1964 United States Road Racing Championship

1964 United States Road Racing Championship 1963 1965 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 USRRC Augusta 250 km mi on GT Augusta International Raceway Augusta, Georgia March 1 250 km mi on Sports 2 USRRC Pensacola 150 mi km on GT Corry Field Pensacola, Florida April 5 220 km mi on Sports 3 Riverside Grand Prix 200 km mi on GT Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California April 26 300 km mi on Sports 4 USRRC Monterey 100 mi km on GT Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California May 3 150 mi km on Sports 5 Pacific North West Grand Prix 100 mi km on GT Pacific Raceways Kent, Washington May 10 150 mi km on Sports 6 Watkins Glen Sports Car Grand Prix 100 mi km on GT Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course Watkins Glen, New York June 28 200 mi km on Sports 7 USRRC Greenwood 165 mi km on All Greenwood Roadway Indianola, Iowa July 19 8 USRRC Meadowdale 120 mi km on GT Meadowdale International Raceway Carpentersville, Illinois August 9 170 mi km on Sports 9 USRRC Mid-Ohio 100 mi km on GT Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 30 170 mi km on Sports 10 Road America 500 500 mi km on 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 Augusta #97 Shelby American #77 Scuderia TinCan #15 Shelby American Porsche Results USA Dave MacDonald USA Charlie Hayes GBR Ken Miles USA Bruce Jennings 2 Pensacola #66 Chaparral Cars Lotus #14 Shelby American Lotus-Ford Results USA Jim Hall USA Ed Hugus GBR Ken Miles GBR John Whitmore 3 Riverside #9 Nickey Chevrolet Frank Arciero #50 Shelby American Porsche Results USA Skip Hudson USA Bobby Unser GBR Ken Miles USA Scooter Patrick 4 Laguna Seca #366 Chaparral Cars #77 Scuderia TinCan Shelby Porsche Results USA Jim Hall USA Charlie Hayes USA Ed Leslie USA Don Wester 5 Kent #14 Shelby American Lotus-Climax #50 Shelby American Porsche Results USA Dave MacDonald USA Tony Settember GBR Ken Miles USA Don Wester 6 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 7 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 8 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 9 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 10 Road America #2 Mecom Racing Team #79 Edward Weschler, Jr. #99 Shelby American #5 Stoddard Racing Team Results USA Walt Hansgen USA Bill WuesthoffUSA Joe Buzzetta USA John MortonUSA Skip ScottGBR Ken Miles USA Chuck Stoddard External links World Sports Racing Prototypes: USRRC 1964 World Sports Racing Prototypes: USRRC GT 1964 Racing Sports Cars: USRRC archive Category:United States Road Racing Championship United States Road Racing Championship