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1960 USAC Championship Car season

USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	12
Start date	April 10
End date	November 20
Awards
National champion	A. J. Foyt
Indianapolis 500 winner	Jim Rathmann

Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1959	1961

The 1960 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 12 races, beginning in Trenton, New Jersey on April 10 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 20. There were also two non-championship events at Langhorne, Pennsylvania, and Pikes Peak, Colorado. This was the final year that the Indianapolis 500 was a part of the Formula One World Championship. The USAC National Champion was A. J. Foyt and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Jim Rathmann.

Contents

1 Schedule and results
2 Leading National Championship standings
3 References
4 See also

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	April 10	Trenton 100	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	Johnny Thomson	Rodger Ward
NC	April 13	Langhorne 10	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt Oval	Don Branson	Don Branson
2	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved Oval	Eddie Sachs	Jim Rathmann
3	June 5	Rex Mays Classic	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	Lloyd Ruby	Rodger Ward
4	June 19	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt Oval	Don Branson	Jim Hurtubise
NC	July 4	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill Climb	—	Bobby Unser
5	August 20	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt Oval	Don Branson	Jim Packard
6	August 28	Milwaukee 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	Rodger Ward	Len Sutton
7	September 5	Ted Horn Memorial	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt Oval	Don Branson	A. J. Foyt
8	September 10	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt Oval	Johnny Thomson	Bobby Grim
9	September 17	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds	Indianapolis, Indiana	Dirt Oval	Rodger Ward	A. J. Foyt
10	September 25	Trenton 100	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	Don Branson	Eddie Sachs
11	October 30	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt Oval	Don Branson	A. J. Foyt
12	November 20	Bobby Ball Memorial	Arizona State Fairgrounds	Phoenix, Arizona	Dirt Oval	Bob Cleberg	A. J. Foyt

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	A. J. Foyt	Bignotti	1680
2	Rodger Ward	Leader Card Racing	1390
3	Don Branson	Bob Estes	1220
4	Jim Rathmann	Ken-Paul	1000
5	Tony Bettenhausen	Hopkins Racing	940

References

Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1960". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1960/. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
"1960 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1960.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-31.

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Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

v · d · eUSAC Championship Cars (1956-1970)

Seasons	1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970

Indianapolis 500s	1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970

National Champions	Mario Andretti (three times) • Tony Bettenhausen • Jimmy Bryan (twice) • A. J. Foyt (five times) • Al Unser • Bobby Unser • Rodger Ward (twice)

Tracks	Arizona State Fair • Atlanta • Brainerd • California State Fair • Darlington • Daytona • Dover • DuQuoin State Fair • Hanford • Illinois State Fair • Indianapolis • Indianapolis Raceway Park • Indiana State Fair • Lakewood • Langhorne • Mead • Michigan • Michigan State Fair • Milwaukee • Missouri State Fair • Mosport • Nazareth • New York State Fair • Ontario • Pacific • Phoenix • Pikes Peak • Riverside • St. Jovite • Sears Point • Trenton

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