1964 USAC Championship Car season
1964 USAC Championship Car season | |
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USAC National Championship Trail | |
Season | |
Races | 13 |
Start date | March 22 |
End date | November 22 |
Awards | |
National champion | A. J. Foyt |
Indianapolis 500 winner | A. J. Foyt |
The 1964 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 22 and concluding at the same location on November 22. There was also one non-championship event at Pikes Peak, Colorado. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was A. J. Foyt. At Indianapolis in the 500 miles race Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald were killed during lap 2 of the race; Sachs was 37 years old, and MacDonald was 27. In the Tony Bettenhausen Memorial at Springfield, Bill Horstmeyer died during the race; he was 34 years old. In November, five days after the season ended, Bobby Marshman died in a testing accident at Phoenix; he was 28 years old.
Schedule and results[]
Rnd | Date | Race Name | Track | Location | Type | Pole Position | Winning Driver |
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1 | March 22 | Phoenix 100 | Phoenix International Raceway | Avondale, Arizona | Paved | Parnelli Jones | A. J. Foyt |
2 | April 19 | Trenton 100 | Trenton International Speedway | Trenton, New Jersey | Paved | A. J. Foyt | A. J. Foyt |
3 | May 30 | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | Paved | Jim Clark | A. J. Foyt |
4 | June 7 | Rex Mays Classic | Milwaukee Mile | West Allis, Wisconsin | Paved | Rodger Ward | A. J. Foyt |
5 | June 21 | Langhorne 100 | Langhorne Speedway | Langhorne, Pennsylvania | Dirt | Johnny Rutherford | A. J. Foyt |
NC | July 4 | Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb | Pikes Peak Highway | Pikes Peak, Colorado | Hill | Bobby UnserA | Al Unser |
6 | July 19 | Trenton 150 | Trenton International Speedway | Trenton, New Jersey | Paved | Jim McElreath | A. J. Foyt |
7 | August 22 | Tony Bettenhausen Memorial | Illinois State Fairgrounds | Springfield, Illinois | Dirt | Rodger Ward | A. J. Foyt |
8 | August 23 | Tony Bettenhausen 200 | Milwaukee Mile | West Allis, Wisconsin | Paved | Parnelli Jones | Parnelli Jones |
9 | September 7 | Ted Horn Memorial | DuQuoin State Fairgrounds | Du Quoin, Illinois | Dirt | Don Branson | A. J. Foyt |
10 | September 26 | Hoosier Hundred | Indiana State Fairgrounds | Indianapolis, Indiana | Dirt | A. J. Foyt | A. J. Foyt |
11 | September 27 | Trenton 200 | Trenton International Speedway | Trenton, New Jersey | Paved | Parnelli Jones | Parnelli Jones |
12 | October 25 | Golden State 100 | California State Fairgrounds | Sacramento, California | Dirt | Parnelli Jones | A. J. Foyt |
13 | November 22 | Bobby Ball Memorial | Phoenix International Raceway | Avondale, Arizona | Paved | Parnelli Jones | Lloyd Ruby |
Paved/Dirt Oval
Road Course/Hill Climb
Non-championship race
- ^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[]
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References[]
- Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1964". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
- "1964 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
- http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (p. 266-267)
See also[]
Categories:
- 1964 in motorsport
- USAC Championship Car
- 1964 in American motorsport