1964 USAC Championship Car season

Sports season August 2023 USAC Championship Car 1964 USAC National Championship Trail 13 March 22 November 22 National champion USA A. J. Foyt USA A. J. Foyt 1963 1965 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. Schedule and results Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 March 22 US Phoenix 100 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Paved US Parnelli Jones US A. J. Foyt 2 April 19 US Trenton 100 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved US A. J. Foyt US A. J. Foyt 3 May 30 US International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved GB Jim Clark US A. J. Foyt 4 June 7 US Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved US Rodger Ward US A. J. Foyt 5 June 21 US Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt US Johnny Rutherford US A. J. FoytNC July 4 US Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill US Bobby UnserA A US Al Unser 6 July 19 US Trenton 150 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved US Jim McElreath US A. J. Foyt 7 August 22 US Tony Bettenhausen Memorial Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt US Rodger Ward US A. J. Foyt 8 August 23 US Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved US Parnelli Jones US Parnelli Jones 9 September 7 US Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt US Don Branson US A. J. Foyt 10 September 26 US Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis, Indiana Dirt US A. J. Foyt US A. J. Foyt 11 September 27 US Trenton 200 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved US Parnelli Jones US Parnelli Jones 12 October 25 US Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento, California Dirt US Parnelli Jones US A. J. Foyt 13 November 22 US Bobby Ball Memorial Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Paved US Parnelli Jones US Lloyd Ruby #FFFFFF Paved/Dirt Oval solid 1px #AAAAAA #D0E7FF Road Course/Hill Climb solid 1px #AAAAAA #FB9902 Non-championship race solid 1px #AAAAAA A 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 List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver PHX1USA TRE1USA INDYUSA MIL1USA LHSUSA TRE2USA SPRUSA MIL2USA DQSFUSA ISFUSA TRE3USA CSFUSA PHX2USA Pts 1USA A. J. Foyt 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 26 1 1 20 1 19 2900 2USA Rodger Ward 5 18 2 13 7 15 2 13 2 4 4 2 2128 3USA Lloyd Ruby 9 5 3 18 8 2 12 10 17 9 26 5 1 1752 4USA Don Branson 4 12 15 2 3 3 13 3 3 2 3 3 1700 5USA Bud Tingelstad 8 17 6 3 15 9 8 4 8 5 3 10 4 1640 6USA Parnelli Jones 3 19 23 DNQ 13 1 16 17 1 16 17 940 7USA Bobby Marshman 7 3 25 21 3 22 2 24 2 16 16 2 13 867 8USA Norm Hall 12 7 33 8 11 5 DNQ 11 12 11 5 13 7 677 9USA Johnny White 10 16 4 17 630 10USA Bob Harkey 15 8 7 13 4 10 18 DNQ 13 19 9 14 560 11USA Mario Andretti gold RY silver 11 9 11 6 3 15 10 22 8 18 530 12USA Johnny Boyd 14 5 20 500 13USA Jud Larson DNQ DNQ DNQ 10 15 11 17 6 4 6 6 490 14USA Bobby Unser 17 32 12 7 18 4 20 4 15 6 18 22 470 15USA Bob Wente 6 9 11 6 25 25 DNQ 420 16USA Arnie Knepper 5 24 7 8 10 6 23 11 16 390 17USA Len Sutton 22 15 2 10 5 DNQ 11 8 15 DNQ 338 18USA Jim McElreath 11 DNQ 21 9 4 14 DNQ 12 5 DNQ 12 25 320 19USA Ronnie Duman 20 31 6 7 DNS 17 DNP 302 20USA Dick Rathmann 7 DNQ 300 21USA Johnny Rutherford 21 Wth 27 22 12 17 17 5 7 