth-Simca 2000 GT	102
6th	GT 1.3	7th	Tom O'Brien	Tom O'Brien Jim O'Brien	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Zagato	101
7th	GT 2.0	31	Art Riley Motors Inc.	Kind Riley	Volvo P1800	101
8th	GT 2.0	38	Walt Hansgen	Mark Donohue	MGB	100
9	GT 2.0	17th	Paul Bruk & Son, Inc.	Bob Sharp	Datsun SPL310	97
10	GT 1.3	14th	Autosport International Inc.	Paul Richards John Norwood	Alpine A110 1100	96
11	SR / P 1.6	41	Suburban Racing Team	John Dennis	Denmacher	96
12	GT 2.0	35	Arch McNeill	Arch McNeill	Morgan Plus 4	93
13	GT 2.0	16	Paul Bruk & Son Inc.	Allan Wylie	Datsun SPL310	87
14th	SR / P 1.6	45	Charles Hayes Racing Ltd.	Ralph Trieschmann Dick Young	Elva Mk.VII	85
15th	SR / P 1.6	11	Al Pease Racing Partnership	Al Pease	Austin Mini-Cooper S.	84
16	GT 1.3	4th	Ecurie Escargot	Ted Glaser	Austin-Healey Sprite	80
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17th	SR / P 1.6	47	Autosport International Ltd.	William Haenelt	Alpine A110 1100	62
18th	GT 2.0	32	RBM Motors Inc.	Jack Ryan	Porsche 904 GTS	48
19th	SR / P 1.6	40	Don Rosendale	Don Rosendale George Alderman	genius	24
20th	GT 1.3	1	Kind Swanson	Kind Swanson	Fiat-Abarth 1000	20th
21st	GT 2.0	18th	Dinkelacker Importers	Dieter Steinmann	Porsche 356B Speedster	16
22nd	GT 1.3	8th	Faza Motorsport	Robert Ennis Tom Bancroft	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	10
23	GT 1.3	2	Paul Layman	Paul Layman	Fiat-Abarth 1000	5
24	GT 2.0	20th	Delta Racing Associates	Robert Adams Mickey son	MGA	3
25th	GT 1.3	3	Hans Kraaz	Hans Kraaz Henry Kraaz	Fiat-Abarth 1000	2
26th	SR / P 1.6	42	High Performance Cars Inc.	Peter Sachs	Brabham BT5	1
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27	GT 2.0	15th	Bruce Jennings	Bruce Jennings	Porsche 356B Carrera	1

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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
28	GT 1.3	12	Lifetime Motors Inc.	Vic Meinhardt	Porsche 356B Speedster
29	GT 2.0	33	Faza Motorsport	John Cannon Al Cosentino	Abarth-Simca 2000 GT
30th	GT 2.0	36	Buehl Imported Cars	Uwe Buehl	Porsche 904 GTS
31	SR / P 1.6	43	GRT Enterprises	Mike Goth	Lotus 23
32	SR / P 1.6	48	Autosport International Ltd.	Dick Thompson	Alpine A110 1100

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
SR / P 1.6	Herb Wetanson		Porsche 718 RSK	Rank 4
GT 2.0	Joe Buzzetta	Bill Wuesthoff	Porsche 904 GTS	Overall victory
GT 1.3	Tom O'Brien	Jim O'Brien	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Zagato	Rank 6

Racing data

• Registered: 32
• Started: 26
• Valued: 16
• Race classes: 3
• Spectators: 15,000
• Race day weather: cold and dry
• Route length: 4.603 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 3: 39: 00,200 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 110
• Total distance of the winning team: 506,300 km
• Winner's average: 136.633 km / h
• Pole position: George Alderman - Genie (# 40) - 1: 54.400 = 144.841 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Scip Scott - Porsche 904 GTS (# 37) - 1: 55.600 = 143.338 km / h
• Racing series: 18th round of the 1964 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Ken Breslauer: Sebring. The official History of America's Great Sports Car Race. David Bull, Cambridge MA 1995, ISBN 0-9649722-0-4 .
• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Race results

Previous Tour de France race for automobiles in 1964

Sports car world championship

Succession race 500-km race at Bridgehampton in 1964, the second race