^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.
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The 1961 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 12 races beginning in Trenton New Jersey on April 9 and concluding in Phoenix Arizona on November 19 There was also one non championship event at Pikes Peak Colorado The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was A J Foyt The season was marred by the deaths of 1951 and 1958 season champion Tony Bettenhausen at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Al Keller at Phoenix 1961 USAC Championship Car seasonUSAC National Championship TrailSeasonRaces12Start dateApril 9End dateNovember 19AwardsNational championA J FoytIndianapolis 500 winnerA J Foyt 19601962 Contents 1 Schedule and results 2 Final points standings 3 References 4 See alsoSchedule and results EditRnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver1 April 9 Trenton 100 Trenton International Speedway Trenton New Jersey Paved Tony Bettenhausen Eddie Sachs2 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway Indiana Paved Eddie Sachs A J Foyt3 June 4 Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee Mile West Allis Wisconsin Paved Dick Rathmann Rodger Ward4 June 18 Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne Pennsylvania Dirt Al Keller A J FoytNC July 4 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak Colorado Hill Bobby UnserA Bobby Unser5 August 20 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee Mile West Allis Wisconsin Paved Don Branson Lloyd Ruby6 August 21 Tony Bettenhausen Memorial Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield Illinois Dirt Parnelli Jones Jim Hurtubise7 September 4 Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin Illinois Dirt Jim Hurtubise A J Foyt8 September 9 Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse New York Dirt Rodger Ward Rodger Ward9 September 16 Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis Indiana Dirt A J Foyt A J Foyt10 September 24 Trenton 100 Trenton International Speedway Trenton New Jersey Paved Eddie Sachs Eddie Sachs11 October 29 Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento California Dirt Shorty Templeman Rodger Ward12 November 19 Bobby Ball Memorial Arizona State Fairgrounds Phoenix Arizona Dirt Al Keller Parnelli Jones 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 EditFurther information List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver TRE1 INDY MIL1 LAN MIL2 SPR DQSF SYR ISF TRE2 SAC PHX Pts1 A J Foyt 5 1 22 1 3 2 1 18 1 14 12 15 21502 Eddie Sachs 1 2 Wth 3 5 DNS 3 DNQ DNQ 1 DNQ 6 17603 Rodger Ward 18 3 1 19 6 17 1 17 3 1 2 16804 Shorty Templeman 4 DNQ 10 5 2 2 5 16 16 12 11905 Al Keller 5 2 15 12 18 5 4 16 5 18 17 10006 Jim Hurtubise 2 22 5 8 7 1 18 3 18 2 14 DNS 9397 Len Sutton DNQ 19 4 2 10 9 9 4 11 4 8 8608 Bobby Marshman RY 17 7 19 11 15 9 8 7 2 19 3 11 7699 Parnelli Jones 15 12 2 23 11 12 5 12 9 2 1 75010 Dick Rathmann 4 13 3 6 4 3 DNQ 10 20 75011 Lloyd Ruby 8 21 1 16 16 11 DNQ 18 DNQ 67012 Don Branson 16 33 6 14 24 15 6 17 8 4 7 3 53013 Elmer George 8 8 4 DNQ 8 14 6 15 6 9 47014 Chuck Stevenson 6 40015 Roger McCluskey 6 27 17 5 DNQ 15 8 14 7 11 7 37016 A J Shepherd 11 26 DNQ 6 4 7 15 DNQ 36017 Chuck Hulse 12 DNQ 14 18 17 13 4 DNQ 6 6 DNQ 14 30218 Jim McElreath R 3 21 10 4 29019 Al