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1964 United States Road Racing Championship
The 1964 United States Road Racing Championship season was the second season of the Sports Car Club of America's United States Road Racing Championship. It began March 1, 1964, and ended September 13, 1964, after ten races. A second GT class for cars under two liters of displacement was added. Separate races for sportscars and GTs were held at eight rounds, while two rounds were combined races. Jim Hall won the season championship.
Schedule
| Rnd | Race | Length | Class | Circuit | Location | Date | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USRRC Augusta | 250 km | GT | Augusta International Raceway | Augusta, Georgia | March 1 | |||||||||||
| 250 km | Sports | |||||||||||||||
| USRRC Pensacola | 150 mi | GT | Corry Field | Pensacola, Florida | April 5 | |||||||||||
| 220 km | Sports | |||||||||||||||
| Riverside Grand Prix | 200 km | GT | Riverside International Raceway | Riverside, California | April 26 | |||||||||||
| 300 km | Sports | |||||||||||||||
| USRRC Monterey | 100 mi | GT | Laguna Seca Raceway | Monterey, California | May 3 | |||||||||||
| 150 mi | Sports | |||||||||||||||
| Pacific North West Grand Prix | 100 mi | GT | Pacific Raceways | Kent, Washington | May 10 | |||||||||||
| 150 mi | Sports | |||||||||||||||
| Watkins Glen Sports Car Grand Prix | 100 mi | GT | Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course | Watkins Glen, New York | June 28 | |||||||||||
| 200 mi | Sports | |||||||||||||||
| USRRC Greenwood | 165 mi | All | Greenwood Roadway | Indianola, Iowa | July 19 | |||||||||||
| USRRC Meadowdale | 120 mi | GT | Meadowdale International Raceway | Carpentersville, Illinois | August 9 | |||||||||||
| 170 mi | Sports | |||||||||||||||
| USRRC Mid-Ohio | 100 mi | GT | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio | August 30 | |||||||||||
| 170 mi | Sports | |||||||||||||||
| Road America 500 | 500 mi | All | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | September 13 |
Season results
Overall winner in bold.
| Rnd | Circuit | Sports +2.0 Winning Team | Sports 2.0 Winning Team | GT +2.0 Winning Team | GT 2.0 Winning Team | Results | Sports +2.0 Winning Driver(s) | Sports 2.0 Winning Driver(s) | GT +2.0 Winning Driver(s) | GT 2.0 Winning Driver(s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta | #97 Shelby American | #77 Scuderia TinCan | #15 Shelby American | Porsche | Results | |||||||||||||||
| USA Dave MacDonald | USA Charlie Hayes | GBR Ken Miles | USA Bruce Jennings | |||||||||||||||||
| Pensacola | #66 Chaparral Cars | Lotus | #14 Shelby American | Lotus-Ford | Results | |||||||||||||||
| USA Jim Hall | USA Ed Hugus | GBR Ken Miles | GBR John Whitmore | |||||||||||||||||
| Riverside | #9 Nickey Chevrolet | Frank Arciero | #50 Shelby American | Porsche | Results | |||||||||||||||
| USA Skip Hudson | USA Bobby Unser | GBR Ken Miles | USA Scooter Patrick | |||||||||||||||||
| Laguna Seca | #366 Chaparral Cars | #77 Scuderia TinCan | Shelby | Porsche | Results | |||||||||||||||
| USA Jim Hall | USA Charlie Hayes | USA Ed Leslie | USA Don Wester | |||||||||||||||||
| Kent | #14 Shelby American | Lotus-Climax | #50 Shelby American | Porsche | Results | |||||||||||||||
| USA Dave MacDonald | USA Tony Settember | GBR Ken Miles | USA Don Wester | |||||||||||||||||
| Watkins Glen | #66 Chaparral Cars | #71 Scuderia TinCan | #98 Shelby American | Stoddard Racing Team | Results | |||||||||||||||
| USA Jim Hall | USA Charlie Hayes | GBR Ken Miles | USA Chuck Stoddard | |||||||||||||||||
| Greenwood | #96 Shelby American | #71 Ed Wechsler | #98 Shelby American | #15 Alan Mann | Results | |||||||||||||||
| USA Ed Leslie | USA Bill Wuesthoff | GBR Ken Miles | GBR John Whitmore | |||||||||||||||||
| Meadowdale | #66 Chaparral Cars | #7 Robert Bosch | #98 Shelby American | Stoddard Racing Team | Results | |||||||||||||||
| USA Jim Hall | USA Joe Buzzetta | GBR Ken Miles | USA Chuck Stoddard | |||||||||||||||||
| Mid-Ohio | #67 Chaparral Cars | #71 Robert Bosch | #99 Shelby American | #17 Robert Bosch | Results | |||||||||||||||
| USA Hap Sharp | USA Bill Wuesthoff | USA Bob Johnson | USA Bill Wuesthoff | |||||||||||||||||
| Road America | #2 Mecom Racing Team | #79 Edward Weschler, Jr. | #99 Shelby American | #5 Stoddard Racing Team | Results | |||||||||||||||
| USA Walt Hansgen | USA Bill Wuesthoff | |||||||||||||||||||
| USA Joe Buzzetta | USA John Morton | |||||||||||||||||||
| USA Skip Scott | ||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Ken Miles | USA Chuck Stoddard |
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