1967 USAC Championship Car season

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1967 USAC Championship Car season

USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	21
Start date	April 9
End date	November 26
Awards
National champion	A. J. Foyt
Indianapolis 500 winner	A. J. Foyt

Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1966	1968

The 1967 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 21 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on April 9 and concluding in Riverside, California on November 26. 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	Jimmy Bryan Memorial	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Paved Oval	Lloyd Ruby	Lloyd Ruby
2	April 23	Trenton 150	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti
3	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved Oval	Mario Andretti	A. J. Foyt
4	June 4	Rex Mays Classic	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	Gordon Johncock	Gordon Johncock
5	June 18	Langhorne 150	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Paved Oval	Al Unser	Lloyd Ruby
6	June 25	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill Climb	—	Wes Vandervoort
7	July 1	Telegraph Trophy 200^A	Mosport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	Road Course	Bobby Unser	Bobby Unser
8	July 1	Telegraph Trophy 200^A	Mosport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	Road Course	Bobby Unser	Bobby Unser
9	July 23	Indianapolis 150	Indianapolis Raceway Park	Clermont, Indiana	Road Course	Lloyd Ruby	Mario Andretti
10	July 30	Langhorne 150	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Paved Oval	Gordon Johncock	Mario Andretti
11	August 6	Labatt Indy^B	Circuit Mont-Tremblant	Saint-Jovite, Quebec	Road Course	Bobby Unser	Mario Andretti
12	August 6	Labatt Indy^B	Circuit Mont-Tremblant	Saint-Jovite, Quebec	Road Course	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti
13	August 19	Tony Bettenhausen Memorial	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt Oval	Larry Dickson	A. J. Foyt
14	August 20	Tony Bettenhausen 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	Roger McCluskey	Mario Andretti
15	September 4	Ted Horn Memorial	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt Oval	Bobby Unser	A. J. Foyt
16	September 9	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds	Indianapolis, Indiana	Dirt Oval	Bruce Walkup	Mario Andretti
17	September 24	Trenton 200	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	Mario Andretti	A. J. Foyt
18	October 1	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt Oval	Bruce Walkup	A. J. Foyt
19	October 22	Hanford 200	Hanford Motor Speedway	Hanford, California	Paved Oval	Art Pollard	Gordon Johncock
20	November 19	Bobby Ball 150	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Paved Oval	Bobby Unser	Mario Andretti
21	November 26	Rex Mays 300	Riverside International Raceway	Riverside, California	Road Course	Dan Gurney	Dan Gurney

^A Run in two heats of 98 miles (158 kilometers) each.

^B Run in two heats of 100 miles (161 kilometers) each.

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	A. J. Foyt	Ansted Racing	3440
2	Mario Andretti	Dean Racing Enterprises	3360
3	Bobby Unser	Leader Card Racing	3020
4	Gordon Johncock	Johncock Racing	2700
5	Al Unser	Mecom Racing Team	2505

References

Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1967". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1967/. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
"1967 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1967.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

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