1964 USAC Championship Car season

The 1964 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 22 and concluding at the same location on November 22. There was also one non-championship event at Pikes Peak, Colorado. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was A. J. Foyt. At Indianapolis in the 500 mile race Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald were killed during lap 2 of the race; Sachs was 37 years old, and MacDonald was 27. In the Tony Bettenhausen Memorial at Springfield, Bill Horstmeyer died during the race; he was 34 years old. In November, five days after the season ended, Bobby Marshman died in a testing accident at Phoenix; he was 28 years old.

Schedule and results

Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 March 22 Phoenix 100 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Paved Parnelli Jones A. J. Foyt 2 April 19 Trenton 100 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt 3 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved Jim Clark A. J. Foyt 4 June 7 Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved Rodger Ward A. J. Foyt 5 June 21 Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt Johnny Rutherford A. J. FoytNC July 4 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill Bobby Unser Al Unser 6 July 19 Trenton 150 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved Jim McElreath A. J. Foyt 7 August 22 Tony Bettenhausen Memorial Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Rodger Ward A. J. Foyt 8 August 23 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved Parnelli Jones Parnelli Jones 9 September 7 Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt Don Branson A. J. Foyt 10 September 26 Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis, Indiana Dirt A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt 11 September 27 Trenton 200 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved Parnelli Jones Parnelli Jones 12 October 25 Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento, California Dirt Parnelli Jones A. J. Foyt 13 November 22 Bobby Ball Memorial Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Paved Parnelli Jones Lloyd Ruby

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 PHX1 TRE1 INDY MIL1 LHS TRE2 SPR MIL2 DQSF ISF TRE3 CSF PHX2 Pts 1 A. J. Foyt 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 26 1 1 20 1 19 2900 2 Rodger Ward 5 18 2 13 7 15 2 13 2 4 4 2 2128 3 Lloyd Ruby 9 5 3 18 8 2 12 10 17 9 26 5 1 1752 4 Don Branson 4 12 15 2 3 3 13 3 3 2 3 3 1700 5 Bud Tingelstad 8 17 6 3 15 9 8 4 8 5 3 10 4 1640 6 Parnelli Jones 3 19 23 DNQ 13 1 16 17 1 16 17 940 7 Bobby Marshman 7 3 25 21 3 22 2 24 2 16 16 2 13 867 8 Norm Hall 12 7 33 8 11 5 DNQ 11 12 11 5 13 7 677 9 Johnny White 10 16 4 17 630 10 Bob Harkey 15 8 7 13 4 10 18 DNQ 13 19 9 14 560 11 Mario Andretti 11 9 11 6 3 15 10 22 8 18 530 12 Johnny Boyd 14 5 20 500 13 Jud Larson DNQ DNQ DNQ 10 15 11 17 6 4 6 6 490 14 Bobby Unser 17 32 12 7 18 4 20 4 15 6 18 22 470 15 Bob Wente 6 9 11 6 25 25 DNQ 420 16 Arnie Knepper 5 24 7 8 10 6 23 11 16 390 17 Len Sutton 22 15 2 10 5 DNQ 11 8 15 DNQ 338 18 Jim McElreath 11 DNQ 21 9 4 14 DNQ 12 5 DNQ 12 25 320 19 Ronnie Duman 20 31 6 7 DNS 17 DNP 302 20 Dick Rathmann 7 DNQ 300 21 Johnny Rutherford 21 Wth 27 22 12 17 17 5 7 18 Wth 14 23 270 22 Roger McCluskey 2 DNS 8 7 DNS 238 23 Bobby Grim 13 8 10 DNQ 20 DNQ 19 DNQ 12 220 24 Joe Leonard 14 12 24 15 5 210 25 Jim Hurtubise 16 2 14 14 160 26 Troy Ruttman 18 4 8 Wth 160 27 Mel Kenyon 5 16 22 10 15 160 28 Tommy Copp 7 11 160 29 Bob Mathouser 9 22 19 6 DNQ DNQ 14 DNS 13 123 30 Chuck Hulse 20 4 DNQ 120 31 Billy Foster 16 7 21 120 32 Ralph Liguori DNQ 21 9 DNQ 9 DNQ 14 11 120 33 Bob Veith 19 DNQ 8 100 34 Art Malone 11 100 35 Chuck Stevenson DNQ 28 6 80 36 Eddie Sachs 6 DNQ 30 80 37 Mickey Rupp 9 21 80 38 Chuck Arnold DNQ DNQ DNQ 9 80 39 George Snider 9 80 40 Gordon Johncock DNQ 18 21 DNQ 14 DNQ DNQ 10 60 41 Dee Jones 15 DNQ DNQ 16 23 14 DNQ DNS DNQ 17 35 42 Bob Hurt DNQ 10 DNQ 15 DNQ DNQ 30 43 Chuck Rodee 10 DNQ 20 30 44 Buzz Gregory 12 DNQ 15 45 Ed Kostenuk 19 12 DNQ DNQ 19 10 46 Chuck Booth 12 10 - Bruce Jacobi 14 14 13 DNQ DNQ 0 - Dempsey Wilson 13 DNQ 0 - Walt Hansgen 13 0 - Bill Cheesbourg 16 0 - Jack Conely 16 0 - Bill Horstmeyer 16 0 - Dan Gurney 17 0 - Curly Boyd 17 0 - Jim Clark 24 18 0 - Jerry Weld 18 0 - Jack Brabham 20 0 - Al Unser 23 DNS 0 - Keith Rachwitz 24 0 - Eddie Johnson 26 0 - Dave MacDonald 29 0 - Frank Ballard DNQ DNS DNS 0 - Bob Christie DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Hal Rettberg DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Gig Stephens DNQ DNQ 0 - Herb Hill DNQ DNQ 0 - George Morris DNQ DNP 0 - Ed Hoyle DNQ 0 - Duane Carter DNQ 0 - Elmer George DNQ 0 - Jerry Grant DNQ 0 - Masten Gregory DNQ 0 - Cliff Griffith DNQ 0 - Don Horvath DNQ 0 - Bobby Johns DNQ 0 - Al Miller DNQ 0 - Pedro Rodríguez DNQ 0 - Paul Russo DNQ 0 - Steve Stapp DNQ 0 - Billy Cantrell DNQ 0 - Gil Michaels DNQ 0 - Bob Tattersall DNQ 0 Pos Driver PHX1 TRE1 INDY MIL1 LHS TRE2 SPR MIL2 DQSF ISF TRE3 CSF PHX2 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. 266-267)

See also 1964 Indianapolis 500