| 1966 Can-Am season | |
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The 1966 Canadian-American Challenge Cup season was the inaugural season of the Can-Am auto racing series. It was for FIA Group 7 racing cars running two-hour sprint events. It began September 11, 1966 and ended November 13, 1966 after six rounds.
Schedule[]
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Player's 200 | Circuit Mont-Tremblant | September 11 |
| 2 | Bridgehampton Grand Prix | Bridgehampton Race Circuit | September 18 |
| 3 | Canadian Grand Prix for the Pepsi-Cola Trophy | Mosport Park | September 24 |
| 4 | Monterey Grand Prix | Laguna Seca Raceway | October 16 |
| 5 | Los Angeles Times Grand Prix | Riverside International Raceway | October 30 |
| 6 | Stardust Grand Prix | Stardust Raceway | November 13 |
Season results[]
| Rnd | Circuit | Winning Team | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winning Driver | |||
| 1 | Mont-Tremblant |  #3 Team Surtees
|
Results |
| John Surtees
| |||
| 2 | Bridgehampton |  #30 All American Racers
|
Results |
| Dan Gurney
| |||
| 3 | Mosport | #6 Roger Penske Racing Ent.
|
Results |
| Mark Donohue
| |||
| 4 | Laguna Seca | #65 Chaparral Cars
|
Results |
| Phil Hill
| |||
| 5 | Riverside | #7 Team Surtees
|
Results |
| John Surtees
| |||
| 6 | Stardust | #7 Team Surtees
|
Results |
| John Surtees
|
Drivers Championship[]
Points are awarded to the top six finishers in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Engine | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Surtees
|
Team Surtees
|
Lola T70 Mk.2 | Chevrolet | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |||
| 2 | Mark Donohue
|
Roger Penske Racing
|
Lola T70 Mk.2 | Chevrolet | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 | |
| 3 |  Bruce McLaren
|
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
|
McLaren M1B | Chevrolet | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | ||
| 4 | Phil Hill
|
Chaparral Cars
|
Chaparral 2E | Chevrolet | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Jim Hall
|
Chaparral Cars
|
Chaparral 2E | Chevrolet | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| 6 | Chris Amon
|
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
|
McLaren M1B | Chevrolet | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| 7 | Dan Gurney
|
All American Racers
|
Lola T70 Mk.2 | Ford | 9 | 9 | |||||
| 8 | Chuck Parsons
|
Hilton Racing Team
|
McLaren M1B | Chevrolet | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 9 | Graham Hill
|
Team Surtees
|
Lola T70 Mk.2 | Chevrolet | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 10= | Peter Revson
|
Drummond Racing
|
McLaren M1B | Ford | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 10= |  John Cannon
|
Ecurie Carabine
|
McLaren M1B | Chevrolet | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 12 | George Follmer
|
John Mecom Racing
|
Lola T70 Mk.2 | Ford Chevrolet |
2 |
2 |
4 | ||||
| 13 | Earl Jones
|
Eve & Jones Racing
|
McLaren Elva McLaren M1B |
Chevrolet | 3 |
3 | |||||
| 14= |  Paul Hawkins
|
Jackie Epstein
|
Lola T70 Mk.2 | Chevrolet | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 14= | Masten Gregory
|
Pacesetter Racing
|
McLaren M1B | Chevrolet | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 14= | Lothar Motschenbacher
|
Dan Blocker/Nickey-Vinegaroon
|
McLaren M1B | Oldsmobile Chevrolet |
2 |
2 | |||||
| 17= | Eppie Wietzes
|
Comstock Racing Team
|
Ford GT40 | Ford | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 17= | Jerry Titus
|
Webster
|
Webster Special | Oldsmobile | 1 | 1 |
References[]
- "Results: Canadian-American Challenge Cup 1966". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 1 March 2007. http://wsrp.ic.cz/canam1966.html. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- "Can-Am - final positions and tables". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. http://wsrp.ic.cz/tablecanam.html. Retrieved 2008-01-14.