1960 USAC Championship Car season


The 1960 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 12 races, beginning in Trenton, New Jersey on April 10 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 20. There were also two non-championship events at Langhorne, Pennsylvania, and Pikes Peak, Colorado. This was the final year that the Indianapolis 500 was a part of the Formula One World Championship. The USAC National Champion was A. J. Foyt and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Jim Rathmann. Three time USAC/AAA National Champion, and 1958 Indianapolis 500 winner Jimmy Bryan, was killed in an accident during the Langhorne 100 at Langhorne Speedway; he was 34 years old.

Schedule and results

RndDateRace NameTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1April 10 Trenton 100Trenton International SpeedwayTrenton, New JerseyPaved Johnny Thomson Rodger Ward
NCApril 13 Langhorne 10Langhorne SpeedwayLanghorne, PennsylvaniaDirt Don Branson Don Branson
2May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaPaved Eddie Sachs Jim Rathmann
3June 5 Rex Mays ClassicMilwaukee MileWest Allis, WisconsinPaved Lloyd Ruby Rodger Ward
4June 19 Langhorne 100Langhorne SpeedwayLanghorne, PennsylvaniaDirt Don Branson Jim Hurtubise
NCJuly 4 Pikes Peak Auto Hill ClimbPikes Peak HighwayPikes Peak, ColoradoHill Al Unser Bobby Unser
5August 20 Springfield 100Illinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirt Don Branson Jim Packard
6August 28 Milwaukee 200Milwaukee MileWest Allis, WisconsinPaved Rodger Ward Len Sutton
7September 5 Ted Horn MemorialDuQuoin State FairgroundsDu Quoin, IllinoisDirt Don Branson A. J. Foyt
8September 10 Syracuse 100New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirt Johnny Thomson Bobby Grim
9September 17 Hoosier HundredIndiana State FairgroundsIndianapolis, IndianaDirt Rodger Ward A. J. Foyt
10September 25 Trenton 100Trenton International SpeedwayTrenton, New JerseyPaved Don Branson Eddie Sachs
11October 30 Golden State 100California State FairgroundsSacramento, CaliforniaDirt Don Branson A. J. Foyt
12November 20 Bobby Ball MemorialArizona State FairgroundsPhoenix, ArizonaDirt Bob Cleberg A. J. Foyt

Final points standings


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