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USAC in the 1959 season. Full information

4th season of USAC, started 4th April and ended at 25th October 1959

Beginners of the season: Chuck Arnold , Lee Drollinger , Cotton Farmer

List of races and tracks in the 1959 season

Race	Winner	Track	Race Start
1959 Daytona Indycars	Jim Rathmann Watson ?? 1959, #16	Daytona	4th April 1959
1959 Trenton Indycars	Tony Bettenhausen Kuzma D, #81	Trenton	19th April 1959
1959 Indianapolis 500	Rodger Ward Watson ?? 1959, #5	Indianapolis	30th May 1959
1959 Milwaukee Indycars Race 1	Johnny Thomson Lesovsky ?? 1959, #3	Milwaukee	7th June 1959
1959 Langhorne Indycars	Van Johnson Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #56	Langhorne	14th June 1959
1959 Springfield Indycars	Len Sutton Kuzma D, #81	Springfield	22nd August 1959
1959 Milwaukee Indycars Race 2	Rodger Ward Watson ?? 1959, #5	Milwaukee	30th August 1959
1959 Du Quoin Indycars	Rodger Ward Watson D, #5	Du Quoin	7th September 1959
1959 Syracuse Indycars	Eddie Sachs Meskowski D, #7	Syracuse	12th September 1959
1959 Indiana State Fair Indycars	Rodger Ward Watson D, #5	Indiana State Fair	19th September 1959
1959 Phoenix Indycars	Tony Bettenhausen Kuzma D, #16	Arizona State Fairgrounds	18th October 1959
1959 Sacramento Indycars	Jim Hurtubise Kuzma ? 1959, #3	Sacramento	25th October 1959

Drivers championship 1959

Rodger Ward

United States

Champion

Points: 2400 Wins: 4 Poles: 1

Tony Bettenhausen

United States

2nd place

Points: 1430 Wins: 2 Poles: 0

Johnny Thomson

United States

3rd place

Points: 1400 Wins: 1 Poles: 3

List of all drivers for the 1959 season

Name	Points
Rodger Ward	2400
Tony Bettenhausen	1430
Johnny Thomson	1400
Jim Rathmann	1154
AJ Foyt jr	910
Eddie Sachs	797
Don Branson	780
Johnny Boyd	760
Len Sutton	520
Paul Goldsmith	500
Don Freeland	480
Bobby Grim	480
Gene Force	450
Jim Mcwithey	450
Eddie Johnson	390
Dick Rathmann	370
Bob Veith	340
Duane Carter	310
Al Keller	300
Jud Larson	280
Jim Hurtubise	260
Jack Turner	250
Shorty Templeman	250
Ed Elisian	240
Elmer George	233
Van Johnson	230
Paul Russo	200
Wayne Weiler	190
Chuck Weyant	170
Bill Homeier	165
Cotton Farmer	160
Bob Christie	140
Jimmy Davies	140
Ralph Liguori	130
Jim Packard	120
Rex Easton	120
George Amick	120
Gene Hartley	100
Chuck Arnold	100
Bill Cheesbourg	80
Jerry Unser	50
Pat Flaherty	40
Joe Barzda	40
Bill Hyde	40
Jack Rounds	30
Buddy Cagle	30
Lee Drollinger	20
Johnny Tolan	10
Dempsey Wilson	10

List of all cars in the 1959 season

Kuzma D

Offenhauser

Points: 1730 Wins: 3 Poles: 0

Watson ?? 1959

Offenhauser

Points: 1013 Wins: 3 Poles: 0

Watson D

Offenhauser

Points: 990 Wins: 2 Poles: 1

Meskowski D

Offenhauser

Points: 950 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Lesovsky D

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 680 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Phillips D

Offenhauser

Points: 680 Wins: 0 Poles: 3

Kurtis Kraft 4000D

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 590 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lesovsky ?? 1959

Offenhauser

Points: 585 Wins: 1 Poles: 2

Epperly ?? 1959

Offenhauser

Points: 480 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 500G

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 390 Wins: 0 Poles: 1

Lesovsky ? 1959

Offenhauser

Points: 360 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kuzma ?? 1959

Offenhauser

Points: 350 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kuzma ? 1959

Offenhauser

Points: 280 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 500J

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 280 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson D

Offenhauser

Points: 250 Wins: 0 Poles: 1

Lesovsky D

Offenhauser SC

Points: 240 Wins: 0 Poles: 1

Kurtis Kraft 4000D

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 240 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 4000D

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 200 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 4000

Offenhauser

Points: 180 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kuzma ?? 1957

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 140 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Silnes ? 1959

Offenhauser

Points: 140 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 500D

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 140 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kuzma D

Offenhauser

Points: 140 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kuzma D

Offenhauser

Points: 120 Wins: 0 Poles: 1

Meskowski D

Offenhauser

Points: 120 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Dunn ?? 1957

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 100 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson D

Offenhauser

Points: 100 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Curtis ?? 1958

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 100 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 4000D

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 90 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kuzma ?? 1958

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 80 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Silnes-Sharman D

Offenhauser

Points: 60 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Hill D

Offenhauser

Points: 60 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson ? 1959

Offenhauser

Points: 60 Wins: 0 Poles: 1

Russo-Nichels D

Offenhauser

Points: 40 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson ?? 1957

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 40 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 2000

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 40 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kuzma ?? 1956

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 40 Wins: 0 Poles: 1

Meskowski ? 1959

Offenhauser

Points: 30 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watts ?? 1957

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 10 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Christiansen ?? 1959

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 10 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 500G

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 10 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Epperly ?? 1958

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 5 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Epperly ? 1959

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kuzma ?? 1955

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson ?? 1958

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lesovsky ?? 1956

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Turner D

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Blum ? 1959

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Maserati 420M

Maserati V8

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lesovsky ?? 1957

Offenhauser SC

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Walther ?? 1959

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 500H

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson ?? 1956

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Moore ?? 1959

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 500C

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Epperly ?? 1957

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Phillips ?? 1959

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Cornis ???

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Shilala ? 1959

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 500F

Novi SC

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 500C

Maserati V8

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Hillegass ? 1959

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Elder ?? 1959

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Phillips ? 1959

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 500E

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Salih ?? 1957

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

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