1967 USAC Championship Car season

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1967 USAC Championship Car season
USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races 21
Start date April 9
End date November 26
Awards
National champion United States A. J. Foyt
Indianapolis 500 winner United States A. J. Foyt
Chronology
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1966 1968

The 1967 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 21 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on April 9 and concluding in Riverside, California on November 26. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was A. J. Foyt.

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Schedule and results [edit]

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 April 9 Jimmy Bryan Memorial Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Paved Oval Lloyd Ruby Lloyd Ruby
2 April 23 Trenton 150 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved Oval Mario Andretti Mario Andretti
3 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved Oval Mario Andretti A. J. Foyt
4 June 4 Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved Oval Gordon Johncock Gordon Johncock
5 June 18 Langhorne 150 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Paved Oval Al Unser Lloyd Ruby
6 June 25 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill Climb Wes Vandervoort
7 July 1 Telegraph Trophy 200A Mosport Park Bowmanville, Ontario Road Course Bobby Unser Bobby Unser
8 Bobby Unser Bobby Unser
9 July 23 Indianapolis 150 Indianapolis Raceway Park Clermont, Indiana Road Course Lloyd Ruby Mario Andretti
10 July 30 Langhorne 150 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Paved Oval Gordon Johncock Mario Andretti
11 August 6 Labatt IndyB Circuit Mont-Tremblant Saint-Jovite, Quebec Road Course Bobby Unser Mario Andretti
12 Mario Andretti Mario Andretti
13 August 19 Tony Bettenhausen Memorial Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Oval Larry Dickson A. J. Foyt
14 August 20 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved Oval Roger McCluskey Mario Andretti
15 September 4 Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt Oval Bobby Unser A. J. Foyt
16 September 9 Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis, Indiana Dirt Oval Bruce Walkup Mario Andretti
17 September 24 Trenton 200 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved Oval Mario Andretti A. J. Foyt
18 October 1 Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento, California Dirt Oval Bruce Walkup A. J. Foyt
19 October 22 Hanford 200 Hanford Motor Speedway Hanford, California Paved Oval Art Pollard Gordon Johncock
20 November 19 Bobby Ball 150 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Paved Oval Bobby Unser Mario Andretti
21 November 26 Rex Mays 300 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Road Course Dan Gurney Dan Gurney
^A Run in two heats of 98 miles (158 kilometers) each.
^B Run in two heats of 100 miles (161 kilometers) each.

Leading National Championship standings [edit]

 #  Driver Team Points
1 United States A. J. Foyt Ansted Racing 3440
2 United States Mario Andretti Dean Racing Enterprises 3360
3 United States Bobby Unser Leader Card Racing 3020
4 United States Gordon Johncock Johncock Racing 2700
5 United States Al Unser Mecom Racing Team 2505

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