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USAC in the 1966 season. Full information

11th season of the USAC proved to be an exhilarating ride for motorsport enthusiasts worldwide. Spanning from 20th March to 20th November in 1966, this season showcased thrilling races, unexpected twists, and fierce competition. Join us as we relive the excitement and drama that unfolded throughout this unforgettable season of USAC!

Beginners of the season: John Hollansworth , Ron Lux , Don Anderson , Bob Lacey , Norm Brown

List of races and tracks in the 1966 season

Race Winner Track Race Start
Phoenix Indycars 1966 Phoenix Indycars Race 1 Jim McElreath
Moore BT12, #3
Phoenix 20th March 1966
Trenton Indycars 1966 Trenton Indycars Race 1 Rodger Ward
Meskowski D, #24
Trenton 24th April 1966
Indianapolis 500 1966 Indianapolis 500 Graham Hill
Lola T90 SL-90-02, #24
Indianapolis 30th May 1966
Milwaukee Indycars 1966 Milwaukee Indycars Race 1 Mario Andretti
Hawk I, #1
Milwaukee 5th June 1966
Langhorne Indycars 1966 Langhorne Indycars Race 1 Mario Andretti
Hawk I, #1
Langhorne 12th June 1966
Atlanta Indycars 1966 Atlanta Indycars Mario Andretti
Hawk I, #1
Atlanta 26th June 1966
Pikes Peak 1966 Pikes Peak Bobby Unser
Unser D, #92
Pikes Peak 4th July 1966
Indianapolis Raceway Park Indycars 1966 Indianapolis Raceway Park Indycars Mario Andretti
Hawk I, #1
Indianapolis Raceway Park 24th July 1966
Langhorne Indycars 1966 Langhorne Indycars Race 2 Roger McCluskey
Eagle 66, #8
Langhorne 7th August 1966
Springfield Indycars 1966 Springfield Indycars Don Branson
Watson D, #4
Springfield 20th August 1966
Milwaukee Indycars 1966 Milwaukee Indycars Race 2 Mario Andretti
Hawk I, #1
Milwaukee 27th August 1966
Du Quoin Indycars 1966 Du Quoin Indycars Bud Tingelstad
Meskowski ? 1966, #22
Du Quoin 5th September 1966
Indiana State Fair Indycars 1966 Indiana State Fair Indycars Mario Andretti
Kuzma D, #1
Indiana State Fair 10th September 1966
Trenton Indycars 1966 Trenton Indycars Race 2 Mario Andretti
Hawk I, #1
Trenton 25th September 1966
Sacramento Indycars 1966 Sacramento Indycars Dick Atkins
Watson D, #98
Sacramento 23rd October 1966
Phoenix Indycars 1966 Phoenix Indycars Race 2 Mario Andretti
Hawk I, #1
Phoenix 20th November 1966

Drivers championship 1966

Mario Andretti

United States

Champion

Points: 3070 Wins: 8 Poles: 9

Jim McElreath

United States

2nd place

Points: 2430 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Gordon Johncock

United States

3rd place

Points: 2050 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

List of all drivers for the 1966 season

Name Points
Mario Andretti 3070
Jim McElreath 2430
Gordon Johncock 2050
Joe Leonard 1275
Al Unser 1260
Bobby Unser 1210
Don Branson 1135
Chuck Hulse 1030
Graham Hill 1000
Billy Foster 930
Bud Tingelstad 870
Dick Atkins 815
Jimmy Clark 800
Roger McCluskey 780
AJ Foyt jr 775
Mel Kenyon 560
Rodger Ward 540
Al Smith 420
Jackie Stewart 400
Gary Congdon 390
Arnie Knepper 375
George Snider 365
Lloyd Ruby 355
Larry Dickson 320
Eddie Johnson 300
Art Pollard 280
Bobby Grim 275
Ralph Liguori 255
Carl Williams 210
Sam Sessions 210
Al Miller 190
Greg Weld 180
Johnny Boyd 180
Jerry Grant 150
Ron Lux 140
Ronnie Duman 140
Bob Harkey 135
Bruce Jacobi 100
Wes Vandervoort 80
Norm Brown 80
Bob Mathouser 75
Bob Hurt 75
Paul Kleinschmidt 70
Ted Foltz 60
Parnelli Jones 60
Chuck Arnold 60
Orville Nance 50
John Hollansworth 45
Wally Dallenbach 40
Clyde McFarlin 40
Grier Manning 30
Jack Hahn 25
Rick Vermillion 20
Red Riegel 15
Don Anderson 15
Bob Lacey 10
Clark Yowell 5

