1967 USAC Championship Car season

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. This season saw three new road courses added to the schedule in addition to the Hoosier Grand Prix at IRP: Mosport in Canada; Circuit Mont-Tremblant also in Canada; and the season finale at Riverside International Raceway in southern California in the United States. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was A. J. Foyt.

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 Lloyd Ruby Lloyd Ruby 2 April 23 Trenton 150 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved Mario Andretti Mario Andretti 3 May 30May 31 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved Mario Andretti A. J. Foyt 4 June 4 Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved Gordon Johncock Gordon Johncock 5 June 18 Langhorne 150 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Paved Al Unser Lloyd Ruby 6 June 25 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill Bobby Unser Wes Vandervoort 7 July 1 Telegram Trophy 200 Mosport Park Bowmanville, Ontario Road Bobby Unser Bobby Unser 8 Bobby Unser Bobby Unser 9 July 23 Indianapolis 150 Indianapolis Raceway Park Clermont, Indiana Road Lloyd Ruby Mario Andretti 10 July 30 Langhorne 150 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Paved Gordon Johncock Mario Andretti 11 August 6 Labatt Indy Circuit Mont-Tremblant Saint-Jovite, Quebec Road Bobby Unser Mario Andretti 12 Mario Andretti Mario Andretti 13 August 19 Tony Bettenhausen Memorial Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Larry Dickson A. J. Foyt 14 August 20 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved Roger McCluskey Mario Andretti 15 September 4 Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt Bobby Unser A. J. Foyt 16 September 9 Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis, Indiana Dirt Bruce Walkup Mario Andretti 17 September 24 Trenton 200 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved Mario Andretti A. J. Foyt 18 October 1 Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento, California Dirt Bruce Walkup A. J. Foyt 19 October 22 Hanford 200 Hanford Motor Speedway Hanford, California Paved Art Pollard Gordon Johncock 20 November 19 Bobby Ball 150 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Paved Bobby Unser Mario Andretti 21 November 26 Rex Mays 300 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Road Dan Gurney Dan Gurney

Race was red flagged on May 30th lap 19 due to rain. The race was run to completion the next day (May 31st). 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. Run in two heats of 98 miles (158 kilometers) each. Run in two heats of 100 miles (161 kilometers) each.

Final points standings

Note: Ronnie Bucknum, George Follmer, Dan Gurney, Jimmy Clark, Lothar Motschenbacher, Jochen Rindt, Denis Hulme, Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill, John Surtees, Cale Yarborough, LeeRoy Yarbrough, Peter Revson and Jerry Titus are not eligible for points.

