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1975 USAC Championship Car season

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.

1975 USAC Championship Car season
USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races13
Start dateMarch 2
End dateNovember 9
Awards
National champion A. J. Foyt
Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser
← 1974
1976 →

Schedule and results edit

All races running on Oval/Speedway.

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Pole Position Winning Driver
1A March 2 California 500 Qualification Heat 1 Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario, California   A. J. Foyt   A. J. Foyt
1B California 500 Qualification Heat 2   Bobby Unser   Wally Dallenbach Sr.
2 March 9 California 500   A. J. Foyt   A. J. Foyt
3 March 16 Bricklin 150 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona   Gordon Johncock   Johnny Rutherford
4 April 6 Trenton 200 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey   Tom Sneva   A. J. Foyt
NC April 27 World Series of Auto Racing Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey   A. J. Foyt   Johnny Rutherford
5 May 25 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes^1 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana   A. J. Foyt   Bobby Unser
6 June 8 Rex Mays Classic Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin   A. J. Foyt   A. J. Foyt
7 June 29 Schaefer 500 Pocono International Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania   Gordon Johncock   A. J. Foyt
8 July 20 Norton 200 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan   A. J. Foyt   A. J. Foyt
9 August 17 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin   Johnny Rutherford   Mike Mosley
10 September 13 Michigan Grand Prix Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan   A. J. Foyt   Tom Sneva
11 September 21 Trenton 150 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey   A. J. Foyt   Gordon Johncock
12 November 9 Phoenix 150 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona   Gordon Johncock   A. J. Foyt
  Non-championship race
^1 Scheduled for 500 miles, stopped early due to rain.

Final points standings edit

Note 1: Bobby Allison and George Follmer are not eligible for points.
Note 2: Jerry Grant scored points at Ontario but competed with an FIA license.
Note 3: Bentley Warren scored 100 points at Pocono, but forfeited those points due to a rule violation.

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 Sr. 1 10 6 5 9 4 2 19 4 16 5 12 2305
5   Bill Vukovich II 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  RY  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 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  R  19 11 11 14 17 24 70
32   Sheldon Kinser  R  12 15 50
33   Lloyd Ruby 32 10 45
34   Jerry Karl 9 33 13 16 40
35   Billy Cassella  R  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  R  15 15 DNQ 18 0
-   Mel Cornett 16 0
-   Sam Sessions 17 0
-   Larry McCoy 31 30 18 20 20 DNP 0
-   Ed Finley  R  18 0
-   Benny Rapp 19 0
-   Frank Weiss  R  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 Sr. 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)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie

References edit

  • Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1975". Driver Database. from the original on March 25, 2008. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
  • Harms, Phil; Ferner, Michael; Measures, Gerry; Brown, Allen. "Indy 500 and USAC racing (1971-1978)". OldRacingCars.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
  • "1975 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
  • Harms, Phil. (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  • http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (p. 221-222)

