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1968 SCCA Grand Prix Championship

The 1968 SCCA Grand Prix Championship was the second annual running of the Sports Car Club of America's open wheel automobile racing series later to become known as the SCCA Continental Championship. The championship was open to SCCA Formula A, Formula B and Formula C cars, with Formula A expanded to include vehicles powered by 5 liter production-based engines, with the Formula A category later being renamed to Formula 5000.

Race results

The 1968 SCCA Grand Prix Championship was contested over eight rounds.

Round	Date	Event name	Event location	Duration	Formula A winner	Formula B winner	Formula C winner
1	May 26	Colorado Grand Prix	Continental Divide Raceway	47 laps	Lou Sell	Joe Alves	Colin Wilson
2	June 16	Grand Prix of Oklahoma	War Bonnet	50 laps	Lou Sell	Mike Hiss	Roy Grange
3	July 27	Badger 200	Road America	30 laps	Jerry Hansen	Chuck Dietrich	Thomas Gelb
4	August 18	Thompson Grand Prix	Thompson Raceway	65 laps	Lou Sell	Peter Rehl
5	August 25	Mosport Continental	Mosport Park	48 laps	Lou Sell	Bill Brack	Wayne T Mitchell
6	September 2	Lime Rock Grand Prix	Lime Rock Park	75 laps	George Wintersteen	WP Fred Stevenson	Wayne T Mitchell
7	September 22	Donnybrook Grand Prix	Brainerd International Raceway	70 laps	George Wintersteen	Chuck Dietrich	Wayne T Mitchell
8	October 12	Ken Miles Memorial Race	Laguna Seca Raceway	53 laps	Lou Sell	Mike Eyerly	Ed Leslie

Points system

Championship points were awarded to drivers on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis.

Championship results

Position	Driver	Car	Formula	Points
1	USA Lou Sell	Eagle Chevrolet	A	50
2	USA George Wintersteen	Eagle Chevrolet	A	39
3	GBR Bob Brown	Lola T140 Chevrolet	A	23
4	USA Jerry Hansen	Lola T140 Chevrolet	A	19
5	USA Brian O'Neill	Lola T140 Chevrolet	A	14
6	USA Hank Kandler	Lola T140 Chevrolet	A	11
7	USA Kurt Reinold	McKee Mk8 Chevrolet	A	8
8	USA Bud Morley	McLaren Mk2 Ford
McLaren Mk2 Chevrolet	A	5
=	USA John Gunn	Lola T140 Chevrolet	A	5
10	USA Mak Kronn	McKee Mk8 Chevrolet	A	4
11	USA Fred Stevenson	Lotus Ford	B	3
=	USA Mike Hiss	Brabham BT21 Ford	B	3
=	USA Mike Eyerly	McLaren Mk4 Ford	B	3
14	USA Stew McMillan	Eisert Chevrolet	A	2
=	USA Jack Eiteljorg	Eisert Chevrolet	A	2
=	USA Steve Durst	Vulcan Chevrolet	A	2
=	CAN Dave Ogilvy	Lotus Ford	B	2
18	CAN Bill Brack	Lotus 41 Ford	B	1
=	USA Joe Alves	Brabham Ford	B	1
=	USA Dave Pabst	Lola T140 Chevrolet	A	1
=	USA Peter Rehl	Cooper T88 Ford	B	1
=	USA Richard Negley	Lotus Ford	B	1

References

[http://www.myf5000.com/files/67_69.pdf 1968 SCCA Grand Prix Championship Review, www.myf5000.com] Retrieved on 14 February 2014
Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula A and Formula 5000 in America – Race by Race, Second Edition, 2003, page 7
Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula A and Formula 5000 in America – Race by Race, Second Edition, 2003, page 10

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