Sports season
The1965 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 18 races, beginning inAvondale ,Arizona on March 28 and concluding at the same location on November 21. This season was notable for theHoosier Grand Prix , the first Championship Car event held on a road course since the 1937Vanderbilt Cup . TheUSAC National Champion wasMario Andretti and theIndianapolis 500 winner wasJim Clark .
Also of note, the 1965 season featured the final IndyCar victory of Parnelli Jones career in June at the Milwaukee Mile.
Schedule and results [ edit ]
Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 March 28 Jimmy Bryan Memorial Phoenix International Raceway Avondale ,Arizona Paved A. J. Foyt Don Branson 2 April 25 Trenton 100Trenton International Speedway Trenton ,New Jersey Paved A. J. Foyt Jim McElreath 3 May 31 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway ,Indiana Paved A. J. Foyt Jim Clark 4 June 6 Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee Mile West Allis ,Wisconsin Paved A. J. Foyt Parnelli Jones 5 June 20 Langhorne 100Langhorne Speedway Langhorne ,Pennsylvania Paved Mario Andretti Jim McElreath 6 July 4 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak ,Colorado Hill Al Unser A Al Unser 7 July 18 Trenton 150Trenton International Speedway Trenton ,New Jersey Paved A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt 8 July 25 Hoosier Grand Prix Indianapolis Raceway Park Clermont ,Indiana Road Mario Andretti Mario Andretti 9 August 1 Atlanta Championship 250 Atlanta International Raceway Hampton ,Georgia Paved A. J. Foyt Johnny Rutherford 10 August 8 Langhorne 125Langhorne Speedway Langhorne ,Pennsylvania Paved Gordon Johncock Jim McElreath 11 August 14 Milwaukee 150 Milwaukee Mile West Allis ,Wisconsin Paved Parnelli Jones Joe Leonard 12 August 21 Tony Bettenhausen MemorialIllinois State Fairgrounds Springfield ,Illinois Dirt Jim McElreath A. J. Foyt 13 August 22 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee Mile West Allis ,Wisconsin Paved A. J. Foyt Gordon Johncock 14 September 6 Ted Horn MemorialDuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin ,Illinois Dirt A. J. Foyt Don Branson 15 September 18 Hoosier HundredIndiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis ,Indiana Dirt A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt 16 September 26 Trenton 200Trenton International Speedway Trenton ,New Jersey Paved A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt 17 October 24 Golden State 100California State Fairgrounds Sacramento ,California Dirt Don Branson Don Branson 18 November 21 Bobby Ball Memorial Phoenix International Raceway Avondale ,Arizona Paved Mario Andretti A. J. Foyt
Paved/Dirt Oval
Road Course/Hill Climb
^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 [ edit ] Note: Bobby Johns is not eligible for points.
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) Not competing
In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps RY Rookie of the Year R Rookie
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