1962 USAC Championship Car season

Sports season August 2023 USAC Championship Car 1962 USAC National Championship Trail 13 April 8 November 18 National champion USA Rodger Ward USA Rodger Ward 1961 1963 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 first 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 US Trenton 100 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved US Don Davis US A. J. Foyt 2 May 30 US International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved US Parnelli Jones US Rodger Ward 3 June 10 US Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved US A. J. Foyt US A. J. Foyt 4 July 1 US Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt US Jim Hurtubise US A. J. FoytNC July 4 US Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill US Bobby UnserA A US Bobby Unser 5 July 22 US Trenton 150 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved US A. J. Foyt US Rodger Ward 6 August 19 US Tony Bettenhausen Memorial Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt US Roger McCluskey US Jim Hurtubise 7 August 20 US Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved US Bobby Marshman US Rodger Ward 8 August 26 US Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt US A. J. Foyt US Don Branson-September 3 US Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois DirtCancelled because of rain 9 September 8 US Syracuse 100 Syracuse Mile Syracuse, New York Dirt US Parnelli Jones US Rodger Ward 10 September 15 US Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis, Indiana Dirt US Parnelli Jones US Parnelli Jones 11 September 23 US Trenton 200 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved US A. J. Foyt US Don Branson 12 October 28 US Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento, California Dirt US A. J. Foyt US A. J. Foyt 13 November 18 US Bobby Ball Memorial Arizona State Fairgrounds Phoenix, Arizona Dirt US Parnelli Jones US Bobby Marshman - The Ted Horn Memorial was rained out, and a suitable alternative date was not found.#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 TRE1USA INDYUSA MIL1USA LHS1USA TRE2USA SPRUSA MIL2USA LHS2USA DQSFUSA SYRUSA ISFUSA TRE3USA CSFUSA ASFUSA Pts 1USA Rodger Ward 3 1 4 1 17 1 C 1 5 5 2460 2USA A. J. Foyt 1 23 1 1 7 7 2 4 C 2 16 4 1 2 1950 3USA Parnelli Jones 2 7 2 2 4 2 9 3 C 15 1 19 5 4 1760 4USA Don Branson 4 12 17 4 2 3 25 1 C 7 2 1 2 8 1700 5USA Bobby Marshman 10 5 12 5 21 4 3 9 C 13 6 3 15 1 1581 6USA Jim Hurtubise 6 13 3 3 5 1 21 2 C 4 8 9 4 5 1340 7USA Len Sutton 7 2 15 20 DNP 2 10 9 1250 8USA Jim McElreath 16 6 14 7 6 5 5 7 C 10 3 8 14 DNQ 1210 9USA Eddie Sachs 18 3 21 15 4 7 1060 10USA Don Davis 5 4 8 17 3 960 11USA Lloyd Ruby 8 19 6 22 C 11 13 6 8 3 700 12USA Roger McCluskey 8 16 5 14 DNQ 15 6 5 C 6 4 21 18 6 690 13USA Ronnie Duman 19 DNQ 6 6 10 DNQ 8 10 C 9 10 20 DNQ 405 14USA Allen Crowe DNQ 31 10 10 8 DNQ 10 12 C 5 14 305 15USA Troy Ruttman 18 DNQ 13 C 3 DNQ 13 6 7 280 16USA Bud Tingelstad 21 15 7 9 7 C DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 240 17USA Chuck Hulse 22 21 DNQ 13 13 26 6 C DNQ 7 10 13 10 230 18USA Elmer George DNQ 17 18 DNQ DNQ 10 17 DNQ 18 18 3 16 229 19USA Jim Rathmann 9 200 20USA Johnny Boyd 10 150 21USA Shorty Templeman 9 11 16 13 18 140 22USA Al Farmer DNQ DNQ DNQ 8 14 24 8 C 16 DNQ 18 16 DNQ 100 23USA Bobby Grim 19 8 11 11 97 24USA Bob Mathouser DNQ DNQ 16 17 18 DNQ 13 8 DNQ 12 DNQ 83 25USA Johnny Rutherford gold RY silver 15 14 7 11 80 26USA Bruce Jacobi 11 DNQ DNQ 9 12 75 27USA Bobby Marvin orange R silver 17 DNQ 9 15 11 C 17 17 DNQ 12 70 28USA Ernie Koch DNQ DNQ 16 C 12 9 22 11 17 70 29USA Chuck Rodee 32 11 11 60 30USA Chuck Booth orange R silver 9 15 40 31USA Bob Veith 33 9 23 DNQ 40 32USA Don Freeland DNQ 11 30 33USA Bill Cheesbourg DNQ DNQ 12 DNQ 12 17 30 34USA Jiggs Peters DNQ 23 11 DNQ 15 DNQ 24 20 35USA Red Riegel 11 20 36USA Keith Rachwitz DNQ 13 Wth 12 14 C DNQ DNQ DNQ 10 37USA Ralph Liguori DNQ 18 22 DNQ 17 C 12 17 13 10 38USA Colby Scroggin orange R silver 12 14 10 39USA Dempsey Wilson 12 DNQ 10 -USA Roy Graham 13 DNQ 0 -USA Leroy Neumayer DNQ 15 14 16 DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Jack Conely orange R silver DNQ 22 19 14 C 16 0 -USA Al Miller orange R silver DNQ DNQ 14 DNQ 0 -USA Chuck Arnold 14 DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Ebb Rose 14 0 -Canada 1957 Ed Kostenuk orange R silver DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 15 0 -USA Johnny Coy 15 DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Dick Rathmann 20 24 DNQ DNS 18 16 0 -USA Bob Christie 30 DNQ 16 0 -USA Art Malone orange R silver DNQ 18 0 -USA Jack Turner 29 19 DNQ 23 0 -USA Eddie Johnson 25 20 0 -USA Jim Hemmings DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 20 DNQ 0 -USA Dan Gurney orange R silver 20 0 -USA Jimmy Daywalt 22 0 -USA Bill Randall DNQ 24 0 -USA Paul Goldsmith 26 0 -USA Gene Hartley 27 0 -USA Paul Russo 28 DNQ 0 -USA Curtis Turner DNQ DNS 0 -USA Herb Hill DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Gig Stephens DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Hugh Randall DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Duane Carter DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Tommy Copp DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Mike McGreevy DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Ray Brown DNQ 0 -USA Leon Clum DNQ 0 -USA Russ Congdon DNQ 0 -USA Chuck Daigh DNQ 0 -USA Jack Ensley DNQ 0 -UK Jack Fairman DNQ 0 -USA Cliff Griffith DNQ 0 -USA Norm Hall DNQ 0 -USA Chuck Stevenson DNQ 0 -USA Chuck Weyant DNQ 0 -USA Carl Williams DNQ 0 -USA George Morris DNQ 0 -USA Buzz Rose DNQ 0 -USA Bobby Unser DNQ 0 -USA Ray Wearne DNQ 0 -USA Howard Osborn DNQ 0 Pos Driver TRE1USA INDYUSA MIL1USA LHS1USA TRE2USA SPRUSA MIL2USA LHS2USA DQSFUSA SYRUSA ISFUSA TRE3USA CSFUSA ASFUSA 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/980-1962/ USAC National Championship 1962 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2010-12-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20120910234628/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1962/ 2012-09-10 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1962.htm 1962 USAC National Championship Trail ChampCarStats.com 2010-12-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20120224075937/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1962.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. 270-271) See also 1962 Indianapolis 500 USAC Championship Car season Category:USAC Championship Car Category:1962 in American motorsport