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.

Schedule and results

RndDateRace NameTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1March 22 Phoenix 100Phoenix International RacewayAvondale, ArizonaPaved Parnelli Jones A. J. Foyt
2April 19 Trenton 100Trenton International SpeedwayTrenton, New JerseyPaved A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt
3May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaPaved Jim Clark A. J. Foyt
4June 7 Rex Mays ClassicMilwaukee MileWest Allis, WisconsinPaved Rodger Ward A. J. Foyt
5June 21 Langhorne 100Langhorne SpeedwayLanghorne, PennsylvaniaDirt Johnny Rutherford A. J. Foyt
NCJuly 4 Pikes Peak Auto Hill ClimbPikes Peak HighwayPikes Peak, ColoradoHill Bobby Unser Al Unser
6July 19 Trenton 150Trenton International SpeedwayTrenton, New JerseyPaved Jim McElreath A. J. Foyt
7August 22 Tony Bettenhausen MemorialIllinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirt Rodger Ward A. J. Foyt
8August 23 Tony Bettenhausen 200Milwaukee MileWest Allis, WisconsinPaved Parnelli Jones Parnelli Jones
9September 7 Ted Horn MemorialDuQuoin State FairgroundsDu Quoin, IllinoisDirt Don Branson A. J. Foyt
10September 26 Hoosier HundredIndiana State FairgroundsIndianapolis, IndianaDirt A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt
11September 27 Trenton 200Trenton International SpeedwayTrenton, New JerseyPaved Parnelli Jones Parnelli Jones
12October 25 Golden State 100California State FairgroundsSacramento, CaliforniaDirt Parnelli Jones A. J. Foyt
13November 22 Bobby Ball MemorialPhoenix International RacewayAvondale, ArizonaPaved Parnelli Jones Lloyd Ruby

Final points standings


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