MARLBORO MOTOR RACEWAY Marlboro started as a dirt oval in the early 50's.  Converted to pavement in 1954 it held races until the place shutdown in 1969.  What we remember is the 1.7 mile road course that was extended off the oval that started in 1955.  Cars flying off the oval down into the hairpin and returning back from Cappy's and jumping back into the infield.  The old wood bleachers - it was a great place. The BARCBOYs made many a trip down past the Mason-Dixon line and most of us drove there before it shut down. Marlboro was the site of the first SCCA President's cup races, which were initially awarded by President Eisenhower, had great 4 and 12 hour races and even held Trans-Am's in '66 & '67.  Summit Point came along in the late '60's and SCCA idiots declared Marlboro unsafe because the parallel straight's were too close together.   It still exists today but is totally grown over. This page takes a look back at the 1960 SCCA Nationals from April 16th BARC home page   Marlboro Pg2     Marlboro Pg3    MarlboroPg4       photo credits: Dave Zych, Dave Nicholas, Spankey Smith, Craige Pelouze, Chris Sloan

1960 Results

1960 Marlboro National races Dr. Dick Thompson in the CM Sting Ray. Note the grandstands in background	Doc Thompson wheels the prototype StingRay	What a grid for the feature.  Holbert on the outside, Thompson middle and Penske #6 inside	Holbert's RS-60 sits on the oval. Here you can get an idea of how' banked this little track was	Here's Ripley on the grid with Harry Reynolds walking behind.  The #7 Elva is Charlie Kolb's car - but not Charlie
Charlie Kurtz in his favorite #57 blue A C Bristol in the GM/DP race	Charlie did well that day and won DP.  Here he takes his victory lap with wife Sandra	Paul Richards Fiat-Abarth won FP beating Doug Diffenderfer's Siata V8	#77 Porsche spins out of Subway but is it our favorite insurance broker?	Millard Ripley (white coveralls) leans against Homer Dasey's vette sitting next to Archie Means 2.0 Maserati
The amazing Sherm Decker took his old red twincam MGA to victory with a 2 year old car	BARC member Ted Rounds goes outside John Kingsley's Alfa to take 4th overall	Hank vanDuesen's Morris Garage Twin Cam had troubles and was 16th	Duncan Black slides off while chasing Rounds twin cam	Start of EP with Rich Skelton looking at a heavy leaning TR-3, #169 Sam Williams, vanDeusen outside him and Rounds on the far right.
Ripley's Lotus gets a little air coming onto the oval.	Don Erlbeck's Alfa leads Charlie Hayes Healey onto the oval	Erlbeck finished 7th, here leading Thompson's Daimler and Fowke's MGA