1968 Can-Am season

1968 Can-Am season

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The 1968 Canadian-American Challenge Cup 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 M6A	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. October 2, 2005. Archived from the original on May 8, 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2008.
• "Can-Am - final positions and tables". World Sports Racing Prototypes. October 2, 2005. Archived from the original on May 31, 2008. Retrieved January 14, 2008.