US Formula B 1965
Formula B started slowly in its first season, with nearly all the activity being in the Pacific Coast Division and the North East Division.
Alson Brizard, Earl Jones and Lothar Motschenbacher were quickest on the West Coast; Brizard in a Cooper-Alfa that appears to have been a converted FJ car, Jones in a Brabham, probably a BT2 but possibly a new BT14, and Motschenbacher in a Lotus 22. In the East, the points table was dominated by Gaston Andrew in an "Alfa Romeo", almost certainly a Lotus chassis mated to a 1600cc Alfa GTA engine. Alan Gottleib and Candido DeMota were his closest competitors in Lotus cars, ahead of George Alderman in his Cooper-Alfa. The only other FB racing at Divisional level were the one-man classes of Bob McQueen in South East Division and Stu McMillan in Central.
As well as the SCCA races, two significant professional races were held for FA and FB, at Continental Divide in May and at Juarez on the Mexican border in November. Jones was second to Hap Sharp's ex-Intercontinental car at Continental Divide with Motschenbacher second in class, and Karl Knapp won Juarez in the new LeGrand Mk 3B. The Formula Racing Association (Burbank, CA) promoted these two races and their Los Angeles Chapter also held a race at Hanford and two at Ascot. LeGrand development driver Bruce Eglinton won Hanford in another LeGrand.
The leading contenders gathered at Daytona in November for the Run-Offs and it was Earl Jones who won using Eglinton's LeGrand from pole-sitter McMillan in his Lotus 27, Gottleib's Lotus 22 and McQueen in his Formcar-Porsche, a converted Formula Vee car built in Florida.
American Road Race of Champions
| 1. | Earl Jones | LeGrand Mk 3B | 38 laps | 81.859 mph |
| 2. | Stew McMillan | Lotus 27 | 38 laps | |
| 3. | Alan Gottleib | Lotus 22 | 37 laps | |
| 4. | Bob McQueen | Formcar-Porsche | 37 laps | |
| 5. | Boyd Groberg | Lotus | 36 laps |
The SCCA had reorganised its classes of events for 1965 with the old Divisionals races now becoming 'Nationals' and counting towards each Division titles. There were 261 events organised by the SCCA in 1965 of which 52 were the new Nationals. There were another eleven events classed as National/Open (mostly the USRRC) plus seven Internationals. Lower down, there were 120 Regionals, counting towards club titles, 64 drivers' schools and six hillclimbs. The final event was the annual Run-Offs.
At each event, races were split into classes: A Production through to H Production; C Sports/Racing to H Sports/Racing; Formula V; Formula A, Formula B and Formula C; and Sedan A to Sedan D.