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