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 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico March 31 2 USRRC Riverside Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California April 28 3 Pimm's Cup Trophy Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California May 5 4 Vanderbilt Cup 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 Pacific Raceways Kent, Washington June 30 7 Watkins Glen Sports Car Road Race Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course Watkins Glen, New York July 13 8 Road America 500 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin July 28 9 USRRC Mid-Ohio 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 Moisés Solana Werner Frank 2 Riverside #6 Roger Penske Racing #60 Otto Zipper Results Mark Donohue Don Wester 3 Laguna Seca #6 Roger Penske Racing #33 Otto Zipper Results Mark Donohue Scooter Patrick 4 Bridgehampton #26 Carl Haas Racing #66 Werner Frank Results Skip Scott Werner Frank 5 St. Jovite #6 Roger Penske Racing #37 Altona Motors Results Mark Donohue Horst Kroll 6 Kent #26 Carl Haas Racing #4 Porsche Results Skip Scott Lew Florence 7 Watkins Glen #6 Roger Penske Racing #88 Werner Frank Results Mark Donohue Werner Frank 8 Road America #26 Carl Haas Racing #12 C.L. Phillips Results Skip Scott Chuck Parsons Cliff Phillips Al Cervenka 9 Mid-Ohio #6 Roger Penske Racing #69 E.L. Hall Results Mark Donohue Mike Hall
External links World Sports Racing Prototypes: USRRC 1968 Racing Sports Cars: USRRC archive