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1968 United States Road Racing Championship
The 1968 United States Road Racing Championship season was the sixth and final season of the Sports Car Club of America's United States Road Racing Championship. It began March 31, 1968, and ended August 18, 1968, after nine races. Mark Donohue won the season championship. The series would be revived thirty years later, but only for two years before becoming the Grand American Road Racing Championship.
Schedule
| Rnd | Race | Length | Circuit | Location | Date | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USRRC Mexico City | 150 mi | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | Mexico City, Mexico | March 31 | ||||||||||
| USRRC Riverside | 250 km | Riverside International Raceway | Riverside, California | April 28 | ||||||||||
| Pimm's Cup Trophy | 150 mi | Laguna Seca Raceway | Monterey, California | May 5 | ||||||||||
| Vanderbilt Cup | 170 mi | Bridgehampton Race Circuit | Bridgehampton, New York | May 19 | ||||||||||
| Championnat Nord-Americain | 2 Hours, 45 Minutes | Circuit Mont-Tremblant | Saint-Jovite, Quebec | June 2 | ||||||||||
| Pacific North West Grand Prix | 250 km | Pacific Raceways | Kent, Washington | June 30 | ||||||||||
| Watkins Glen Sports Car Road Race | 200 mi | Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course | Watkins Glen, New York | July 13 | ||||||||||
| Road America 500 | 500 mi | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | July 28 | ||||||||||
| USRRC Mid-Ohio | 180 mi | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio | August 18 |
Season results
Overall winners in bold.
| Rnd | Circuit | Over 2.0 Winning Team | Under 2.0 Winning Team | Results | Over 2.0 Winning Driver(s) | Under 2.0 Winning Driver(s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico City | #99 Aztec Racing | Werner Frank | Results | ||||||||||||
| MEX Moisés Solana | USA Werner Frank | ||||||||||||||
| Riverside | #6 Roger Penske Racing | #60 Otto Zipper | Results | ||||||||||||
| USA Mark Donohue | USA Don Wester | ||||||||||||||
| Laguna Seca | #6 Roger Penske Racing | #33 Otto Zipper | Results | ||||||||||||
| USA Mark Donohue | USA Scooter Patrick | ||||||||||||||
| Bridgehampton | #26 Carl Haas Racing | #66 Werner Frank | Results | ||||||||||||
| USA Skip Scott | USA Werner Frank | ||||||||||||||
| St. Jovite | #6 Roger Penske Racing | #37 Altona Motors | Results | ||||||||||||
| USA Mark Donohue | CAN Horst Kroll | ||||||||||||||
| Kent | #26 Carl Haas Racing | #4 Porsche | Results | ||||||||||||
| USA Skip Scott | USA Lew Florence | ||||||||||||||
| Watkins Glen | #6 Roger Penske Racing | #88 Werner Frank | Results | ||||||||||||
| USA Mark Donohue | USA Werner Frank | ||||||||||||||
| Road America | #26 Carl Haas Racing | #12 C.L. Phillips | Results | ||||||||||||
| USA Skip Scott | |||||||||||||||
| USA Chuck Parsons | USA Cliff Phillips | ||||||||||||||
| USA Al Cervenka | |||||||||||||||
| Mid-Ohio | #6 Roger Penske Racing | #69 E.L. Hall | Results | ||||||||||||
| USA Mark Donohue | USA Mike Hall |
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