Road America 500 Miles 1965 - Race Results

Event: Road America 500		Date: 5.9.1965
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.437 kms	Organiser: unknown
Road America 500 Miles
United States Road Racing Championship (round 9) USRRC GT (round 9)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	66	Hall / Sharp / Hissom	Chaparral 2A Chevrolet	Jim Hall	125	804.6720 kms	144.078	1^st	O2L
2^nd	65	Sharp / Jennings / Hall	Chaparral 2A Chevrolet	Hap Sharp	124			2^nd	O2L
3^rd	91	Thompson / Lowther	Shelby Cobra 427	Essex Wire	118			3^rd	O2L
4^th	16	Follmer / Jones	Lotus 23 Porsche	Trans Ocean Motors 2	118			1^st	U2L
5^th	26	Salyer / Mitchell	McLaren Elva Mark I Oldsmobile	Ralph Salyer	117			4^th	O2L
6^th	13	Payne / Cuomo	Shelby Cobra 289	Shelby-American	116			1^st	GT+2.0
7^th	96	Grossman / Holquist	Ferrari 250 LM	Scuderia Bear	115			5^th	O2L
8^th	51	Kimberly / McCluggage	Elva Mk VII S Porsche	Ed Weschler	114			2^nd	U2L
9^th	69	Hall / Hall	Elva Mk VII S Porsche	E. L. Hall	113			3^rd	U2L
10^th	9	Wintersteen / Goetz	Elva Mk VIII BMW	George Wintersteen	112			4^th	U2L
11^th	6	Stephenson / Haas	Elva Mk VII S Porsche	Gary Stephenson	110			5^th	U2L
12^th	64	Budd Clusserath	Cheetah	C. A. Clusserath	108			6^th	O2L
13^th	33	Johnson / Sesslar	Shelby Cobra 289	Shelby-American	108			2^nd	GT+2.0
14^th	27	Shoenfeld / Martin	Chevrolet Corvette Grand-Sport	W. M. Shoenfeld	107			7^th	O2L
15^th	5	Chuck Stoddard	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	Stoddard Racing Team	106			1^st	GT2.0
16^th	67	Scott / Ross	Elva Mk VII Climax	G. Ralph Scott	105			6^th	U2L
17^th	72	Seitz / MacDonald	Elva Mk VI Climax	Phil Seitz	105			7^th	U2L
18^th	18	Nelson / Countryman	Porsche 718 RS 60	North Dakota Racing Team	103			8^th	U2L
19^th	36	Dickinson / Wiedman	Porsche RS	George W. Dickinson	103			9^th	U2L
20^th	2	Wyllie / Wyllie	Lola Mk.1 Climax	M. R. J. Wyllie	103			10^th	U2L
21^st	14	Bob Nagel	Elva Mk VIII BMW	Robert J. Nagel	102			11^th	U2L
22^nd	22	William Cooper	Ferrari 275 P	William H. Cooper	102			8^th	O2L
23^rd	57	Dietrich / Ross	Elva Mk VII BMW	Robert Amey	102			12^th	U2L
24^th	29?	Canary / Heinz	Chevrolet Corvette Grand-Sport	Paul Canary	102			9^th	O2L
25^th	10	Bienerth / Baumgardner	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	Bob Bienerth	101			3^rd	GT+2.0
26^th	32	Dunbar / Gray	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	R. Jerry Dunbar	101			4^th	GT+2.0
27^th	45	Gene Parsons	Lotus Elan	Gene Parsons	100			2^nd	GT2.0
28^th	53	Bradley / Hartman	Merlyn Mk.4	William E. Bradley	93			13^th	U2L
29^th	48	Dagiel / Wooley	Dirty-Pop Special	Richard T. Dagiel	92			10^th	O2L
30^th	43	Brady / Shufelt	Lotus Eleven	Robert S. Shufelt	79			14^th	U2L
31^st	41	Major / Gulick	Elva Mk VII	Robet D. Kelce	77			15^th	U2L
32^nd	46	Durant / Martin	Durant Special	Dick Durant	74			11^th	O2L
33^rd	23?	Gerber / Yeager	Shelby Cobra 289	Gerber-Payne	68			5^th	GT+2.0

