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1964 Phoenix Indycars Race 2 in USAC at the Phoenix circuit. Full information

1964 Phoenix Indycars

1964 Phoenix Indycars is 107th USAC race. Passed at the Phoenix circuit. Parnelli Jones won the pole position, Lloyd Ruby won this race. Rodger Ward and Don Branson also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (322 km).

Previous race: 1964 Sacramento Indycars
Next race: 1965 Phoenix Indycars
Race Start: 22nd November 1964

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1964 Phoenix Indycars

2nd victory for the Bill Forbes Racing team
2nd victory for the Lloyd Ruby
5th podium for the Lloyd Ruby
40th podium for the Rodger Ward
20th podium for the Don Branson

1964 Phoenix Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Lloyd Ruby	Halibrand ? 1964, #75	400	1h 51m 23s	Bill Forbes Racing
2	Rodger Ward	Watson ? 1964, #2	320	199 laps	Leader Card Racers
3	Don Branson	Watson ? 1964, #5	280	199 laps	Leader Card Racers
4	Bud Tingelstad	Trevis ? 1964, #15	240	196 laps	Federal Engineering
5	Joe Leonard	Christiansen ? 1964, #65	200	195 laps	Ernest L Ruiz
6	Jud Larson	Watson ? 1964, #85	160	195 laps	Leader Card Racers
7	Norman Hall	Watson ? 1964, #26	120	193 laps	Pope-Hall Enterprises
8	Bob Veith	Halibrand ? 1964, #56	100	192 laps	DVS
9	George Snider	Watson ? 1964, #93	80	189 laps	Fred Gerhardt
10	Gordon Johncock	Blum ? 1964, #19	60	188 laps	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises
11	Ralph Liguori	Watson ? 1964, #99	40	183 laps	Norman C Demler
12	Bobby Grim	Watson ? 1964, #95	20	177 laps Spun	Leader Card Racers
13	Bobby Marshman	Lotus 29, #51	0	159 laps Chassis	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
14	Bob Harkey	Watson ? 1964, #14	0	156 laps Mechanical	Dayton-Walther
15	Mel Kenyon	Lesovsky ? 1964, #21	0	142 laps Engine	Richard D Kemerly
16	Arnie Knepper	Kurtis Kraft ? 1964, #16	0	141 laps Mechanical	Vatis Enterprises
17	Parnelli Jones	Lotus 34, #98	0	139 laps Fuel injection	Team Lotus (Overseas)
18	Mario Andretti	Blum ? 1964, #7	0	72 laps Anti-roll bar	Dean Van Lines Racing Division
19	AJ Foyt jr	Halibrand ? 1964, #1	0	54 laps Spun	Ansted-Thompson Racing
20	Chuck Rodee	Gerhardt ? 1964, #45	0	49 laps Magneto	Nicholas E Fulbright
21	Billy Foster	Flynn ? 1964, #27	0	32 laps Spun	Walter J Flynn
22	Bobby Unser	Kuzma ? 1964, #88	0	31 laps Spun	Gordon van Liew
23	Johnny Rutherford	Turner ? 1964, #10	0	22 laps Suspension	Racing Associates
24	Keith Rachwitz	Thompson ? 1964, #41	0	19 laps Upright	Carol Horton
25	Jim McElreath	Dunlop ? 1964, #35	0	1 laps Brakes	Pete Salemi

Qualifying Results for the 1964 Phoenix Indycars on the Phoenix circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Parnelli Jones	Lotus 34, #98	30.41s	Team Lotus (Overseas)
2	AJ Foyt jr	Halibrand ? 1964, #1	30.54s	Ansted-Thompson Racing
3	Mario Andretti	Blum ? 1964, #7	30.83s	Dean Van Lines Racing Division
4	Bobby Unser	Kuzma ? 1964, #88	30.92s	Gordon van Liew
5	Lloyd Ruby	Halibrand ? 1964, #75	30.97s	Bill Forbes Racing
6	Don Branson	Watson ? 1964, #5	31.03s	Leader Card Racers
7	Rodger Ward	Watson ? 1964, #2	31.15s	Leader Card Racers
8	Mel Kenyon	Lesovsky ? 1964, #21	31.4s	Richard D Kemerly
9	Gordon Johncock	Blum ? 1964, #19	31.45s	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises
10	Bobby Marshman	Lotus 29, #51	31.46s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
11	Jim McElreath	Dunlop ? 1964, #35	31.53s	Pete Salemi
12	Arnie Knepper	Kurtis Kraft ? 1964, #16	31.58s	Vatis Enterprises
13	Bob Veith	Halibrand ? 1964, #56	31.58s	DVS
14	Joe Leonard	Christiansen ? 1964, #65	31.58s	Ernest L Ruiz
15	Johnny Rutherford	Turner ? 1964, #10	31.82s	Racing Associates
16	Bobby Grim	Watson ? 1964, #95	31.83s	Leader Card Racers
17	Bob Harkey	Watson ? 1964, #14	32s	Dayton-Walther
19	Jud Larson	Watson ? 1964, #85	32.17s	Leader Card Racers
20	Norman Hall	Watson ? 1964, #26	32.18s	Pope-Hall Enterprises
21	Ralph Liguori	Watson ? 1964, #99	32.18s	Norman C Demler
22	Billy Foster	Flynn ? 1964, #27	32.25s	Walter J Flynn
23	Bud Tingelstad	Trevis ? 1964, #15	32.35s	Federal Engineering
24	George Snider	Watson ? 1964, #93	32.48s	Fred Gerhardt
25	Chuck Rodee	Gerhardt ? 1964, #45	32.96s	Nicholas E Fulbright
26	Keith Rachwitz	Thompson ? 1964, #41	33.18s	Carol Horton