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.

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

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. Foyt
NC	July 4	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill	Bobby UnserA	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

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) 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

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

See also

• 1964 Indianapolis 500