1962 USAC Championship Car season

1962 USAC Championship Car season
USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	13
Start date	April 8
End date	November 18
Awards
National champion	Rodger Ward
Indianapolis 500 winner	Rodger Ward
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The 1962 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Trenton, New Jersey on April 8 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 18. There was also one non-championship event at Pikes Peak, Colorado. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Rodger Ward. Hugh Randall was killed in the Langhorne 100 at Langhorne Speedway; he was 29 years old.

Schedule and results[]

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	April 8	Trenton 100	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved	Don Davis	A. J. Foyt
2	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Parnelli Jones	Rodger Ward
3	June 10	Rex Mays Classic	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
4	July 1	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Jim Hurtubise	A. J. Foyt
NC	July 4	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill	Bobby UnserA	Bobby Unser
5	July 22	Trenton 150	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved	A. J. Foyt	Rodger Ward
6	August 19	Tony Bettenhausen Memorial	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Roger McCluskey	Jim Hurtubise
7	August 20	Tony Bettenhausen 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved	Bobby Marshman	Rodger Ward
8	August 26	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	A. J. Foyt	Don Branson
-	September 3	Ted Horn Memorial	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt
9	September 8	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Parnelli Jones	Rodger Ward
10	September 15	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds	Indianapolis, Indiana	Dirt	Parnelli Jones	Parnelli Jones
11	September 23	Trenton 200	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved	A. J. Foyt	Don Branson
12	October 28	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
13	November 18	Bobby Ball Memorial	Arizona State Fairgrounds	Phoenix, Arizona	Dirt	Parnelli Jones	Bobby Marshman

- The Ted Horn Memorial was rained out, and a suitable alternative date was not found.

^A No pole is awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, in this schedule on the pole is the driver who started first. No lap led was awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, however, a lap was awarded to the drivers that completed the climb.

Final points standings[]

Pos Driver TRE1 INDY MIL1 LAN1 TRE2 SPR MIL2 LAN2 SYR ISF TRE3 SAC PHX Pts 1 Rodger Ward 3 1 4 1 17 1 1 5 5 2460 2 A. J. Foyt 1 23 1 1 7 7 2 4 2 16 4 1 2 1950 3 Parnelli Jones 2 7 2 2 4 2 9 3 15 1 19 5 4 1760 4 Don Branson 4 12 17 4 2 3 25 1 7 2 1 2 8 1700 5 Bobby Marshman 10 5 12 5 21 4 3 9 13 6 3 15 1 1581 6 Jim Hurtubise 6 13 3 3 5 1 21 2 4 8 9 4 5 1340 7 Len Sutton 7 2 15 20 DNP 2 10 9 1250 8 Jim McElreath 16 6 14 7 6 5 5 7 10 3 8 14 DNQ 1210 9 Eddie Sachs 18 3 21 15 4 7 1060 10 Don Davis 5 4 8 17 3 960 11 Lloyd Ruby 8 19 6 22 11 13 6 8 3 700 12 Roger McCluskey 8 16 5 14 DNQ 15 6 5 6 4 21 18 6 690 13 Ronnie Duman 19 DNQ 6 6 10 DNQ 8 10 9 10 20 DNQ 405 14 Allen Crowe DNQ 31 10 10 8 DNQ 10 12 5 14 305 15 Troy Ruttman 18 DNQ 13 3 DNQ 13 6 7 280 16 Bud Tingelstad 21 15 7 9 7 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 240 17 Chuck Hulse 22 21 DNQ 13 13 26 6 DNQ 7 10 13 10 230 18 Elmer George DNQ 17 18 DNQ DNQ 10 17 DNQ 18 18 3 16 229 19 Jim Rathmann 9 200 20 Johnny Boyd 10 150 21 Shorty Templeman 9 11 16 13 18 140 22 DNQ DNQ DNQ 8 14 24 8 16 DNQ 18 16 DNQ 100 23 Bobby Grim 19 8 11 11 97 24 Bob Mathouser DNQ DNQ 16 17 18 DNQ 13 8 DNQ 12 DNQ 83 25 Johnny Rutherford  RY  15 14 7 11 80 26 Bruce Jacobi 11 DNQ DNQ 9 12 75 27  R  17 DNQ 9 15 11 17 17 DNQ 12 70 28 DNQ DNQ 16 12 9 22 11 17 70 29 Chuck Rodee 32 11 11 60 30  R  9 15 40 31 Bob Veith 33 9 23 DNQ 40 32 Don Freeland DNQ 11 30 33 Bill Cheesbourg DNQ DNQ 12 DNQ 12 17 30 34 DNQ 23 11 DNQ 15 DNQ 24 20 35 11 20 36 DNQ 13 Wth 12 14 DNQ DNQ DNQ 10 37 Ralph Liguori DNQ 18 22 DNQ 17 12 17 13 10 38  R  12 14 10 39 Dempsey Wilson 12 DNQ 10 - 13 DNQ 0 - DNQ 15 14 16 DNQ DNQ 0 -  R  DNQ 22 19 14 16 0 - Al Miller  R  DNQ DNQ 14 DNQ 0 - Chuck Arnold 14 DNQ DNQ 0 - Ebb Rose 14 0 - Ed Kostenuk  R  DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 15 0 - 15 DNQ DNQ 0 - Dick Rathmann 20 24 DNQ DNS 18 16 0 - Bob Christie 30 DNQ 16 0 - Art Malone  R  DNQ 18 0 - Jack Turner 29 19 DNQ 23 0 - Eddie Johnson 25 20 0 - DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 20 DNQ 0 - Dan Gurney  R  20 0 - Jimmy Daywalt 22 0 - Bill Randall DNQ 24 0 - Paul Goldsmith 26 0 - Gene Hartley 27 0 - Paul Russo 28 DNQ 0 - Curtis Turner DNQ DNS 0 - DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Hugh Randall DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Duane Carter DNQ DNQ 0 - DNQ DNQ 0 - DNQ DNQ 0 - Ray Brown DNQ 0 - DNQ 0 - DNQ 0 - Chuck Daigh DNQ 0 - DNQ 0 - Jack Fairman DNQ 0 - Cliff Griffith DNQ 0 - Norm Hall DNQ 0 - Chuck Stevenson DNQ 0 - Chuck Weyant DNQ 0 - Carl Williams DNQ 0 - George Morris DNQ 0 - DNQ 0 - Bobby Unser DNQ 0 - DNQ 0 - DNQ 0 Pos Driver TRE1 INDY MIL1 LAN1 TRE2 SPR MIL2 LAN2 SYR ISF TRE3 SAC PHX Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps  RY  Rookie of the Year  R  Rookie

References[]

• Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1962". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
• "1962 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
• http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf (p. 270-271)

See also[]

• 1962 Indianapolis 500