1974 USAC Championship Car season

1974 American Championship Car season
Series : USAC Championship Car
Champion : Bobby Unser
Previous: 1973	Next: 1975

The 1974 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 14 races, beginning in Ontario, California on March 3 and concluding in Avondale, Arizona on November 2. The USAC National Champion was Bobby Unser and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Johnny Rutherford.

Schedule and results[]

All races running on Oval/Speedway.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Length	Track	Location	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	March 3	California 500 Qualification Heat 1	100 mi (Template:Convert/100*1609.344)	Ontario Motor Speedway	Ontario, California	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
2	March 3	California 500 Qualification Heat 2	100 mi (Template:Convert/100*1609.344)			Johnny Rutherford	Johnny Rutherford
3	March 10	California 500	500 mi (Template:Convert/500*1609.344)			A. J. Foyt	Bobby Unser
4	March 17	Phoenix 150	150 mi (Template:Convert/150*1609.344)	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Al Unser	Mike Mosley
5	April 7	Trentonian 200	201 mi (Template:Convert/201*1609.344)	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Mario Andretti	Bobby Unser
6	May 26	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	500 mi (Template:Convert/500*1609.344)	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	A. J. Foyt	Johnny Rutherford
7	June 9	Rex Mays Classic	150 mi (Template:Convert/150*1609.344)	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	A. J. Foyt	Johnny Rutherford
8	June 30	Schaefer 500	500 mi (Template:Convert/500*1609.344)	Pocono International Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	Bobby Unser	Johnny Rutherford
9	July 21	Michigan 200	200 mi (Template:Convert/200*1609.344)	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	Bobby Unser	Bobby Unser
10	August 11	Tony Bettenhausen 200	200 mi (Template:Convert/200*1609.344)	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	A. J. Foyt	Gordon Johncock
11	September 15	Norton 250	250 mi (Template:Convert/250*1609.344)	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	A. J. Foyt	Al Unser
12	September 22	Trenton 300 Heat #1	150 mi (Template:Convert/150*1609.344)	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
13	September 22	Trenton 300 Heat #2	150 mi (Template:Convert/150*1609.344)	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	A. J. Foyt	Bobby Unser
14	November 2	Bobby Ball 150	150 mi (Template:Convert/150*1609.344)	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Johnny Rutherford	Gordon Johncock

Final points standings[]

