1958 USAC Championship Car season

1958 American Championship Car season
Series  : USAC Championship Car
Champion : Tony Bettenhausen
Previous: 1957	Next: 1959

The 1958 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Trenton, New Jersey on March 30 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 11. There were also five non-championship events. The USAC National Champion was Tony Bettenhausen and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Jimmy Bryan.

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	March 30	Trenton 100	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved	Len Sutton	Len Sutton
2	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Dick Rathmann	Jimmy Bryan
3	June 8	Rex Mays Classic	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved	Art Bisch	Art Bisch
4	June 15	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Jud Larson	Eddie Sachs
NC	June 29	500 Miglia di Monza	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	Monza, Italy	Paved	Luigi Musso	Jim Rathmann
—						Jim Rathmann
—						Jim Rathmann
5	July 4	Atlanta 100	Lakewood Speedway	Atlanta, Georgia	Dirt	Don Branson	Jud Larson
NC	July 4	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill	—	Bobby Unser
NC	July 20	Indianapolis Sweepstakes	Williams Grove Speedway	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Johnny Thomson	Jud Larson
6	August 16	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Jud Larson	Johnny Thomson
7	August 24	Milwaukee 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved	Jim Rathmann	Rodger Ward
8	September 1	Ted Horn Memorial	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt	Johnny Thomson	Johnny Thomson
9	September 6	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Jud Larson	Johnny Thomson
10	September 13	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds	Indianapolis, Indiana	Dirt	Jud Larson	Eddie Sachs
11	September 28	Trenton 100	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved	Jimmy Reece	Rodger Ward
12	October 26	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt	Johnny Thomson	Johnny Thomson
13	November 11	Bobby Ball Memorial	Arizona State Fairgrounds	Phoenix, Arizona	Dirt	Rex Easton	Jud Larson

  Paved/Dirt Oval

  Road Course/Hill Climb

  Non-championship race

• Indianapolis 500 was USAC-sanctioned and counted towards the FIA F1 World Drivers' Championship title.

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team/Car Owner	Points
1	Tony Bettenhausen	Kathryn Wright Jones & Maley John Zink	1830
2	George Amick	Peter Schmidt Norm Demler Lindsey Hopkins Racing Leader Card Racing	1640
3	Johnny Thomson	Racing Associates	1520
4	Jud Larson	John Zink Bowes Seal Fast	1250
5	Rodger Ward	Roger Wolcott Hoover Motor Express	1160

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1958". Driver Database. Archived

from the original on 2011-01-01. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1958/. Retrieved 2011-01-01. 

• "1958 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived

from the original on 2011-01-01. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1958.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-01. 

See also

• 1958 Indianapolis 500

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