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1966 Sacramento Indycars in USAC at the Sacramento circuit. Full information

1966 Sacramento Indycars

1966 Sacramento Indycars is 140th USAC race. Passed at the Sacramento circuit. Don Branson won the pole position, Dick Atkins won this race. Chuck Hulse and Larry Dickson also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 100 laps (161 km).

Previous race: 1966 Trenton Indycars
Next race: 1966 Phoenix Indycars
Race Start: 23rd October 1966

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1966 Sacramento Indycars

4th victory for the JC Agajanian team
1st victory for the Dick Atkins
2nd podium for the Dick Atkins
5th podium for the Chuck Hulse
1st podium for the Larry Dickson

Watson D - 1966 Sacramento Indycars winner

Watson D #98 - 1966 Sacramento Indycars winner

1966 Sacramento Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Dick Atkins	Watson D, #98	200	1h 7m 44.69s	JC Agajanian
2	Chuck Hulse	Watson D, #12	160	100 laps	Leader Card Racers
3	Larry Dickson	Meskowski D, #7	140	100 laps	Gordon van Liew
4	Don Branson	Watson D, #4	120	100 laps	Leader Card Racers
5	Bobby Unser	Blume D, #5	100	100 laps	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises
6	Greg Weld	Meskowski D, #24	80	99 laps	Kenny Brenn
7	Jim McElreath	Moore D, #3	60	98 laps	John Zink
8	Bud Tingelstad	Meskowski D, #22	50	98 laps	Federal Engineering
9	Art Pollard	Vollstedt D, #31	40	96 laps	Don Collins
10	Mario Andretti	Kuzma D, #1	30	95 laps Gear selection	Dean Van Lines Racing Division
11	George Snider	Meskowski D, #77	20	95 laps Accident	Dayton-Walther
12	Ralph Liguori, Bob Tattersall	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #84	0		Carl Gehlhausen
13	Arnie Knepper	Dunlop D, #81	0	83 laps Accident	Pete Salemi
14	Gary Congdon	Vollstedt D, #53	0	77 laps Brakes	Vatis Enterprises
15	Carl Williams	Lesovsky D, #58	0	56 laps Oil leak	Mel Nelson
16	Ralph Liguori	Flynn D, #35	0	32 laps Clutch	Walter J Flynn
17	AJ Foyt jr	Meskowski D, #2	0	25 laps Fuel line	Ansted-Thompson Racing
18	Al Unser	Lesovsky D, #44	0	17 laps Throttle linkage	Joe Hunt

Qualifying Results for the 1966 Sacramento Indycars on the Sacramento circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Don Branson	Watson D, #4	37.18s	Leader Card Racers
2	Dick Atkins	Watson D, #98	37.49s	JC Agajanian
3	Mario Andretti	Kuzma D, #1	37.5s	Dean Van Lines Racing Division
4	Ralph Liguori	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #84	37.67s	Carl Gehlhausen
5	Jim McElreath	Moore D, #3	37.92s	John Zink
6	George Snider	Meskowski D, #77	37.96s	Dayton-Walther
7	Gary Congdon	Vollstedt D, #53	38.15s	Vatis Enterprises
8	Bob Tattersall	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #84	38.18s	Carl Gehlhausen
9	Larry Dickson	Meskowski D, #7	38.25s	Gordon van Liew
10	Chuck Hulse	Watson D, #12	38.33s	Leader Card Racers
11	Al Unser	Lesovsky D, #44	38.38s	Joe Hunt
12	AJ Foyt jr	Meskowski D, #2	38.41s	Ansted-Thompson Racing
13	Bobby Unser	Blume D, #5	38.49s	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises
14	Art Pollard	Vollstedt D, #31	38.5s	Don Collins
15	Carl Williams	Lesovsky D, #58	38.51s	Mel Nelson
16	Bud Tingelstad	Meskowski D, #22	38.54s	Federal Engineering
16	Ralph Liguori	Flynn D, #35	0	Walter J Flynn
17	Arnie Knepper	Dunlop D, #81	38.76s	Pete Salemi
18	Greg Weld	Meskowski D, #24	38.83s	Kenny Brenn