1966 Phoenix Indycars Race 2 in USAC at the Phoenix circuit. Full information

1966 Phoenix Indycars

1966 Phoenix Indycars is 141st USAC race. Passed at the Phoenix circuit. Mario Andretti won the pole position and this race. Al Unser and Jim McElreath also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (322 km).

Previous race: 1966 Sacramento Indycars
Next race: 1967 Phoenix Indycars
Race Start: 20th November 1966

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1966 Phoenix Indycars

17th victory for the Dean Van Lines Racing Division team
9th victory for the Mario Andretti
20th podium for the Mario Andretti
5th podium for the Al Unser
18th podium for the Jim McElreath

Hawk I - 1966 Phoenix Indycars winner

Hawk I #1 - 1966 Phoenix Indycars winner

1966 Phoenix Indycars results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Mario Andretti Hawk I, #1 400 1h 54m 37.68s 0 Dean Van Lines Racing Division
2 Al Unser Lola T90, #24 320 199 laps 0 Mecom Racing Enterprises
3 Jim McElreath Brabham ? 1966, #3 280 198 laps 0 John Zink
4 Bobby Unser Gerhardt ? 1966, #91 240 197 laps 0 Leader Card Racers
5 Joe Leonard Eagle ? 1966, #6 200 196 laps 0 All-American Racers
6 Lloyd Ruby Eagle ? 1966, #14 160 193 laps 0 All-American Racers
7 Bobby Grim Watson ? 1966, #39 120 188 laps 0 Racing Associates
8 Bruce Jacobi Vollstedt ? 1966, #44 100 143 laps 0 Compton Motors
9 Norm Brown Meskowski ? 1966, #0 80 141 laps Accident 0 Kenny Brenn
10 Parnelli Jones Shrike ? 1966, #98 60 133 laps Accident 0 JC Agajanian
11 Roger McCluskey Eagle ? 1966, #8 40 127 laps Upright 0 Lindsey Hopkins Racing
12 Billy Foster Vollstedt ? 1966, #27 20 123 laps Upright 0 Jim Robbins
13 Al Smith Ward ? 1966, #38 0 105 laps Fuel pump 0 Federal Engineering
14 Greg Weld Eisert ? 1966, #96 0 75 laps Accident 0 J Frank Harrison
15 Gary Congdon Huffaker ? 1966, #53 0 68 laps Spun 0 Vatis Enterprises
16 Peter Revson Lola T90, #26 0 64 laps Mechanical 0 All-American Racers
17 AJ Foyt jr Coyote 66, #2 0 47 laps Suspension 0 Ansted-Thompson Racing
18 Carl Williams Lesovsky ? 1966, #0 0 38 laps Gearbox 0 Joe Hunt
19 Gary Bettenhausen Halibrand ? 1966, #55 0 32 laps Oil leak 0 Lynch
20 Jerry Grant Eagle 66, #88 0 31 laps Mechanical 0 All-American Racers
21 Arnie Knepper Gerhardt ? 1966, #77 0 18 laps Spun 0 Dayton-Walther
22 Art Pollard Gerhardt ? 1966, #76 0 16 laps Engine 0 GCR
23 Mel Kenyon Gerhardt ? 1966, #94 0 12 laps Accident 0 Fred Gerhardt
24 Wally Dallenbach Huffaker ? 1966, #54 0 3 laps Mechanical 0 Vatis Enterprises
25 Bud Tingelstad Gerhardt ? 1966, #22 0 2 laps Accident 0 Federal Engineering
26 Ralph Liguori Flynn ? 1966, #35 0 2 laps Accident 0 Walter J Flynn

Qualifying Results for the 1966 Phoenix Indycars on the Phoenix circuit

Position Name Car Result Team
1 Mario Andretti Hawk I, #1 29.47s Dean Van Lines Racing Division
2 Lloyd Ruby Eagle ? 1966, #14 29.85s All-American Racers
3 Parnelli Jones Shrike ? 1966, #98 30.12s JC Agajanian
4 Al Unser Lola T90, #24 30.13s Mecom Racing Enterprises
5 Joe Leonard Eagle ? 1966, #6 30.43s All-American Racers
6 Jim McElreath Brabham ? 1966, #3 30.55s John Zink
7 AJ Foyt jr Coyote 66, #2 30.57s Ansted-Thompson Racing
8 Roger McCluskey Eagle ? 1966, #8 30.57s Lindsey Hopkins Racing
9 Arnie Knepper Gerhardt ? 1966, #77 30.67s Dayton-Walther
10 Billy Foster Vollstedt ? 1966, #27 30.79s Jim Robbins
11 Bobby Unser Gerhardt ? 1966, #91 30.96s Leader Card Racers
12 Art Pollard Gerhardt ? 1966, #76 30.99s GCR
13 Bud Tingelstad Gerhardt ? 1966, #22 31.18s Federal Engineering
14 Jerry Grant Eagle 66, #88 31.26s All-American Racers
15 Norm Brown Meskowski ? 1966, #0 31.37s Kenny Brenn
16 Wally Dallenbach Huffaker ? 1966, #54 31.44s Vatis Enterprises
17 Ralph Liguori Flynn ? 1966, #35 31.5s Walter J Flynn
18 Mel Kenyon Gerhardt ? 1966, #94 31.53s Fred Gerhardt
19 Carl Williams Lesovsky ? 1966, #0 31.54s Joe Hunt
20 Gary Congdon Huffaker ? 1966, #53 31.54s Vatis Enterprises
21 Peter Revson Lola T90, #26 31.58s All-American Racers
22 Greg Weld Eisert ? 1966, #96 31.6s J Frank Harrison
23 Bruce Jacobi Vollstedt ? 1966, #44 31.6s Compton Motors
24 Bobby Grim Watson ? 1966, #39 31.74s Racing Associates
25 Gary Bettenhausen Halibrand ? 1966, #55 31.76s Lynch
26 Al Smith Ward ? 1966, #38 31.8s Federal Engineering

List of all cars for the 1966 Phoenix Indycars on the Phoenix circuit

Halibrand ? 1966

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Lesovsky ? 1966

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Ward ? 1966

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Flynn ? 1966

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Vollstedt ? 1966

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Shrike ? 1966

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Eagle 66

Ford

Lola T90

Ford

Hawk I

Ford

Meskowski ? 1966

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Eisert ? 1966

Chevrolet

Huffaker ? 1966

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Gerhardt ? 1966

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Watson ? 1966

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Lola T90

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