1966 USAC Championship Car season

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1966 USAC Championship Car season

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1966 USAC Championship Car season
USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races 16
Start date March 20
End date November 20
Awards
National champion United States Mario Andretti
Indianapolis 500 winner United Kingdom Graham Hill
Chronology
Previous season Next season
1965 1967

The 1966 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 16 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 20 and concluding at the same location on November 20. There was also one non-championship event at Fuji Speedway in Japan. The USAC National Champion was Mario Andretti and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Graham Hill.

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Schedule and results

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 March 20 Arizona Jimmy Bryan Memorial Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Paved Oval Mario Andretti Jim McElreath
2 April 24 New Jersey Trenton 150 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved Oval Mario Andretti Rodger Ward
3 May 30 Indiana International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved Oval Mario Andretti Graham Hill
4 June 5 Wisconsin Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved Oval Mario Andretti Mario Andretti
5 June 12 Pennsylvania Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Paved Oval Mario Andretti Mario Andretti
6 June 26 Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta 300 Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia Paved Oval Mario Andretti Mario Andretti
7 July 4 Colorado Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill Climb Bobby Unser
8 July 24 Indiana Hoosier Grand Prix Indianapolis Raceway Park Clermont, Indiana Road Course Lloyd Ruby Mario Andretti
9 August 7 Pennsylvania Langhorne 150 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Paved Oval Don Branson Roger McCluskey
10 August 20 Illinois Tony Bettenhausen Memorial Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Oval Don Branson Don Branson
11 August 27 Wisconsin Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved Oval Mario Andretti Mario Andretti
12 September 5 Illinois Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt Oval Bobby Unser Bud Tingelstad
13 September 10 Indiana Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis, Indiana Dirt Oval A. J. Foyt Mario Andretti
14 September 25 New Jersey Trenton 200 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved Oval Mario Andretti Mario Andretti
NC October 9 Japan Fuji Race Fuji Speedway Oyama, Japan Road Course Jackie Stewart Jackie Stewart
15 October 23 California Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento, California Dirt Oval Don Branson Dick Atkins
16 November 19 Arizona Bobby Ball Memorial Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Paved Oval Mario Andretti Mario Andretti

Leading National Championship standings

 #  Driver Team Points
1 United States Mario Andretti Dean Racing Enterprises
Jim Robbins (Langhorne only)
3070
2 United States Jim McElreath Zink-Urschel-Slick 2430
3 United States Gordon Johncock Sidney Weinberger 2050
4 United States Joe Leonard All American Racers 1275
5 United States Al Unser J. Frank Harrison, STP 1260

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