1968 United States Road Racing Championship
{{Motorsport season
| series = United States Road Racing Championship
| year = 1968
| next = 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
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |
| Rnd
! Race ! Length ! Circuit ! Location ! Date |
|---|
| 1
| USRRC Mexico City | align="center" | {{convert|150|mi|km|abbr=on}} | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | March 31 |
| 2
| USRRC Riverside | align="center" | {{convert|250|km|mi|abbr=on}} | Riverside International Raceway | April 28 |
| 3
| align="center" | {{convert|150|mi|km|abbr=on}} | May 5 |
| 4
| align="center" | {{convert|170|mi|km|abbr=on}} | May 19 |
| 5
| Championnat Nord-Americain | align="center" | 2 Hours, 45 Minutes | June 2 |
| 6
| Pacific North West Grand Prix | align="center" | {{convert|250|km|mi|abbr=on}} | June 30 |
| 7
| Watkins Glen Sports Car Road Race | align="center" | {{convert|200|mi|km|abbr=on}} | Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course | July 13 |
| 8
| align="center" | {{convert|500|mi|km|abbr=on}} | July 28 |
| 9
| USRRC Mid-Ohio | align="center" | {{convert|180|mi|km|abbr=on}} | August 18 |
Season results
Overall winners in bold.
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |
| rowspan=2 | Rnd
! rowspan=2 | Circuit ! Over 2.0 Winning Team ! Under 2.0 Winning Team ! rowspan=2 | Results |
|---|
| Over 2.0 Winning Driver(s)
! Under 2.0 Winning Driver(s) |
| rowspan=2 | 1
| rowspan=2 | Mexico City | #99 Aztec Racing | Werner Frank | rowspan=2 | Results |
| {{flagicon|MEX}} Moisés Solana
| {{flagicon|USA}} Werner Frank |
| rowspan=2 | 2
| rowspan=2 | Riverside | #6 Roger Penske Racing | #60 Otto Zipper | rowspan=2 | Results |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Mark Donohue
| {{flagicon|USA}} Don Wester |
| rowspan=2 | 3
| rowspan=2 | Laguna Seca | #6 Roger Penske Racing | #33 Otto Zipper | rowspan=2 | Results |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Mark Donohue
| {{flagicon|USA}} Scooter Patrick |
| rowspan=2 | 4
| rowspan=2 | Bridgehampton | #26 Carl Haas Racing | #66 Werner Frank | rowspan=2 | Results |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Skip Scott
| {{flagicon|USA}} Werner Frank |
| rowspan=2 | 5
| rowspan=2 | St. Jovite | #6 Roger Penske Racing | #37 Altona Motors | rowspan=2 | Results |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Mark Donohue
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Horst Kroll |
| rowspan=2 | 6
| rowspan=2 | Kent | #26 Carl Haas Racing | #4 Porsche | rowspan=2 | Results |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Skip Scott
| {{flagicon|USA}} Lew Florence |
| rowspan=2 | 7
| rowspan=2 | Watkins Glen | #6 Roger Penske Racing | #88 Werner Frank | rowspan=2 | Results |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Mark Donohue
| {{flagicon|USA}} Werner Frank |
| rowspan=2 | 8
| rowspan=2 | Road America | #26 Carl Haas Racing | #12 C.L. Phillips | rowspan=2 | Results |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Skip Scott {{flagicon|USA}} Chuck Parsons | {{flagicon|USA}} Cliff Phillips |
| rowspan=2 | 9
| rowspan=2 | Mid-Ohio | #6 Roger Penske Racing | #69 E.L. Hall | rowspan=2 | Results |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Mark Donohue
| {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Hall |
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091202081322/http://wsrp.ic.cz/usrrc1968.html World Sports Racing Prototypes: USRRC 1968]
- [http://www.racingsportscars.com/championship/USRRC.html Racing Sports Cars: USRRC archive]