The 1960 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the tenth season of the

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's National Sports Car Championship. It began April 3, 1960, and ended November 13, 1960, after seventeen races.

Schedule

: Feature race

Season results

Feature race overall winners in bold. : D Modified were classified with C Modified at Marlboro. : B and C Modified were classified together at VIR; the combined class was won by Dick Thompson's CM Chevrolet Corvette Sing Ray. The highest-finishing BM car was Bud Gates's Lister-

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in 2nd. : D Modified were classified with C Modified at Lime Rock. : C Modified were classified with B Modified at Thompson. : E Modified were classified with D Modified at Thompson. : E and F Modified were classified together at Watkins Glen; the combined class was won by Roger Penske's FM

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. The highest-finishing EM car was William Kimberly in Briggs Cunningham's Maserati Tipo 61.

Champions

External links

World Sports Racing Prototypes: SCCA 1960
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