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1962 USAC Championship Car season

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 first Langhorne 100 at Langhorne Speedway; he was 29 years old.

1962 USAC Championship Car season
USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races13
Start dateApril 8
End dateNovember 18
Awards
National championUnited States Rodger Ward
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Rodger Ward
← 1961
1963 →

Schedule and results

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Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 April 8 United States  Trenton 100 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved United States  Don Davis United States  A. J. Foyt
2 May 30 United States  International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved United States  Parnelli Jones United States  Rodger Ward
3 June 10 United States  Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved United States  A. J. Foyt United States  A. J. Foyt
4 July 1 United States  Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt United States  Jim Hurtubise United States  A. J. Foyt
NC July 4 United States  Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill United States  Bobby UnserA United States  Bobby Unser
5 July 22 United States  Trenton 150 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved United States  A. J. Foyt United States  Rodger Ward
6 August 19 United States  Tony Bettenhausen Memorial Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt United States  Roger McCluskey United States  Jim Hurtubise
7 August 20 United States  Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved United States  Bobby Marshman United States  Rodger Ward
8 August 26 United States  Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt United States  A. J. Foyt United States  Don Branson
- September 3 United States  Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt
9 September 8 United States  Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt United States  Parnelli Jones United States  Rodger Ward
10 September 15 United States  Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis, Indiana Dirt United States  Parnelli Jones United States  Parnelli Jones
11 September 23 United States  Trenton 200 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved United States  A. J. Foyt United States  Don Branson
12 October 28 United States  Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento, California Dirt United States  A. J. Foyt United States  A. J. Foyt
13 November 18 United States  Bobby Ball Memorial Arizona State Fairgrounds Phoenix, Arizona Dirt United States  Parnelli Jones United States  Bobby Marshman

- The Ted Horn Memorial was rained out, and a suitable alternative date was not found.

