1965 United States Road Racing Championship

1965 United States Road Racing Championship 1964 1966 The 1965 United States Road Racing Championship season was the third season of the Sports Car Club of America's United States Road Racing Championship. It began April 11, 1965, and ended September 5, 1965, after nine races. Separate races for sportscars and GTs were held at two rounds, while seven rounds were combined races. George Follmer won the season championship driving in the Under-2 Liter class. Schedule Rnd Race Length Class Circuit Location Date 1 USRRC Pensacola 200 mi km on All Corry Field Pensacola, Florida April 11 2 USRRC Riverside 200 km mi on GT Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California May 2 300 km mi on Sports 3 USRRC Monterey 100 mi km on GT Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California May 9 150 mi km on Sports 4 Vanderbilt Cup 215 mi km on All Bridgehampton Race Circuit Bridgehampton, New York May 23 5 Watkins Glen Sports Car Grand Prix 200 mi km on All Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course Watkins Glen, New York June 27 6 Pacific North West Grand Prix 250 km mi on All Pacific Raceways Kent, Washington August 1 7 USRRC Continental Divide 200 mi km on All Continental Divide Raceway Castle Rock, Colorado August 15 8 USRRC Mid-Ohio 200 mi km on All Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 29 9 Road America 500 500 mi km on All Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin September 5 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 Pensacola #4 Skip Lehmann #16 Trans Ocean Motors #96 Shelby American Porsche Results USA Mike Hall USA George Follmer USA Tom Payne USA Charlie Kolb 2 Riverside #66 Chaparral Cars #16 Trans Ocean Motors Shelby American Porsche Results USA Jim Hall USA George Follmer GBR Ken Miles USA Scooter Patrick 3 Laguna Seca #66 Chaparral Cars #28 Enduro Speed, Inc. Shelby American Porsche Results USA Jim Hall USA Gerry Bruihl GBR Ken Miles USA Scooter Patrick 4 Bridgehampton #66 Chaparral Cars #16 Trans Ocean Motors #33 Shelby American #14 Porsche Results USA Jim Hall USA George Follmer USA Bob Johnson USA George Drolsom 5 Watkins Glen #65 Chaparral Cars #16 Trans Ocean Motors #33 Shelby American #14 Herb Wetanson Results USA Jim Hall USA George Follmer USA Bob Johnson USA Herb Wetanson 6 Kent #66 Chaparral Cars Elva-Porsche #13 Shelby American Porsche Results USA Jim Hall USA Jerry Titus USA Tom Payne USA Scooter Patrick 7 Castle Rock #65 Chaparral Cars #16 Trans Ocean Motors #33 Shelby American Porsche Results USA Hap Sharp USA George Follmer USA Bob Johnson USA Scooter Patrick 8 Mid-Ohio #65 Chaparral Cars #23 Lotus #19 Shelby #18 Abarth-Simca Results USA Hap Sharp USA Doug Revson USA Dan Gerber USA Ray Cuomo 9 Road America #66 Chaparral Cars #16 Trans Ocean Motors #13 Shelby American #5 Stoddard Racing Team Results USA Jim HallUSA Hap SharpUSA Ronnie Hissom USA George FollmerUSA Earl Jones USA Tom PayneUSA Ray Cuomo USA Chuck Stoddard External links World Sports Racing Prototypes: USRRC 1965 World Sports Racing Prototypes: USRRC GT 1965 Racing Sports Cars: USRRC archive Category:United States Road Racing Championship United States Road Racing Championship