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USAC in the 1965 season. Full information

10th season of USAC, started 28th March and ended at 21st November 1965

Beginners of the season: Jack Hahn , Carl Williams , Wes Vandervoort , Roy Walker , Orville Nance , Grier Manning , Gary Congdon , Sam Sessions , Art Pollard , Greg Weld , Dick Atkins , Billy Vukovich

List of races and tracks in the 1965 season

Race Winner Track Race Start
Phoenix Indycars 1965 Phoenix Indycars Race 1 Don Branson
Watson ?? 1962, #4
Phoenix 28th March 1965
Trenton Indycars 1965 Trenton Indycars Race 1 Jim McElreath
Moore BT12, #52
Trenton 25th April 1965
Indianapolis 500 1965 Indianapolis 500 Jimmy Clark
Lotus 38, #82
Indianapolis 31st May 1965
Milwaukee Indycars 1965 Milwaukee Indycars Race 1 Parnelli Jones
Lotus 34, #98
Milwaukee 6th June 1965
Langhorne Indycars 1965 Langhorne Indycars Race 1 Jim McElreath
Moore BT12, #52
Langhorne 20th June 1965
Pikes Peak 1965 Pikes Peak Al Unser
Lotus 34, #96
Pikes Peak 4th July 1965
Trenton Indycars 1965 Trenton Indycars Race 2 AJ Foyt jr
Lotus 34, #1
Trenton 18th July 1965
Indianapolis Raceway Park Indycars 1965 Indianapolis Raceway Park Indycars Mario Andretti
Hawk I, #12
Indianapolis Raceway Park 25th July 1965
Atlanta Indycars 1965 Atlanta Indycars Johnny Rutherford
Watson ? 1965, #2
Atlanta 1st August 1965
Langhorne Indycars 1965 Langhorne Indycars Race 2 Jim McElreath
Moore BT12, #52
Langhorne 8th August 1965
Milwaukee Indycars 1965 Milwaukee Indycars Race 2 Joe Leonard
Halibrand ? 1965, #29
Milwaukee 14th August 1965
Springfield Indycars 1965 Springfield Indycars AJ Foyt jr
Meskowski ? 1965, #1
Springfield 21st August 1965
Milwaukee Indycars 1965 Milwaukee Indycars Race 3 Gordon Johncock
Gerhardt 65, #76
Milwaukee 22nd August 1965
Du Quoin Indycars 1965 Du Quoin Indycars Don Branson
Watson D, #4
Du Quoin 6th September 1965
Indiana State Fair Indycars 1965 Indiana State Fair Indycars AJ Foyt jr
Meskowski ? 1965, #1
Indiana State Fair 18th September 1965
Trenton Indycars 1965 Trenton Indycars Race 3 AJ Foyt jr
Lotus 34, #1
Trenton 26th September 1965
Sacramento Indycars 1965 Sacramento Indycars Don Branson
Watson D, #4
Sacramento 24th October 1965
Phoenix Indycars 1965 Phoenix Indycars Race 2 AJ Foyt jr
Lotus 34, #1
Phoenix 21st November 1965

Drivers championship 1965

Mario Andretti

United States

Champion

Points: 3110 Wins: 1 Poles: 3

AJ Foyt jr

United States

2nd place

Points: 2500 Wins: 5 Poles: 10

Jim McElreath

United States

3rd place

Points: 2035 Wins: 3 Poles: 1

List of all drivers for the 1965 season

Name Points
Mario Andretti 3110
AJ Foyt jr 2500
Jim McElreath 2035
Don Branson 1875
Gordon Johncock 1540
Joe Leonard 1415
Bobby Unser 1402
Roger McCluskey 1060
Jud Larson 1028
Jimmy Clark 1000
Parnelli Jones 1000
Johnny Rutherford 993
Lloyd Ruby 850
Jim Hurtubise 743
Al Miller 655
Billy Foster 520
Mickey Rupp 500
Bobby Grim 500
Al Unser 495
Bud Tingelstad 460
George Snider 453
Ronnie Duman 447
Carl Williams 370
Chuck Rodee 325
Bob Harkey 325
Bobby Johns 300
Dan Gurney 230
Tommy Copp 225
Red Riegel 205
Art Pollard 200
Arnie Knepper 190
Gary Congdon 163
Sam Sessions 150
Eddie Johnson 150
Bob Wente 140
Len Sutton 110
Wally Dallenbach 80
Billy Vukovich 80
Norman Hall 75
Bob Hurt 75
Charles Louderman 70
Dee Jones 60
Wes Vandervoort 60
Paul Kleinschmidt 50
Bob Mathouser 45
Bay Darnell 40
Jack Hahn 40
Dick Atkins 30
Rodger Ward 30
Roy Walker 30
Orville Nance 25
Greg Weld 20
Loren Roberts 20
Grier Manning 15
Bill Cheesbourg 10
Malcolm Brazier 10
Louis Unser 5

