Bridgehampton 500 km race 1964, 2nd race

Scarab MK.IV

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

The race

The race of the GT cars ended with a surprise. Against the strong competition of the Ferraris of the North American Racing Team and the Shelby Cobras , which were reported by Carroll Shelby International , Walt Hansgen won on a Scarab .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	Round
1	SR / P + 1.6	90	Mecom Racing Team	Walt Hansgen	Scarab MK.IV	110
2	SR / P + 1.6	81	North American Racing Team	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari 275P	110
3	SR / P + 1.6	85	Scuderia Bear	Bob Grossman	Ferrari 250LM	108
4th	GT + 3.0	98	Shelby American Inc.	Ken Miles	Shelby Cobra	107
5	SR / P + 1.6	82	North American Racing Team	John Fulp	Ferrari 330P	107
6th	GT + 3.0	97	Shelby American Inc.	Ronnie Bucknum	Shelby Cobra	107
7th	GT + 3.0	96	Shelby American Inc.	Bob Johnson	Shelby Cobra	106
8th	GT + 3.0	60	Randy Hilton	Chuck Parsons	Shelby Cobra	102
9	GT + 3.0	65	Arthur Harrison	Pete Harrison	Shelby Cobra	102
10	SR / P + 1.6	88	Franklin Wulp	Eno DePasquale	genius	100
11	GT + 3.0	94	Shelby American Inc.	John Frietas John Morton	Shelby Cobra	99
12	SR / P + 1.6	86	Greenwich cars	Sherman Decker	Cooper T61	98
13	SR / P + 1.6	77	Stephen McClellan	Stephen McClellan Tom Pietre	Ferrari Dino 196SP	98
14th	GT + 3.0	69	Hi-speed power equipment	Frank Dominianni	Chevrolet Corvette	97
15th	SR / P + 1.6	74	Herb Wetanson	Herb Wetanson	Porsche 356RS	86
16	GT + 3.0	61	Star Chevrolet	Skip Sofield Tom McNeill	Chevron B21 / 23	85
Failed
17th	SR / P + 1.6	80	North American Racing Team	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari 330P	105
18th	GT 3.0	31	Volvo Imports Inc.	Kind Riley	Volvo P1800	53
19th	SR / P + 1.6	87	William Wonder	William Wonder	Ferrari 330P	50
20th	SR / P 1.6	76	Al Pease	Al Pease	MGB	48
21st	GT + 3.0	95	Shelby American Inc.	Charlie Hayes	Shelby Cobra	48
22nd	GT + 3.0	99	Shelby American Inc.	Ed Leslie	Shelby Cobra	48
23	GT + 3.0	66	Stan Sherman	Stan Sherman	Chevrolet Corvette	37
24	GT + 3.0	63	Kenneth Hablow	John Caley Allan R. Wylie	Chevrolet Corvette	36
25th	GT + 3.0	51	Donald Healey America	John Colgate	Austin-Healey 3000	18th
26th	GT + 3.0	62	Harold Keck	Harold Keck	Shelby Cobra	18th
27	SR / P + 1.6	91	J. Mecom Racing Team	Augie Pabst	Ferrari 250LM	15th
28	GT + 3.0	66	Lew Florence	Lew Florence	Shelby Cobra	14th
Not started
29	GT 3.0	50	Mike Gammino	Mike Gammino	Ferrari 250 GTO	1
30th	SR / P + 1.6	75	Joe Buzzetta	Joe Buzzetta Bill Wuesthoff	Elva Mk.7	2

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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
31	GT + 2.0	52	Tom Fleming	Tom Fleming Ray Heppenstall	Ferrari 250 GTO
32	GT + 2.0	53	Walter Luftman	Walter Luftman	Ferrari 250 GTO

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
SR / P + 1.6	Walt Hansgen	Scarab	Overall victory
GT + 3.0	Ken Miles	Shelby Cobra	Rank 4

Racing data

• Registered: 32
• Started: 28
• Valued: 16
• Race classes: 2
• Spectators: 15,000
• Weather on race day: cold and dissiguous
• Route length: 4.603 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 3:20: 54,100 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 110
• Total distance of the winning team: 506,300 km
• Winner's average: 151.208 km / h
• Pole position: Ludovico Scarfiotti - Ferrari 330P (# 80) - 1.43.000 - 160.872 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Walt Hansgen - Scarab MK.IV (# 90) 1.44.600 - 158.411 km / h
• Racing series: 19th 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

• Results ( Memento of June 8, 2003 in the Internet Archive )

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Successor to the 1000 km race in Paris in 1964