1968 Can-Am season | |
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The 1968 Canadian-American Challenge Cup season was the third season of the Can-Am auto racing series. It consisted of FIA Group 7 racing cars running two-hour sprint events. It began September 1, 1968 and ended November 10, 1968 after six rounds.
Schedule[]
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Road America Can-Am | Road America | September 1 |
2 | Bridgehampton Grand Prix | Bridgehampton Race Circuit | September 15 |
3 | Klondike Trail 200 | Edmonton Speedway Park | September 29 |
4 | Monterey Grand Prix | Laguna Seca Raceway | October 13 |
5 | Los Angeles Times Grand Prix | Riverside International Raceway | October 27 |
6 | Stardust Grand Prix | Stardust International Raceway | November 10 |
Season results[]
Rnd | Circuit | Winning Team | Results |
---|---|---|---|
Winning Driver | |||
1 | Road America | #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing | Results |
Denny Hulme | |||
2 | Bridgehampton | #6 Roger Penske Racing | Results |
Mark Donohue | |||
3 | Edmonton | #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing | Results |
Denny Hulme | |||
4 | Laguna Seca | #62 John Cannon | Results |
John Cannon | |||
5 | Riverside | #4 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing | Results |
Bruce McLaren | |||
6 | Stardust | #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing | Results |
Denny Hulme |
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 | Denny Hulme | Bruce McLaren Motor Racing | McLaren M8A | Chevrolet | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 35 | |
2 | Bruce McLaren | Bruce McLaren Motor Racing | McLaren M8A | Chevrolet | 6 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 24 | |
3 | Mark Donohue | Roger Penske Racing | McLaren M6B | Chevrolet | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 23 | ||
4 | Jim Hall | Chaparral Cars Inc. | Chaparral 2G | Chevrolet | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | |||
5 | Lothar Motschenbacher | Dana Chevrolet Racing | McLaren M6B | Ford | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | ||
6 | John Cannon | John Cannon | McLaren M1B | Chevrolet | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||||
7 | George Follmer | Agapiou Brothers | Lola T70 Mk.3B | Ford | 6 | 6 | |||||
8 | Jerry Titus | Terry Godsall | McLaren M6B | Chevrolet | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
9= | Sam Posey | Caldwell Autodynamics | Caldwell D7C Lola T160 |
Chevrolet | 3 |
2 |
5 | ||||
9= | Chuck Parsons | Carl A. Haas Racing Teams | Lola T160 | Chevrolet | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
11 | George Eaton | George Eaton Racing | McLaren M1C | Ford | 4 | 4 | |||||
12= | Peter Revson | Shelby American Racing | McLaren M6B | Ford | 3 | 3 | |||||
12= | Swede Savage | All American Racers | Lola T160 McLaren M6B |
Ford | 3 |
3 | |||||
14 | Dick Brown | Ecurie Green Inc. | McLaren M6B | Chevrolet | 2 | 2 | |||||
15= | Dan Gurney | All American Racers | McLaren M6B Lola T160 |
Ford | 1 | 1 | |||||
15= | Charlie Hayes | Salyer Racing | McKee Mk.10 | Oldsmobile | 1 | 1 |
References[]
- "Results: Canadian-American Challenge Cup 1968". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. http://wsrp.ic.cz/canam1968.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.