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Event: Bridgehampton Grand Prix, Canadian American Challenge Cup			Date: 15.9.1968
Track: Bridgehapmton Race Circuit (United States), 4.587 kms		Organiser: New York Region SCCA
Can-Am Bridgehampton
Canadian-American Challenge Cup (round 2)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h
1^st	6	Mark Donohue	McLaren M6B Chevrolet	Roger Penske Racing Ent.	70	321.8688 kms	179.1522
2^nd	66	Jim Hall	Chaparral 2G Chevrolet	Chaparral Cars Inc.	70
3^rd	11	Lothar Motschenbacher	McLaren M6B Ford	Leader Cards Racers	68
4^th	36	Swede Savage	Lola T160 Ford	All American Racers	65
5^th	28	Dick Brown	McLaren M6B Chevrolet	Ecurie Green Inc.	63
6^th	48	Dan Gurney	McLaren M6B Ford	All American Racers	61
7^th	15	Brian O'Neil	Lola T70 Mk.3B Chevrolet	American Racing Motors	61
8^th	2	Sam Posey	Lola T160 Chevrolet	Autodynamics Corporation	58

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason
4	Bruce McLaren	McLaren M8A Chevrolet	McLaren Cars Ltd.	62			Main bearing
5	Denny Hulme	McLaren M8A Chevrolet	McLaren Cars Ltd.	53			Broken rod
18	Ron Courtney	McLaren Elva Mark III Chevrolet	Ronald K. Courtney	51			Accident
1	Brett Lunger	Caldwell D7B Chevrolet	Autodynamics Corporation	48			Flat tyre
52	Peter Revson	McLaren M6B Ford	Shelby Racing Co., Inc.	48			Rear suspension
24	Bob Nagel	Lola T70 Mk.3 Ford	Bob Nagel	35			Gearbox
43	Pipin	Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet	R. B. Galloway	33			Electrical wiring
9	Jo Bonnier	McLaren M6B Chevrolet	Ecurie Suisse	30			Oil pressure, puncture
31	Ronnie Bucknum	Lola T70 Mk.3B Ford	Agapiou Racing	27			Overheating, push-rod
37	George Ralph	Lola T70 Mk.2B Chevrolet	George L. Ralph	23			Broken gear lever
26	Skip Scott	Lola T160 Chevrolet	Carl A. Haas Racing Teams, Ltd.	23			Overheating
10	Chuck Parsons	Lola T160 Chevrolet	Carl A. Haas Racing Teams, Ltd.	21			Engine
98	George Eaton	McLaren Elva Mark III Ford	George Eaton Racing	17			Drive shaft
42	Candido DaMota	McLaren Elva Mark III Chevrolet	Land & Cattle Inc.	16			Black-flagged
7	John Surtees	Lola TS Chevrolet (T160)	Team Surtees	12			Push-rod
22	Pedro Rodriguez	Ferrari 330 P4	North American Racing Team	8			Accident
21	Mario Andretti	Lola T70 Mk.3 Ford	Bignotti Enterprises	4			Oil pressure

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
44	Jerry Hansen	McLaren M6A Chevrolet	Jerry Hansen
61	Fred Pipin	Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet	Jack Douglas Chevrolet	Accident in practice
14	Lynn Kysar	Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet	Homer J. Rader
20	Anson Johnson	Lola T70 Mk.3B Chevrolet	American Racing Motors

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
16	Nat Adams	Chinook Mk V Chevrolet	Nat Adams
19	Gary Wilson	McLaren Elva Mark IIB Chevrolet	Gary M. Wilson
25	Charlie Hayes	McKee Mk.10 Oldsmobile	Ralph C. Salyer
33	Tom Swindell	McLaren - Chevrolet	Tom Swindell
34	Max Beimler	Chinook Mk II Chevrolet	Max Beimler
39	Ludwig Heimrath	McLaren Elva Mark III Chevrolet	Heimrath Racing
51	John Cordts	McLaren Elva Mark III Chevrolet	Performance Engineering, Ltd.
56	Ralph Trieschmann	McLaren Elva Mark III Chevrolet	Ralph Trieschmann
63	Roy Kumnick	Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet	Tero Corvette
68	Art Kijek	Special Ford	Kay Tee Cars
72	Bob Lande	Genie - Ford	Rascal Racing & Sports Car Associates
76	George Drolsom	Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet	Burmester & Drolsom
77	Leonard Janke	McLaren Elva Mark III Chevrolet	Janke Auto Co.

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