1998 United States Road Racing Championship

The 1998 United States Road Racing Championship season was the inaugural season of the revived United States Road Racing Championship run by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and also the first North American sports car endurance split era. The season involved four classes: Can-Am prototypes and three Grand Touring classes referred to at GT1, GT2, and GT3. Five races were run from January 31, 1998, to August 23, 1998.

Schedule

Rnd Race Distance Circuit Date
1 Rolex 24 at Daytona 24 Hours Daytona International Speedway January 31
February 1
2 Homestead 2 Hours 15 Minutes 2 Hours 15 Minutes Homestead-Miami Speedway May 17
3 U.S. Road Racing Classic 2 Hours 30 Minutes Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course June 14
4 Sprint PCS Grand Prix of Minnesota 1 Hour 45 Minutes Minneapolis street circuit June 28
5 First Union 6 Hours 6 Hours Watkins Glen International August 23

Season results

Overall winners in bold.

Rnd Circuit CA Winning Team GT1 Winning Team GT2 Winning Team GT3 Winning Team Results
CA Winning Drivers GT1 Winning Drivers GT2 Winning Drivers GT3 Winning Drivers
1 Daytona United States #30 Doran/Moretti Racing United States #01 Rohr Motorsport Germany #97 Konrad Motorsport United States #10 PTG Results
Italy Gianpiero Moretti
Italy Mauro Baldi
Netherlands Arie Luyendyk
Belgium Didier Theys
United States Danny Sullivan
United Kingdom Allan McNish
Germany Jörg Müller
Germany Uwe Alzen
Germany Dirk Müller
Austria Franz Konrad
Germany Wido Rössler
Switzerland Toni Seiler
Italy Angelo Zadra
United States Peter Kitchak
United States Bill Auberlen
United States Boris Said
United States Peter Cunningham
Belgium Marc Duez
2 Homestead United States #16 Dyson Racing United States #4 Panoz-Visteon Racing United States #54 Bell Motorsports United States #1 PTG Results
United States Butch Leitzinger
United Kingdom James Weaver
United States Doc Bundy
United Kingdom Andy Wallace
United States Andy Pilgrim
United States Terry Borcheller
United States Scott Newman
Belgium Marc Duez
Canada Ross Bentley
3 Mid-Ohio United States #20 Dyson Racing United States #4 Panoz-Visteon Racing United States #99 Schumacher Racing United States #10 PTG Results
United States Dorsey Schroeder
United States Elliott Forbes-Robinson
Australia David Brabham
United Kingdom Andy Wallace
United States Larry Schumacher
United States Andy Pilgrim
United States Bill Auberlen
United States Boris Said
4 Minneapolis United States #16 Dyson Racing United States #4 Panoz-Visteon Racing United States #6 PTG United States #10 PTG Results
United States Butch Leitzinger
United Kingdom James Weaver
United States Doc Bundy
United States Johnny O'Connell
United States Brian Simo
United States Peter Cunningham
United States Mark Simo
Canada Ross Bentley
5 Watkins Glen United States #30 Doran/Moretti Racing United States #38 Champion Motors United States #25 Alex Job Racing United States #22 Alex Job Racing Results
Italy Gianpiero Moretti
Italy Mauro Baldi
Belgium Didier Theys
Germany Ralf Kelleners
Belgium Thierry Boutsen
United States Dale White
United States "Trip" Goolsby
Italy Angelo Cilli
United States Randy Pobst
United States Terry Borcheller

References