1957 USAC Championship Car season

1957 USAC Championship Car season
1957 USAC Championship Car season
USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	13
Start date	May 30
End date	November 11
Awards
National champion	Jimmy Bryan
Indianapolis 500 winner	Sam Hanks

The 1957 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 11. There were also five non-championship events. The USAC National Champion was Jimmy Bryan and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Sam Hanks. Keith Andrews was killed in crash while practicing for the Indianapolis 500; he was 36 years old.

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes^A	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Pat O'Connor	Sam Hanks
2	June 2	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Johnny Thomson	Johnny Thomson
3	June 9	Rex Mays Classic	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved	Jimmy Bryan	Rodger Ward
4	June 23	Detroit 100	Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway	Detroit, Michigan	Dirt	George Amick	Jimmy Bryan
NC	June 29	500 Miglia di Monza^B	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	Monza, Italy	Paved	Heat 1: Tony Bettenhausen	Heat 1: Jimmy Bryan
Heat 2: Jimmy Bryan						Heat 2: Jimmy Bryan
Heat 3: Jimmy Bryan						Heat 3: Troy Ruttman
5	July 4	Atlanta 100	Lakewood Speedway	Atlanta, Georgia	Dirt	Jimmy Bryan	George Amick
NC	July 4	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill	Bill McConnell^C	Bob Finney
NC	July 20	Indianapolis Sweepstakes	Williams Grove Speedway	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Jud Larson	Jud Larson
6	August 17	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	George Amick	Rodger Ward
7	August 25	Milwaukee 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved	Andy Linden	Jim Rathmann
8	September 2	Ted Horn Memorial	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt	Jud Larson	Jud Larson
9	September 7	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Elmer George	Elmer George
10	September 14	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds	Indianapolis, Indiana	Dirt	Jud Larson	Jud Larson
11	September 29	Trenton 100	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved	Johnny Thomson	Pat O'Connor
12	October 20	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt	Rodger Ward	Rodger Ward
13	November 11	Bobby Ball Memorial	Arizona State Fairgrounds	Phoenix, Arizona	Dirt	Rodger Ward	Jimmy Bryan

Paved/Dirt Oval

Road Course/Hill Climb

^A Indianapolis 500 was USAC-sanctioned and counted towards the 1957 FIA World Championship of Drivers title.

^B Run in three heats of 166 miles (267 km).

^C 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.

