The 1962 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Trenton, New Jersey on April 8 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 18. There was also one non-championship event at Pikes Peak, Colorado. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Rodger Ward. Hugh Randall was killed in the first Langhorne 100 at Langhorne Speedway; he was 29 years old.

Schedule and results

Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 April 8 Trenton 100 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved Don Davis A. J. Foyt 2 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved Parnelli Jones Rodger Ward 3 June 10 Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt 4 July 1 Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt Jim Hurtubise A. J. FoytNC July 4 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill Bobby Unser Bobby Unser 5 July 22 Trenton 150 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved A. J. Foyt Rodger Ward 6 August 19 Tony Bettenhausen Memorial Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Roger McCluskey Jim Hurtubise 7 August 20 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved Bobby Marshman Rodger Ward 8 August 26 Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt A. J. Foyt Don Branson-September 3 Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois DirtCancelled because of rain 9 September 8 Syracuse 100 Syracuse Mile Syracuse, New York Dirt Parnelli Jones Rodger Ward 10 September 15 Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis, Indiana Dirt Parnelli Jones Parnelli Jones 11 September 23 Trenton 200 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved A. J. Foyt Don Branson 12 October 28 Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento, California Dirt A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt 13 November 18 Bobby Ball Memorial Arizona State Fairgrounds Phoenix, Arizona Dirt Parnelli Jones Bobby Marshman - The Ted Horn Memorial was rained out, and a suitable alternative date was not found.

No pole is awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, in this schedule on the pole is the driver who started first. No lap led was awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, however, a lap was awarded to the drivers that completed the climb.

Final points standings

Pos Driver TRE1 INDY MIL1 LHS1 TRE2 SPR MIL2 LHS2 DQSF SYR ISF TRE3 CSF ASF Pts 1 Rodger Ward 3 1 4 1 17 1 C 1 5 5 2460 2 A. J. Foyt 1 23 1 1 7 7 2 4 C 2 16 4 1 2 1950 3 Parnelli Jones 2 7 2 2 4 2 9 3 C 15 1 19 5 4 1760 4 Don Branson 4 12 17 4 2 3 25 1 C 7 2 1 2 8 1700 5 Bobby Marshman 10 5 12 5 21 4 3 9 C 13 6 3 15 1 1581 6 Jim Hurtubise 6 13 3 3 5 1 21 2 C 4 8 9 4 5 1340 7 Len Sutton 7 2 15 20 DNP 2 10 9 1250 8 Jim McElreath 16 6 14 7 6 5 5 7 C 10 3 8 14 DNQ 1210 9 Eddie Sachs 18 3 21 15 4 7 1060 10 Don Davis 5 4 8 17 3 960 11 Lloyd Ruby 8 19 6 22 C 11 13 6 8 3 700 12 Roger McCluskey 8 16 5 14 DNQ 15 6 5 C 6 4 21 18 6 690 13 Ronnie Duman 19 DNQ 6 6 10 DNQ 8 10 C 9 10 20 DNQ 405 14 Allen Crowe DNQ 31 10 10 8 DNQ 10 12 C 5 14 305 15 Troy Ruttman 18 DNQ 13 C 3 DNQ 13 6 7 280 16 Bud Tingelstad 21 15 7 9 7 C DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 240 17 Chuck Hulse 22 21 DNQ 13 13 26 6 C DNQ 7 10 13 10 230 18 Elmer George DNQ 17 18 DNQ DNQ 10 17 DNQ 18 18 3 16 229 19 Jim Rathmann 9 200 20 Johnny Boyd 10 150 21 Shorty Templeman 9 11 16 13 18 140 22 Al Farmer DNQ DNQ DNQ 8 14 24 8 C 16 DNQ 18 16 DNQ 100 23 Bobby Grim 19 8 11 11 97 24 Bob Mathouser DNQ DNQ 16 17 18 DNQ 13 8 DNQ 12 DNQ 83 25 Johnny Rutherford 15 14 7 11 80 26 Bruce Jacobi 11 DNQ DNQ 9 12 75 27 Bobby Marvin 17 DNQ 9 15 11 C 17 17 DNQ 12 70 28 Ernie Koch DNQ DNQ 16 C 12 9 22 11 17 70 29 Chuck Rodee 32 11 11 60 30 Chuck Booth 9 15 40 31 Bob Veith 33 9 23 DNQ 40 32 Don Freeland DNQ 11 30 33 Bill Cheesbourg DNQ DNQ 12 DNQ 12 17 30 34 Jiggs Peters DNQ 23 11 DNQ 15 DNQ 24 20 35 Red Riegel 11 20 36 Keith Rachwitz DNQ 13 Wth 12 14 C DNQ DNQ DNQ 10 37 Ralph Liguori DNQ 18 22 DNQ 17 C 12 17 13 10 38 Colby Scroggin 12 14 10 39 Dempsey Wilson 12 DNQ 10 - Roy Graham 13 DNQ 0 - Leroy Neumayer DNQ 15 14 16 DNQ DNQ 0 - Jack Conely DNQ 22 19 14 C 16 0 - Al Miller DNQ DNQ 14 DNQ 0 - Chuck Arnold 14 DNQ DNQ 0 - Ebb Rose 14 0 - Ed Kostenuk DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 15 0 - Johnny Coy 15 DNQ DNQ 0 - Dick Rathmann 20 24 DNQ DNS 18 16 0 - Bob Christie 30 DNQ 16 0 - Art Malone DNQ 18 0 - Jack Turner 29 19 DNQ 23 0 - Eddie Johnson 25 20 0 - Jim Hemmings DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 20 DNQ 0 - Dan Gurney 20 0 - Jimmy Daywalt 22 0 - Bill Randall DNQ 24 0 - Paul Goldsmith 26 0 - Gene Hartley 27 0 - Paul Russo 28 DNQ 0 - Curtis Turner DNQ DNS 0 - Herb Hill DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Gig Stephens DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Hugh Randall DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Duane Carter DNQ DNQ 0 - Tommy Copp DNQ DNQ 0 - Mike McGreevy DNQ DNQ 0 - Ray Brown DNQ 0 - Leon Clum DNQ 0 - Russ Congdon DNQ 0 - Chuck Daigh DNQ 0 - Jack Ensley DNQ 0 - Jack Fairman DNQ 0 - Cliff Griffith DNQ 0 - Norm Hall DNQ 0 - Chuck Stevenson DNQ 0 - Chuck Weyant DNQ 0 - Carl Williams DNQ 0 - George Morris DNQ 0 - Buzz Rose DNQ 0 - Bobby Unser DNQ 0 - Ray Wearne DNQ 0 - Howard Osborn DNQ 0 Pos Driver TRE1 INDY MIL1 LHS1 TRE2 SPR MIL2 LHS2 DQSF SYR ISF TRE3 CSF ASF Pts Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished(Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish(Ret) Red Did not qualify(DNQ) Brown Withdrawn(Wth) Black Disqualified(DSQ) White Did not start(DNS) Blank Did notparticipate(DNP) Not competing In-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race laps Rookie of the Year Rookie

References

http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf (p. 270-271)

See also 1962 Indianapolis 500