1963 USAC Championship Car season

1963 USAC Championship Car season

USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	12
Start date	April 21
End date	November 17
Awards
National champion	A. J. Foyt
Indianapolis 500 winner	Parnelli Jones

Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1962	1964

The 1963 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 12 races, beginning in Trenton, New Jersey on April 21 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 17. There was also one non-championship event at Pikes Peak, Colorado. The USAC National Champion was A. J. Foyt, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Parnelli Jones. Jim Clark's win at Milwaukee in August marked the first win for a rear-engined car in Champ Car competition.^[1]

1 Schedule and results
2 Leading National Championship standings
3 References
4 See also

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	April 21	Trenton 100	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	Lloyd Ruby	A. J. Foyt
2	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved Oval	Parnelli Jones	Parnelli Jones
3	June 9	Rex Mays Classic	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	Johnny Boyd	Rodger Ward
4	June 23	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt Oval	Jim Hurtubise	A. J. Foyt
NC	July 4	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill Climb	—	Bobby Unser
5	July 28	Trenton 150	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
6	August 17	Tony Bettenhausen Memorial	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt Oval	A. J. Foyt	Rodger Ward
7	August 18	Tony Bettenhausen 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	Jim Clark	Jim Clark
8	September 2	Ted Horn Memorial	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt Oval	Rodger Ward	A. J. Foyt
9	September 14	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds	Indianapolis, Indiana	Dirt Oval	Rodger Ward	Rodger Ward
10	September 22	Trenton 200	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	Jim Clark	A. J. Foyt
11	October 27	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt Oval	Rodger Ward	Rodger Ward
12	November 22	Bobby Ball Memorial	Arizona State Fairgrounds	Phoenix, Arizona	Dirt Oval	Johnny Rutherford	Rodger Ward

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	A. J. Foyt	Ansted Racing	2950
2	Rodger Ward	Leader Card Racing	2210
3	Jim McElreath	Bill Forbes Racing	1655
4	Parnelli Jones	HOW, Agajanian, Dayton-Walther	1540
5	Don Branson	Leader Card Racing	1352

References

Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1963". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1963/. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
"1963 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1963.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-31.

^ Case, Dean. "Eagle-eye Feature: August 18, 1963 - The Day the Dinosaurs Died". All American Racers. http://www.allamericanracers.com/dino/case.html. Retrieved 1 January 2011.

American Championship car racing (IndyCar) seasons

AAA	1905 1906–1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

NASCAR	1952 1953

USAC	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84

CART / CCWS	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ~~2008~~

IRL / INDYCAR	1996 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

USAC Championship Cars (1956-1970)

Seasons	1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970

Indianapolis 500s	1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970

National Champions	Mario Andretti (three times) • Tony Bettenhausen • Jimmy Bryan (twice) • A. J. Foyt (five times) • Al Unser • Bobby Unser • Rodger Ward (twice)

Tracks	Arizona State Fair • Atlanta • Brainerd • California State Fair • Darlington • Daytona • Dover • DuQuoin State Fair • Hanford • Illinois State Fair • Indianapolis • Indianapolis Raceway Park • Indiana State Fair • Lakewood • Langhorne • Mead • Michigan • Michigan State Fair • Milwaukee • Missouri State Fair • Mosport • Nazareth • New York State Fair • Ontario • Pacific • Phoenix • Pikes Peak • Riverside • St. Jovite • Sears Point • Trenton

1963 USAC Championship Car season

Contents

Schedule and results

Leading National Championship standings

References

See also