1975 USAC Championship Car season

The 1975 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Ontario, California on March 2 and concluding in Avondale, Arizona on November 9. The USAC National Champion was A. J. Foyt and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Bobby Unser.

1975 USAC Championship Car season
USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races13
Start dateMarch 2
End dateNovember 9
Awards
National champion A. J. Foyt
Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser

Schedule and results

All races running on Oval/Speedway.

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Pole Position Winning Driver
1A March 2 California 500 Qualification Heat 1 Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario, California A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt
1B California 500 Qualification Heat 2 Bobby Unser Wally Dallenbach Sr.
2 March 9 California 500 A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt
3 March 16 Bricklin 150 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Gordon Johncock Johnny Rutherford
4 April 6 Trenton 200 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Tom Sneva A. J. Foyt
NC April 27 World Series of Auto Racing Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey A. J. Foyt Johnny Rutherford
5 May 25 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes^1 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana A. J. Foyt Bobby Unser
6 June 8 Rex Mays Classic Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt
7 June 29 Schaefer 500 Pocono International Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania Gordon Johncock A. J. Foyt
8 July 20 Norton 200 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt
9 August 17 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Johnny Rutherford Mike Mosley
10 September 13 Michigan Grand Prix Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan A. J. Foyt Tom Sneva
11 September 21 Trenton 150 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey A. J. Foyt Gordon Johncock
12 November 9 Phoenix 150 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Gordon Johncock A. J. Foyt
  Non-championship race
^1 Scheduled for 500 miles, stopped early due to rain.

Final points standings

Note1: Bobby Allison and George Follmer were not eligible for points.
Note2: Jerry Grant scored points at Ontario but competed with an FIA license.
Note3: Bentley Warren scored 100 points at Pocono, but forfeited those points due to a rule violation.

Pos Driver ONT

Q-H1
ONT

Q-H2
ONT

500
PHX1

150
TRE1

200
INDY

500
MIL1

150
POC

500
MIC1

200
MIL2

200
MIC2

150
TRE2

150
PHX2

150
Pts
1 A. J. Foyt 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 20 7 2 1 4920
2 Johnny Rutherford 2 17 1 2 2 3 6 6 13 2 3 11 2900
3 Bobby Unser 10 2 1 2 22 5 3 2489
4 Wally Dallenbach Sr. 1 10 6 5 9 4 2 19 4 16 5 12 2305
5 Bill Vukovich II 4 23 4 6 7 3 3 8 11 4 2080
6 Tom Sneva 9 6 7 6 22 29 2 3 1 13 2 1830
7 Roger McCluskey 8 13 DNQ 7 5 8 4 12 19 5 6 18 1675
8 Steve Krisiloff 3 3 5 4 11 17 28 8 5 DNQ 15 20 1630
9 Pancho Carter 2 19 8 4 6 24 4 14 8 DNQ 8 1345
10 Gordon Johncock 5 15 2 10 31 14 20 11 2 6 1 23 1280
11 John Martin 6 5 13 9 27 15 7 21 7 18 8 17 1180
12 Mike Mosley 10 11 9 3 26 5 31 13 1 1020
13 Jimmy Caruthers 5 21 DNQ 14 8 7 6 4 7 930
14 Gary Bettenhausen 11 14 10 15 9 5 DNS 6 745
15 Lee Kunzman 3 4 DNQ 17 740
16 Bill Puterbaugh 7 9 9 560
17 Al Unser 7 26 16 32 4 5 450
18 George Snider DNS 20 18 8 10 22 400
19 Al Loquasto 15 7 11 DNQ DNQ 12 14 17 14 16 380
20 Eldon Rasmussen 7 9 24 19 16 12 21 275
21 Salt Walther 12 8 17 13 33 DNP 33 DNQ 22 18 260
22 Dick Simon 13 24 14 8 21 13 23 9 17 15 11 13 220
23 Mario Andretti 28 28 25 3 210
24 Spike Gehlhausen  RY  10 10 15 19 10 14 165
25 Billy Scott 4 29 DNQ 120
26 Tom Bigelow 11 16 18 12 21 16 9 19 115
27 Johnny Parsons DNS 25 12 12 19 20 26 15 21 13 9 115
28 John Hubbard 14 DNQ 21 10 10 16 DNQ 105
29 Larry Cannon DNQ 12 9 12 100
30 Jim McElreath 18 DNS 7 90
31 Tom Frantz  R  19 11 11 14 17 24 70
32 Sheldon Kinser  R  12 15 50
33 Lloyd Ruby 32 10 45
34 Jerry Karl 9 33 13 16 40
35 Billy Cassella  R  11 40
36 Bob Harkey DNS 30 16 10 30 21 15 14
- Bobby Allison 6 32 25 27 17 0
- George Follmer 8 DNQ DNQ 0
- Bentley Warren 23 11 0
- Jerry Grant 16 12 20 14 18 DNS 0
- Rick Muther 27 DNQ 13 0
- Lee Brayton 14 22 0
- Chuck Gurney  R  15 15 DNQ 18 0
- Mel Cornett 16 0
- Sam Sessions 17 0
- Larry McCoy 31 30 18 20 20 DNP 0
- Ed Finley  R  18 0
- Benny Rapp 19 0
- Frank Weiss  R  22 0
- Larry Dickson 22 0
- Mike Hiss 29 0
- Bill Simpson DNS DNQ 0
- Dan Murphy DNP DNQ 0
- Jim Hurtubise DNQ 0
- Graham McRae DNQ 0
- Bob Nagel DNQ 0
- Jan Opperman DNQ 0
- Jigger Sirois DNQ 0
- Jerry Sneva DNQ 0
- Ken Nichols DNQ 0
- Jack Owens DNQ 0
- John Cannon DNP 0
- Michel Jourdain Sr. DNP 0
- Joe Leonard DNP 0
- Steve Chassey DNP 0
Pos Driver ONT

Q-H1
ONT

Q-H2
ONT

500
PHX1

150
TRE1

200
INDY

500
MIL1

150
POC

500
MIC1

200
MIL2

200
MIC2

150
TRE2

150
PHX2

150
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

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  • Harms, Phil; Ferner, Michael; Measures, Gerry; Brown, Allen. "Indy 500 and USAC racing (1971-1978)". OldRacingCars.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  • "1975 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
  • Harms, Phil. "1975 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
  • http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf (p. 221-222)

See also

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