See also edit

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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 1975 USAC Championship Car seasonUSAC National Championship TrailSeasonRaces13Start dateMarch 2End dateNovember 9AwardsNational championA J FoytIndianapolis 500 winnerBobby Unser 19741976 Contents 1 Schedule and results 2 Final points standings 3 References 4 See alsoSchedule and results editAll races running on Oval Speedway Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Pole Position Winning Driver1A March 2 California 500 Qualification Heat 1 Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario California nbsp A J Foyt nbsp A J Foyt1B California 500 Qualification Heat 2 nbsp Bobby Unser nbsp Wally Dallenbach Sr 2 March 9 California 500 nbsp A J Foyt nbsp A J Foyt3 March 16 Bricklin 150 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale Arizona nbsp Gordon Johncock nbsp Johnny Rutherford4 April 6 Trenton 200 Trenton International Speedway Trenton New Jersey nbsp Tom Sneva nbsp A J FoytNC April 27 World Series of Auto Racing Trenton International Speedway Trenton New Jersey nbsp A J Foyt nbsp Johnny Rutherford5 May 25 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes 1 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway Indiana nbsp A J Foyt nbsp Bobby Unser6 June 8 Rex Mays Classic Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis Wisconsin nbsp A J Foyt nbsp A J Foyt7 June 29 Schaefer 500 Pocono International Raceway Long Pond Pennsylvania nbsp Gordon Johncock nbsp A J Foyt8 July 20 Norton 200 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn Michigan nbsp A J Foyt nbsp A J Foyt9 August 17 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis Wisconsin nbsp Johnny Rutherford nbsp Mike Mosley10 September 13 Michigan Grand Prix Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn Michigan nbsp A J Foyt nbsp Tom Sneva11 September 21 Trenton 150 Trenton International Speedway Trenton New Jersey nbsp A J Foyt nbsp Gordon Johncock12 November 9 Phoenix 150 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale Arizona nbsp Gordon Johncock nbsp A J Foyt Non championship race 1 Scheduled for 500 miles stopped early due to rain Final points standings editNote 1 Bobby Allison and George Follmer are not eligible for points Note 2 Jerry Grant scored points at Ontario but competed with an FIA license Note 3 Bentley Warren scored 100 points at Pocono but forfeited those points due to a rule violation Further information List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver ONTQ H1 ONTQ H2 ONT500 PHX1150 TRE1200 INDY500 MIL1150 POC500 MIC1200 MIL2200 MIC2150 TRE2150 PHX2150 Pts1 nbsp A J Foyt 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 20 7 2 1 49202 nbsp Johnny Rutherford 2 17 1 2 2 3 6 6 13 2 3 11 29003 nbsp Bobby Unser 10 2 1 2 22 5 3 24894 nbsp Wally Dallenbach Sr 1 10 6 5 9 4 2 19 4 16 5 12 23055 nbsp Bill Vukovich II 4 23 4 6 7 3 3 8 11 4 20806 nbsp Tom Sneva 9 6 7 6 22 29 2 3 1 13 2 18307 nbsp Roger McCluskey 8 13 DNQ 7 5 8 4 12 19 5 6 18 16758 nbsp Steve Krisiloff 3 3 5 4 11 17 28 8 5 DNQ 15 20 16309 nbsp Pancho Carter 2 19 8 4 6 24 4 14 8 DNQ 8 134510 nbsp Gordon Johncock 5 15 2 10 31 14 20 11 2 6 1 23 128011 nbsp John Martin 6 5 13 9 27 15 7 21 7 18 8 17 118012 nbsp Mike Mosley 10 11 9 3 26 5 31 13 1 102013 nbsp Jimmy Caruthers 5 21 DNQ 14 8 7 6 4 7 93014 nbsp Gary Bettenhausen 11 14 10 15 9 5 DNS 6 74515 nbsp Lee Kunzman 3 4 DNQ 17 74016 nbsp Bill Puterbaugh 7 9 9 56017 nbsp Al Unser 7 26 16 32 4 5 45018 nbsp George Snider DNS 20 18 8 10 22 40019 nbsp Al Loquasto 15 7 11 DNQ DNQ 12 14 17 14 16 38020 nbsp Eldon Rasmussen 7 9 24 19 16 12 21 27521 nbsp Salt Walther 12 8 17 13 33 DNP 33 DNQ 22 18 26022 nbsp Dick Simon 13 24 14 8 21 13 23 9 17 15 11 13 22023 nbsp Mario Andretti 28 28 25 3 21024 nbsp Spike Gehlhausen RY 10 10 15 19 10 14 16525 nbsp Billy Scott 4 29 DNQ 12026 nbsp Tom Bigelow 11 16 18 12 21 16 9 19 11527 nbsp Johnny Parsons DNS 25 12 12 19 20 26 15 21 13 9 11528 nbsp John Hubbard 14 DNQ 21 10 10 16 DNQ 10529 nbsp Larry Cannon DNQ 12 9 12 10030 nbsp Jim McElreath 18 DNS 7 9031 nbsp Tom Frantz R 19 11 11 14 17 24 7032 nbsp Sheldon Kinser R 12 15 5033 nbsp Lloyd Ruby 32 10 4534 nbsp Jerry Karl 9 33 13 16 4035 nbsp Billy Cassella R 11 4036 nbsp Bob Harkey DNS 30 16 10 30 21 15 14 nbsp Bobby Allison 6 32 25 27 17 0 nbsp George Follmer 8 DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Bentley Warren 23 11 0 nbsp Jerry Grant 16 12 20 14 18 DNS 0 nbsp Rick Muther 27 DNQ 13 0 nbsp Lee Brayton 14 22 0 nbsp Chuck Gurney R 15 15 DNQ 18 0 nbsp Mel Cornett 16 0 nbsp Sam Sessions 17 0 nbsp Larry McCoy 31 30 18 20 20 DNP 0 nbsp Ed Finley R 18 0 nbsp Benny Rapp 19 0 nbsp Frank Weiss R 22 0 nbsp Larry Dickson 22 0 nbsp Mike Hiss 29 0 nbsp Bill Simpson DNS DNQ 0 nbsp Dan Murphy DNP DNQ 0 nbsp Jim Hurtubise DNQ 0 nbsp Graham McRae DNQ 0 nbsp Bob Nagel DNQ 0 nbsp Jan Opperman DNQ 0 nbsp Jigger Sirois DNQ 0 nbsp Jerry Sneva DNQ 0 nbsp Ken Nichols DNQ 0 nbsp Jack Owens DNQ 0 nbsp John Cannon DNP 0 nbsp Michel Jourdain Sr DNP 0 nbsp Joe Leonard DNP 0 nbsp Steve Chassey DNP 0Pos Driver ONTQ H1 ONTQ H2 ONT500 PHX1150 TRE1200 INDY500 MIL1150 POC500 MIC1200 MIL2200 MIC2150 TRE2150 PHX2150 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 1975 Driver Database Archived from the original on March 25 2008 Retrieved May 4 2009 Harms Phil Ferner Michael Measures Gerry Brown Allen Indy 500 and USAC racing 1971 1978 OldRacingCars com Archived from the original on May 6 2009 Retrieved May 4 2009 1975 USAC National Championship Trail ChampCarStats com Archived from the original on October 13 2008 Retrieved May 11 2009 Harms Phil 1975 Championship Driver Summary PDF Motorsport com Archived from the original PDF on August 10 2012 Retrieved May 3 2011 http media indycar com pdf 2011 IICS 2011 Historical Record Book INT6 pdf Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine p 221 222 See also edit1975 Indianapolis 500 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1975 USAC Championship Car season amp oldid 1178853803, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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