1964 USAC Championship Car season

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1964 USAC Championship Car season

USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	13
Start date	March 22
End date	November 22
Awards
National champion	A. J. Foyt
Indianapolis 500 winner	A. J. Foyt

Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1963	1965

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.

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	March 22	Phoenix 100	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Paved Oval	Parnelli Jones	A. J. Foyt
2	April 19	Trenton 100	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
3	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved Oval	Jim Clark	A. J. Foyt
4	June 7	Rex Mays Classic	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	Rodger Ward	A. J. Foyt
5	June 21	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt Oval	Johnny Rutherford	A. J. Foyt
NC	July 4	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill Climb	—	Al Unser
6	July 19	Trenton 150	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	Jim McElreath	A. J. Foyt
7	August 22	Tony Bettenhausen Memorial	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt Oval	Rodger Ward	A. J. Foyt
8	August 23	Tony Bettenhausen 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	Parnelli Jones	Parnelli Jones
9	September 7	Ted Horn Memorial	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt Oval	Don Branson	A. J. Foyt
10	September 26	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds	Indianapolis, Indiana	Dirt Oval	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
11	September 27	Trenton 200	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	Parnelli Jones	Parnelli Jones
12	October 25	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt Oval	Parnelli Jones	A. J. Foyt
13	November 22	Bobby Ball Memorial	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Paved Oval	Parnelli Jones	Lloyd Ruby

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	A. J. Foyt	Ansted Racing	2900
2	Rodger Ward	Leader Card Racers	2228
3	Lloyd Ruby	Bill Forbes Racing	1725
4	Don Branson	Leader Card Racers	1700
5	Bud Tingelstad	Federal Engineering	1640

References

Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1964". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1964/. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
"1964 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1964.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-31.

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