Road America 500 Miles 1968 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: Road America 500		Date: 28.7.1968
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:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	500 miles
Attendance:	41000

Entered:	39
Practiced:	unknown
Started:	33
Finished:	19
Classified:	19

Classes:	Start	Class
Sports Racing +2000	24	13
Sports Racing 2000	9	6

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

Winners:
Overall:	26	Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet	Scott / Parsons
Sports Racing 2000:	12	Porsche 906	Phillips / Cervenka
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	6	McLaren M6A Chevrolet	Mark Donohue (USA)	2:18.1000	162.9815 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	6	McLaren M6A Chevrolet	Mark Donohue (USA)	2:15.9000	170.4006 km/h
Sports Racing 2000:	37	Kelly Special Porsche	Kroll / Kelly	2:36.8000
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Lola (9), McLaren (7), Porsche (4), Elva (4), Lotus (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (18), Porsche (8), Ford (5), BMW (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Lola T70 (9), McLaren Elva Mark II (3), McLaren Elva Mark III (3), Porsche 906 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (52), CDN (11)
Team nationalities:	USA (27), CDN (6)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (100%)
Oldest known drivers:	Chuck Parsons (44), Wayne Kelly (33), John Cordts (33)
Youngest known drivers:	George Eaton (23), Jerry Hansen (27), Skip Scott (27)
Female drivers:	F. P. Wedge Rafferty, Gloria Tuttle

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