1957 USAC Championship Car season

1957 USAC Championship Car season
USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	13
Start date	May 30
End date	November 11
Awards
National champion	Jimmy Bryan
Indianapolis 500 winner	Sam Hanks
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1956	1958

The 1957 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 11. There were also five non-championship events. The USAC National Champion was Jimmy Bryan and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Sam Hanks.

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved Oval	Pat O'Connor	Sam Hanks
2	June 2	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt Oval	Johnny Thomson	Johnny Thomson
3	June 9	Rex Mays Classic	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	Jimmy Bryan	Rodger Ward
4	June 23	Detroit 100	Michigan State Fairgrounds	Detroit, Michigan	DirtOval	George Amick	Jimmy Bryan
NC	June 29	500 Miglia di MonzaA	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	Monza, Italy	Paved Oval	Tony Bettenhausen	Jimmy Bryan
						—	Jimmy Bryan
						—	Troy Ruttman
5	July 4	Atlanta 100	Lakewood Speedway	Atlanta, Georgia	Dirt Oval	Jimmy Bryan	George Amick
NC	July 4	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill Climb	—	Bob Finney
NC	July 20	Indianapolis Sweepstakes	Williams Grove Speedway	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania	Dirt Oval	Jud Larson	Jud Larson
6	August 17	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt Oval	George Amick	Rodger Ward
7	August 25	Milwaukee 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	Andy Linden	Jim Rathmann
8	September 2	Ted Horn Memorial	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt Oval	Jud Larson	Jud Larson
9	September 7	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt Oval	Elmer George	Elmer George
10	September 14	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds	Indianapolis, Indiana	Dirt Oval	Jud Larson	Jud Larson
11	September 29	Trenton 100	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	Johnny Thomson	Pat O'Connor
12	October 20	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt Oval	Rodger Ward	Rodger Ward
13	November 11	Bobby Ball Memorial	Arizona State Fairgrounds	Phoenix, Arizona	Dirt Oval	Rodger Ward	Jimmy Bryan

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Jimmy Bryan	Dean Racing Enterprises	1650
2	Jim Rathmann	Hopkins Racing, Crawford	1470
3	George Amick	Hopkins Racing	1400
4	Pat O'Connor	Chapman Root	1250
5	Jud Larson	John Zink	1170

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1957". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2011-01-01. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1957/. Retrieved 2011-01-01. 
• "1957 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2011-01-01. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1957.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-01. 

See also

• 1957 Indianapolis 500