1967 USAC Championship Car season

The 1967 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 21 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona, on April 9 and concluding in Riverside, California, on November 26. This season saw three new road courses added to the schedule in addition to the Hoosier Grand Prix at IRP: Mosport in Canada; Circuit Mont-Tremblant also in Canada; and the season finale at Riverside International Raceway in southern California in the United States. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was A. J. Foyt.

1967 USAC Championship Car season
USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	21
Start date	April 9
End date	November 26
Awards
National champion	A. J. Foyt
Indianapolis 500 winner	A. J. Foyt
← 1966 1968 →

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	April 9	Jimmy Bryan Memorial	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Paved	Lloyd Ruby	Lloyd Ruby
2	April 23	Trenton 150	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti
3	May 30 May 31	International 500 Mile SweepstakesA	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Mario Andretti	A. J. Foyt
4	June 4	Rex Mays Classic	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved	Gordon Johncock	Gordon Johncock
5	June 18	Langhorne 150	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Paved	Al Unser	Lloyd Ruby
6	June 25	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill	Bobby UnserB	Wes Vandervoort
7	July 1	Telegraph Trophy 200C	Mosport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	Road	Bobby Unser	Bobby Unser
8						Bobby Unser	Bobby Unser
9	July 23	Indianapolis 150	Indianapolis Raceway Park	Clermont, Indiana	Road	Lloyd Ruby	Mario Andretti
10	July 30	Langhorne 150	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Paved	Gordon Johncock	Mario Andretti
11	August 6	Labatt IndyD	Circuit Mont-Tremblant	Saint-Jovite, Quebec	Road	Bobby Unser	Mario Andretti
12						Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti
13	August 19	Tony Bettenhausen Memorial	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Larry Dickson	A. J. Foyt
14	August 20	Tony Bettenhausen 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved	Roger McCluskey	Mario Andretti
15	September 4	Ted Horn Memorial	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt	Bobby Unser	A. J. Foyt
16	September 9	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds	Indianapolis, Indiana	Dirt	Bruce Walkup	Mario Andretti
17	September 24	Trenton 200	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved	Mario Andretti	A. J. Foyt
18	October 1	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt	Bruce Walkup	A. J. Foyt
19	October 22	Hanford 200	Hanford Motor Speedway	Hanford, California	Paved	Art Pollard	Gordon Johncock
20	November 19	Bobby Ball 150	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Paved	Bobby Unser	Mario Andretti
21	November 26	Rex Mays 300	Riverside International Raceway	Riverside, California	Road	Dan Gurney	Dan Gurney

  Paved/Dirt Oval

  Road Course/Hill Climb

^A Race was red flagged on May 30th lap 19 due to rain. The race was run to completion the next day (May 31st).

^B No pole is awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, in this schedule on the pole is the driver who started first. No lap led was awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, however, a lap was awarded to the drivers that completed the climb.

^C Run in two heats of 98 miles (158 kilometers) each.

^D Run in two heats of 100 miles (161 kilometers) each.

Final points standings

Note: Ronnie Bucknum, George Follmer, Dan Gurney, Jimmy Clark, Lothar Motschenbacher, Jochen Rindt, Denis Hulme, Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill, John Surtees, Cale Yarborough, LeeRoy Yarbrough, Peter Revson and Jerry Titus are not eligible for points.