Final points standings

Pos	Driver	INDY	LAN	MIL1	DET	ATL	SPR	MIL2	DQSF	SYR	ISF	TRE	SAC	PHX	Pts
1	Jimmy Bryan	3	DNQ	19	1	13	7	22	18	4	2	8	2	1	1650
2	Jim Rathmann	2		5				1				6	12	6	1470
3	George Amick	DNQ	5	6	2	1	3	5	16	5	3	3	4	11	1400
4	Pat O'Connor	8	DNQ	4			DNQ	3	8	2	10	1	15	2	1250
5	Jud Larson	DNQ	16		4	2	2	8	1	6	1	22	3	12	1170
6	Andy Linden	5	6	18	3	3	5	10	DNQ	7	18	13	8		1130
7	Johnny Thomson	12	1	2	18	17	14	4	2	3	17	2	14		1110
8	Johnny Boyd	6		3			4	24	6	9	14	9	6	3	1040
9	Sam Hanks	1													1000
10	Elmer George	33	17	7	5	15	6	6	4	1	6	21	10	16	830
11	Rodger Ward	30	DNQ	1	16	16	1	18	3	18	13	20	1	13	740
12	Bob Veith	9	7	14	6	4	18	13	5	DNQ	DNQ	15	7	10	650
13	Paul Russo	4													600
14	Jimmy Reece	18	14	12	9			2	14	10	8	5	13		550
15	Ed Elisian	29	4	DNQ	13	5	15	20	10	13	7	10	17		340
16	Len Sutton						DNQ	19	7	17	4	4	DNQ	17	300
17	Billy Garrett	DNQ	8	DNQ	7		DNQ	9	12		DNQ	DNQ	5	18	300
18	Marshall Teague	7	DNQ												300
19	Don Branson		9	21	10	8	11	DNQ	9	DNS	5	19			280
20	Art Bisch		3	20				DNQ					DNQ	4	260
21	Gene Hartley	10		15	15	7					DNP				210
22	Jack Turner	11	DNQ	22			DNQ	11	11	DNP	9		Wth		200
23	Johnny Tolan	20	DNQ	8				12	DNQ	11	DNQ		16	5	190
24	Don Freeland	17	13	DNQ	8	6	8	15		12	16		DNQ	14	190
25	Eddie Sachs	23	2	16											160
26	A. J. Foyt RY						9	23	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	11	9	7	160
27	Johnnie Parsons	16						7							120
28	Ralph Liguori R		11	DNQ			10	DNQ	17	8	12	DNQ			110
29	Tony Bettenhausen	15		DNQ				21	15	DNQ	11	7	18		80
30	Bud Randall R		18		14	10	DNQ	26	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	8	80
31	Bill Cheesbourg	26		11	12	9		DNQ		DNP	DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	70
32	Jim McWithey	DNQ		9				DNQ		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ			40
33	Earl Motter													9	40
34	Don Edmunds R	19	15		17	11	17	DNQ	13	14	DNQ	DNQ	11	DNQ	40
35	Van Johnson		10		DNQ		16	DNQ		15	DNQ	DNQ			30
36	Troy Ruttman	31		10				25							30
37	Chuck Weyant	14			11			DNQ		DNQ	DNQ				20
38	Al Herman	21	DNQ					14		DNQ	DNQ	12			10
39	Dick Rathmann	DNQ					12	16		DNP	DNQ	16		DNQ	10
40	Al Keller	27	DNQ			12									10
41	Ken Gottschalk		12	DNQ											10
-	Jimmy Daywalt	28		13								14			0
-	Mike Magill	24	DNQ				13	DNQ		16	DNQ	DNQ			0
-	Bob Christie	13													0
-	Jim Hemmings R			DNQ		14									0
-	Rex Easton				DNQ		DNQ				15	DNQ			0
-	Bud Clemons R	DNQ												15	0
-	Shorty Templeman							17			DNQ	17			0
-	Fred Agabashian	22		17											0
-	Charles Musselman		DNQ			18									0
-	Chuck Rodee R		DNQ									18			0
-	Eddie Johnson	25													0
-	Eddie Russo	32	DNQ												0
-	Bob Tattersall		DNS												0
-	Gene Force	DNQ		DNQ											0
-	Danny Kladis	DNQ		DNQ											0
-	Ray Crawford	DNQ						DNQ							0
-	Don Evans						DNQ		DNQ						0
-	Luther Baughman						DNQ				DNQ				0
-	Bill Homeier												DNQ	DNQ	0
-	Ernie Koch												DNQ	DNQ	0
-	Don Whittington												DNQ	DNQ	0
-	Keith Andrews	DNQ													0
-	Johnny Baldwin	DNQ													0
-	Tony Bonadies	DNQ													0
-	Jimmy Davies	DNQ													0
-	Giuseppe Farina	DNQ													0
-	Johnny Fedricks	DNQ													0
-	Andy Furci	DNQ													0
-	Cliff Griffith	DNQ													0
-	Cal Niday	DNQ													0
-	Leroy Warriner	DNQ													0
-	Dempsey Wilson	DNQ													0
-	Chuck Arnold											DNQ			0
-	Del Fanning													DNQ	0
Pos	Driver	INDY	LAN	MIL1	DET	ATL	SPR	MIL2	DQSF	SYR	ISF	TRE	SAC	PHX	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
RY Rookie of the Year
R Rookie

References

Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1957". Driver Database. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
"1957 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (p. 280-281)

American Championship car racing (Indy car) seasons
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USAC	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
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IRL	1996 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
INDYCAR	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Years marked in italics are not official championship years or upcoming seasons.

USAC Championship Cars (1956-1970)
Seasons	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
Indianapolis 500s	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
National Champions	Mario Andretti (three times) Tony Bettenhausen Jimmy Bryan (twice) A. J. Foyt (five times) Al Unser Bobby Unser Rodger Ward (twice)
Tracks	Arizona State Fair Atlanta Brainerd California State Fair Continental Divide Darlington Daytona Dover DuQuoin State Fair Hanford Illinois State Fair Indianapolis Indianapolis Raceway Park Indiana State Fair Lakewood Langhorne Michigan Michigan State Fair Milwaukee Missouri State Fair Mont-Tremblant Mosport Nazareth New York State Fair Ontario Phoenix Pikes Peak Riverside Stardust Sears Point Seattle Trenton

Schedule and results

Final points standings

References

See also