1965 USAC Championship Car season

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1965 USAC Championship Car season

USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	18
Start date	March 28
End date	November 21
Awards
National champion	Mario Andretti
Indianapolis 500 winner	Jim Clark

Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1964	1966

The 1965 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 18 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 28 and concluding at the same location on November 21. The USAC National Champion was Mario Andretti and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Jim Clark.

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 28	Jimmy Bryan Memorial	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Paved Oval	A. J. Foyt	Don Branson
2	April 25	Trenton 100	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	A. J. Foyt	Jim McElreath
3	May 31	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved Oval	A. J. Foyt	Jim Clark
4	June 6	Rex Mays Classic	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	A. J. Foyt	Parnelli Jones
5	June 20	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Paved Oval	Mario Andretti	Jim McElreath
6	July 4	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill Climb	—	Al Unser
7	July 18	Trenton 150	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
8	July 25	Hoosier Grand Prix	Indianapolis Raceway Park	Clermont, Indiana	Road Course	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti
9	August 1	Atlanta Championship 250	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Hampton, Georgia	Paved Oval	A. J. Foyt	Johnny Rutherford
10	August 8	Langhorne 125	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Paved Oval	Gordon Johncock	Jim McElreath
11	August 14	Milwaukee 150	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	Parnelli Jones	Joe Leonard
12	August 21	Tony Bettenhausen Memorial	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt Oval	Jim McElreath	A. J. Foyt
13	August 22	Tony Bettenhausen 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	A. J. Foyt	Gordon Johncock
14	September 6	Ted Horn Memorial	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt Oval	A. J. Foyt	Don Branson
15	September 18	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds	Indianapolis, Indiana	Dirt Oval	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
16	September 26	Trenton 200	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
17	October 24	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt Oval	Don Branson	Don Branson
18	November 21	Bobby Ball Memorial	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Paved Oval	Mario Andretti	A. J. Foyt

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Mario Andretti	Dean Racing Enterprises	3110
2	A. J. Foyt	Ansted-Thompson Racing	2500
3	Jim McElreath	Zink-Urschel Trackburner	2035
4	Don Branson	Leader Card Racers	1875
5	Gordon Johncock	Sidney Weinberger, Pete Salemi	1540

References

Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1965". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1965/. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
"1965 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1965.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