1962 USAC Championship Car season

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1962 USAC Championship Car season

USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	13
Start date	April 8
End date	November 18
Awards
National champion	Rodger Ward
Indianapolis 500 winner	Rodger Ward

Chronology
Previous season	Next season
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.

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 8	Trenton 100	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	Don Davis	A. J. Foyt
2	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved Oval	Parnelli Jones	Rodger Ward
3	June 10	Rex Mays Classic	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
4	July 1	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt Oval	Jim Hurtubise	A. J. Foyt
NC	July 4	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill Climb	—	Bobby Unser
5	July 22	Trenton 150	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	A. J. Foyt	Rodger Ward
6	August 19	Tony Bettenhausen Memorial	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt Oval	Roger McCluskey	Jim Hurtubise
7	August 20	Tony Bettenhausen 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	Bobby Marshman	Rodger Ward
8	August 26	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt Oval	A. J. Foyt	Don Branson
9	September 8	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt Oval	Parnelli Jones	Rodger Ward
10	September 15	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds	Indianapolis, Indiana	Dirt Oval	Parnelli Jones	Parnelli Jones
11	September 23	Trenton 200	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	A. J. Foyt	Don Branson
12	October 28	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt Oval	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
13	November 22	Bobby Ball Memorial	Arizona State Fairgrounds	Phoenix, Arizona	Dirt Oval	Parnelli Jones	Bobby Marshman

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Rodger Ward	Leader Card Racing	2460
2	A. J. Foyt	Bignotti, Hopkins Racing	1950
3	Parnelli Jones	Agajanian	1760
4	Don Branson	Hopkins Racing, Leader Card Racing, Sclavi	1700
5	Bobby Marshman	Competition Engineering, Hopkins Racing	1581

References

Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1962". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1962/. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
"1962 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1962.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-31.

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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