1965 United States Road Racing Championship

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

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Rnd Race Length Class Circuit Location Date
1 USRRC Pensacola 200 mi (320 km) All Corry Field Pensacola, Florida April 11
2 USRRC Riverside 200 km (120 mi) GT Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California May 2
300 km (190 mi) Sports
3 USRRC Monterey 100 mi (160 km) GT Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California May 9
150 mi (240 km) Sports
4 Vanderbilt Cup 215 mi (346 km) All Bridgehampton Race Circuit Bridgehampton, New York May 23
5 Watkins Glen Sports Car Grand Prix 200 mi (320 km) All Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course Watkins Glen, New York June 27
6 Pacific North West Grand Prix 250 km (160 mi) All Pacific Raceways Kent, Washington August 1
7 USRRC Continental Divide 200 mi (320 km) All Continental Divide Raceway Castle Rock, Colorado August 15
8 USRRC Mid-Ohio 200 mi (320 km) All Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 29
9 Road America 500 500 mi (800 km) All Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin September 5

Season results

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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
United States Mike Hall United States George Follmer United States Tom Payne United States Charlie Kolb
2 Riverside #66 Chaparral Cars #16 Trans Ocean Motors Shelby American Porsche Results
United States Jim Hall United States George Follmer United Kingdom Ken Miles United States Scooter Patrick
3 Laguna Seca #66 Chaparral Cars #28 Enduro Speed, Inc. Shelby American Porsche Results
United States Jim Hall United States Gerry Bruihl United Kingdom Ken Miles United States Scooter Patrick
4 Bridgehampton #66 Chaparral Cars #16 Trans Ocean Motors #33 Shelby American #14 Porsche Results
United States Jim Hall United States George Follmer United States Bob Johnson United States George Drolsom
5 Watkins Glen #65 Chaparral Cars #16 Trans Ocean Motors #33 Shelby American #14 Herb Wetanson Results
United States Jim Hall United States George Follmer United States Bob Johnson United States Herb Wetanson
6 Kent #66 Chaparral Cars Elva-Porsche #13 Shelby American Porsche Results
United States Jim Hall United States Jerry Titus United States Tom Payne United States Scooter Patrick
7 Castle Rock #65 Chaparral Cars #16 Trans Ocean Motors #33 Shelby American Porsche Results
United States Hap Sharp United States George Follmer United States Bob Johnson United States Scooter Patrick
8 Mid-Ohio #65 Chaparral Cars #23 Lotus #19 Shelby #18 Abarth-Simca Results
United States Hap Sharp United States Doug Revson United States Dan Gerber United States Ray Cuomo
9 Road America #66 Chaparral Cars #16 Trans Ocean Motors #13 Shelby American #5 Stoddard Racing Team Results
United States Jim Hall
United States Hap Sharp
United States Ronnie Hissom
United States George Follmer
United States Earl Jones
United States Tom Payne
United States Ray Cuomo
United States Chuck Stoddard
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