List of all cars in the 1965 season

Lotus 34

Ford

Points: 2580 Wins: 5 Poles: 9

Halibrand ? 1965

Ford

Points: 2475 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Lotus 38

Ford

Points: 1850 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Hawk I

Ford

Points: 1840 Wins: 1 Poles: 3

Watson ?? 1962

Offenhauser

Points: 1765 Wins: 1 Poles: 1

Watson ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 1580 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Moore BT12

Offenhauser

Points: 1340 Wins: 3 Poles: 0

Meskowski ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 1210 Wins: 2 Poles: 2

Blume ?? 1964

Offenhauser

Points: 830 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski D

Offenhauser

Points: 740 Wins: 0 Poles: 2

Halibrand H64172

Ford

Points: 700 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Huffaker ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 605 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lotus 29

Ford

Points: 600 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson FE

Offenhauser

Points: 545 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson ? 1965

Ford

Points: 500 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Gerhardt ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 500 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson D

Offenhauser

Points: 500 Wins: 2 Poles: 1

Flynn D

Offenhauser

Points: 465 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Vollstedt 65

Ford

Points: 460 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Huffaker 65

Offenhauser

Points: 420 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Gerhardt 65

Offenhauser

Points: 400 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Kuzma ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 380 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Halibrand ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 325 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski D

Offenhauser

Points: 323 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola T80

Ford

Points: 320 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Brabham BT3

Offenhauser

Points: 310 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 500K

Novi SC

Points: 300 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson D

Offenhauser

Points: 288 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson ?? 1962

Ford

Points: 250 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski D

Offenhauser

Points: 235 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Trevis ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 235 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Dunlop D

Offenhauser

Points: 205 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Vollstedt ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 200 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Blum ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 180 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Halibrand 64

Offenhauser

Points: 180 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Eisert 65

Chevrolet

Points: 175 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson ?? 1963

Offenhauser

Points: 170 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Vollstedt D

Offenhauser

Points: 150 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson 64

Offenhauser

Points: 140 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kuzma D

Offenhauser

Points: 140 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson D

Offenhauser

Points: 135 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Trevis ?? 1963

Offenhauser

Points: 130 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Epperly ?? 1960

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 120 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Nichels ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 105 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Dunlop ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 100 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Brooks ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 100 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Vollstedt 63

Offenhauser

Points: 100 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lesovsky ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 90 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lesovsky D

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 85 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

? ? 1965

Chevrolet

Points: 85 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lotus 18

Chevrolet

Points: 80 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kuzma D

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 70 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Blume D

Offenhauser

Points: 70 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Conze D

Offenhauser

Points: 70 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski D

Offenhauser

Points: 60 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski ? 1965

Chevrolet

Points: 60 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Chevrolet Special

Chevrolet

Points: 60 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Eisert 64

Chevrolet

Points: 60 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski D

Offenhauser

Points: 50 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Cadillac ? 1965

Cadillac

Points: 50 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Moore D

Offenhauser

Points: 50 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Stoye D

Offenhauser

Points: 40 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Curtis ?? 1964

Offenhauser

Points: 40 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 500J

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 38 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Turner ? 1965

Chevrolet

Points: 30 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kuzma ?? 1963

Offenhauser

Points: 30 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

? ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 30 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson 64

Ford

Points: 30 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Russo-Nichels D

Offenhauser

Points: 20 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Silnes ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 20 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Unser D

Chevrolet

Points: 20 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lesovsky ?? 1962

Offenhauser

Points: 20 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kuzma D

Offenhauser

Points: 20 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Elder ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 15 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Oldsmobile Special

Oldsmobile

Points: 10 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 10 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 4000D

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 10 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Gerhardt 64

Offenhauser

Points: 10 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Vollstedt ? 1965

Ford

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Porter 64

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Christiansen ?? 1959

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Ferguson P104 4WD

Novi SC

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Flynn ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 500G

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 500J

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

? ? 1965

Oldsmobile

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Chenoweth ?? 1960

Chevrolet

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Stoye ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Epperly ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

? ? 1965

Ford

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft D

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

BRP ? 1965

Ford

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 4000D

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Elder ?? 1961

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Eisert ? 1965

Chevrolet

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Epperly ?? 1958

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

? ? 1965

GMC

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski D

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Trevis ?? 1961

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Porter ? 1965

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kuzma D

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0