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1964 USAC Championship Car season

Sports season


Sports 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.

Schedule and results

RndDateRace nameTrackLocationTypePole positionWinning driver12345NC678910111213
March 22US Phoenix 100Phoenix International RacewayAvondale, ArizonaPavedUS Parnelli JonesUS A. J. Foyt
April 19US Trenton 100Trenton International SpeedwayTrenton, New JerseyPavedUS A. J. FoytUS A. J. Foyt
May 30US International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaPavedGB Jim ClarkUS A. J. Foyt
June 7US Rex Mays ClassicMilwaukee MileWest Allis, WisconsinPavedUS Rodger WardUS A. J. Foyt
June 21US Langhorne 100Langhorne SpeedwayLanghorne, PennsylvaniaDirtUS Johnny RutherfordUS A. J. Foyt
July 4US Pikes Peak Auto Hill ClimbPikes Peak HighwayPikes Peak, ColoradoHillUS Bobby UnserUS Al Unser
July 19US Trenton 150Trenton International SpeedwayTrenton, New JerseyPavedUS Jim McElreathUS A. J. Foyt
August 22US Tony Bettenhausen MemorialIllinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirtUS Rodger WardUS A. J. Foyt
August 23US Tony Bettenhausen 200Milwaukee MileWest Allis, WisconsinPavedUS Parnelli JonesUS Parnelli Jones
September 7US Ted Horn MemorialDuQuoin State FairgroundsDu Quoin, IllinoisDirtUS Don BransonUS A. J. Foyt
September 26US Hoosier HundredIndiana State FairgroundsIndianapolis, IndianaDirtUS A. J. FoytUS A. J. Foyt
September 27US Trenton 200Trenton International SpeedwayTrenton, New JerseyPavedUS Parnelli JonesUS Parnelli Jones
October 25US Golden State 100California State FairgroundsSacramento, CaliforniaDirtUS Parnelli JonesUS A. J. Foyt
November 22US Bobby Ball MemorialPhoenix International RacewayAvondale, ArizonaPavedUS Parnelli JonesUS Lloyd Ruby

: 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

PosDriverPHX1
USATRE1
USAINDY
USAMIL1
USALAN
USATRE2
USASPR
USAMIL2
USADQSF
USAISF
USATRE3
USASAC
USAPHX2
USAPts1290022128317524170051640694078678677963010560115301250013490144701542016390173381832019302203002127022238232202421025160261602716028160291233012031120321203310034100358036803780388039804060413542304330441545104610-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0PosDriverPHX1
USATRE1
USAINDY
USAMIL1
USALAN
USATRE2
USASPR
USAMIL2
USADQSF
USAISF
USATRE3
USASAC
USAPHX2
USAPts
USA A. J. Foyt1111111261120119
USA Rodger Ward5182137152132442
USA Lloyd Ruby953188212101792651
USA Don Branson412152331333233
USA Bud Tingelstad8176315984853104
USA Parnelli Jones31923DNQ131161711617
USA Bobby Marshman73252132222421616213
USA Norm Hall127338115DNQ1112115137
USA Johnny White1016417
USA Bob Harkey15871341018DNQ1319914
USA Mario Andretti1191163151022818
USA Johnny Boyd14520
USA Jud LarsonDNQDNQDNQ101511176466
USA Bobby Unser17321271842041561822
USA Bob Wente691162525DNQ
USA Arnie Knepper52478106231116
USA Len Sutton22152105DNQ11815DNQ
USA Jim McElreath11DNQ219414DNQ125DNQ1225
USA Ronnie Duman203167DNS17DNP
USA Dick Rathmann7DNQ
USA Johnny Rutherford21Wth27221217175718Wth1423
USA Roger McCluskey2DNS87DNS
USA Bobby Grim13810DNQ20DNQ19DNQ12
USA Joe Leonard141224155
USA Jim Hurtubise1621414
USA Troy Ruttman1848Wth
USA Mel Kenyon516221015
USA Tommy Copp711
USA Bob Mathouser922196DNQDNQ14DNS13
USA Chuck Hulse204DNQ
Canada Billy Foster16721
USA Ralph LiguoriDNQ219DNQ9DNQ1411
USA Bob Veith19DNQ8
USA Art Malone11
USA Chuck StevensonDNQ286
USA Eddie Sachs6DNQ30
USA Mickey Rupp921
USA Chuck ArnoldDNQDNQDNQ9
USA George Snider9
USA Gordon JohncockDNQ1821DNQ14DNQDNQ10
USA Dee Jones15DNQDNQ162314DNQDNSDNQ17
USA Bob HurtDNQ10DNQ15DNQDNQ
USA Chuck Rodee10DNQ20
USA Buzz Gregory12DNQ
Canada Ed Kostenuk1912DNQDNQ19
USA Chuck Booth12
USA Bruce Jacobi141413DNQDNQ
USA Dempsey Wilson13DNQ
USA Walt Hansgen13
USA Bill Cheesbourg16
USA Jack Conely16
USA Bill Horstmeyer16
USA Dan Gurney17
USA Curly Boyd17
UK Jim Clark2418
USA Jerry Weld18
Australia Jack Brabham20
USA Al Unser23DNS
USA Keith Rachwitz24
USA Eddie Johnson26
USA Dave MacDonald29
USA Frank BallardDNQDNSDNS
USA Bob ChristieDNQDNQDNQ
USA Hal RettbergDNQDNQDNQ
USA Gig StephensDNQDNQ
USA Herb HillDNQDNQ
USA George MorrisDNQDNP
USA Ed HoyleDNQ
USA Duane CarterDNQ
USA Elmer GeorgeDNQ
USA Jerry GrantDNQ
USA Masten GregoryDNQ
USA Cliff GriffithDNQ
USA Don HorvathDNQ
USA Bobby JohnsDNQ
USA Al MillerDNQ
Mexico Pedro RodríguezDNQ
USA Paul RussoDNQ
USA Steve StappDNQ
USA Billy CantrellDNQ
USA Gil MichaelsDNQ
USA Bob TattersallDNQ
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th-10th place
Dark BlueFinished
(Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
(Ret)
RedDid not qualify
(DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn
(Wth)
BlackDisqualified
(DSQ)
WhiteDid not start
(DNS)
BlankDid not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing

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References

  • http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf (p. 266-267)
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