The 1963 United States Road Racing Championship season was the first season of the Sports Car Club of America's United States Road Racing Championship. It began February 3, 1963, and ended September 22, 1963, after eight races. Separate races for sportscars and GTs were held at four rounds, while three rounds were combined races, and one round (Daytona) was for sportscars only. Bob Holbert won the season championship, splitting time between the under-two liter sportscar and GT classes.
Schedule
Rnd Race Length Class Circuit Location Date 1 Daytona 200 Sports Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida February 3 2 USRRC Pensacola GT Corry Field Pensacola, Florida May 26 Sports 3 Laguna Seca 150 All Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California June 9 4 Watkins Glen Sports Car Grand Prix GT Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course Watkins Glen, New York June 30 Sports 5 Pacific North West Grand Prix GT Pacific Raceways Kent, Washington July 21 Sports 6 Continental Divide 150 All Continental Divide Raceway Castle Rock, Colorado August 18 7 Road America 500 All Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin September 8 8 USRRC Mid-Ohio GT Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio September 22 Sports
Season results Overall winner in bold. Rnd Circuit Sports +2.0 Winning Team Sports 2.0 Winning Team GT Winning Team Results Sports +2.0 Winning Driver(s) Sports 2.0 Winning Driver(s) GT Winning Driver(s) 1 Daytona #166 Hap Sharp #14 PorscheDid Not Participate Results Jim Hall Bob Holbert 2 Pensacola Lotus-Climax #14 Porsche Mecom Racing Team Results Tim Mayer Bob Holbert Roger Penske 3 Laguna Seca #92 Team Meridian Inc. #10 Chuck Parsons #196 Shelby American Results Skip Hudson Chuck Parsons Bob Holbert 4 Watkins Glen #98 Shelby American #14 Porsche #33 Bob Johnson Results Ken Miles Bob Holbert Bob Johnson 5 Kent #448 Kjell Qvale Porsche #97 Shelby American Results Pedro Rodríguez Don Wester Dave MacDonald 6 Castle Rock #14 Meister Brauser Porsche #98 Shelby American Results Augie Pabst Don Wester Bob Bondurant 7 Road America #98 Williamson Ford, Inc. #76 Porsche Car Import/Oliver Schmidt #97 Steve McQueen/Shelby American Results Bob Holbert Ken Miles Augie Pabst Bill Wuesthoff Bob Bondurant Dave MacDonald 8 Mid-Ohio #98 Shelby American #89 Porsche #99 Shelby American Results Ken Miles Herb Swan Bob Holbert
External links World Sports Racing Prototypes: USRRC 1963 World Sports Racing Prototypes: USRRC GT 1963 Racing Sports Cars: USRRC archive