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1975 USAC Championship Car season

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

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.

Schedule and results

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

Final points standings

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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
WSE INDY

500
MIL1

150
POC

500
MIC1

200
MIL2

200
MIC2

150
TRE2

150
PHX2

150
Pts
1 United States A. J. Foyt 1 1 3 1 4 3 1 1 1 20 7 2 1 4920
2 United States Johnny Rutherford 2 17 1 2 1 2 3 6 6 13 2 3 11 2900
3 United States Bobby Unser 10 2 1 2 22 5 3 2489
4 United States Wally Dallenbach Sr. 1 10 6 5 3 9 4 2 19 4 16 5 12 2305
5 United States Bill Vukovich II 4 23 4 9 6 7 3 3 8 11 4 2080
6 United States Tom Sneva 9 6 7 6 7 22 29 2 3 1 13 2 1830
7 United States Roger McCluskey 8 13 DNQ 7 6 5 8 4 12 19 5 6 18 1675
8 United States Steve Krisiloff 3 3 5 4 5 11 17 28 8 5 DNQ 15 20 1630
9 United States Pancho Carter 2 19 8 4 6 24 4 14 8 DNQ 8 1345
10 United States Gordon Johncock 5 15 2 10 2 31 14 20 11 2 6 1 23 1280
11 United States John Martin 6 5 13 9 8 27 15 7 21 7 18 8 17 1180
12 United States Mike Mosley 10 11 9 3 26 5 31 13 1 1020
13 United States Jimmy Caruthers 5 21 DNQ 14 8 7 6 4 7 930
14 United States Gary Bettenhausen 11 14 10 15 9 5 DNS 6 745
15 United States Lee Kunzman 3 4 DNQ 17 740
16 United States Bill Puterbaugh 7 9 9 560
17 United States Al Unser 7 26 16 32 4 5 450
18 United States George Snider DNS 20 18 8 10 22 400
19 United States Al Loquasto 15 7 11 DNQ DNQ 12 14 17 14 16 380
20 Canada Eldon Rasmussen 7 9 24 19 16 12 21 275
21 United States Salt Walther 12 8 17 13 33 DNP 33 DNQ 22 18 260
22 United States Dick Simon 13 24 14 8 11 21 13 23 9 17 15 11 13 220
23 United States Mario Andretti 28 28 25 3 210
24 United States Spike Gehlhausen  RY  10 10 15 19 10 14 165
25 United States Billy Scott 4 29 DNQ 120
26 United States Tom Bigelow 11 16 18 12 21 16 9 19 115
27 United States Johnny Parsons DNS 25 12 12 10 19 20 26 15 21 13 9 115
28 United States John Hubbard 14 Wth 21 10 10 16 DNQ 105
29 United States Larry Cannon DNQ 12 9 12 100
30 United States Jim McElreath 18 DNS 12 7 90
31 United States Tom Frantz  R  19 11 11 14 17 24 70
32 United States Sheldon Kinser  R  12 15 50
33 United States Lloyd Ruby 32 10 45
34 United States Jerry Karl 9 33 13 16 40
35 United States Billy Cassella  R  11 40
36 United States Bob Harkey DNS 30 16 10 30 21 15 14
- United States Bobby Allison 6 32 25 27 17 0
- United States George Follmer 8 DNQ Wth 0
- United States Bentley Warren 23 11 0
- United States Jerry Grant 16 12 20 14 18 DNS 0
- United States Rick Muther 27 DNQ 13 0
- United States Lee Brayton 14 22 0
- United States Chuck Gurney  R  15 15 Wth 18 0
- United States Mel Cornett 16 0
- United States Sam Sessions 17 0
- United States Larry McCoy 31 30 18 20 20 DNP 0
- United States Ed Finley  R  18 0
- United States Benny Rapp 19 0
- Canada Frank Weiss  R  22 0
- United States Larry Dickson 22 0
- United States Mike Hiss 29 0
- United States Bill Simpson DNS Wth 0
- United States Dan Murphy DNP Wth 0
- United States Jim Hurtubise DNQ 0
- New Zealand Graham McRae DNQ 0
- United States Bob Nagel Wth 0
- United States Jan Opperman DNQ 0
- United States Jigger Sirois Wth 0
- United States Jerry Sneva Wth 0
- United States Ken Nichols DNQ 0
- United States Jack Owens DNQ 0
- Canada John Cannon DNP 0
- Mexico Michel Jourdain Sr. DNP 0
- United States Joe Leonard DNP 0
- United States Steve Chassey DNP 0
Pos Driver ONT

Q-H1
ONT

Q-H2
ONT

500
PHX1

150
TRE1

200
WSE 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

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  • Åberg, 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 September 6, 2012. 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

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