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1998 United States Road Racing Championship
The 1998 United States Road Racing Championship season was the inaugural season of the revived United States Road Racing Championship run by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and also the first North American sports car endurance split era. The season involved four classes: Can-Am prototypes and three Grand Touring classes referred to at GT1, GT2, and GT3. Five races were run from January 31, 1998, to August 23, 1998.
Schedule
| Rnd | Race | Distance | Circuit | Date | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolex 24 at Daytona | 24 Hours | Daytona International Speedway | January 31 | ||||||
| February 1 | |||||||||
| Homestead 2 Hours 15 Minutes | 2 Hours 15 Minutes | Homestead-Miami Speedway | May 17 | ||||||
| U.S. Road Racing Classic | 2 Hours 30 Minutes | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | June 14 | ||||||
| Sprint PCS Grand Prix of Minnesota | 1 Hour 45 Minutes | Minneapolis street circuit | June 28 | ||||||
| First Union 6 Hours | 6 Hours | Watkins Glen International | August 23 |
Season results
Overall winners in bold.
| Rnd | Circuit | CA Winning Team | GT1 Winning Team | GT2 Winning Team | GT3 Winning Team | Results | CA Winning Drivers | GT1 Winning Drivers | GT2 Winning Drivers | GT3 Winning Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytona | USA #30 Doran/Moretti Racing | USA #01 Rohr Motorsport | DEU #97 Konrad Motorsport | USA #10 PTG | Results | ||||||||||
| ITA Gianpiero Moretti | |||||||||||||||
| ITA Mauro Baldi | |||||||||||||||
| NED Arie Luyendyk | |||||||||||||||
| BEL Didier Theys | USA Danny Sullivan | ||||||||||||||
| GBR Allan McNish | |||||||||||||||
| DEU Jörg Müller | |||||||||||||||
| DEU Uwe Alzen | |||||||||||||||
| DEU Dirk Müller | AUT Franz Konrad | ||||||||||||||
| DEU Wido Rössler | |||||||||||||||
| SUI Toni Seiler | |||||||||||||||
| ITA Angelo Zadra | |||||||||||||||
| USA Peter Kitchak | USA Bill Auberlen | ||||||||||||||
| USA Boris Said | |||||||||||||||
| USA Peter Cunningham | |||||||||||||||
| BEL Marc Duez | |||||||||||||||
| Homestead | USA #16 Dyson Racing | USA #4 Panoz-Visteon Racing | USA #54 Bell Motorsports | USA #1 PTG | Results | ||||||||||
| USA Butch Leitzinger | |||||||||||||||
| GBR James Weaver | USA Doc Bundy | ||||||||||||||
| GBR Andy Wallace | USA Andy Pilgrim | ||||||||||||||
| USA Terry Borcheller | |||||||||||||||
| USA Scott Newman | BEL Marc Duez | ||||||||||||||
| CAN Ross Bentley | |||||||||||||||
| Mid-Ohio | USA #20 Dyson Racing | USA #4 Panoz-Visteon Racing | USA #99 Schumacher Racing | USA #10 PTG | Results | ||||||||||
| USA Dorsey Schroeder | |||||||||||||||
| USA Elliott Forbes-Robinson | AUS David Brabham | ||||||||||||||
| GBR Andy Wallace | USA Larry Schumacher | ||||||||||||||
| USA Andy Pilgrim | USA Bill Auberlen | ||||||||||||||
| USA Boris Said | |||||||||||||||
| Minneapolis | USA #16 Dyson Racing | USA #4 Panoz-Visteon Racing | USA #6 PTG | USA #10 PTG | Results | ||||||||||
| USA Butch Leitzinger | |||||||||||||||
| GBR James Weaver | USA Doc Bundy | ||||||||||||||
| USA Johnny O'Connell | USA Brian Simo | ||||||||||||||
| USA Peter Cunningham | USA Mark Simo | ||||||||||||||
| CAN Ross Bentley | |||||||||||||||
| Watkins Glen | USA #30 Doran/Moretti Racing | USA #38 Champion Motors | USA #25 Alex Job Racing | USA #22 Alex Job Racing | Results | ||||||||||
| ITA Gianpiero Moretti | |||||||||||||||
| ITA Mauro Baldi | |||||||||||||||
| BEL Didier Theys | DEU Ralf Kelleners | ||||||||||||||
| BEL Thierry Boutsen | USA Dale White | ||||||||||||||
| USA "Trip" Goolsby | |||||||||||||||
| ITA Angelo Cilli | USA Randy Pobst | ||||||||||||||
| USA Terry Borcheller |
References
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