1962 USAC Championship Car season

1962 USAC Championship Car season

USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	13
Start date	April 8
End date	November 18
Awards
National champion	Rodger Ward
Indianapolis 500 winner	Rodger Ward
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1961	1963

The 1962 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Trenton, New Jersey on April 8 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 18. There was also one non-championship event at Pikes Peak, Colorado. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Rodger Ward. Hugh Randall was killed in the Langhorne 100 at Langhorne Speedway; he was 29 years old.

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	April 8	Trenton 100	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved	Don Davis	A. J. Foyt
2	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Parnelli Jones	Rodger Ward
3	June 10	Rex Mays Classic	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
4	July 1	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Jim Hurtubise	A. J. Foyt
NC	July 4	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill	Bobby Unser^A	Bobby Unser
5	July 22	Trenton 150	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved	A. J. Foyt	Rodger Ward
6	August 19	Tony Bettenhausen Memorial	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Roger McCluskey	Jim Hurtubise
7	August 20	Tony Bettenhausen 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved	Bobby Marshman	Rodger Ward
8	August 26	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	A. J. Foyt	Don Branson
9	September 8	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Parnelli Jones	Rodger Ward
10	September 15	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds	Indianapolis, Indiana	Dirt	Parnelli Jones	Parnelli Jones
11	September 23	Trenton 200	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved	A. J. Foyt	Don Branson
12	October 28	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
13	November 22	Bobby Ball Memorial	Arizona State Fairgrounds	Phoenix, Arizona	Dirt	Parnelli Jones	Bobby Marshman

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	TRE1	INDY	MIL1	LAN1	TRE2	SPR	MIL2	LAN2	SYR	ISF	TRE3	SAC	PHX	Pts
1	Rodger Ward	3	1	4		1	17	1		1	5	5			2460
2	A. J. Foyt	1	23	1	1	7	7	2	4	2	16	4	1	2	1950
3	Parnelli Jones	2	7	2	2	4	2	9	3	15	1	19	5	4	1760
4	Don Branson	4	12	17	4	2	3	25	1	7	2	1	2	8	1700
5	Bobby Marshman	10	5	12	5	21	4	3	9	13	6	3	15	1	1581
6	Jim Hurtubise	6	13	3	3	5	1	21	2	4	8	9	4	5	1340
7	Len Sutton	7	2	15				20		DNP		2	10	9	1250
8	Jim McElreath	16	6	14	7	6	5	5	7	10	3	8	14	DNQ	1210
9	Eddie Sachs	18	3	21		15		4				7			1060
10	Don Davis	5	4	8	17	3									960
11	Lloyd Ruby		8	19			6	22		11	13	6	8	3	700
12	Roger McCluskey	8	16	5	14	DNQ	15	6	5	6	4	21	18	6	690
13	Ronnie Duman	19	DNQ	6	6	10	DNQ	8	10	9	10	20	DNQ		405
14	Allen Crowe	DNQ	31	10	10	8	DNQ	10	12	5	14				305
15	Troy Ruttman		18	DNQ				13		3	DNQ	13	6	7	280
16	Bud Tingelstad	21	15	7		9		7		DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	DNQ	240
17	Chuck Hulse	22	21	DNQ	13	13		26	6	DNQ	7	10	13	10	230
18	Elmer George	DNQ	17	18	DNQ	DNQ	10	17	DNQ	18	18		3	16	229
19	Jim Rathmann		9												200
20	Johnny Boyd		10												150
21	Shorty Templeman	9	11	16			13	18							140
22	Al Farmer	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	8		14	24	8	16	DNQ	18	16	DNQ	100
23	Bobby Grim		19				8				11	11			97
24	Bob Mathouser		DNQ	DNQ	16	17	18	DNQ	13	8	DNQ	12		DNQ	83
25	Johnny Rutherford										15	14	7	11	80
26	Bruce Jacobi	11	DNQ	DNQ	9	12									75
27	Bobby Marvin	17		DNQ			9	15	11	17	17		DNQ	12	70
28	Ernie Koch						DNQ	DNQ	16	12	9	22	11	17	70
29	Chuck Rodee		32	11				11							60
30	Chuck Booth												9	15	40
31	Bob Veith		33	9				23			DNQ				40
32	Don Freeland		DNQ			11									30
33	Bill Cheesbourg		DNQ	DNQ	12	DNQ		12				17			30
34	Jiggs Peters	DNQ				23	11	DNQ	15	DNQ		24			20
35	Red Riegel				11										20
36	Keith Rachwitz		DNQ	13		Wth	12		14		DNQ		DNQ	DNQ	10
37	Ralph Liguori		DNQ		18	22	DNQ		17		12		17	13	10
38	Colby Scroggin												12	14	10
39	Dempsey Wilson	12	DNQ												10
-	Roy Graham	13	DNQ												0
-	Leroy Neumayer	DNQ			15	14	16	DNQ			DNQ				0
-	Jack Conely		DNQ	22		19		14				16			0
-	Al Miller		DNQ				DNQ			14	DNQ				0
-	Chuck Arnold	14	DNQ								DNQ				0
-	Ebb Rose		14												0
-	Ed Kostenuk		DNQ	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ				15			0
-	Johnny Coy	15	DNQ									DNQ			0
-	Dick Rathmann	20	24	DNQ	DNS	18		16							0
-	Bob Christie		30	DNQ		16									0
-	Art Malone												DNQ	18	0
-	Jack Turner		29					19			DNQ	23			0
-	Eddie Johnson		25	20											0
-	Jim Hemmings	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	20	DNQ								0
-	Dan Gurney		20												0
-	Jimmy Daywalt		22												0
-	Bill Randall	DNQ				24									0
-	Paul Goldsmith		26												0
-	Gene Hartley		27												0
-	Paul Russo		28	DNQ											0
-	Curtis Turner						DNQ		DNS						0
-	Herb Hill		DNQ	DNQ				DNQ							0
-	Gig Stephens		DNQ			DNQ			DNQ						0
-	Hugh Randall	DNQ		DNQ					DNQ						0
-	Duane Carter		DNQ	DNQ											0
-	Tommy Copp		DNQ	DNQ											0
-	Mike McGreevy		DNQ	DNQ											0
-	Ray Brown	DNQ													0
-	Leon Clum		DNQ												0
-	Russ Congdon		DNQ												0
-	Chuck Daigh		DNQ												0
-	Jack Ensley		DNQ												0
-	Jack Fairman		DNQ												0
-	Cliff Griffith		DNQ												0
-	Norm Hall		DNQ												0
-	Chuck Stevenson		DNQ												0
-	Chuck Weyant		DNQ												0
-	Carl Williams									DNQ					0
-	George Morris										DNQ				0
-	Buzz Rose												DNQ		0
-	Bobby Unser												DNQ		0
-	Ray Wearne												DNQ		0
-	Howard Osborn													DNQ	0
Pos	Driver	TRE1	INDY	MIL1	LAN1	TRE2	SPR	MIL2	LAN2	SYR	ISF	TRE3	SAC	PHX	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)
Blank	Not competing

In-line notation
Bold	Pole position
Italics	Ran fastest race lap
*	Led most race laps
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

References

Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1962". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
"1962 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. 270-271)

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 1984–85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95

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~~

INDYCAR	1996 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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

1962 USAC Championship Car season

Schedule and results

Final points standings

References

See also