1974 SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship

The 1974 SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship was the eighth running of the Sports Car Club of America's premier open wheel racing series.^[1] It was the first to be sanctioned jointly by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and the United States Auto Club (USAC),^[2] and the first to be held under the "SCCA /USAC Formula 5000 Championship" name.^[1] Sponsorship by the L&M cigarette brand was not carried forward from the 1973 championship.^[3]

The championship was open to SCCA Formula 5000 cars and, for the first time, to USAC cars powered by 161 cid turbocharged, 255 cid double overhead camshaft or 305 cid "stock block" engines.^[3] It was won by Brian Redman driving a Lola T332 Chevrolet.^[3]

Race calendar

Brian Redman won the championship driving a Lola T332, similar to that pictured above

The championship was contested over seven races.^[4]

Race	Date	Name	Circuit	Race distance	Winning driver	Winning car
1	June 2		Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	42 laps	Brian Redman	Lola T332 – Chevrolet V8
2	June 15		Mosport Park	40 laps	David Hobbs	Lola T332 – Chevrolet V8
3	July 14		Watkins Glen International	30 laps	Mario Andretti	Lola T332 – Chevrolet V8
4	July 28		Road America	25 laps	Mario Andretti	Lola T332 – Chevrolet V8
5	September 1	California Grand Prix	Ontario Motor Speedway	34 laps	Brian Redman	Lola T332 – Chevrolet V8
6	October 13	Monterey Grand Prix	Laguna Seca Raceway	50 laps	Brian Redman	Lola T332 – Chevrolet V8
7	October 27	Riverside Grand Prix	Riverside International Raceway	40 laps	Mario Andretti	Lola T332 – Chevrolet V8

Championship points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten positions at each race.^[3]

Position ^[5]^[6]	Driver ^[5] ^[6]	Car ^[5] ^[6] ^[3]	Points ^[5] ^[6]
1	Brian Redman	Lola T332 Chevrolet	105
2	Mario Andretti	Lola T332 Chevrolet	97
3	David Hobbs	Lola T332 Chevrolet	55
4	Eppie Wietzes	Lola T332 Chevrolet	49
5	Brett Lunger	Eagle Chevrolet	33
6	John Gunn	March 73A Chevrolet Lola T332 Chevrolet	27
7	Warwick Brown	Lola T332 Chevrolet	20
8	Graham McRae	Talon MR1 Chevrolet Lola T332 Chevrolet McRae GM2 Chevrolet	19
9	Evan Noyes	Lola T332 Chevrolet	18
10	Tuck Thomas	Lola T332 Chevrolet	16
11	James Hunt	Lola T332 Chevrolet Eagle Chevrolet	15
12	Jon Woodner	Talon MR1 Chevrolet	15
13	Mike Mosley	Lola T332 Chevrolet	11
14	Al Unser	Lola T330 Chevrolet	10
15	Horst Kroll	Lola T300 Chevrolet	10
16	Sam Posey	Talon MR1 Chevrolet	9
17	Tony Settember	Lola T330 Chevrolet	9
18	Roger Bighouse	Chevron B24 Chevrolet	8
19	Nestor García-Veiga	Eagle Chevrolet Lola T330 Chevrolet	6
=	Jerry Grant	Lola T332 Chevrolet	6
21	Jim Hawes	Lola T330 Chevrolet	5
22	Bill Tempero	March 73A Chevrolet	4
=	John Morton	Lola T332 Chevrolet Eagle Chevrolet	4
24	Gus Hutchison	March 74A Chevrolet	4
25	Johnny Rutherford	Lola T330 Chevrolet	4
26	Tom Jones	McLaren M22 Chevrolet	3
27	James Dunkel	Chevron B24 Chevrolet	2
=	Lella Lombardi	Eagle Chevrolet Lola T332 Chevrolet	2
29	Dan Furey	Lola T192 Chevrolet Lola T332 AMC	1

^ ^a ^b 1967-1974, www.myf5000.com Retrieved on 6 May 2014
^ David F Stone, Formula 5000, Automobile Year 1974/75, page 168
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Wolfgang Kopfler, 1974 Formula 5000 Championship, Formula A and Formula 5000 in America - Race by Race, 2003, pages 80 & 81
^ 1974 Formula 5000 Championship Statistical Review, www.myf5000.com Retrieved on 7 May 2014
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 1974 SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship Review (Part 1), www.myf5000.com Retrieved on 7 May 2014
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 1974 SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship Review (Part 2), www.myf5000.com Retrieved on 7 May 2014