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Event: United States Road Racing Championship Mid-Ohio		Date: 28.8.1966
Track: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (United States), 3.862 kms	Organiser: unknown
USRRC Mid-Ohio
United States Road Racing Championship (round 7)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	14:30
Grid:	3-2-3, PP left
Distance:	200 miles
Attendance:	32000

Entered:	46
Practiced:	37
Qualified:	37
Started:	35
Finished:	17
Classified:	17

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Sports Racing over 2000 cc	26	24	9
Sports Racing under 2000 cc	11	11	8

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
1 non-qualifying practice session held for a total of 90 minutes on 27/8
1 qualifying session held for a total of 135 minutes on 27/8
45 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	96	McLaren Elva Mark II Oldsmobile	Lothar Motschenbacher
Sports Racing under 2000 cc:	7	Porsche 906	Joe Buzzetta
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	6	Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet	Mark Donohue (USA)	1:38.600	141.027 km/h
:	96	McLaren Elva Mark II Oldsmobile	Lothar Motschenbacher (USA)	1:38.600	141.027 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	6	Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet	Mark Donohue (USA)	1:37.800	142.169 km/h
Sports Racing under 2000 cc:	1	Ferrari Dino 206 S	Charlie Kolb	1:43.200
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	McLaren (8), Porsche (6), Lola (4), Genie (3), Ferrari (2), Elva (2), McKee (2), Lotus (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (13), Porsche (7), Ford (6), Oldsmobile (3), Ferrari (2), BMW (2)
Top car types by numbers:	McLaren Elva Mark II (7), Porsche 906 (6), Lola T70 (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (31), CDN (4)
Most used colours:	white (38%), red (17%), blue (14%), green (10%), purple (5%), silver (4%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (93%), front-engined (7%)
Oldest known drivers:	Chuck Parsons (42), Chuck Dietrich (42), Dick Brown (37)
Youngest known drivers:	Jerry Hansen (25), Peter Gregg (26), Lothar Motschenbacher (28)

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