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason	Gr.
3	Buzzetta / Follmer	Elva Mk VII S Porsche	Competition Imports, Inc.	104	DNF	U2L
15	Kirtley / Lang	Elva Mk VI	Bill Kirtley	94	DNF	U2L
11	Hansgen / Donohue	Lola T70 Ford	John Mecom, Jr.	83	Transmission	O2L
71	Baker / Barlass	Black-Jack Special	Jack C. Baker	77	DNF	O2L
97	James Marquardt	Chevrolet Corvette '57	James Marquardt	77	DNF	GT+2.0
92	Scott / Pabst	Ford GT40	Essex Wire	76	Ring & pinion	O2L
55?	Kwech / Terrell	Alfa Romeo Ti	Knauz Continental	73	DNF	GT2.0
24	Doug Revson	Lotus 23P Climax	Douglas Revson	68	DNF	U2L
73	Bud Gates	McLaren Elva Mark I Chevrolet	Bud Gates	68	DNF	O2L
4	Mike Hall	427 LMD (McKee Mk IV Ford)	George W. Lehmann	61	DNF	O2L
44	Hansen / Manning	Chevette (McKee Mk II Chevrolet)	Gerald J. Hansen	52	Engine	O2L
47	Bruihl / Leslie	Lotus 23 Climax	W. F. Goodrum, Enduro-Speed	47	DNF	U2L
1	Shaw / Martin	Lotus 23B	Robert J. Shaw	39	DNF	U2L
77	Kronn / Scott	Elva Mk VII BMW	S. K. E. Ltd.	32	DNF	U2L
39	Cox / Fowler	Cooper King Cobra Ford	Charles Cox	30	DNF	O2L
54	Causey / Barker	Lotus 19 Ford	David F. Causey	23	DNF	O2L
82	Eller / Barton	Porsche 718 RSK	Sam Eller	21	DNF	U2L
63	Joe Scopelite	Bonanza - Chevrolet		19	DNF	O2L
81	Causey / York	Elva Mk VII S BMW	Dean Causey	16	DNF	U2L
35	Kelce / Lindburg	Elva Mk VII BMW	A. Clinton Lindburg	13	Acciden, firet	U2L
17	Ensley / Brady	Apache - Chevrolet	Jack Ensley	13	Accident	O2L
37	Skogmo / Beckett	Genie Mk VIII Ford	Don R. Skogmo	10	DNF	O2L
99	Herb Swan	Elva Mk VII BMW	Herb Swan	7	DNF	U2L
28	Byron Bossart	Laura Mk I	Byron Boosart	2	DNF	O2L

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
21	George Ralph	Elva Mk VIII	Geo. Ralph, Jr.		U2L

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
8	Lee Buchanan	Hustler	Lee Buchanan	O2L
12	Owen Rutherford	Cooper Monaco	Owen Rutherford	O2L
19	Lothar Motschenbacher	King Cobra	Bill Lowell	O2L
25	Helferich / Opalka	Pariah	Peter Helferich	O2L
31	Goth / Boyd	Lotus 23	Michael R. Goth	U2L
42	Shufelt / Brady	Lotus Eleven	Robert S. Shufelt	U2L
49	Kambrowski / Lawrence	Lotus - Buick	Gilbert E. Horton	O2L
52	Heinz / Canary	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	David J. Heinz	GT+2.0
56	Haas / Snyder	Elva Mk VIII	Carl A. Haas	U2L
74	Sesslar / Carmichael	Sunbeam Tiger	Sports Car Forum	GT+2.0
75	Tannhaeuser / Gonstead	Merlyn Mk VI	Wm. Tannhaeuser	U2L
78	Millard Ripley	Bobsy	Millard G. Ripley	U2L
88	Hugus / Underwood	Lotus - Ferrari	J. Edward Hugus	U2L