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

Pos Driver PHX1 TRE1 INDY MIL1 LAN1 PIP MOS IRP LAN2 MTR SPR MIL2 DQSF ISF TRE2 SAC HAN PHX2 RIV Pts 1 A. J. Foyt 5 15 1 21 5 7 7 7 17 2 2 1 8 1 2 1 1 4 17 17 3440 2 Mario Andretti DNS 1 30 Wth 3 14 21 11 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 25 2 24 1 3 3360 3 Bobby Unser 19 3 9 6 6 5 1 1 3 3 22 13 8 26 6 18 3 18 2 3 2 3020 4 Gordon Johncock 3 20 12 1 4 3 3 6 2 7 4 4 2 1 4 26 2700 5 Al Unser 23 12 2 19 2 DNQ 6 5 2 22 5 5 11 2 9 3 11 14 25 2 12 2505 6 Lloyd Ruby 1 21 33 2 1 4 4 16 DNQ 4 3 13 DNQ 26 3 5 4 2090 7 Jim McElreath 15 4 5 4 11 Wth 4 5 12 16 12 6 15 5 4 DNS 12 20 DNS 1750 8 Roger McCluskey 2 2 19 3 17 2 2 19 21 24 13 3 3 8 14 DNQ 21 21 5 1620 9 Joe Leonard 4 14 3 8 7 10 8 DNQ 6 6 5 17 7 24 16 1575 10 Bud Tingelstad 18 14 17 8 13 13 10 9 21 3 9 7 DNQ 5 8 6 7 27 965 11 Art Pollard 7 8 8 20 14 9 21 DNQ 5 14 30 655 12 Arnie Knepper 8 7 22 DNQ 19 5 6 5 24 DNQ 8 DNQ 595 13 Carl Williams 10 DNQ 16 15 15 8 11 14 17 9 23 8 7 10 4 18 23 585 14 Mel Kenyon 10 5 16 10 DNQ 7 24 10 9 21 500 15 Bill Vukovich II 23 23 11 6 16 5 4 13 17 26 DNQ 7 470 16 Chuck Hulse 7 9 9 9 DNP 29 460 17 Larry Dickson 20 16 15 9 21 19 16 21 8 9 18 10 11 4 14 16 7 425 18 Ronnie Duman 19 23 11 18 Wth DNQ 18 14 DNQ 10 11 9 13 8 6 13 420 19 Wally Dallenbach Sr. 18 DNQ 29 5 12 12 12 15 4 8 15 17 21 DNQ DNQ 19 DNQ 17 15 25 410 20 Parnelli Jones 6 400 21 Johnny Rutherford 25 12 10 14 14 13 20 15 16 25 11 16 Wth 5 23 22 8 315 22 Bob Hurt 24 DNQ 22 20 22 22 19 10 9 22 6 20 10 24 290 23 Jim Hurtubise DNQ 16 15 8 9 11 13 17 7 5 19 DNQ 18 280 24 Bob Harkey 11 DNQ 7 22 18 17 7 DNQ DNQ 12 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 230 25 Norm Brown 16 DNQ DNQ 15 9 24 DNQ 4 10 17 13 16 220 26 Wes Vandervoort 1 200 27 Jim Malloy  RY  DNQ DNQ 12 6 19 24 22 16 16 11 195 28 Bruce Walkup  R  DNQ DNQ 12 6 6 DNQ 13 170 29 Ted Foltz 2 160 30 George Snider 21 26 18 DNQ DNQ 18 DNQ 16 17 DNQ 3 22 140 31 Dan Morgan 3 140 32 Orville Nance 4 120 33 Greg Weld 6 13 DNQ DNQ 120 34 Gig Stephens 6 DNQ DNQ DNQ 23 120 35 Mike Mosley  R  DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 7 13 120 36 Ralph Liguori DNQ 9 DNQ DNQ 16 19 DNQ DNQ DNQ 18 DNS 10 10 120 37 Rick Muther  R  11 10 20 DNQ 11 10 DNQ 12 23 120 38 Sam Sessions DNQ 16 8 100 39 Bob Veith 11 100 40 Paul Kleinschmidt 6 80 41 Jerry Grant 12 20 13 DNQ 17 20 18 12 18 8 18 14 80 42 Bob Wente DNQ 7 DNQ DNQ 60 43 Don Wilcox  R  7 DNQ 60 44 Gary Bettenhausen DNQ 11 11 19 DNQ 60 45 Ralph Bruning  R  8 50 46 Gary Congdon 22 DNQ DNQ DNQ 20 14 10 16 19 DNQ 14 DNQ DNQ 45 47 Bob Tattersall 10 45 48 Grier Manning 9 40 49 Al Miller 17 DNQ 28 13 23 DNQ 