18 Wth 14 23 270 22USA Roger McCluskey 2 DNS 8 7 DNS 238 23USA Bobby Grim 13 8 10 DNQ 20 DNQ 19 DNQ 12 220 24USA Joe Leonard orange R silver 14 12 24 15 5 210 25USA Jim Hurtubise 16 2 14 14 160 26USA Troy Ruttman 18 4 8 Wth 160 27USA Mel Kenyon 5 16 22 10 15 160 28USA Tommy Copp 7 11 160 29USA Bob Mathouser 9 22 19 6 DNQ DNQ 14 DNS 13 123 30USA Chuck Hulse 20 4 DNQ 120 31Canada 1957 Billy Foster 16 7 21 120 32USA Ralph Liguori DNQ 21 9 DNQ 9 DNQ 14 11 120 33USA Bob Veith 19 DNQ 8 100 34USA Art Malone 11 100 35USA Chuck Stevenson DNQ 28 6 80 36USA Eddie Sachs 6 DNQ 30 80 37USA Mickey Rupp orange R silver 9 21 80 38USA Chuck Arnold DNQ DNQ DNQ 9 80 39USA George Snider orange R silver 9 80 40USA Gordon Johncock orange R silver DNQ 18 21 DNQ 14 DNQ DNQ 10 60 41USA Dee Jones orange R silver 15 DNQ DNQ 16 23 14 DNQ DNS DNQ 17 35 42USA Bob Hurt orange R silver DNQ 10 DNQ 15 DNQ DNQ 30 43USA Chuck Rodee 10 DNQ 20 30 44USA Buzz Gregory orange R silver 12 DNQ 15 45Canada 1957 Ed Kostenuk 19 12 DNQ DNQ 19 10 46USA Chuck Booth 12 10 -USA Bruce Jacobi 14 14 13 DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Dempsey Wilson 13 DNQ 0 -USA Walt Hansgen orange R silver 13 0 -USA Bill Cheesbourg 16 0 -USA Jack Conely 16 0 -USA Bill Horstmeyer orange R silver 16 0 -USA Dan Gurney 17 0 -USA Curly Boyd orange R silver 17 0 -UK Jim Clark 24 18 0 -USA Jerry Weld 18 0 -Australia Jack Brabham 20 0 -USA Al Unser orange R silver 23 DNS 0 -USA Keith Rachwitz 24 0 -USA Eddie Johnson 26 0 -USA Dave MacDonald orange R silver 29 0 -USA Frank Ballard DNQ DNS DNS 0 -USA Bob Christie DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Hal Rettberg DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Gig Stephens DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Herb Hill DNQ DNQ 0 -USA George Morris DNQ DNP 0 -USA Ed Hoyle DNQ 0 -USA Duane Carter DNQ 0 -USA Elmer George DNQ 0 -USA Jerry Grant DNQ 0 -USA Masten Gregory DNQ 0 -USA Cliff Griffith DNQ 0 -USA Don Horvath DNQ 0 -USA Bobby Johns DNQ 0 -USA Al Miller DNQ 0 -Mexico 1934 Pedro Rodríguez DNQ 0 -USA Paul Russo DNQ 0 -USA Steve Stapp DNQ 0 -USA Billy Cantrell DNQ 0 -USA Gil Michaels DNQ 0 -USA Bob Tattersall DNQ 0 Pos Driver PHX1USA TRE1USA INDYUSA MIL1USA LHSUSA TRE2USA SPRUSA MIL2USA DQSFUSA ISFUSA TRE3USA CSFUSA PHX2USA 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competing In-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race lapsgold RY silver Rookie of the Yearorange R silver Rookie References http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1964/ USAC National Championship 1964 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2010-12-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20120910234658/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1964/ 2012-09-10 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1964.htm 1964 USAC National Championship Trail ChampCarStats.com 2010-12-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20120224075956/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1964.htm 2012-02-24 live http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053905/http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf 2016-03-04 (p. 266-267) See also 1964 Indianapolis 500 USAC Championship Car season Category:USAC Championship Car Category:1964 in American motorsport