USAC National Championship 1964 standings

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USAC National Championship 1964 standings

Championship points standings for the USAC National Championship 1964

Position	Driver	Team	Car	Points
1.	A. J. Foyt	Ansted Racing	Halibrand RE (Offenhauser) Meskowski (Offenhauser) Watson (Offenhauser)	2900
2.	Rodger Ward	Leader Card Racers	Watson (Offenhauser) Watson RE (Ford)	2228
3.	Lloyd Ruby	Bill Forbes Racing	Meskowski (Offenhauser) Watson (Offenhauser) Halibrand (Offenhauser)	1752
4.	Don Branson	Leader Card Racers	Watson (Offenhauser) Watson RE (Offenhauser)	1700
5.	Bud Tingelstad	Federal Engineering	Meskowski (Offenhauser) Trevis (Offenhauser)	1640
6.	Parnelli Jones	Agajanian Bowes Seal Fast, Lotus powered by Ford	Watson (Offenhauser) Lesovsky (Offenhauser) Lotus (Ford)	940
7.	Bobby Marshman	Hopkins Racing	Epperly (Offenhauser) Kuzma (Offenhauser) Lotus (Ford)	867
8.	Norm Hall	Pope-Hall	Kuzma (Offenhauser) Kuzma (Chevrolet) Watson (Offenhauser)	677
9.	Johnny White	Weinberger Homes, Norm Demler	Blum (Offenhauser) Watson (Offenhauser)	630
10.	Bob Harkey	Windmill Trucking, Wally Weir Mobilgas, Enterprise Machine, Pfrommer Trucking, Vatis Enterprises, WR	Silnes D (Offenhauser) Watson (Offenhauser) Flynn (Offenhauser) Meskowski D (Offenhauser) Vollstedt (Offenhauser) Kuzma (Chevrolet)	560
11.	Mario Andretti	Sterky Motor Freight, Dean Van Lines, Windmill Trucking	Elder (Offenhauser) Silnes (Offenhauser) Blum (Offenhauser) Kuzma (Offenhauser)	530
12.	Johnny Boyd	Schulz Refueling, Gordon van Liew	Kurtis 500G (Offenhauser) Kuzma (Offenhauser)	500
13.	Clarence Walter Larson	Central Excavating, Agajanian, Leader Card Racers, Hopkins Racing	Watson (Offenhauser) Lesovsky (Offenhauser) Dunlop D (Offenhauser) Dunlop (Offenhauser) Epperly (Offenhauser)	490
14.	Bobby Unser	Lynch, STP, Gordon van Liew, Central Excavating	Dunlop (Offenhauser) Kuzma (Offenhauser) Ferguson (Novi) Edmunds 64 (Offenhauser) Meskowski (Offenhauser)	470
15.	Bob Wente	Morcroft-Taylor	Trevis (Offenhauser)	420
16.	Arnold Knepper	Dayton-Walther, Vatis Enterprises	Silnes (Offenhauser) Watson (Offenhauser) Vollstedt (Offenhauser) Kurtis (Offenhauser)	390
17.	Len Sutton	Vollstedt Racing, Enterprise Machine	Flynn (Offenhauser) Vollstedt RE (Offenhauser) Vollstedt (Offenhauser)	338
18.	Jim McElreath	Pfrommer Trucking, STP, John Zink-Urschel, Central Excavating	Meskowski (Offenhauser) Brabham RE (Offenhauser) Kurtis 500K (Novi SC) Meskowski D (Offenhauser) Dunlop (Offenhauser) Dunlop D (Offenhauser)	320
19.	Ronnie Duman	John Fray, Nicholas Fulbright, Pfrommer Trucking, Dean Van Lines	Fray (Offenhauser) Trevis (Offenhauser) Meskowski (Offenhauser) Ewing (Offenhauser)	302
20.	Dick Rathmann	Harry Allen Chapman	Watson (Offenhauser)	300
21.	Johnny Rutherford	Bardahl Racing	Watson (Offenhauser) Turner (Chevrolet) Porter (Chevrolet) Turner (Offenhauser)	270
22.	Roger McCluskey	Gordon van Liew	Kuzma (Offenhauser) Meskowski (Offenhauser) Edmunds 64RE (Offenhauser)	238
