1966 Can-Am season

The 1966 Canadian-American Challenge Cup was the inaugural season of the Can-Am auto racing series. It was for FIA Group 7 racing cars running two-hour sprint events. It began September 11, 1966, and ended November 13, 1966, after six rounds.

1966 Can-Am season

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The series was won by John Surtees driving a Lola T70 Mk.2.

Schedule

The series was won by John Surtees driving a Lola T70 Mk.2, similar to the example pictured above.

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Player's 200	Circuit Mont-Tremblant	September 11
2	Bridgehampton Grand Prix	Bridgehampton Race Circuit	September 18
3	Canadian Grand Prix for the Pepsi-Cola Trophy	Mosport Park	September 24
4	Monterey Grand Prix	Laguna Seca Raceway	October 16
5	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix	Riverside International Raceway	October 30
6	Stardust Grand Prix	Stardust Raceway	November 13

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	Winning Team	Results
		Winning Driver (Car)
1	Mont-Tremblant	#3 Team Surtees	Results
		John Surtees (Lola T70 Mk.2)
2	Bridgehampton	#30 All American Racers	Results
		Dan Gurney (Lola T70 Mk.2)
3	Mosport	#6 Roger Penske Racing Ent.	Results
		Mark Donohue (Lola T70 Mk.2)
4	Laguna Seca	#65 Chaparral Cars	Results
		Phil Hill (Chaparral 2E)
5	Riverside	#7 Team Surtees	Results
		John Surtees (Lola T70 Mk.2)
6	Stardust	#7 Team Surtees	Results
		John Surtees (Lola T70 Mk.2)

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	John Surtees	Team Surtees	Lola T70 Mk.2	Chevrolet	9				9	9	27
2	Mark Donohue	Roger Penske Racing	Lola T70 Mk.2	Chevrolet		2	9	3	3	4	21
3	Bruce McLaren	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	McLaren M1B	Chevrolet	6	4		4		6	20
4	Phil Hill	Chaparral Cars	Chaparral 2E	Chevrolet		3	6	9			18
5	Jim Hall	Chaparral Cars	Chaparral 2E	Chevrolet				6	6		12
6	Chris Amon	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	McLaren M1B	Chevrolet	4	6					10
7	Dan Gurney	All American Racers	Lola T70 Mk.2	Ford		9					9
8	Chuck Parsons	Hilton Racing Team	McLaren M1B	Chevrolet	1	1	4				6
9	Graham Hill	Team Surtees	Lola T70 Mk.2	Chevrolet					4		4
10=	Peter Revson	Drummond Racing	McLaren M1B	Ford					1	3	4
10=	John Cannon	Ecurie Carabine	McLaren M1B	Chevrolet	3			1			4
12	George Follmer	John Mecom Racing	Lola T70 Mk.2	Ford Chevrolet	2				2		4
13	Earl Jones	Eve & Jones Racing	McLaren Elva McLaren M1B	Chevrolet			3				3
14=	Paul Hawkins	Jackie Epstein	Lola T70 Mk.2	Chevrolet			2				2
14=	Masten Gregory	Pacesetter Racing	McLaren M1B	Chevrolet				2			2
14=	Lothar Motschenbacher	Dan Blocker/Nickey-Vinegaroon	McLaren M1B	Oldsmobile Chevrolet						2	2
17=	Eppie Wietzes	Comstock Racing Team	Ford GT40	Ford			1				1
17=	Jerry Titus	Webster Racing Enterpr.[1]	Webster Special	Oldsmobile						1	1

References

1. Official Program, Second Annual Stardust Grand Prix, November 11–13, 1966

• "Results: Canadian-American Challenge Cup 1966". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 1 March 2007. Archived from the original on 2 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
• "Can-Am - final positions and tables". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2008-01-14.

External links

• Season: 1966 (Canadian-American Challenge Cup), www.racingsportscars.com