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1963 United States Road Racing Championship
The 1963 United States Road Racing Championship season was the first season of the Sports Car Club of America's United States Road Racing Championship. It began February 3, 1963, and ended September 22, 1963, after eight races. Separate races for sportscars and GTs were held at four rounds, while three rounds were combined races, and one round (Daytona) was for sportscars only. Bob Holbert won the season championship, splitting time between the under-two liter sportscar and GT classes.
Schedule
| Rnd | Race | Length | Class | Circuit | Location | Date | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytona 200 | 200 mi | Sports | Daytona International Speedway | Daytona Beach, Florida | February 3 | |||||||||
| USRRC Pensacola | 150 mi | GT | Corry Field | Pensacola, Florida | May 26 | |||||||||
| 260 mi | Sports | |||||||||||||
| Laguna Seca 150 | 150 mi | All | Laguna Seca Raceway | Monterey, California | June 9 | |||||||||
| Watkins Glen Sports Car Grand Prix | 150 mi | GT | Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course | Watkins Glen, New York | June 30 | |||||||||
| 300 km | Sports | |||||||||||||
| Pacific North West Grand Prix | 150 mi | GT | Pacific Raceways | Kent, Washington | July 21 | |||||||||
| 150 mi | Sports | |||||||||||||
| Continental Divide 150 | 150 mi | All | Continental Divide Raceway | Castle Rock, Colorado | August 18 | |||||||||
| Road America 500 | 500 mi | All | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | September 8 | |||||||||
| USRRC Mid-Ohio | 270 km | GT | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio | September 22 | |||||||||
| 270 km | Sports |
Season results
Overall winner in bold.
| Rnd | Circuit | Sports +2.0 Winning Team | Sports 2.0 Winning Team | GT Winning Team | Results | Sports +2.0 Winning Driver(s) | Sports 2.0 Winning Driver(s) | GT Winning Driver(s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytona | #166 Hap Sharp | #14 Porsche | Did Not Participate | Results | ||||||||||||
| USA Jim Hall | USA Bob Holbert | |||||||||||||||
| Pensacola | Lotus-Climax | '#14 Porsche''''' | Mecom Racing Team | Results | ||||||||||||
| USA Tim Mayer | USA Bob Holbert | USA Roger Penske | ||||||||||||||
| Laguna Seca | #92 Team Meridian Inc. | #10 Chuck Parsons | #196 Shelby American | Results | ||||||||||||
| USA Skip Hudson | USA Chuck Parsons | USA Bob Holbert | ||||||||||||||
| Watkins Glen | #98 Shelby American | '#14 Porsche''''' | #33 Bob Johnson | Results | ||||||||||||
| GBR Ken Miles | USA Bob Holbert | USA Bob Johnson | ||||||||||||||
| Kent | #448 Kjell Qvale | Porsche | #97 Shelby American | Results | ||||||||||||
| MEX Pedro Rodríguez | USA Don Wester | USA Dave MacDonald | ||||||||||||||
| Castle Rock | #14 Meister Brauser | Porsche | #98 Shelby American | Results | ||||||||||||
| USA Augie Pabst | USA Don Wester | USA Bob Bondurant | ||||||||||||||
| Road America | #98 Williamson Ford, Inc. | #76 Porsche Car Import/Oliver Schmidt | #97 Steve McQueen/Shelby American | Results | ||||||||||||
| USA Bob Holbert | ||||||||||||||||
| GBR Ken Miles | **USA Augie Pabst | |||||||||||||||
| USA Bill Wuesthoff** | USA Bob Bondurant | |||||||||||||||
| USA Dave MacDonald | ||||||||||||||||
| Mid-Ohio | #98 Shelby American | #89 Porsche | #99 Shelby American | Results | ||||||||||||
| GBR Ken Miles | USA Herb Swan | USA Bob Holbert |
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