1965 USAC Championship Car season

Sports season August 2023 USAC Championship Car 1965 USAC National Championship Trail 18 March 28 November 21 National champion USA Mario Andretti GBR Jim Clark 1964 1966 The 1965 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 18 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 28 and concluding at the same location on November 21. This season was notable for the Hoosier Grand Prix, the first Championship Car event held on a road course since the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup. The USAC National Champion was Mario Andretti and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Jim Clark. Also of note, the 1965 season featured the final IndyCar victory of Parnelli Jones career in June at the Milwaukee Mile. Schedule and results Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 March 28 USA Jimmy Bryan Memorial Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Paved USA A. J. Foyt USA Don Branson 2 April 25 USA Trenton 100 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved USA A. J. Foyt USA Jim McElreath 3 May 31 USA International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved USA A. J. Foyt UK Jim Clark 4 June 6 USA Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved USA A. J. Foyt USA Parnelli Jones 5 June 20 USA Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Paved USA Mario Andretti USA Jim McElreath 6 July 4 USA Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill USA Al UnserA A USA Al Unser 7 July 18 USA Trenton 150 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved USA A. J. Foyt USA A. J. Foyt 8 July 25 USA Hoosier Grand Prix Indianapolis Raceway Park Clermont, Indiana Road USA Mario Andretti USA Mario Andretti 9 August 1 USA Atlanta Championship 250 Atlanta International Raceway Hampton, Georgia Paved USA A. J. Foyt USA Johnny Rutherford 10 August 8 USA Langhorne 125 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Paved USA Gordon Johncock USA Jim McElreath 11 August 14 USA Milwaukee 150 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved USA Parnelli Jones USA Joe Leonard 12 August 21 USA Tony Bettenhausen Memorial Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt USA Jim McElreath USA A. J. Foyt 13 August 22 USA Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved USA A. J. Foyt USA Gordon Johncock 14 September 6 USA Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt USA A. J. Foyt USA Don Branson 15 September 18 USA Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis, Indiana Dirt USA A. J. Foyt USA A. J. Foyt 16 September 26 USA Trenton 200 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved USA A. J. Foyt USA A. J. Foyt 17 October 24 USA Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento, California Dirt USA Don Branson USA Don Branson 18 November 21 USA Bobby Ball Memorial Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Paved USA Mario Andretti USA A. J. Foyt #FFFFFF Paved/Dirt Oval solid 1px #AAAAAA #D0E7FF Road Course/Hill Climb 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 Note: Bobby Johns is not eligible for points. List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver PHX1USA TRE1USA INDYUSA MIL1USA LHS1USA PIKUSA TRE2USA IRPUSA ATLUSA LHS2USA MIL2USA SPRUSA MIL3USA DQSFUSA ISFUSA TRE3USA CSFUSA PHX2USA Pts 1USA Mario Andretti 6 2 3 4 2 Wth 1 2 4 2 3 16 15 2 13 3 2 3110 2USA A. J. Foyt 19 17 15 16 17 1 4 19 2 19 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 2500 3USA Jim McElreath 2 1 20 3 1 11 5 10 1 14 5 6 2 DNQ 3 8 23 2035 4USA Don Branson 1 13 8 20 15 4 6 8 6 6 6 25 1 13 15 1 5 1875 5USA Gordon Johncock 17 8 5 7 10 23 8 6 3 15 11 1 10 DNQ 14 21 1540 6USA Joe Leonard 29 2 19 5 10 Wth 1 5 2 4 1415 7USA Bobby Unser 16 10 19 17 14 2 14 2 22 5 4 10 18 17 4 6 4 3 1402 8USA Roger McCluskey 21 30 6 13 17 3 9 DNQ 5 4 DNS 4 9 26 1060 9USA Jud Larson 12 5 DNQ DNQ 6 19 16 12 7 8 9 4 3 8 5 8 1028 10USA Parnelli Jones DNQ 2 1 17 DNQ 1000 11GBR Jim Clark 1 1000 12USA Johnny Rutherford 15 11 31 15 DNQ DNS 11 1 8 13 4 24 5 6 16 6 22 993 13USA Lloyd Ruby 5 DNQ 11 19 3 18 7 23 9 3 10 26 DNQ 850 14USA Jim Hurtubise 4 19 33 DNQ 21 2 18 4 21 16 DNQ 21 7 16 25 16 743 15USA Al Miller 4 DNQ Wth 20 10 12 15 Wth DNQ 18 655 16CAN Billy Foster 24 7 17 DNQ 5 20 DNP 3 17 20 26 12 24 DNQ 13 520 17USA Bobby Grim 15 DNQ 8 11 3 28 24 8 7 500 18USA Mickey Rupp 6 5 18 500 19USA Al Unser 9 13 12 