1964 United States Road Racing Championship

The 1964 United States Road Racing Championship season was the second season of the Sports Car Club of America's United States Road Racing Championship. It began March 1, 1964, and ended September 13, 1964, after ten races. A second GT class for cars under two liters of displacement was added. Separate races for sportscars and GTs were held at eight rounds, while two rounds were combined races. Jim Hall won the season championship.

Schedule

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Rnd Race Length Class Circuit Location Date
1 USRRC Augusta 250 km (160 mi) GT Augusta International Raceway Augusta, Georgia March 1
250 km (160 mi) Sports
2 USRRC Pensacola 150 mi (240 km) GT Corry Field Pensacola, Florida April 5
220 km (140 mi) Sports
3 Riverside Grand Prix 200 km (120 mi) GT Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California April 26
300 km (190 mi) Sports
4 USRRC Monterey 100 mi (160 km) GT Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California May 3
150 mi (240 km) Sports
5 Pacific North West Grand Prix 100 mi (160 km) GT Pacific Raceways Kent, Washington May 10
150 mi (240 km) Sports
6 Watkins Glen Sports Car Grand Prix 100 mi (160 km) GT Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course Watkins Glen, New York June 28
200 mi (320 km) Sports
7 USRRC Greenwood 165 mi (266 km) All Greenwood Roadway Indianola, Iowa July 19
8 USRRC Meadowdale 120 mi (190 km) GT Meadowdale International Raceway Carpentersville, Illinois August 9
170 mi (270 km) Sports
9 USRRC Mid-Ohio 100 mi (160 km) GT Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 30
170 mi (270 km) Sports
10 Road America 500 500 mi (800 km) All Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin September 13

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 Augusta #97 Shelby American #77 Scuderia TinCan #15 Shelby American Porsche Results
  Dave MacDonald   Charlie Hayes   Ken Miles   Bruce Jennings
2 Pensacola #66 Chaparral Cars Lotus #14 Shelby American Lotus-Ford Results
  Jim Hall   Ed Hugus   Ken Miles   John Whitmore
3 Riverside #9 Nickey Chevrolet Frank Arciero #50 Shelby American Porsche Results
  Skip Hudson   Bobby Unser   Ken Miles   Scooter Patrick
4 Laguna Seca #366 Chaparral Cars #77 Scuderia TinCan Shelby Porsche Results
  Jim Hall   Charlie Hayes   Ed Leslie   Don Wester
5 Kent #14 Shelby American Lotus-Climax #50 Shelby American Porsche Results
  Dave MacDonald   Tony Settember   Ken Miles   Don Wester
6 Watkins Glen #66 Chaparral Cars #71 Scuderia TinCan #98 Shelby American Stoddard Racing Team Results
  Jim Hall   Charlie Hayes   Ken Miles   Chuck Stoddard
7 Greenwood #96 Shelby American #71 Ed Wechsler #98 Shelby American #15 Alan Mann Results
  Ed Leslie   Bill Wuesthoff   Ken Miles   John Whitmore
8 Meadowdale #66 Chaparral Cars #7 Robert Bosch #98 Shelby American Stoddard Racing Team Results
  Jim Hall   Joe Buzzetta   Ken Miles   Chuck Stoddard
9 Mid-Ohio #67 Chaparral Cars #71 Robert Bosch #99 Shelby American #17 Robert Bosch Results
  Hap Sharp   Bill Wuesthoff   Bob Johnson   Bill Wuesthoff
10 Road America #2 Mecom Racing Team #79 Edward Weschler, Jr. #99 Shelby American #5 Stoddard Racing Team Results
  Walt Hansgen   Bill Wuesthoff
  Joe Buzzetta
  John Morton
  Skip Scott
  Ken Miles
  Chuck Stoddard
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