drove the ex-Bill Krause Maserati Type 61 #2469 in 1961.  He won at Stockton on April 15-16, then at Laguna Seca on June 10-11.  Don Hulette outlasted him at Cotati on July 16th.

Then he embarked on a tour of Mid-Western pro races.  At Continental Divide Raceway he and the Maserati ended up UNDERNEATH Ron Hunter's Chevy powered OSCA.  Sargent reappeared for the fall pro races; he didn't qualify at Riverside, and finished well back at Laguna Seca.

Sargent won again at Stockton in 1962, this time on the street course.
 

Sargent at Cotati during the July 15-16 event. He led, was passed by Don Hulette in his Jag-Chevy, and DNF'd.

Sargent won the Saturday amateur main event at Laguna Seca on Oct. 21-22, 1961 and qualified for the Pacific Grand Prix. He qualified 15th and finished 13th in the first heat and 12th in the second.

Sargent at Cotati again, this time on Nov. 11-12, 1961. Neither Sargent nor Dan Prades, who had purchased Chuck Parsons' Birdcage, was competitive with Dave MacDonald, who won in the new "00" Corvette Special.