1964 USAC Championship Car season

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 mile 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.

1964 USAC Championship Car season
USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races13
Start dateMarch 22
End dateNovember 22
Awards
National championUnited States A. J. Foyt
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States A. J. Foyt
← 1963
1965 →

Schedule and results

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Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
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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Pos Driver PHX1
 
TRE1
 
INDY
 
MIL1
 
LAN
 
TRE2
 
SPR
 
MIL2
 
DQSF
 
ISF
 
TRE3
 
SAC
 
PHX2
 
Pts
1   A. J. Foyt 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 26 1 1 20 1 19 2900
2   Rodger Ward 5 18 2 13 7 15 2 13 2 4 4 2 2128
3   Lloyd Ruby 9 5 3 18 8 2 12 10 17 9 26 5 1 1752
4   Don Branson 4 12 15 2 3 3 13 3 3 2 3 3 1700
5   Bud Tingelstad 8 17 6 3 15 9 8 4 8 5 3 10 4 1640
6   Parnelli Jones 3 19 23 DNQ 13 1 16 17 1 16 17 940
7   Bobby Marshman 7 3 25 21 3 22 2 24 2 16 16 2 13 867
8   Norm Hall 12 7 33 8 11 5 DNQ 11 12 11 5 13 7 677
9   Johnny White 10 16 4 17 630
10   Bob Harkey 15 8 7 13 4 10 18 DNQ 13 19 9 14 560
11   Mario Andretti  RY  11 9 11 6 3 15 10 22 8 18 530
12   Johnny Boyd 14 5 20 500
13   Jud Larson DNQ DNQ DNQ 10 15 11 17 6 4 6 6 490
14   Bobby Unser 17 32 12 7 18 4 20 4 15 6 18 22 470
15   Bob Wente 6 9 11 6 25 25 DNQ 420
16   Arnie Knepper 5 24 7 8 10 6 23 11 16 390
17   Len Sutton 22 15 2 10 5 DNQ 11 8 15 DNQ 338
18   Jim McElreath 11 DNQ 21 9 4 14 DNQ 12 5 DNQ 12 25 320
19   Ronnie Duman 20 31 6 7 DNS 17 DNP 302
20   Dick Rathmann 7 DNQ 300
21   Johnny Rutherford 21 Wth 27 22 12 17 17 5 7 18 Wth 14 23 270
22   Roger McCluskey 2 DNS 8 7 DNS 238
23   Bobby Grim 13 8 10 DNQ 20 DNQ 19 DNQ 12 220
24   Joe Leonard  R  14 12 24 15 5 210
25   Jim Hurtubise 16 2 14 14 160
26   Troy Ruttman 18 4 8 Wth 160
27   Mel Kenyon 5 16 22 10 15 160
28   Tommy Copp 7 11 160
29   Bob Mathouser 9 22 19 6 DNQ DNQ 14 DNS 13 123
30   Chuck Hulse 20 4 DNQ 120
31   Billy Foster 16 7 21 120
32   Ralph Liguori DNQ 21 9 DNQ 9 DNQ 14 11 120
33   Bob Veith 19 DNQ 8 100
34   Art Malone 11 100
35   Chuck Stevenson DNQ 28 6 80
36   Eddie Sachs 6 DNQ 30 80
37   Mickey Rupp  R  9 21 80
38   Chuck Arnold DNQ DNQ DNQ 9 80
39   George Snider  R  9 80
40   Gordon Johncock  R  DNQ 18 21 DNQ 14 DNQ DNQ 10 60
41   Dee Jones  R  15 DNQ DNQ 16 23 14 DNQ DNS DNQ 17 35
42   Bob Hurt  R  DNQ 10 DNQ 15 DNQ DNQ 30
43   Chuck Rodee 10 DNQ 20 30
44   Buzz Gregory  R  12 DNQ 15
45   Ed Kostenuk 19 12 DNQ DNQ 19 10
46   Chuck Booth 12 10
-   Bruce Jacobi 14 14 13 DNQ DNQ 0
-   Dempsey Wilson 13 DNQ 0
-   Walt Hansgen  R  13 0
-   Bill Cheesbourg 16 0
-   Jack Conely 16 0
-   Bill Horstmeyer  R  16 0
-   Dan Gurney 17 0
-   Curly Boyd  R  17 0
-   Jim Clark 24 18 0
-   Jerry Weld 18 0
-   Jack Brabham 20 0
-   Al Unser  R  23 DNS 0
-   Keith Rachwitz 24 0
-   Eddie Johnson 26 0
-   Dave MacDonald  R  29 0
-   Frank Ballard DNQ DNS DNS 0
-   Bob Christie DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
-   Hal Rettberg DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
-   Gig Stephens DNQ DNQ 0
-   Herb Hill DNQ DNQ 0
-   George Morris DNQ DNP 0
-   Ed Hoyle DNQ 0
-   Duane Carter DNQ 0
-   Elmer George DNQ 0
-   Jerry Grant DNQ 0
-   Masten Gregory DNQ 0
-   Cliff Griffith DNQ 0
-   Don Horvath DNQ 0
-   Bobby Johns DNQ 0
-   Al Miller DNQ 0
-   Pedro Rodríguez DNQ 0
-   Paul Russo DNQ 0
-   Steve Stapp DNQ 0
-   Billy Cantrell DNQ 0
-   Gil Michaels DNQ 0
-   Bob Tattersall DNQ 0
Pos Driver PHX1
 
TRE1
 
INDY
 
MIL1
 
LAN
 
TRE2
 
SPR
 
MIL2
 
DQSF
 
ISF
 
TRE3
 
SAC
 
PHX2
 
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

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  • Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1964". Driver Database. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
  • "1964 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
  • 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

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