List of all cars in the 1966 season

Hawk I

Ford

Points: 2680 Wins: 7 Poles: 8

Gerhardt ? 1966

Ford

Points: 2485 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Moore BT12

Ford

Points: 2010 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Eagle ? 1966

Ford

Points: 1475 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola T90 SL-90-02

Ford

Points: 1240 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Meskowski D

Offenhauser

Points: 1030 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Lotus 38

Ford

Points: 990 Wins: 0 Poles: 2

Huffaker ? 1966

Offenhauser

Points: 930 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Gerhardt 65

Offenhauser

Points: 860 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Vollstedt ? 1966

Ford

Points: 800 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Gerhardt ? 1966

Offenhauser

Points: 765 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Eagle 66

Ford

Points: 750 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Watson ? 1966

Offenhauser

Points: 715 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson D

Offenhauser

Points: 710 Wins: 1 Poles: 3

Meskowski ? 1966

Offenhauser

Points: 600 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Meskowski D

Offenhauser

Points: 560 Wins: 0 Poles: 1

Watson ? 1966

Ford

Points: 470 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola T90 SL-90-01

Ford

Points: 460 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Shrike ? 1966

Offenhauser

Points: 425 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola T90

Ford

Points: 400 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Coyote 66

Ford

Points: 400 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kuzma D

Offenhauser

Points: 390 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Trevis ?? 1963

Offenhauser

Points: 360 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson D

Offenhauser

Points: 350 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson ?? 1962

Offenhauser

Points: 330 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson D

Offenhauser

Points: 290 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Brabham ? 1966

Ford

Points: 280 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson ?? 1963

Offenhauser

Points: 270 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola T90 SL-90-03

Offenhauser SC

Points: 240 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski D

Offenhauser

Points: 230 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Blume ?? 1964

Offenhauser

Points: 210 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Blume D

Offenhauser

Points: 200 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Eisert 66

Chevrolet

Points: 190 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

BRP ? 1966

Ford

Points: 180 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson FE

Offenhauser

Points: 170 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Flynn D

Offenhauser

Points: 155 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lotus 34

Ford

Points: 150 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Dunlop D

Offenhauser

Points: 140 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Blum ? 1966

Offenhauser

Points: 140 Wins: 0 Poles: 1

Kuzma ?? 1963

Offenhauser

Points: 140 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Ward ? 1966

Offenhauser

Points: 120 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Moore D

Offenhauser

Points: 110 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Vollstedt ? 1966

Offenhauser

Points: 110 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Flynn ? 1966

Offenhauser

Points: 100 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Unser D

Chevrolet

Points: 100 Wins: 1 Poles: 1

Chevrolet Special

Chevrolet

Points: 100 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Vollstedt 65

Ford

Points: 90 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski D

Offenhauser

Points: 80 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Salih ?? 1960

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 75 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kuzma D

Chevrolet

Points: 75 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Halibrand ? 1966

Offenhauser

Points: 75 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Cadillac ? 1966

Cadillac

Points: 70 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

? ? 1966

Chevrolet

Points: 65 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski D

Offenhauser

Points: 60 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski D

Chevrolet

Points: 50 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Nance ? 1966

Chevrolet

Points: 50 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Silnes ? 1966

Offenhauser

Points: 40 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

? ? 1966

Ford

Points: 40 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Vollstedt D

Offenhauser

Points: 40 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Moore ? 1966

Offenhauser

Points: 30 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 4000D

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 25 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Dunlop ? 1966

Offenhauser

Points: 20 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lesovsky D

Offenhauser

Points: 20 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

? ? 1966

Lincoln

Points: 15 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Halibrand ? 1966

Ford

Points: 15 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

? ? 1966

GMC

Points: 10 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson ?? 1963

Offenhauser SC

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 4000

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Vollstedt D

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lesovsky ? 1966

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kuzma ? 1966

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Eisert ? 1966

Chevrolet

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lesovsky D

Offenhauser SC

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola T90

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson ?? 1963

Offenhuaser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Huffaker 65

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Eisert 65

Chevrolet

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Weisman ? 1966

Chevrolet

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Shrike 66

Offenhauser SC

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Gerhardt 65

Ford

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Cecil 66

Ford

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lotus 29

Ford

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson ?? 1963

Offenhauser TC

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola T80

Ford

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kuzma D

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola T80

Chevrolet

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Eisert 66

Ford

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Vollstedt 63

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Epperly ? 1966

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

? ? 1966

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Oldsmobile Special

Oldsmobile

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

? ? 1966

Oldsmobile

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Turner D

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0