1975 USAC Championship Car season

1975 USAC Championship Car season

USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	13
Start date	March 2
End date	November 9
Awards
National champion	A. J. Foyt
Indianapolis 500 winner	Bobby Unser
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1974	1976

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.

Schedule and results

All races running on Oval/Speedway.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Length	Track	Location	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	March 2	California 500 Qualification Heat 1	100 mi (160 km)	Ontario Motor Speedway	Ontario, California	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
2	March 2	California 500 Qualification Heat 2	100 mi (160 km)			Bobby Unser	Wally Dallenbach
3	March 9	California 500	500 mi (800 km)			A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
4	March 16	Bricklin 150	150 mi (240 km)	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Gordon Johncock	Johnny Rutherford
5	April 6	Trenton 200	201 mi (323 km)	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Tom Sneva	A. J. Foyt
NC	April 27	World Series of Auto Racing	150 mi (240 km)	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	A. J. Foyt	Johnny Rutherford
6	May 25	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	435 mi (700 km)^A	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	A. J. Foyt	Bobby Unser
7	June 8	Rex Mays Classic	150 mi (240 km)	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
8	June 29	Schaefer 500	425 mi (684 km)^B	Pocono International Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	Gordon Johncock	A. J. Foyt
9	July 20	Norton 200	200 mi (320 km)	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
10	August 17	Tony Bettenhausen 200	200 mi (320 km)	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Johnny Rutherford	Mike Mosley
11	September 13	Michigan Grand Prix	150 mi (240 km)	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	A. J. Foyt	Tom Sneva
12	September 21	Trenton 150	150 mi (240 km)	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	A. J. Foyt	Gordon Johncock
13	November 9	Phoenix 150	150 mi (240 km)	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Gordon Johncock	A. J. Foyt

Non-championship race

^A Scheduled for 500 miles, stopped early due to rain.

^B Scheduled for 500 miles, stopped early due to rain.

Final points standings

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		1	10	6	5	9	4	2	19	4	16	5	12	2305
5	Bill Vukovich, Jr.		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							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, Jr.	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				19			11			11	14	17	24	70
32	Sheldon Kinser						12		15						50
33	Lloyd Ruby						32							10	45
34	Jerry Karl		9	33			13		16						40
35	Billy Cassella					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				15	15	DNQ	18							0
-	Mel Cornett							16							0
-	Sam Sessions						17								0
-	Larry McCoy			31			30		18	20		20	DNP		0
-	Ed Finley										18				0
-	Benny Rapp							19							0
-	Frank Weiss							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		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)
Blank	Not competing

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

Note1: Bobby Allison and George Follmer 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

References

Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1975". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
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 on 2011-05-03. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf (p. 221-222)

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 (1971-1995)

Seasons	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84

Indianapolis 500s	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

National Champions	Emerson Fittipaldi (twice) A. J. Foyt (twice) Gordon Johncock Joe Leonard (twice) Arie Luyendyk Roger McCluskey Rick Mears (three times) Bobby Rahal Johnny Rutherford Tom Sneva (three times) George Snider Danny Sullivan Al Unser Al Unser, Jr. (twice) Bobby Unser Jacques Villeneuve

Tracks	Atlanta Brands Hatch DuQuoin State Fair Illinois State Fair Indianapolis Indiana State Fair Michigan Mid-Ohio Milwaukee Mosport Nazareth Ontario Phoenix Pocono Rafaela Silverstone Texas World Trenton

The Indianapolis 500 was the only race in the USAC National Championship from 1984-85 onwards

1975 USAC Championship Car season

Schedule and results

Final points standings

References

See also