Road America 500 Miles 1966 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: Road America 500		Date: 4.9.1966
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.437 kms	Organiser: unknown
Road America 500 Miles
United States Road Racing Championship (round 8)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	14:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	500 miles
Attendance:	34000

Entered:	50
Practiced:	unknown
Started:	38
Finished:	15
Classified:	14

Classes:	Start	Class
Sports Racing - Class C	21	7
Sports Racing - Class D	0	0
Sports Racing - Class E	11	5
Sports Racing - Class F	1	0
Sports Racing - Class G	5	2

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

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 60 minutes on 2/9
1 qualifying session held for a total of 45 minutes on 3/9

Winners:
Overall:	10	McLaren Elva Mark II Chevrolet	Chuck Parsons
Sports Racing - Class E:	7	Porsche 906	Buzzetta / Klass
Sports Racing - Class G:	67	Elva Mk VII Climax	Scott / Ross
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	98	McLaren Elva Mark II Chevrolet	Charlie Hayes (USA)	2:28.1000	156.4797 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	98	McLaren Elva Mark II Chevrolet	Charlie Hayes (USA)	2:26.2000	158.5123 km/h
Sports Racing - Class E:	11	Ferrari Dino 206 S	Charlie Kolb	2:38.8000
Sports Racing - Class G:	67	Elva Mk VII Climax	Scott / Ross	3:06.6000
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Elva (7), Porsche (6), McLaren (5), Ferrari (3), Lotus (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (12), Porsche (8), Ford (5), Ferrari (3), Climax (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 906 (5), McLaren Elva Mark II (4), Lola T70 (2), Elva Mk VIII (2), Elva Mk VII (2), McKee Mk.6 (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (67)
Team nationalities:	USA (37)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (84%), front-engined (16%)
Oldest known drivers:	Jack Ensley (60), M. R. J. Wyllie (47), Chuck Parsons (42)
Youngest known drivers:	Mike Fisher (23), John Morton (24), Peter Revson (27)
Female drivers:	Denise McCluggage

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