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 All Corry Field Pensacola, Florida April 11 2 USRRC Riverside GT Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California May 2 Sports 3 USRRC Monterey GT Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California May 9 Sports 4 Vanderbilt Cup All Bridgehampton Race Circuit Bridgehampton, New York May 23 5 Watkins Glen Sports Car Grand Prix All Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course Watkins Glen, New York June 27 6 Pacific North West Grand Prix All Pacific Raceways Kent, Washington August 1 7 USRRC Continental Divide All Continental Divide Raceway Castle Rock, Colorado August 15 8 USRRC Mid-Ohio All Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 29 9 Road America 500 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 Mike Hall George Follmer Tom Payne Charlie Kolb 2 Riverside #66 Chaparral Cars #16 Trans Ocean Motors Shelby American Porsche Results Jim Hall George Follmer Ken Miles Scooter Patrick 3 Laguna Seca #66 Chaparral Cars #28 Enduro Speed, Inc. Shelby American Porsche Results Jim Hall Gerry Bruihl Ken Miles Scooter Patrick 4 Bridgehampton #66 Chaparral Cars #16 Trans Ocean Motors #33 Shelby American #14 Porsche Results Jim Hall George Follmer Bob Johnson George Drolsom 5 Watkins Glen #65 Chaparral Cars #16 Trans Ocean Motors #33 Shelby American #14 Herb Wetanson Results Jim Hall George Follmer Bob Johnson Herb Wetanson 6 Kent #66 Chaparral Cars Elva-Porsche #13 Shelby American Porsche Results Jim Hall Jerry Titus Tom Payne Scooter Patrick 7 Castle Rock #65 Chaparral Cars #16 Trans Ocean Motors #33 Shelby American Porsche Results Hap Sharp George Follmer Bob Johnson Scooter Patrick 8 Mid-Ohio #65 Chaparral Cars #23 Lotus #19 Shelby #18 Abarth-Simca Results Hap Sharp Doug Revson Dan Gerber Ray Cuomo 9 Road America #66 Chaparral Cars #16 Trans Ocean Motors #13 Shelby American #5 Stoddard Racing Team Results Jim Hall Hap Sharp Ronnie Hissom George Follmer Earl Jones Tom Payne Ray Cuomo Chuck Stoddard
External links World Sports Racing Prototypes: USRRC 1965 World Sports Racing Prototypes: USRRC GT 1965 Racing Sports Cars: USRRC archive