23.	Bobby Grim	Vatis Enterprises, Leader Card Racers	Vollstedt (Offenhauser) Kurtis (Offenhauser) Watson (Offenhauser)	220
24.	Joe Leonard	Vatis Enterprises, Dayton-Walther, Joe Hunt Magneto, Travelon Trailer	Vollstedt (Offenhauser) Silnes (Offenhauser) Watson (Offenhauser) Lesovsky (Offenhauser) Christiansen (Offenhauser)	210
25.	Jim Hurtubise	Joe Hunt Magneto, DVS, Leader Card Racers	Lesovsky (Offenhauser) Hurtubise (Offenhauser) Watson (Offenhauser)	160
26.	Troy Ruttman	Dayton-Walther	Watson (Offenhauser)	160
27.	Mel Kenyon	Kemerly	Lesovsky (Offenhauser)	160
28.	Tommy Copp	Pfrommer Trucking	Meskowski (Offenhauser)	160
29.	Bob Mathouser	Dayton-Walther, WRD, Vargo Dragway, Dean Van Lines, Norm Demler	Walther (Offenhauser) Kurtis 500G (Offenhauser) Kuzma (Offenhauser) Watson (Offenhauser)	123
30.	Chuck Hulse	Dean Van Lines	Ewing (Offenhauser)	120
31.	Billy Foster	Enterprise Machine	Flynn (Offenhauser)	120
32.	Ralph Liguori	McDermott, Norm Demler	Meskowski (Offenhauser) Watson (Offenhauser)	120
33.	Bob Veith	Kjell Qvale, DVS	Huffaker RE (Offenhauser) Halibrand RE (Offenhauser)	100
34.	Arthur Malone	Studebaker STP	Kurtis 500K (Novi SC)	100
35.	Chuck Stevenson	Leader Card Racers, Dean Van Lines	Watson (Offenhauser) Blum (Offenhauser)	80
36.	Eddie Sachs	McDermott, DVS	Meskowski D (Chevrolet) Halibrand RE (Ford)	80
37.	Micky Rupp	Henry Allen Chapman	Watson (Offenhauser)	80
38.	Chuck Arnold	Fred Maday	Kurtis (Offenhauser)	80
38.	George Snider	Gerhardt & DeOrian	Watson (Offenhauser)	80
40.	Gordon Johncock	Weinberger Homes	Blum D (Offenhauser) Blum (Offenhauser)	60
41.	Dee Jones	Travelon Trailer, Vargo Dragway, New England Speed Equipe, Central Excavating, Windmill Trucking	Watson (Offenhauser) Dunlop (Offenhauser) Shilala (Offenhauser) Kurtis 500G (Offenhauser) Silnes (Offenhauser)	35
42.	Bob Hurt	Joe Hunt Magneto	Ewing (Offenhauser)	30
43.	Chuck Rodee	Fulbright-Lane, Chalik	Gerhardt (Offenhauser) Epperly (Offenhauser)	30
44.	Buzz (Stephen M) Gregory	Enterprise Machine	Flynn D (Offenhauser)	15
45.	Ed Kostenuk	Tucker, Vatis Enterprises	Kurtis (Offenhauser) Vollstedt (Offenhauser)	10
46.	Chuck Booth	Travelon Trailer	Shilala (Offenhauser)	10
	Frank Ballard	Frank Ballard	Cooper (Maserati)	0
	Curly Boyd	Bill Schaefer	Kuzma (Chevrolet)	0
	Jack Brabham	John Zink-Urschel	Brabham (Offenhauser)	0
	Bill Cheesbourg	Osborn	Epperly (Offenhauser)	0
	Jim Clark	Lotus powered by Ford	Lotus RE (Ford)	0
	Jack Conely	J.E. Engineering	Dunn (Offenhauser)	0
	Dan Gurney	Lotus powered by Ford	Lotus (Ford)	0
	Walt Hansgen	Kjell Qvale	Huffaker (Offenhauser)	0
	Bill (William A) Horstmeyer	M A H	Kuzma (Offenhauser)	0
	Bruce Jacobi	Vargo Dragway, Vatis Enterprises, John Fray	Kurtis 500G (Offenhauser) Vollstedt (Offenhauser) Fray (Offenhauser)	0
	Eddie Johnson	Mickey Thompson Allstate	Thompson 63RE (Ford)	0
	Dave MacDonald	Mickey Thompson Allstate	Thompson 63 (Ford)	0
	Keith Rachwitz	Jerry Alderman	Thompson (Buick)	0
	Al Unser	Agajanian	Troutman RE (Offenhauser)	0
	Jerry Weld	Jerry Weld	Chenoweth (Chevrolet)	0
	Dempsey Wilson	New England Speed Equipe	Watson (Offenhauser)	0