13 14 17 DNQ 18 15 11 19 40 50 Bob Daly 10 30 51 George Benson  R  11 DNQ 30 52 Charles Louderman 11 20 53 Mickey Shaw DNQ DNQ 14 12 20 54 Rollie Beale  R  DNQ 15 DNQ 12 10 55 Jerry Daniels DNQ DNQ DNQ 12 10 56 Bob Herring  R  12 10 - Dan Gurney 21 1 0 - Ronnie Bucknum  R  DNQ DNS 18 9 DNQ 3 12 9 0 - Denny Hulme  R  4 0 - George Follmer  R  17 DNQ 21 6 0 - Lothar Motschenbacher  R  9 DNQ DNP 28 0 - Jerry Titus  R  10 0 - Cale Yarborough 12 0 - Bobby Grim 13 23 DNQ DNQ 15 20 14 0 - Bill Puterbaugh  R  DNQ 13 15 15 0 - Peter Revson 13 DNQ DNP 0 - Larry Overholser  R  13 0 - Bruce Jacobi 14 DNQ DNQ 14 14 20 20 0 - Al Smith DNQ 24 DNQ 15 19 0 - Chuck Arnold DNQ 15 DNS 0 - Malcolm Brazier 15 0 - Chuck Parsons  R  15 0 - Don Anderson 16 0 - Lucien Bianchi  R  DNQ 17 DNQ 0 - Butch Hardman 17 0 - Jackie Stewart 18 DNS 0 - Al Farmer 18 0 - Rick Vermillion 19 0 - Gene Pacheco  R  20 0 - John Surtees  R  20 0 - Jim Clark 31 22 0 - Jochen Rindt  R  24 0 - LeeRoy Yarbrough  R  27 0 - Graham Hill 32 0 - Jigger Sirois DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNS 0 - Al Loquasto DNS DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Dempsey Wilson DNQ DNQ DNQ DNS 0 - Bay Darnell DNS 0 - Don Thomas DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Don Meacham DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Sonny Ates DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Norm Hall DNQ DNQ 0 - Johnny Boyd DNQ DNQ 0 - Bill Cheesbourg DNQ DNQ 0 - Aldo Andretti DNQ DNQ 0 - Ray Duckworth DNQ DNQ 0 - Dale Breedlove DNQ DNQ 0 - Chuck Booth DNQ DNQ 0 - Frank Secrist DNQ DNQ 0 - John McIntyre DNQ DNQ 0 - Masten Gregory DNQ DNP 0 - Skip Hedrick DNQ 0 - Chris Amon DNQ 0 - Bob Bondurant DNQ 0 - Bob Christie DNQ 0 - Richie Ginther DNQ 0 - Bobby Johns DNQ 0 - Pedro Rodríguez DNQ 0 - Vern Root DNQ 0 - Ebb Rose DNQ 0 - Les Scott DNQ 0 - Chuck Stevenson DNQ 0 - Johnny Coy DNQ 0 - Dave Paul DNQ 0 - Jerry Colton DNQ 0 - Butch Earley DNQ 0 - Gilbert Ligon DNQ 0 - P. McCormick DNQ 0 - Walter Miller DNQ 0 - Ralph Murdock DNQ 0 - Wib Spalding DNQ 0 - Tommy Copp DNQ 0 - Bobby Hogle DNQ 0 - Dusty Smith DNQ 0 - Lorenzo Bandini DNP 0 - Sam McQuagg DNP 0 Pos Driver PHX1 TRE1 INDY MIL1 LAN1 PIP MOS1 MOS2 IRP LAN2 MTR1 MTR2 SPR MIL2 DQSF ISF TRE2 SAC HAN PHX2 RIV Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps  RY  Rookie of the Year  R  Rookie

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1967". Driver Database. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
• "1967 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
• http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (p. 250-255)

See also

• 1967 Indianapolis 500