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1976 USAC Championship Car season

USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	13
Start date	March 14
End date	November 7
Awards
National champion	Gordon Johncock
Indianapolis 500 winner	Johnny Rutherford

Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1975	1977

The 1976 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 14 and concluding at the same location on November 7. The USAC National Champion was Gordon Johncock and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Johnny Rutherford.

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 14	Jimmy Bryan 150	150 mi (240 km)	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Al Unser	Bobby Unser
2	May 2	Trenton 200	201 mi (323 km)	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	A. J. Foyt	Johnny Rutherford
3	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	255 mi (410 km)^A	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Johnny Rutherford	Johnny Rutherford
4	June 13	Rex Mays Classic	150 mi (240 km)	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Gordon Johncock	Mike Mosley
5	June 27	Schaefer 500	500 mi (800 km)	Pocono International Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	Johnny Parsons	Al Unser
6	July 18	Norton Twin 200s	200 mi (320 km)	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	A. J. Foyt	Gordon Johncock
7	August 1	Texas 150	150 mi (240 km)	Texas World Speedway	College Station, Texas	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
8	August 15	Trenton 200	175.5 mi (282.4 km)^B	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	A. J. Foyt	Gordon Johncock
9	August 22	Tony Bettenhausen 200	200 mi (320 km)	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Johnny Rutherford	Al Unser
10	September 5	California 500	500 mi (800 km)	Ontario Motor Speedway	Ontario, California	A. J. Foyt	Bobby Unser
11	September 18	Michigan 150	150 mi (240 km)	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
12	October 31	Benihana World Series of Auto Racing	200 mi (320 km)	Texas World Speedway	College Station, Texas	A. J. Foyt	Johnny Rutherford
13	November 7	Bobby Ball 150	150 mi (240 km)	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Bobby Unser	Al Unser

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

^B Scheduled for 200 miles, stopped early due to rain.

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Gordon Johncock		4240
2	Johnny Rutherford		4220
3	Wally Dallenbach		3105
4	Al Unser		3020
5	Mike Mosley	Sugaripe Prune	2120

References

Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1976". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1976/. 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.
"1976 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1976.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
Harms, Phil. "1976 Championship Driver Summary". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-03. http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1976sum.pdf. Retrieved 2011-05-03.

v t e American Championship car racing (IndyCar) seasons

AAA	1905 1906–1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

NASCAR	1952 1953

USAC	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84

CART / CCWS	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ~~2008~~

IRL / INDYCAR	1996 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

v t e USAC 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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