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1964 USAC Championship Car season

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Sports season

1964 USAC Championship Car season
USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	13
Start date	March 22
End date	November 22
Awards
National champion	A. J. Foyt
Indianapolis 500 winner	A. J. Foyt
← 1963 1965 →

The1964 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning inAvondale,Arizona on March 22 and concluding at the same location on November 22. There was also one non-championship event atPikes Peak,Colorado. TheUSAC National Champion andIndianapolis 500 winner wasA. J. Foyt. AtIndianapolis in the500 mile raceEddie Sachs andDave MacDonald were killed during lap 2 of the race; Sachs was 37 years old, and MacDonald was 27. In the Tony Bettenhausen Memorial atSpringfield,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 atPhoenix; he was 28 years old.

Schedule and results

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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. Foyt
NC	July 4	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak,Colorado	Hill	Bobby Unser^A	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

Paved/Dirt Oval

Road Course/Hill Climb

Non-championship race

^A 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

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Further information:List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

Pos	Driver	PHX1	TRE1	INDY	MIL1	LAN	TRE2	SPR	MIL2	DQSF	ISF	TRE3	SAC	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 RY		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 R									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 R								9			21			80
38	Chuck Arnold			DNQ	DNQ		DNQ					9			80
39	George Snider R													9	80
40	Gordon Johncock R						DNQ	18	21	DNQ	14	DNQ	DNQ	10	60
41	Dee Jones R	15		DNQ	DNQ	16	23	14	DNQ	DNS	DNQ	17			35
42	Bob Hurt R	DNQ			10		DNQ		15	DNQ				DNQ	30
43	Chuck Rodee		10	DNQ										20	30
44	Buzz Gregory R						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 R			13											0
-	Bill Cheesbourg			16											0
-	Jack Conely				16										0
-	Bill Horstmeyer R							16							0
-	Dan Gurney			17											0
-	Curly Boyd R					17									0
-	Jim Clark			24								18			0
-	Jerry Weld	18													0
-	Jack Brabham			20											0
-	Al Unser R								23					DNS	0
-	Keith Rachwitz													24	0
-	Eddie Johnson			26											0
-	Dave MacDonald R			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	LAN	TRE2	SPR	MIL2	DQSF	ISF	TRE3	SAC	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 not participate (DNP)
Blank	Not competing

In-line notation
Bold	Pole position
Italics	Ran fastest race lap
*	Led most race laps
RY Rookie of the Year
R Rookie

References

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Åberg, Andreas."USAC National Championship 1964". Driver Database.Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. RetrievedDecember 31, 2010.
"1964 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com.Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. RetrievedDecember 31, 2010.
http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf Archived 2016-03-04 at theWayback Machine (p. 266-267)

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v t e USAC Championship Cars (1956–1970)
Seasons	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
Indianapolis 500s	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
National Champions	Mario Andretti (three times) Tony Bettenhausen Jimmy Bryan (twice) A. J. Foyt (five times) Al Unser Bobby Unser Rodger Ward (twice)
Tracks	Arizona State Fair Atlanta Brainerd California State Fair Continental Divide Darlington Daytona Dover DuQuoin State Fair Hanford Illinois State Fair Indianapolis Indianapolis Raceway Park Indiana State Fair Lakewood Langhorne Michigan Michigan State Fair Milwaukee Missouri State Fair Mont-Tremblant Mosport Nazareth New York State Fair Ontario Phoenix Pikes Peak Riverside Stardust Sears Point Seattle Trenton

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