1975 USAC Championship Car season

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1975 USAC Championship Car season

USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	13
Start date	March 2
End date	November 9
Awards
National champion	A. J. Foyt
Indianapolis 500 winner	Bobby Unser

Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1974	1976

The 1975 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Ontario, California on March 2 and concluding in Avondale, Arizona on November 9. The USAC National Champion was A. J. Foyt and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Bobby Unser.

Contents

1 Schedule and results
2 Leading National Championship standings
3 References
4 See also

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Length	Track	Location	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	March 2	California 500 Qualification Heat 1	100 mi (160 km)	Ontario Motor Speedway	Ontario, California	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
2	March 2	California 500 Qualification Heat 2	100 mi (160 km)	Ontario Motor Speedway	Ontario, California	Bobby Unser	Wally Dallenbach
3	March 9	California 500	500 mi (800 km)	Ontario Motor Speedway	Ontario, California	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
4	March 16	Bricklin 150	150 mi (240 km)	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Gordon Johncock	Johnny Rutherford
5	April 6	Trenton 200	201 mi (323 km)	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Tom Sneva	A. J. Foyt
NC	April 27	World Series of Auto Racing	150 mi (240 km)	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	A. J. Foyt	Johnny Rutherford
6	May 25	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	435 mi (700 km)^A	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	A. J. Foyt	Bobby Unser
7	June 8	Rex Mays Classic	150 mi (240 km)	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
8	June 29	Schaefer 500	425 mi (684 km)^B	Pocono International Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	Gordon Johncock	A. J. Foyt
9	July 20	Norton 200	200 mi (320 km)	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
10	August 17	Tony Bettenhausen 200	200 mi (320 km)	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Johnny Rutherford	Mike Mosley
11	September 13	Michigan Grand Prix	150 mi (240 km)	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	A. J. Foyt	Tom Sneva
12	September 21	Trenton 150	150 mi (240 km)	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	A. J. Foyt	Gordon Johncock
13	November 9	Phoenix 150	150 mi (240 km)	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Gordon Johncock	A. J. Foyt

^A Scheduled for 500 miles, stopped early due to rain.

^B Scheduled for 500 miles, stopped early due to rain.

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	A. J. Foyt	Gilmore Racing	4920
2	Johnny Rutherford		2900
3	Bobby Unser		2480
4	Wally Dallenbach		2305
5	Bill Vukovich II		2080

References

Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1975". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1975/. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
Harms, Phil; Ferner, Michael; Measures, Gerry; Brown, Allen. "Indy 500 and USAC racing (1971-1978)". OldRacingCars.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. http://www.oldracingcars.com/indy/. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
"1975 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1975.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
Harms, Phil. "1975 Championship Driver Summary". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-03. http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1975sum.pdf. Retrieved 2011-05-03.

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Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

v · d · eUSAC Championship Cars (1971-1995)

Seasons	1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84

Indianapolis 500s	1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995

National Champions	Emerson Fittipaldi (twice) • A. J. Foyt (twice) • Gordon Johncock • Joe Leonard (twice) • Arie Luyendyk • Roger McCluskey • Rick Mears (three times) • Bobby Rahal • Johnny Rutherford • Tom Sneva (three times) • George Snider • Danny Sullivan • Al Unser • Al Unser, Jr. (twice) • Bobby Unser • Jacques Villeneuve

Tracks	Atlanta • Brands Hatch • DuQuoin State Fair • Illinois State Fair • Indianapolis • Indiana State Fair • Michigan • Mid-Ohio • Milwaukee • Mosport • Nazareth • Ontario • Phoenix • Pocono • Rafaela • Silverstone • Texas World • Trenton

The Indianapolis 500 was the only race in the USAC National Championship from 1984-85 onwards

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