Pos	Driver	ONT Q-H1	ONT Q-H2	ONT 500	PHX1 150	TRE1 200	INDY 500	MIL1 150	POC 500	MIC1 200	MIL2 200	MIC2 250	TRE2 150	TRE3 150	PHX2 150	Pts
1	Bobby Unser	2		1	2	1	2	21	5	1	4	3	2	1	2	4870
2	Johnny Rutherford		1	27	7	6	1	1	1	4	5	9	4	7	7	3650
3	Gordon Johncock	14		26	4	2	4	16	3	3	1	14	11	2	1	3050
4	Al Unser		5	2	18	10	18	5	22	2	9	1	6	5	5	2430
5	Jimmy Caruthers		2	4	19	4	23	20	2	11	13	18	7	9	8	2065
6	Bill Vukovich, Jr.	10		21	8	3	3	3	8	5	10	19	18		6	1925
7	Lloyd Ruby	3		5	9	8	9	9	6	DNQ	7	21	DNQ			1580
8	A. J. Foyt	1		30	3	DNQ	15	6	27	13	2	24	1	4	4	1510
9	Wally Dallenbach	7		6	6	13	30	15	10	6	3	11	3	11	18	1445
10	Steve Krisiloff		3	24			22	11	4		23		5	3	22	1130
11	Pancho Carter						7		15	9	12	2	9	6	9	1040
12	Mike Mosley	6		7	1	7	29	10	21	8	18	15	17		DNQ	945
13	Jim McElreath	4		15	10	18	6	7	23						10	700
14	Mario Andretti		9	25	5	9	31	17	17	18	8	10			3	655
15	John Martin		6	9			11		16	12	16	6				600
16	Roger McCluskey	5		8	16		16	18	28	16	6	13	10	16	19	555
17	Tom Sneva	13		12	15	11	20	14	13	10	14	5	8	8	24	550
18	Mike Hiss			31			14			7		4				420
19	Jerry Grant		13	3		5	10	13	DNQ						DNP	350
20	Bentley Warren	12		13	11	17	DNQ		7	17			DNQ			340
21	Dick Simon	8		28	13		33	4	29	21	11				15	270
22	Gary Bettenhausen		11	20	14	DNQ	32	2	31							260
23	Bob Harkey		15	17		14	8		26							250
24	Tom Bigelow	9		10			12	DNQ	19	22					23	240
25	Eldon Rasmussen					DNQ	DNQ		9	20		22	DNQ			200
26	Al Loquasto			18	12		DNQ		11				14	11	12	160
27	Dan Murphy			DNQ				19		23	22	7	13	15	DNQ	150
28	Karl Busson											8	12	13	21	140
29	George Snider		10	11	17		28		25			16				130
30	Joe Leonard		4	19												120
31	Salt Walther		8	22		12	17	DNP	20	DNQ			15	10	20	115
32	Bill Simpson		14	14			13	8	18		19				11	105
33	Jerry Karl		7	29			19	12	32						16	75
34	Larry McCoy					16	DNQ		12	15	20	17	Wth			50
35	Mel Kenyon						DNQ					12				25
36	Lee Brayton	11		DNS			DNQ		14	DNS		20				20
37	John Cannon		12	16	DNS	19	DNQ								DNP	10
-	David Hobbs						5								DNP	0
-	Sam Posey														13	0
-	John Hubbard							22	DNQ	19	15	23	DNQ	14		0
-	Sam Sessions						DNQ		30	14						0
-	Billy Scott														14	0
-	Skip Barber	15		32												0
-	Max Dudley					15										0
-	Benny Rapp										DNQ		16			0
-	Johnny Parsons, Jr.			33			26		DNQ	DNQ	17				17	0
-	Mel Cornett										21					0
-	Jan Opperman						21	23	33							0
-	Rick Muther			23			27		DNQ							0
-	Jim Hurtubise			DNQ			25		24							0
-	Larry Rice					DNQ	DNQ	24								0
-	Larry Cannon						24		DNQ							0
-	Evan Noyes														25	0
-	Jigger Sirois			DNS			DNQ									0
-	Denny Zimmerman			DNS			DNQ									0
-	Bud Tingelstad			DNS												0
-	Bruce Jacobi						DNQ									0
-	John Mahler						DNQ									0
-	Bill Puterbaugh						DNQ									0
-	Brett Lunger														DNQ	0
-	Steve Durst			DNP												0
Pos	Driver	ONT Q-H1	ONT Q-H2	ONT 500	PHX1 150	TRE1 200	INDY 500	MIL1 150	POC 500	MIC1 200	MIL2 200	MIC2 250	TRE2 150	TRE3 150	PHX2 150	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)
Blank	Not competing

In-line notation
Bold	Pole position
Italics	Ran fastest race lap
*	Led most race laps
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

Note1: Jim Hurtubise, Skip Barber, David Hobbs, Sam Posey and Evan Noyes not eligible for points.
Note2: Jerry Grant did not obtain a USAC license until after the Ontario event, making him ineligible for points for the first two races of the year.

References[]

Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1974". Driver Database. Archived

from the original on 2009-05-06. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1974/. Retrieved 2009-05-04.

Harms, Phil; Ferner, Michael; Measures, Gerry; Brown, Allen. "Indy 500 and USAC racing (1971-1978)". OldRacingCars.com. Archived

from the original on 2009-05-06. http://www.oldracingcars.com/indy/. Retrieved 2009-05-04.

"1974 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived

from the original on 2009-05-13. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1974.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-11.

Harms, Phil. "1974 Championship Driver Summary". Motorsport.com. Archived

from the original on 2011-05-03. http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1974sum.pdf. Retrieved 2011-05-03.

http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf (p. 223-224)

1974 USAC Championship Car season

Contents

Schedule and results[]

Final points standings[]

References[]

See also[]