  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

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Pos Driver TRE1
United States 
INDY
United States 
MIL1
United States 
LAN1
United States 
TRE2
United States 
SPR
United States 
MIL2
United States 
LAN2
United States 
DUQ
United States 
SYR
United States 
ISF
United States 
TRE3
United States 
SAC
United States 
PHX
United States 
Pts
1 United States  Rodger Ward 3 1 4 1 17 1 C 1 5 5 2460
2 United States  A. J. Foyt 1 23 1 1 7 7 2 4 C 2 16 4 1 2 1950
3 United States  Parnelli Jones 2 7 2 2 4 2 9 3 C 15 1 19 5 4 1760
4 United States  Don Branson 4 12 17 4 2 3 25 1 C 7 2 1 2 8 1700
5 United States  Bobby Marshman 10 5 12 5 21 4 3 9 C 13 6 3 15 1 1581
6 United States  Jim Hurtubise 6 13 3 3 5 1 21 2 C 4 8 9 4 5 1340
7 United States  Len Sutton 7 2 15 20 DNP 2 10 9 1250
8 United States  Jim McElreath 16 6 14 7 6 5 5 7 C 10 3 8 14 DNQ 1210
9 United States  Eddie Sachs 18 3 21 15 4 7 1060
10 United States  Don Davis 5 4 8 17 3 960
11 United States  Lloyd Ruby 8 19 6 22 C 11 13 6 8 3 700
12 United States  Roger McCluskey 8 16 5 14 DNQ 15 6 5 C 6 4 21 18 6 690
13 United States  Ronnie Duman 19 DNQ 6 6 10 DNQ 8 10 C 9 10 20 DNQ 405
14 United States  Allen Crowe DNQ 31 10 10 8 DNQ 10 12 C 5 14 305
15 United States  Troy Ruttman 18 DNQ 13 C 3 DNQ 13 6 7 280
16 United States  Bud Tingelstad 21 15 7 9 7 C DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 240
17 United States  Chuck Hulse 22 21 DNQ 13 13 26 6 C DNQ 7 10 13 10 230
18 United States  Elmer George DNQ 17 18 DNQ DNQ 10 17 DNQ 18 18 3 16 229
19 United States  Jim Rathmann 9 200
20 United States  Johnny Boyd 10 150
21 United States  Shorty Templeman 9 11 16 13 18 140
22 United States  Al Farmer DNQ DNQ DNQ 8 14 24 8 C 16 DNQ 18 16 DNQ 100
23 United States  Bobby Grim 19 8 11 11 97
24 United States  Bob Mathouser DNQ DNQ 16 17 18 DNQ 13 8 DNQ 12 DNQ 83
25 United States  Johnny Rutherford  RY  15 14 7 11 80
26 United States  Bruce Jacobi 11 DNQ DNQ 9 12 75
27 United States  Bobby Marvin  R  17 DNQ 9 15 11 C 17 17 DNQ 12 70
28 United States  Ernie Koch DNQ DNQ 16 C 12 9 22 11 17 70
29 United States  Chuck Rodee 32 11 11 60
30 United States  Chuck Booth  R  9 15 40
31 United States  Bob Veith 33 9 23 DNQ 40
32 United States  Don Freeland DNQ 11 30
33 United States  Bill Cheesbourg DNQ DNQ 12 DNQ 12 17 30
34 United States  Jiggs Peters DNQ 23 11 DNQ 15 DNQ 24 20
35 United States  Red Riegel 11 20
36 United States  Keith Rachwitz DNQ 13 Wth 12 14 C DNQ DNQ DNQ 10
37 United States  Ralph Liguori DNQ 18 22 DNQ 17 C 12 17 13 10
38 United States  Colby Scroggin  R  12 14 10
39 United States  Dempsey Wilson 12 DNQ 10
- United States  Roy Graham 13 DNQ 0
- United States  Leroy Neumayer DNQ 15 14 16 DNQ DNQ 0
- United States  Jack Conely  R  DNQ 22 19 14 C 16 0
- United States  Al Miller  R  DNQ DNQ 14 DNQ 0
- United States  Chuck Arnold 14 DNQ DNQ 0
- United States  Ebb Rose 14 0
- Canada  Ed Kostenuk  R  DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 15 0
- United States  Johnny Coy 15 DNQ DNQ 0
- United States  Dick Rathmann 20 24 DNQ DNS 18 16 0
- United States  Bob Christie 30 DNQ 16 0
- United States  Art Malone  R  DNQ 18 0
- United States  Jack Turner 29 19 DNQ 23 0
- United States  Eddie Johnson 25 20 0
- United States  Jim Hemmings DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 20 DNQ 0
- United States  Dan Gurney  R  20 0
- United States  Jimmy Daywalt 22 0
- United States  Bill Randall DNQ 24 0
- United States  Paul Goldsmith 26 0
- United States  Gene Hartley 27 0
- United States  Paul Russo 28 DNQ 0
- United States  Curtis Turner DNQ DNS 0
- United States  Herb Hill DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
- United States  Gig Stephens DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
- United States  Hugh Randall DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
- United States  Duane Carter DNQ DNQ 0
- United States  Tommy Copp DNQ DNQ 0
- United States  Mike McGreevy DNQ DNQ 0
- United States  Ray Brown DNQ 0
- United States  Leon Clum DNQ 0
- United States  Russ Congdon DNQ 0
- United States  Chuck Daigh DNQ 0
- United States  Jack Ensley DNQ 0
- United Kingdom  Jack Fairman DNQ 0
- United States  Cliff Griffith DNQ 0
- United States  Norm Hall DNQ 0
- United States  Chuck Stevenson DNQ 0
- United States  Chuck Weyant DNQ 0
- United States  Carl Williams DNQ 0
- United States  George Morris DNQ 0
- United States  Buzz Rose DNQ 0
- United States  Bobby Unser DNQ 0
- United States  Ray Wearne DNQ 0
- United States  Howard Osborn DNQ 0
Pos Driver TRE1
United States 
INDY
United States 
MIL1
United States 
LAN1
United States 
TRE2
United States 
SPR
United States 
MIL2
United States 
LAN2
United States 
DUQ
United States 
SYR
United States 
ISF
United States 
TRE3
United States 
SAC
United States 
PHX
United States 
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

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  • Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1962". Driver Database. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
  • "1962 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
  • http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (p. 270-271)

See also

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