List of USAC Championship Car seasons

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File:AJFoyt1984Pocono.jpg
A. J. Foyt driving a Championship Car in 1984

From 1956 to 1978, the United States Auto Club (USAC) sanctioned Championship Car class featured the top teams and drivers in U.S. open-wheel racing. Until 1971, races included road courses, ovals, dirt courses, and, on occasion, a hill climb. Thereafter, the schedule consisted mainly of paved ovals. In 1979, the majority of car owners left the USAC to race under the auspices of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART). This led to a decline in the number of events in the schedule, and by the 1984–85 season, the Championship comprised only one race, the Indianapolis 500. The era of USAC Championship Cars concluded with the formation of the Indy Racing League (IRL) in 1995, which was sanctioned by USAC until June 1997 when the IRL assumed officiating duties after the controversial finish of the 81st Indianapolis 500 and a scoring mistake that marred the following event.[1] The most successful driver in USAC Championship Car history was A. J. Foyt with seven National Championships and four Indianapolis 500 victories. Foyt competed in every season from 1957 to 1992–93.

Seasons

USAC Championship Trail

# Season Races National Champion Indianapolis 500 Drivers Ref
Dirt Oval Hill Climb Paved Oval Road Total Ranked Fatalities
1 1956 8 (1) (1) 4 (1) - 12 (3) Template:Flagicon Jimmy Bryan Template:Flagicon Pat Flaherty 36 - [2][3]
2 1957 9 (1) (1) 4 (3) - 13 (5) Template:Flagicon Jimmy Bryan Template:Flagicon Sam Hanks 41 1 [4][5]
3 1958 8 (1) (1) 5 (3) - 13 (5) Template:Flagicon Tony Bettenhausen Template:Flagicon Jimmy Bryan 38 3 [6][7]
4 1959 7 (1) (1) 6 (1) - 13 (3) Template:Flagicon Rodger Ward Template:Flagicon Rodger Ward 50 7 [8][9]
5 1960 7 (1) (1) 5 - 12 (2) Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt Template:Flagicon Jim Rathmann 45 1 [10][11]
6 1961 7 (1) 5 - 12 (1) Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt 43 2 [12][13]
7 1962 7 (1) 6 - 13 (1) Template:Flagicon Rodger Ward Template:Flagicon Rodger Ward 39 1 [14][15]
8 1963 6 (1) 6 - 12 (1) Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt Template:Flagicon Parnelli Jones 36 - [16][17]
9 1964 5 (1) 8 - 13 (1) Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt 46 4 [18][19]
10 1965 4 1 12 1 18 Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti Template:Flagicon Jim Clark 57 - [20][21]
11 1966 4 1 10 1 (1) 16 (1) Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti Template:Flagicon Graham Hill 57 1 [22][23]
12 1967 4 1 10 6 21 Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt 62 - [24][25]
13 1968 5 1 13 9 28 Template:Flagicon Bobby Unser Template:Flagicon Bobby Unser 68 2 [26][27]
14 1969 5 1 10 8 24 Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti 72 - [28][29]
15 1970 5 (1) 10 3 18 (1) Template:Flagicon Al Unser Template:Flagicon Al Unser 55 - [30][31]
16 1971 - - 12 - 12 Template:Flagicon Joe Leonard Template:Flagicon Al Unser 44 - [32][33]
17 1972 - - 10 - 10 Template:Flagicon Joe Leonard Template:Flagicon Mark Donohue 42 1 [34][35]
18 1973 - - 16 - 16 Template:Flagicon Roger McCluskey Template:Flagicon Gordon Johncock 36 3 [36][37]
19 1974 - - 14 - 14 Template:Flagicon Bobby Unser Template:Flagicon Johnny Rutherford 37 - [38][39]
20 1975 - - 13 - 13 Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt Template:Flagicon Bobby Unser 38 - [40][41]
21 1976 - - 13 - 13 Template:Flagicon Gordon Johncock Template:Flagicon Johnny Rutherford 39 - [42][43]
22 1977 - - 13 1 14 Template:Flagicon Tom Sneva Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt 41 - [44][45]
23 1978 - - 15 3 18 Template:Flagicon Tom Sneva Template:Flagicon Al Unser 45 - [46][47]
24 1979 - - 7 - 7 Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt Template:Flagicon Rick Mears 32 - [48][49]

Championship Racing League (CRL)

# Season Races National Champion Indianapolis 500 Drivers Ref
Paved Oval Road Total Ranked Fatalities
25 1980 4 1 5 Template:Flagicon Johnny Rutherford Template:Flagicon Johnny Rutherford 57 - [50][51]

USAC Gold Crown Championship

# Season Races National Champion Indianapolis 500 Drivers Ref
Dirt Oval Paved Oval Total Ranked Fatalities
26 1981–82 3 3 6 Template:Flagicon George Snider Template:Flagicon Bobby Unser* 51 1 [52][53]
Template:Flagicon Gordon Johncock*
27 1982–83 3 1 4 Template:Flagicon Tom Sneva 39 - [54][55]
28 1983–84 1 1 2 Template:Flagicon Rick Mears 39 - [56][57]
29 1984–85 - 1 1 Template:Flagicon Danny Sullivan 32 - [58]
30 1985–86 - 1 1 Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal 33 - [59]
31 1986–87 - 1 1 Template:Flagicon Al Unser 33 - [60]
32 1987–88 - 1 1 Template:Flagicon Rick Mears 33 - [61]
33 1988–89 - 1 1 Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi 33 - [62]
34 1989–90 - 1 1 Template:Flagicon Arie Luyendyk 33 - [63]
35 1990–91 - 1 1 Template:Flagicon Rick Mears 33 - [64]
36 1991–92 - 1 1 Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr. 33 1 [65]
37 1992–93 - 1 1 Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi 33 - [66]
38 1993–94 - 1 1 Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr. 33 - [67]
39 1994–95 - 1 1 Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve 33 - [68]

* The 1981–82 season included both the 65th and 66th Indianapolis 500 races.
( ) Figures in parentheses denote the number of non-championship races in that season.

References

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