Bridgehampton 500k race 1965, 2nd race

Chaparral 2A; Winning car from Hap Sharp

The 500 km race of Bridgehampton , also The 1965 Bridgehampton Double 500 for The Edwin H. Krom Memorial Trophy, The Bridgehampton Race Circuit was run in two races on September 19, 1965. The racing event was the 20th round of the sports car world championship this year.

The race

Also in 1965 the 500 km race of Bridgehampton was rated in two races, both of which counted as individual races for the world championship . In contrast to the previous year, both races took place on the same day in 1965 and each had a distance of 500 kilometers.

Herb Wetanson in a Porsche 904 GTS won the ranking of racing vehicles up to 2-liter displacement, ahead of Dick Young and George Alderman in a Lotus 23B , as well as Fred Ashplant , who drove a Lotus Elan 26R . In the race for sports cars over 2-liter displacement, Hap Sharp remained successful in the Chaparral 2A . He won ahead of Pedro Rodríguez in a Ferrari 365P2 and Skip Scott and Dick Thompson who drove a Shelby Cobra 427 .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	SR + 1.6	66	Chaparral Cars	Hap Sharp	Chaparral 2A	110
2	P + 1.6	20th	North American Racing Team	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari 365P2	108
3	P + 1.6	91	Essex Wire Corp.	Skip Scott Dick Thompson	Shelby Cobra 427	104
4th	P + 1.6	96	Scuderia Bear	Bob Grossman	Ferrari 330P	103
5	GT + 3.0	33	Shelby American	Bob Johnson	Shelby Cobra	101
6th	GT + 3.0	13	Shelby American	Ray Cuomo	Shelby Cobra	100
7th	SR + 1.6	48	John Timken	Lewis Kerr	Brabham BT8	100
8th	P + 1.6	69	Scuderia Bear	Richard Holquist	Ferrari 250LM	100
9	GT + 3.0	7th	Rolling Ridge Racing Team	Bruce Jennings	Jaguar E-Type	95
10	SR + 1.6	41	Bob Brown	Bob Brown	Malibu Special	93
11	GT + 3.0	19th	North American Racing Team	George Arents Bob Hutchins	Ferrari 275 GTB	93
12	GT + 3.0	61	Frank Dominianni	Frank Dominianni	Chevrolet Corvette	91
13	SR + 1.6	9	Eno DePasquale	Eno DePasquale	Genie Mark 8	88
14th	GT 3.0	75	Robert Wiser	Robert Wiser	Austin-Healey 3000	85
Failed
15th	SR + 1.6	3	Arthur Harrison	Pete Harrison	Genie Mk.10
16	SR + 1.6	4th	Kenneth Hablow	Kenneth Duclos	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray
17th	SR + 1.6	5	William Wonder	William Wonder	genius
18th	SR + 1.6	8th	Lotus East	Gerry Georgi	Lotus 30
19th	P + 1.6	11	John Mecom	Walt Hansgen	Lola T70
20th	P + 1.6	12	Wintersteen Racing Inc.	George Wintersteen	McLaren Elva Mark I.
21st	P + 1.6	16	Skip Barber	Skip Barber	Lotus 23
22nd	P + 1.6	18th	North American Racing Team	Mario Andretti	Ferrari 275P
23	SR + 1.6	26th	Raceway engineering	John Fulp	Lola T70
24	GT + 3.0	78	Raceway engineering	Tom McNeill Martin Krinner	Shelby GT350
Not started
25th	P + 1.6	92	Essex Wire Corp.	Skip Scott	Ford GT40	1

¹ suspension damage 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
26th	SR + 1.6	2	Chevon Racing Team	George Raph	Elva Mk.7

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P + 1.6	Pedro Rodriguez	Ferrari 365P2	Rank 2
SR + 1.6	Hap Sharp	Chaparral 2A	Overall victory
GT + 3.0	Bob Johnson	Shelby Cobra	Rank 5

Racing data

• Registered: 26
• Started: 24
• Valued: 14
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cool and cloudy
• Route length: 4.603 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 3: 13: 57.900 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 110
• Total distance of the winning team: 506,300 km
• Winner's average: 156.617 km / h
• Pole position: Walt Hansgen - Lola T70 (# 11) - 1: 39.600 = 166.363 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Hap Sharp - Chaparral 2A (# 66) - 1: 40,000 = 165.698 km / h
• Racing series: 20th round of the 1965 World Sports Car Championship

Web links

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Sports car world championship

Successor to the 24 Hours of Daytona 1966