1966 USAC Championship Car season

1966 American Championship Car season
Series  : USAC Championship Car
Champion : Mario Andretti
Previous: 1965	Next: 1967

The 1966 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 16 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 20 and concluding at the same location on November 20. There was also one non-championship event at Fuji Speedway in Japan. The USAC National Champion was Mario Andretti, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Graham Hill.

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	March 20	Jimmy Bryan Memorial	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Paved	Mario Andretti	Jim McElreath
2	April 24	Trenton 150	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved	Mario Andretti	Rodger Ward
3	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Mario Andretti	Graham Hill
4	June 5	Rex Mays Classic	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti
5	June 12	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Paved	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti
6	June 26	Atlanta 300	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Hampton, Georgia	Paved	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti
7	July 4	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill	—	Bobby Unser
8	July 24	Hoosier Grand Prix	Indianapolis Raceway Park	Clermont, Indiana	Road	Lloyd Ruby	Mario Andretti
9	August 7	Langhorne 150	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Paved	Don Branson	Roger McCluskey
10	August 20	Tony Bettenhausen Memorial	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Don Branson	Don Branson
11	August 27	Tony Bettenhausen 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti
12	September 5	Ted Horn Memorial	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt	Bobby Unser	Bud Tingelstad
13	September 10	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds	Indianapolis, Indiana	Dirt	A. J. Foyt	Mario Andretti
14	September 25	Trenton 200	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti
NC	October 9	Fuji Race	Fuji Speedway	Oyama, Japan	Road	Jackie Stewart	Jackie Stewart
15	October 23	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt	Don Branson	Dick Atkins
16	November 19	Bobby Ball Memorial	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Paved	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti

  Paved/Dirt Oval

  Road Course/Hill Climb

  Non-championship race

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team/Car Owner	Points
1	Mario Andretti	Dean Racing Enterprises Jim Robbins	3070
2	Jim McElreath	Zink-Urschel-Slick	2430
3	Gordon Johncock	Sidney Weinberger	2050
4	Joe Leonard	All American Racers Gordon Van Liew	1275
5	Al Unser	J. Frank Harrison STP-Team Lotus Vollstedt Enterprises Mecom Racing Team Joe Hunt Magneto	1260

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1966". Driver Database. Archived

from the original on 2010-12-31. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1966/. Retrieved 2010-12-31. 

• "1966 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived

from the original on 2010-12-31. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1966.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-31. 

See also

• 1966 Indianapolis 500

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