1968 United States Road Racing Championship

1968 United States Road Racing Championship 1967 1998 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 USRRC Mexico City 150 mi km on Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico March 31 2 USRRC Riverside 250 km mi on Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California April 28 3 Pimm's Cup Trophy 150 mi km on Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California May 5 4 Vanderbilt Cup 170 mi km on Bridgehampton Race Circuit Bridgehampton, New York May 19 5 Championnat Nord-Americain 2 Hours, 45 Minutes Circuit Mont-Tremblant Saint-Jovite, Quebec June 2 6 Pacific North West Grand Prix 250 km mi on Pacific Raceways Kent, Washington June 30 7 Watkins Glen Sports Car Road Race 200 mi km on Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course Watkins Glen, New York July 13 8 Road America 500 500 mi km on Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin July 28 9 USRRC Mid-Ohio 180 mi km on 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 Mexico City #99 Aztec Racing Werner Frank Results MEX Moisés Solana USA Werner Frank 2 Riverside #6 Roger Penske Racing #60 Otto Zipper Results USA Mark Donohue USA Don Wester 3 Laguna Seca #6 Roger Penske Racing #33 Otto Zipper Results USA Mark Donohue USA Scooter Patrick 4 Bridgehampton #26 Carl Haas Racing #66 Werner Frank Results USA Skip Scott USA Werner Frank 5 St. Jovite #6 Roger Penske Racing #37 Altona Motors Results USA Mark Donohue CAN Horst Kroll 6 Kent #26 Carl Haas Racing #4 Porsche Results USA Skip Scott USA Lew Florence 7 Watkins Glen #6 Roger Penske Racing #88 Werner Frank Results USA Mark Donohue USA Werner Frank 8 Road America #26 Carl Haas Racing #12 C.L. Phillips Results USA Skip ScottUSA Chuck Parsons USA Cliff PhillipsUSA Al Cervenka 9 Mid-Ohio #6 Roger Penske Racing #69 E.L. Hall Results USA Mark Donohue USA Mike Hall External links World Sports Racing Prototypes: USRRC 1968 Racing Sports Cars: USRRC archive Category:United States Road Racing Championship United States Road Racing Championship