1963 USAC Championship Car season explained
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]
Schedule and results
| Rnd | Date | Race Name | Track | Location | Type | Pole Position | Winning Driver |
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| 1 | April 21 |  Trenton 100 | Trenton International Speedway | Trenton, New Jersey | Paved | Lloyd Ruby | A. J. Foyt |
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| 2 | May 30 | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | Paved | Parnelli Jones | Parnelli Jones |
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| 3 | June 9 | Rex Mays Classic | Milwaukee Mile | West Allis, Wisconsin | Paved | Johnny Boyd | Rodger Ward |
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| 4 | June 23 | Langhorne 100 | Langhorne Speedway | Langhorne, Pennsylvania | Dirt | Jim Hurtubise | A. J. Foyt |
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| NC | July 4 | Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb | Pikes Peak Highway | Pikes Peak, Colorado | Hill | Bobby Unser | Bobby Unser |
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| 5 | July 28 | Trenton 150 | Trenton International Speedway | Trenton, New Jersey | Paved | A. J. Foyt | A. J. Foyt |
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| 6 | August 17 | Tony Bettenhausen Memorial | Illinois State Fairgrounds | Springfield, Illinois | Dirt | A. J. Foyt | Rodger Ward |
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| 7 | August 18 | Tony Bettenhausen 200 | Milwaukee Mile | West Allis, Wisconsin | Paved |  Jim Clark | Jim Clark |
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| 8 | September 2 | Ted Horn Memorial | DuQuoin State Fairgrounds | Du Quoin, Illinois | Dirt | Rodger Ward | A. J. Foyt |
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| 9 | September 14 | Hoosier Hundred | Indiana State Fairgrounds | Indianapolis, Indiana | Dirt | Rodger Ward | Rodger Ward |
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| 10 | September 22 | Trenton 200 | Trenton International Speedway | Trenton, New Jersey | Paved | Jim Clark | A. J. Foyt |
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| 11 | October 27 | Golden State 100 | California State Fairgrounds | Sacramento, California | Dirt | Rodger Ward | Rodger Ward |
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| 12 | November 17 | Bobby Ball Memorial | Arizona State Fairgrounds | Phoenix, Arizona | Dirt | Johnny Rutherford | Rodger Ward | |
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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
| | Color | Result |
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| 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 | *|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|Led most race laps|-|style="text-align:center" colspan=2| Rookie of the Year|-|style="text-align:center" colspan=2| Rookie|}|}|}Notes
- Web site: USAC National Championship 1963 . Åberg, Andreas . Driver Database . 2010-12-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120910234635/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1963/ . 2012-09-10 . live .
- Web site: 1963 USAC National Championship Trail . ChampCarStats.com . 2010-12-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120224075948/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1963.htm . 2012-02-24 . live .
- http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf (p. 268-269)
References
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Notes and References
- Web site: Case. Dean. Eagle-eye Feature: August 18, 1963 - The Day the Dinosaurs Died. All American Racers. 1 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20101231205319/http://www.allamericanracers.com/dino/case.html. 31 December 2010 . live.