1 22 12 26 16 11 7 DNQ 20 11 17 495 20USA Bud Tingelstad 13 4 16 18 4 15 14 19 21 7 13 16 14 16 6 460 21USA George Snider 23 21 DNQ 16 9 9 25 7 2 14 8 10 15 DNQ 453 22USA Ronnie Duman 3 6 22 9 6 16 14 12 14 23 15 14 Wth DNS 19 DNQ 447 23USA Carl Williams gold RY silver DNQ 12 DNQ DNQ 9 7 13 8 7 17 13 7 370 24USA Chuck Rodee 22 28 5 12 10 DNQ DNQ 325 25USA Bob Harkey 20 9 DNQ DNQ 8 8 15 11 DNQ 9 DNQ 10 11 325 26USA Dan Gurney 26 3 12 230 27USA Tommy Copp DNQ 7 8 DNQ 25 225 28USA Red Riegel DNQ DNQ 11 14 6 5 DNQ 205 29USA Art Pollard orange R silver 22 5 DNQ 19 200 30USA Arnie Knepper 7 16 18 14 22 DNQ 16 21 DNQ 16 11 13 15 7 190 31USA Gary Congdon orange R silver 10 22 10 9 11 11 DNQ 18 DNQ 163 32USA Sam Sessions orange R silver DNS DNQ 13 9 DNQ DNQ 11 10 150 33USA Eddie Johnson 10 150 34USA Bob Wente 14 3 DNQ DNQ 140 35USA Len Sutton 12 21 7 DNQ 110 36USA Wally Dallenbach Sr. orange R silver 13 DNQ 9 80 37USA Bill Vukovich II orange R silver 9 80 38USA Bob Hurt 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ Wth 29 DNQ DNQ 75 39USA Norm Hall 10 DNQ 10 DNQ 19 21 75 40USA Charles Louderman 3 70 41USA Wes Vandervoort orange R silver 4 60 42USA Dee Jones 9 24 DNQ DNQ DNQ 60 43USA Paul Kleinschmidt 5 50 44USA Bob Mathouser 21 DNQ 11 DNQ 12 13 27 18 DNQ 17 12 22 18 45 45USA Jack Hahn 6 40 46USA Bay Darnell orange R silver 9 DNQ 40 47USA Roy Walker orange R silver 7 30 48USA Rodger Ward 11 20 DNQ 22 DNQ DNQ 24 22 23 23 15 30 49USA Dick Atkins orange R silver 12 12 30 50USA Orville Nance orange R silver 8 25 51USA Slim Roberts 9 20 52USA Greg Weld orange R silver DNQ DNQ 17 12 DNQ 20 20 53USA Grier Manning orange R silver 10 15 54USA Malcolm Brazier 11 10 55USA Bill Cheesbourg 32 12 DNQ 17 DNQ 10 56USA Louis Unser 12 5 -USA Bobby Johns orange R silver 7 0 -USA Dave Paul orange R silver DNQ DNQ 13 20 15 DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Johnny Boyd 13 0 -USA Vern Root orange R silver 13 0 -USA Art Malone 14 DNQ 21 23 15 22 DNQ 20 0 -USA Larry Dickson orange R silver 14 24 0 -USA Dempsey Wilson DNQ DNQ 14 0 -USA Walt Hansgen 14 0 -USA Thurel Novotny orange R silver 14 0 -USA Bob Daly orange R silver 15 0 -USA Bob McLees orange R silver 16 0 -USA Ralph Liguori 18 18 DNQ 20 24 20 17 DNQ 0 -USA Mike McGreevy orange R silver DNQ 17 DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Bob Tattersall orange R silver 17 DNQ 0 -USA Rick Vermillion orange R silver 17 0 -USA Bruce Jacobi DNQ 18 DNQ 18 0 -USA Mel Kenyon DNQ DNQ 18 0 -USA Bob Werner orange R silver 18 0 -USA George Morris orange R silver 18 0 -USA Clark Yowell orange R silver 19 0 -USA Bob Pratt orange R silver 19 0 -USA Hank Davis orange R silver 20 0 -USA Dan Morgan 21 0 -USA Skip Hedrick orange R silver 21 0 -USA Ted Foltz 22 0 -USA Masten Gregory orange R silver 23 0 -USA Clyde McFarlin orange R silver 23 0 -USA Bob Veith 24 0 -USA Walter Miller orange R silver 24 0 -USA Chuck Stevenson 25 DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Danny Collins 25 0 -USA Jerry Grant orange R silver 27 DNQ 0 -USA Chuck Arnold DNQ DNS 0 -USA Bill Eldridge DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Gig Stephens DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Bob King DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Chuck Booth DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Bob Huebner Wth DNQ 0 -USA Bob Christie DNQ 0 -USA Paul Goldsmith DNQ 0 -USA Skip Hudson DNQ 0 -USA Ebb Rose DNQ 0 -USA Paul Russo DNQ 0 -USA Bill Sullivan DNQ 0 -USA Chuck Hulse DNQ 0 -USA Ray Furnal DNP 0 -USA Sherman Cleveland DNP 0 Pos Driver PHX1USA TRE1USA INDYUSA MIL1USA LHS1USA PIKUSA TRE2USA IRPUSA ATLUSA LHS2USA MIL2USA SPRUSA MIL3USA 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/980-1965/ USAC National Championship 1965 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2010-12-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20120910234732/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1965/ 2012-09-10 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1965.htm 1965 USAC National Championship Trail ChampCarStats.com 2010-12-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20100324123322/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1965.htm 2010-03-24 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. 260-265) See also 1965 Indianapolis 500 USAC Championship Car season Category:USAC Championship Car Category:1965 in American motorsport