1963 USAC Championship Car season

1963 USAC Championship Car season
USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	12
Start date	April 21
End date	November 17
Awards
National champion	A. J. Foyt
Indianapolis 500 winner	Parnelli Jones
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The 1963 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 12 races, beginning in Trenton, New Jersey on April 21 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 17. There was also one non-championship event at Pikes Peak, Colorado. The USAC National Champion was A. J. Foyt, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Parnelli Jones. Jim Clark's win at Milwaukee in August marked the first win for a rear-engined car in Champ Car competition.^[1]

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	April 21	Trenton 100	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved	Lloyd Ruby	A. J. Foyt
2	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Parnelli Jones	Parnelli Jones
3	June 9	Rex Mays Classic	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved	Johnny Boyd	Rodger Ward
4	June 23	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 UnserA	Bobby Unser
5	July 28	Trenton 150	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
6	August 17	Tony Bettenhausen Memorial	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	A. J. Foyt	Rodger Ward
7	August 18	Tony Bettenhausen 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved	Jim Clark	Jim Clark
8	September 2	Ted Horn Memorial	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt	Rodger Ward	A. J. Foyt
9	September 14	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds	Indianapolis, Indiana	Dirt	Rodger Ward	Rodger Ward
10	September 22	Trenton 200	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved	Jim Clark	A. J. Foyt
11	October 27	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt	Rodger Ward	Rodger Ward
12	November 17	Bobby Ball Memorial	Arizona State Fairgrounds	Phoenix, Arizona	Dirt	Johnny Rutherford	Rodger Ward

^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.

Pos Driver TRE1 INDY MIL1 LAN TRE2 SPR MIL2 DQSF ISF TRE3 SAC PHX Pts 1 A. J. Foyt 1 3 4 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 2 8 2950 2 Rodger Ward 18 4 1 3 1 4 2 1 26 1 1 2210 3 Jim McElreath 4 6 5 2 8 6 11 7 5 4 3 3 1655 4 Parnelli Jones 2 1 DNQ 4 22 8 23 6 18 22 12 4 1540 5 Don Branson 17 5 17 DNS 12 3 10 5 2 5 6 7 1352 6 Jim Clark  RY  2 1 21 1200 7 Chuck Hulse 22 8 3 12 6 DNQ 5 3 15 19 16 2 1020 8 Roger McCluskey 8 15 18 10 7 4 6 11 6 18 5 5 750 9 Jim Hurtubise 3 22 19 3 4 17 8 8 10 24 11 660 10 Johnny Rutherford 10 29 20 7 16 5 7 10 4 6 17 11 640 11 Troy Ruttman 5 12 DNQ 5 14 3 580 12 Dan Gurney 7 3 16 580 13 Bud Tingelstad 28 15 9 11 18 12 2 13 6 490 14 Bobby Grim 25 11 2 9 11 8 10 440 15 Bobby Marshman 6 16 7 5 19 15 22 4 DNQ 20 18 18 323 16 Lloyd Ruby 19 19 12 24 9 26 17 8 8 4 16 320 17 Johnny White  R  7 19 9 7 7 9 15 320 18 Ronnie Duman 9 DNQ 10 6 10 16 9 235 19 Al Miller 9 22 DNQ DNQ 25 DNQ 200 20 Len Sutton 7 DNQ 6 21 12 12 13 DNQ DNQ 170 21 Eddie Sachs 15 17 2 DNQ 24 23 160 22 Dempsey Wilson 11 DNQ DNQ 10 160 23 Dick Rathmann 10 DNQ 150 24 Bob Harkey  R  DNQ DNQ 9 17 13 DNQ 14 9 15 DNQ 120 25 Bobby Unser 33 18 7 9 100 26 Bob Mathouser 11 DNQ DNQ 11 11 15 DNQ 15 DNQ 14 70 27 Colby Scroggin 13 DNQ 8 DNQ 17 17 50 28 Ralph Liguori DNQ 16 8 15 14 DNQ 18 16 DNQ 50 29 Jack Conely DNQ 9 17 40 30 Ed Kostenuk DNQ DNQ 21 11 40 31 Arnie Knepper  R  13 DNQ 10 14 30 32 Chuck Booth 10 DNQ 30 33 Eddie Johnson 20 12 20 34 Sonny Helms  R  13 12 10 35 Curtis Turner  R  12 DNQ 10 36 Jerry Daniels  R  12 10 - Bob Veith 26 13 13 0 - Jerry Weld  R  DNQ 16 DNQ 14 DNQ 13 0 - Chuck Rodee DNQ 20 DNQ 13 0 - Bruce Jacobi DNQ DNQ 13 DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Bob Christie 13 DNQ 0 - Johnny Boyd 32 14 0 - Billy Cantrell  R  DNQ 14 DNQ 0 - Mel Kenyon  R  14 DNQ 0 - Jiggs Peters 14 0 - Ebb Rose 14 0 - Mickey Shaw  R  20 18 DNQ DNQ 15 DNQ 25 0 - Bob Wente  R  DNQ DNQ 16 17 0 - Allen Crowe 16 27 0 - Paul Goldsmith 18 0 - Art Malone 31 DNQ 20 0 - Al Farmer 21 Wth 23 DNQ DNQ 0 - Pat Flaherty 21 DNQ DNQ 0 - Chuck Stevenson 21 DNQ 0 - Duane Carter 23 0 - Jim Rathmann 24 0 - Elmer George 30 DNQ 0 - Jimmy Davies DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Ed Hoyle DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Bob McLean DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Bobby Hogle DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Gig Stephens DNQ DNQ 0 - Masten Gregory DNQ DNQ 0 - Paul Russo DNQ DNQ 0 - Bill Cheesbourg DNQ DNQ 0 - George Morris DNQ DNQ 0 - Tommy Copp DNQ DNQ 0 - Ray Crawford DNQ 0 - Jimmy Daywalt DNQ 0 - Chuck Engle DNQ 0 - Don Freeland DNQ 0 - Cliff Griffith DNQ 0 - Norm Hall DNQ 0 - Gene Hartley DNQ 0 - Graham Hill DNQ 0 - Junior Johnson DNQ 0 - Bill Krause DNQ 0 - Keith Rachwitz DNQ 0 - Pedro Rodríguez DNQ 0 - Joe Sostilio DNQ 0 - Jack Turner DNQ 0 - Red Amick DNQ 0 - Howard Osborn DNQ 0 - Wally Talbot DNQ 0 - Curly Boyd DNQ 0 - Dee Jones DNQ 0 Pos Driver TRE1 INDY MIL1 LAN TRE2 SPR MIL2 DQSF ISF TRE3 SAC PHX 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

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• 1963 Indianapolis 500