1968 Can-Am season

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.

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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