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	A. J. Foyt	10
Most pole positions	Parnelli Jones	5
Most podium positions	A. J. Foyt	10
Most podium positions without a win	Don Branson	8

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country	Drivers	Number
93.5%	U.S.A.	Al Unser, Mario Andretti, Gordon Johncock, Johnny Rutherford, Bobby Unser, Bob Veith, Johnny Boyd, Rodger Ward, Eddie Sachs, Eddie Johnson, Len Sutton, Dick Rathmann, Clarence Walter Larson, Don Branson, Bill Cheesbourg, Dempsey Wilson, Troy Ruttman, Chuck Stevenson, A. J. Foyt, Jim McElreath, George Snider, Roger McCluskey, Bob Harkey, Lloyd Ruby, Bob Wente, Ronnie Duman, Bud Tingelstad, Parnelli Jones, Bobby Marshman, Norm Hall, Johnny White, Arnold Knepper, Bobby Grim, Joe Leonard, Jim Hurtubise, Mel Kenyon, Tommy Copp, Bob Mathouser, Chuck Hulse, Ralph Liguori, Arthur Malone, Micky Rupp, Chuck Arnold, Dee Jones, Bob Hurt, Chuck Rodee, Buzz (Stephen M) Gregory, Chuck Booth, Bruce Jacobi, Walt Hansgen, Jack Conely, Bill (William A) Horstmeyer, Curly Boyd, Dan Gurney, Jerry Weld, Keith Rachwitz, Dave MacDonald, Frank Ballard	58
3.2%	Canada	Billy Foster, Ed Kostenuk	2
1.6%	Great Britain	Jim Clark	1
1.6%	Australia	Jack Brabham	1

Individual driver statistics for the 1964 USAC National Championship

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles
Andretti, Mario	24 y/o	10	0	1	0
Arnold, Chuck	38 y/o	1	0	0	0
Ballard, Frank	n/a	1	0	0	0
Booth, Chuck	34 y/o	1	0	0	0
Boyd, Curly	39 y/o	1	0	0	0
Boyd, Johnny	37 y/o	3	0	0	0
Brabham, Jack	38 y/o	1	0	0	0
Branson, Don	44 y/o	12	0	8	1
Cheesbourg, Bill	37 y/o	1	0	0	0
Clark, Jim	28 y/o	2	0	0	1
Conely, Jack	34 y/o	1	0	0	0
Copp, Tommy	37 y/o	2	0	0	0
Duman, Ronnie	35 y/o	5	0	0	0
Foster, Billy	26 y/o	3	0	0	0
Foyt, A. J.	29 y/o	13	10	10	2
Gregory, Buzz (Stephen M)	21 y/o	1	0	0	0
Grim, Bobby	39 y/o	6	0	0	0
Gurney, Dan	33 y/o	1	0	0	0
Hall, Norm	38 y/o	12	0	0	0
Hansgen, Walt	44 y/o	1	0	0	0
Harkey, Bob	34 y/o	11	0	0	0
Horstmeyer, Bill (William A)	33 y/o	1	0	0	0
Hulse, Chuck	36 y/o	2	0	0	0
Hurt, Bob	24 y/o	2	0	0	0
Hurtubise, Jim	31 y/o	4	0	1	0
Jacobi, Bruce	29 y/o	3	0	0	0
Johncock, Gordon	27 y/o	4	0	0	0
Johnson, Eddie	45 y/o	1	0	0	0
Jones, Dee	31 y/o	5	0	0	0
Jones, Parnelli	30 y/o	10	2	3	5
Kenyon, Mel	31 y/o	5	0	0	0
Knepper, Arnold	33 y/o	9	0	0	0
Kostenuk, Ed	38 y/o	3	0	0	0
Larson, Clarence Walter	41 y/o	8	0	0	0
Leonard, Joe	31 y/o	5	0	0	0
Liguori, Ralph	37 y/o	5	0	0	0
MacDonald, Dave	27 y/o	1	0	0	0
Malone, Arthur	28 y/o	1	0	0	0
Marshman, Bobby	27 y/o	13	0	5	0
Mathouser, Bob	38 y/o	6	0	0	0
McCluskey, Roger	33 y/o	3	0	1	0
McElreath, Jim	36 y/o	9	0	0	1
Rachwitz, Keith	39 y/o	1	0	0	0
Rathmann, Dick	38 y/o	1	0	0	0
Rodee, Chuck	36 y/o	2	0	0	0
Ruby, Lloyd	36 y/o	13	1	3	0
Rupp, Micky	28 y/o	2	0	0	0
Rutherford, Johnny	26 y/o	11	0	0	1
Ruttman, Troy	34 y/o	4	0	0	0
Sachs, Eddie	37 y/o	2	0	0	0
Snider, George	23 y/o	1	0	0	0
Stevenson, Chuck	44 y/o	2	0	0	0
Sutton, Len	38 y/o	8	0	1	0
Tingelstad, Bud	36 y/o	13	0	2	0
Unser, Al	25 y/o	1	0	0	0
Unser, Bobby	30 y/o	12	0	0	0
Veith, Bob	39 y/o	2	0	0	0
Ward, Rodger	43 y/o	12	0	4	2
Weld, Jerry	26 y/o	1	0	0	0
Wente, Bob	31 y/o	6	0	0	0
White, Johnny	32 y/o	4	0	0	0
Wilson, Dempsey	37 y/o	1	0	0	0

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL