1961 USAC Championship Car season

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1961 USAC Championship Car season

USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	12
Start date	April 9
End date	November 19
Awards
National champion	A. J. Foyt
Indianapolis 500 winner	A. J. Foyt

Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1960	1962

The 1961 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 12 races, beginning in Trenton, New Jersey on April 9 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 19. There was also one non-championship event at Pikes Peak, Colorado. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was A. J. Foyt.

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 9	Trenton 100	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	Tony Bettenhausen	Eddie Sachs
2	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved Oval	Eddie Sachs	A. J. Foyt
3	June 4	Rex Mays Classic	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	Dick Rathmann	Rodger Ward
4	June 18	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt Oval	Al Keller	A. J. Foyt
NC	July 4	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill Climb	—	Bobby Unser
5	August 20	Tony Bettenhausen 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	Don Branson	Lloyd Ruby
6	August 21	Tony Bettenhausen Memorial	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt Oval	Parnelli Jones	Jim Hurtubise
7	September 4	Ted Horn Memorial	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt Oval	Jim Hurtubise	A. J. Foyt
8	September 9	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt Oval	Rodger Ward	Rodger Ward
9	September 16	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds	Indianapolis, Indiana	Dirt Oval	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
10	September 24	Trenton 100	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	Eddie Sachs	Eddie Sachs
11	October 29	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt Oval	Rodger Ward	Shorty Templeman
12	November 19	Bobby Ball Memorial	Arizona State Fairgrounds	Phoenix, Arizona	Dirt Oval	Al Keller	Parnelli Jones

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	A. J. Foyt	Bignotti	2150
2	Eddie Sachs	Dean Racing Enterprises	1760
3	Rodger Ward	Leader Card Racing, Dean Racing Enterprises	1680
4	Shorty Templeman	Bill Forbes Racing	1190
5	Al Keller	Bruce Homeyer	1000

References

Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1961". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1961/. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
"1961 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1961.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-31.

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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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