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 miles 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
Races13
Start dateMarch 22
End dateNovember 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
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 DNQ 27 22 12 17 17 5 7 18 DNQ 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 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  • "1964 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  • http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf (p. 266-267)

See also
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