Pos Driver PHX1 TRE1 INDY MIL1 LHS1 PIKMOS IRP LHS2 CMT SPR MIL2 DQSF ISF TRE2 CSF HAN PHX2 RIV Pts 1 A. J. Foyt 5 15 1 21 5 7 7 7 17 2 2 1 8 1 2 1 1 4 17 17 3440 2 Mario Andretti DNS 1 30 Wth 3 14 21 11 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 25 2 24 1 3 3360 3 Bobby Unser 19 3 9 6 6 5 1 1 3 3 22 13 8 26 6 18 3 18 2 3 2 3020 4 Gordon Johncock 3 20 12 1 4 3 3 6 2 7 4 4 2 1 4 26 2700 5 Al Unser 23 12 2 19 2 DNQ 6 5 2 22 5 5 11 2 9 3 11 14 25 2 12 2505 6 Lloyd Ruby 1 21 33 2 1 4 4 16 DNQ 4 3 13 DNQ 26 3 5 4 2090 7 Jim McElreath 15 4 5 4 11 Wth 4 5 12 16 12 6 15 5 4 DNS 12 20 DNS 1750 8 Roger McCluskey 2 2 19 3 17 2 2 19 21 24 13 3 3 8 14 DNQ 21 21 5 1620 9 Joe Leonard 4 14 3 8 7 10 8 DNQ 6 6 5 17 7 24 16 1575 10 Bud Tingelstad 18 14 17 8 13 13 10 9 21 3 9 7 DNQ 5 8 6 7 27 965 11 Art Pollard 7 8 8 20 14 9 21 DNQ 5 14 30 655 12 Arnie Knepper 8 7 22 DNQ 19 5 6 5 24 DNQ 8 DNQ 595 13 Carl Williams 10 DNQ 16 15 15 8 11 14 17 9 23 8 7 10 4 18 23 585 14 Mel Kenyon 10 5 16 10 DNQ 7 24 10 9 21 500 15 Bill Vukovich II 23 23 11 6 16 5 4 13 17 26 DNQ 7 470 16 Chuck Hulse 7 9 9 9 DNP 29 460 17 Larry Dickson 20 16 15 9 21 19 16 21 8 9 18 10 11 4 14 16 7 425 18 Ronnie Duman 19 23 11 18 Wth DNQ 18 14 DNQ 10 11 9 13 8 6 13 420 19 Wally Dallenbach Sr. 18 DNQ 29 5 12 12 12 15 4 8 15 17 21 DNQ DNQ 19 DNQ 17 15 25 410 20 Parnelli Jones 6 400 21 Johnny Rutherford 25 12 10 14 14 13 20 15 16 25 11 16 Wth 5 23 22 8 315 22 Bob Hurt 24 DNQ 22 20 22 22 19 10 9 22 6 20 10 24 290 23 Jim Hurtubise DNQ 16 15 8 9 11 13 17 7 5 19 DNQ 18 280 24 Bob Harkey 11 DNQ 7 22 18 17 7 DNQ DNQ 12 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 230 25 Norm Brown 16 DNQ DNQ 15 9 24 DNQ 4 10 17 13 16 220 26 Wes Vandervoort 1 200 27 Jim Malloy DNQ DNQ 12 6 19 24 22 16 16 11 195 28 Bruce Walkup DNQ DNQ 12 6 6 DNQ 13 170 29 Ted Foltz 2 160 30 George Snider 21 26 18 DNQ DNQ 18 DNQ 16 17 DNQ 3 22 140 31 Dan Morgan 3 140 32 Orville Nance 4 120 33 Greg Weld 6 13 DNQ DNQ 120 34 Gig Stephens 6 DNQ DNQ DNQ 23 120 35 Mike Mosley DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 7 13 120 36 Ralph Liguori DNQ 9 DNQ DNQ 16 19 DNQ DNQ DNQ 18 DNS 10 10 120 37 Rick Muther 11 10 20 DNQ 11 10 DNQ 12 23 120 38 Sam Sessions DNQ 16 8 100 39 Bob Veith 11 100 40 Paul Kleinschmidt 6 80 41 Jerry Grant 12 20 13 DNQ 17 20 18 12 18 8 18 14 80 42 Bob Wente DNQ 7 DNQ DNQ 60 43 Don Wilcox 7 DNQ 60 44 Gary Bettenhausen DNQ 11 11 19 DNQ 60 45 Ralph Bruning 8 50 46 Gary Congdon 22 DNQ DNQ DNQ 20 14 10 16 19 DNQ 14 DNQ DNQ 45 47 Bob Tattersall 10 45 48 Grier Manning 9 40 49 Al Miller 17 DNQ 28 13 23 DNQ 13 14 17 DNQ 18 15 11 19 40 50 Bob Daly 10 30 51 George Benson 11 DNQ 30 52 Charles Louderman 11 20 53 Mickey Shaw DNQ DNQ 14 12 20 54 Rollie Beale DNQ 15 DNQ 12 10 55 Jerry Daniels DNQ DNQ DNQ 12 10 56 Bob Herring 12 10 - Dan Gurney 21 1 0 - Ronnie Bucknum DNQ DNS 18 9 DNQ 3 12 9 0 - Denny Hulme 4 0 - George Follmer 17 DNQ 21 6 0 - Lothar Motschenbacher 9 DNQ DNP 28 0 - Jerry Titus 10 0 - Cale Yarborough 12 0 - Bobby Grim 13 23 DNQ DNQ 15 20 14 0 - Bill Puterbaugh DNQ 13 15 15 0 - Peter Revson 13 DNQ DNP 0 - Larry Overholser 13 0 - Bruce Jacobi 14 DNQ DNQ 14 14 20 20 0 - Al Smith DNQ 24 DNQ 15 19 0 - Chuck Arnold DNQ 15 DNS 0 - Malcolm Brazier 15 0 - Chuck Parsons 15 0 - Don Anderson 16 0 - Lucien Bianchi DNQ 17 DNQ 0 - Butch Hardman 17 0 - Jackie Stewart 18 DNS 0 - Al Farmer 18 0 - Rick Vermillion 19 0 - Gene Pacheco 20 0 - John Surtees 20 0 - Jim Clark 31 22 0 - Jochen Rindt 24 0 - LeeRoy Yarbrough 27 0 - Graham Hill 32 0 - Jigger Sirois DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNS 0 - Al Loquasto DNS DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Dempsey Wilson DNQ DNQ DNQ DNS 0 - Bay Darnell DNS 0 - Don Thomas DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Don Meacham DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Sonny Ates DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Norm Hall DNQ DNQ 0 - Johnny Boyd DNQ DNQ 0 - Bill Cheesbourg DNQ DNQ 0 - Aldo Andretti DNQ DNQ 0 - Ray Duckworth DNQ DNQ 0 - Dale Breedlove DNQ DNQ 0 - Chuck Booth DNQ DNQ 0 - Frank Secrist DNQ DNQ 0 - John McIntyre DNQ DNQ 0 - Masten Gregory DNQ DNP 0 - Skip Hedrick DNQ 0 - Chris Amon DNQ 0 - Bob Bondurant DNQ 0 - Bob Christie DNQ 0 - Richie Ginther DNQ 0 - Bobby Johns DNQ 0 - Pedro Rodríguez DNQ 0 - Vern Root DNQ 0 - Ebb Rose DNQ 0 - Les Scott DNQ 0 - Chuck Stevenson DNQ 0 - Johnny Coy DNQ 0 - Dave Paul DNQ 0 - Jerry Colton DNQ 0 - Butch Earley DNQ 0 - Gilbert Ligon DNQ 0 - P. McCormick DNQ 0 - Walter Miller DNQ 0 - Ralph Murdock DNQ 0 - Wib Spalding DNQ 0 - Tommy Copp DNQ 0 - Bobby Hogle DNQ 0 - Dusty Smith DNQ 0 - Lorenzo Bandini DNP 0 - Sam McQuagg DNP 0 Pos Driver PHX1 TRE1 INDY MIL1 LHS1 PIK MOS1 MOS2 IRP LHS2 CMT1 CMT2 SPR MIL2 DQSF ISF TRE2 CSF HAN PHX2 RIV 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. 250-255)

See also 1967 Indianapolis 500