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
Entries Team Chassis Engine Tire Number Drivers Rounds Don Jensen Burnett Mk. II Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 0 Don Jensen 4–5 Autodynamics Corporation Caldwell D-7BCaldwell D-7C Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 1/2 Sam Posey 1 Brett Lunger 2–5 Lola T160 Chevrolet 6.1 L V8Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 2/1 Brett Lunger 1 Sam Posey 2–6 McLaren Cars, Ltd. McLaren M8A Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 4 Bruce McLaren All 5 Denny Hulme All Roger Penske Racing Enterprises McLaren M6B Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 6 Mark Donohue All Team Surtees, Ltd. Lola T160 TS Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 7 John Surtees 2–3, 5 Ecurie Suisse McLaren M6B Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 9 Jo Bonnier 1–3, 5–6 Carl A. Haas Racing Teams, Ltd. Lola T160 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 10 Chuck Parsons All Lola T70 Mk. 3Lola T160 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 26 Skip Scott All Leader Card Racers McLaren M6B Ford 6.2 L V8 11 Lothar Motschenbacher All Eric Hauser Lola T70 Mk. 3 Chevrolet 6.5 L V8 12 Jerry Entin 4–5 Homer J. Rader Lola T70 Mk. 3 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 14 Lynn Kyser 1–2 American Racing Motors Lola T70 Mk. 3BLola T160 Chevrolet 5.9 L V8 15 Brian O'Neil 1–5 20 Anson Johnson 2 George Follmer Enterprises Lola T70 Mk. 3B Ford 7.0 L V8 16 George Follmer 5–6 Hollywood Sports Cars & T/G Racing Company McLaren M6B Chevrolet 5.9 L V8 17 Jerry Titus 3–6 Ronald K. Courtney McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 18 Ron Courtney 1–2 Competition Imports Racing Team Lola T70 Mk. 3 GT Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 18 Ed Leslie 4–6 Gary M. Wilson McLaren-Elva Mk. IIBLola T70 Mk. 3 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 19 Gary Wilson 1, 3, 5–6 George Bignotti Lola T70 Mk. 3Lola T160 Ford 5.0 L V8Ford 7.0 L V8 21/3 Mario Andretti 1–2, 5–6 Jim Paul McLaren-Elva Mk. IIIB Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 21/22 Jim Paul 4–5 North American Racing Team Ferrari 330 P4 Ferrari 4.2 L V12 22 Pedro Rodríguez 1–2 Modern Classic Motors Ferrari 612 P Ferrari 6.2 L V12 23 Chris Amon 6 Robert J. Nagel Lola T70 Mk. 3 Ford 7.0 L V8 24 Bob Nagel 2, 6 Ralph C. Salyer McKee Mk. 10 Oldsmobile 6.4 L V8 25 Charlie Hayes 1, 3–6 Ecurie Greene, Inc. McLaren M6B Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 28 Dick Brown 1–2, 5–6 George L. Ralph Lola T70 Mk. 2 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 31/37 George Ralph 1–2 Agapiou Brothers Lola T70 Mk. 3B Ford 7.0 L V8 32/31 Ronnie Bucknum 1–3 34 George Follmer 4 Warren Burmester Lola T70 Mk. 3 Chevrolet 6.3 L V8 34 George Drolsom 5 All American Racers Lola T160McLaren M6B Ford 5.0 L V8Ford-Weslake 5.3 L V8 36 Swede Savage 2–6 McLaren M6BLola T160 Ford-Weslake 5.3 L V8Ford 7.0 L V8 48 Dan Gurney 2–6 Sports Racing Pacific Lola T70 Mk. 2B Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 37 Dick Barbour 5–6 George Hollinger 5 Heimrath Racing McLaren-Elva Mk. IIB Chevrolet 5.9 L V8 39 Ludwig Heimrath 1 Bill Campbell-Dan Blocker Genie Mk. X Chevrolet 5.0 L V8 41 Ron La Peer 4 Jay Hills McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet 6.9 L V8 41 Jay Hills 5–6 Land & Cattle, Inc. McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet 5.9 L V8 42 Candido DaMota 1–2 R. B. Galloway Lola T70 Mk. 3McLaren M6B Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 43 Richard Galloway 2–6 Fred Pipin 2 Jerry Hansen McLaren M6A Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 44 Jerry Hansen 1–2, 4–6 Jef Stevens Lola T70 Mk. 3B Chevrolet 5.9 L V8 45 Jef Stevens 3, 6 Shelby Racing Co., Inc. McLaren M6B Ford 7.0 L V8 52 Peter Revson All Clem H. Abrams Lotus 19 Ford 4.7 L V8 54 Clem Abrams 5 Roger McCaig McLaren M6B Chevrolet 6.1 L V8 55 Roger McCaig 3, 5–6 Ralph Trieschmann McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 56 Ralph Trieschmann 1 Performance Engineering, Ltd. McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 57 John Cordts 1, 3 Monte's Motors Porsche 906 Porsche 2.5 L Flat-6 57 Monte Shelton 4 Jack Douglas Chevrolet Lola T70 Mk. 3 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 61 Fred Pipin 1–2 Continental Accessories McLaren-Elva Mk. IIB Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 62 John Cannon 4–6 Tero Corvette Lola T70 Mk. 3 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 63 Roy Kumnick 1, 4 Williams & Swanson Racing Burnett Mk. 3 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 64 Stan Burnett 4–5 Chaparral Cars, Inc. Chaparral 2G Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 66 Jim Hall All Ron Herrera McLaren-Elva Mk. II Chevrolet V8 71 Ron Herrera 5 Webster Racing Lola T70 Mk. 3 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 76 Tony Settember 4–6 Janke Auto Company McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet 5.9 L V8 77/72 Leonard Janke 1, 6 Automotion of San Diego Lola T70 Mk. II Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 77 Jack Millikan 4–6 George Eaton Racing McLaren-Elva Mk. III Ford-Weslake 5.3 L V8Ford 6.2 L V8 98 George Eaton All Mac's Super Gloss Lola T70 Mk. 3 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 99 Bill Young 3, 5–6
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 1 Ret 1 2 5 1 35 2 Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M8A Chevrolet 2 Ret 2 5 1 6 24 3 Mark Donohue Roger Penske Racing McLaren M6A Chevrolet 3 1 3 8 2 DNS 23 4 Jim Hall Chaparral Cars Inc. Chaparral 2G Chevrolet 5 2 11 DNS 3 Ret 12 5 Lothar Motschenbacher Dana Chevrolet Racing McLaren M6B Ford 6 3 Ret 4 4 Ret 11 6 John Cannon John Cannon McLaren M1B Chevrolet 1 6 Ret 10 7 George Follmer Agapiou Brothers Lola T70 Mk.3B Ford Ret Ret 2 6 8 Jerry Titus Terry Godsall McLaren M6B Chevrolet Ret 6 13 3 5 9= Sam Posey Caldwell Autodynamics Caldwell D7CLola T160 Chevrolet 10 8 4 9 Ret 5 5 9= Chuck Parsons Carl A. Haas Racing Teams Lola T160 Chevrolet Ret Ret 5 Ret 11 4 5 11 George Eaton George Eaton Racing McLaren M1C Ford 8 Ret 10 3 Ret 7 4 12= Peter Revson Shelby American Racing McLaren M6B Ford 4 Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 3 12= Swede Savage All American Racers Lola T160McLaren M6B Ford 4 Ret Ret 8 Ret 3 14 Dick Brown Ecurie Green Inc. McLaren M6B Chevrolet Ret 5 9 9 2 15= Dan Gurney All American Racers McLaren M6BLola T160 Ford 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 15= Charlie Hayes Salyer Racing McKee Mk.10 Oldsmobile 7 6 DNS Ret Ret 1PosDriverTeamCarEngineRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Total
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