Farmer DNQ DNQ DNQ 16 7 13 16 DNQ DNQ 5 5 26020 Jack Brabham R 9 20021 Johnny Boyd 21 7 8 DNQ 15 16022 Norm Hall R 10 DNQ DNQ DNQ 15023 Troy Ruttman 3 20 16 14024 Don Davis 29 DNQ 13 13 14 10 12 13 8 8 DNQ 14025 Ronnie Duman R DNQ 15 DNS 11 DNQ DNQ 10 DNQ 13 9 DNQ 12826 Bob Christie 17 20 9 10 11027 Gene Hartley 11 10028 Red Riegel R DNQ 7 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 13 18 6029 Ralph Liguori DNQ DNQ 7 DNQ DNQ DNQ 6030 Len Duncan 7 6031 Jiggs Peters 9 12 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 5032 Danny Jones DNQ 14 9 DNQ 4033 Don Freeland DNQ 9 DNQ 4034 Allen Crowe R 16 17 13 DNQ 12 DNQ 10 4035 Bruce Jacobi 14 DNQ DNQ 10 3036 Wayne Weiler DNQ 15 10 3037 Bob Cleberg 10 DNQ DNQ DNQ 3038 Rex Easton DNQ DNQ 9 DNQ 2239 Bud Tingelstad DNQ DNQ 14 DNQ 11 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 2040 Eddie Johnson 18 11 DNQ DNQ 2041 Bob Mathouser R DNQ 11 DNQ DNQ 2042 Dempsey Wilson 16 12 20 DNQ DNQ DNQ 15 DNQ 1043 Jack Turner 25 21 12 DNQ DNQ 10 Bill Cheesbourg 28 13 DNQ DNQ 0 Don Horvath R 13 DNQ 0 Leroy Neumayer R DNQ 13 0 Paul Goldsmith 14 18 0 Keith Rachwitz R DNQ 16 0 Jack Rounds 20 DNQ 17 0 Bob Veith DNQ 25 17 0 Ray Wearne R DNQ 17 DNQ 0 Leon Clum R DNQ DNQ 18 DNQ DNQ 0 Tony Bettenhausen 19 DNQ 0 Tommy Copp R 21 DNQ 0 Johnny Coy R 22 DNQ 22 0 Ernie Koch DNQ DNQ 22 DNQ 0 Ebb Rose R 23 26 0 Cliff Griffith 24 0 Jim Rathmann DNQ 30 DNQ DNQ 0 Jimmy Daywalt 31 0 Bobby Grim 32 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 Beau Clerke DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 Jim McWithey DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 Jim Hemmings DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 Harry Beck DNP DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 Tony Bonadies DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 Vern Harriman DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 Ray Crawford DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 Bill Randall DNQ DNQ 0 Bert Brooks DNQ DNQ 0 Jack Conely DNQ DNQ 0 Ed Kostenuk DNQ DNQ 0 Chuck Arnold DNQ DNQ 0 Al Pombo DNQ DNQ 0 Tony Romit DNQ 0 Duane Carter DNQ 0 Russ Congdon DNQ 0 Jack Ensley DNQ 0 Mike Magill DNQ 0 Chuck Rodee DNQ 0 Paul Russo DNQ 0 Bud Sterrett DNQ 0 Bob Wente DNQ 0 Chuck Weyant DNQ 0 Cliff Spalding DNQ 0 Ray Brown DNQ 0 Hal Rettberg DNQ 0 Bill Hyde DNQ 0 Russ Long DNQ 0 Jimmy Davies DNQ 0Pos Driver TRE1 INDY MIL1 LAN MIL2 SPR DQSF SYR ISF TRE2 SAC PHX Pts Color ResultGold WinnerSilver 2nd placeBronze 3rd placeGreen 4th amp 5th placeLight Blue 6th 10th placeDark 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 notparticipate DNP Not competingIn line notationBold Pole positionItalics Ran fastest race lap Led most race laps RY Rookie of the Year R RookieReferences EditAberg Andreas USAC National Championship 1961 Driver Database Archived from the original on 2012 09 10 Retrieved 2010 12 31 1961 USAC National Championship Trail ChampCarStats com Archived from the original on 2011 09 20 Retrieved 2010 12 31 http media indycar com pdf 2011 IICS 2011 Historical Record Book INT6 pdf Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine p 272 273 See also Edit1961 Indianapolis 500 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1961 USAC Championship Car season amp oldid 1093025225, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
