Championship points standings for the USAC National Championship 1965
Position | Driver | Team | Car | Engine | Tyres | Points | 1. | ![]() | Mario Andretti | Dean Van Lines | Blum (Offenhauser) Brawner Hawk RE (Ford) Kuzma (Offenhauser) | 3110 |
2. | ![]() | A. J. Foyt | Ansted-Thompson Racing | Lotus RE (Ford) Meskowski (Offenhauser) Meskowski D (Offenhauser) | 2500 |
3. | ![]() | Jim McElreath | Zink-Urschel Trackburner | Moore (Offenhauser) Meskowski D (Offenhauser) Brabham RE (Offenhauser) | 2035 |
4. | ![]() | Don Branson | Leader Card Racers | Watson (Offenhauser) Watson RE (Offenhauser) Watson D (Offenhauser) | 1875 |
5. | ![]() | Gordon Johncock | Weinberger Homes, Pete Salemi | Watson (Offenhauser) Blum D (Offenhauser) Gerhardt RE (Offenhauser) Blum (Offenhauser) | 1540 |
6. | ![]() | Joe Leonard | All American Racers, Leader Card Racers | Halibrand (Ford) Watson (Ford) | 1415 |
7. | ![]() | Bobby Unser | Gordon van Liew, STP Gas Treatment | Kuzma (Offenhauser) Meskowski (Offenhauser) Huffaker (Offenhauser) Ferguson (Novi) | 1402 |
8. | ![]() | Roger McCluskey | All American Racers, Weinberger Homes | Halibrand RE (Ford) Lotus RE (Ford) Blum (Offenhauser) | 1060 |
9. | ![]() | Clarence Walter Larson | Leader Card Racers, Federal Engineering | Watson D (Offenhauser) Meskowski D (Offenhauser) Trevis (Offenhauser) Meskowski (Offenhauser) Brooks RE (Offenhauser) | 1028 |
10. | ![]() | Parnelli Jones | Agajanian Hurst | Kuzma/Lotus 34 (Ford) Watson (Offenhauser) | 1000 |
11. | ![]() | Jim Clark | Lotus Powered by Ford | Lotus 38 (Ford) | 1000 |
12. | ![]() | Johnny Rutherford | Racing Associates, Leader Card Racers, Beletsky, Harrison | Philipp (Ford) Halibrand (Ford) WAtson (Offenhauser) Watson (Ford) Lesovsky (Offenhauser) Eisert (Chevrolet) | 993 |
13. | ![]() | Lloyd Ruby | McManus Racing, Jim Robbins, All American Racers, Dreyer | Halibrand (Ford) Vollstedt (Offenhauser) Turner (Chevrolet) | 850 |
14. | ![]() | Jim Hurtubise | STP Tombstone Life, McManus Racing, Enterprise Machine, Windmill Trucking, Gerhardt Racing | Halibrand (Offenhauser) Kurtis (Novi) Kuzma (Offenhauser) Halibrand (Ford) Flynn D (Offenhauser) Silnes (Offenhauser) Gerhardt (Chevrolet) | 743 |
15. | ![]() | Al (Albert) Miller (Krulock) | Jerry Alderman, Midwest Manufacturing, Demler | Lotus 29 (Ford) Kurtis (Offenhauser) Watson (Offenhauser) | 655 |
16. | ![]() | Billy Foster | Harrison, Jim Robbins, Vatis Enterprises | Eisert (Chevrolet) Vollstedt (Offenhauser) Watson (Offenhauser) Kurtis (Offenhauser) Meskowski (Offenhauser) | 520 |
17. | ![]() | Bobby Grim | Leader Card Racers | Watson (Offenhauser) | 500 |
18. | ![]() | Micky Rupp | Pete Salemi, Gerhardt Racing | Gerhardt (Offenhauser) | 500 |
19. | ![]() | Al Unser | Ansted-Thompson Racing, Harrison, Carsten & Connolly | Eisert (Chevrolet) Lola (Ford) Kuzma (Offenhauser) | 495 |
20. | ![]() | Bud Tingelstad | Hopkins Racing, STP Gas Treatment, Windmill Trucking, Dean Van Lines | Silnes (Offenhauser) Kurtis (Novi) Blum (Offenhauser) Kuzma (Offenhauser) Lola (Ford) Halibrand (Offenhauser) | 460 |
21. | ![]() | George Snider | Gerhardt, Agajanian Hurst | Watson (Offenhauser) Gerhardt RE (Offenhauser) Lotus RE (Ford) Watson D (Offenhauser) | 453 |
22. | ![]() | Ronnie Duman | Ruiz, Enterprise Machine, Pete Salemi | Flynn D (Offenhauser) Gerhardt (Offenhauser) | 447 |
23. | ![]() | Carl Williams | Dayton-Walther Racing, Beletsky, Pete Salemi, McDermott, Vargo Dragway | Watson (Offenhauser) Lesovsky (Offenhauser) Trevis (Offenhauser) Meskowski (Offenhauser) Meskowski (Chevrolet) | 370 |
24. | ![]() | Chuck Rodee | Ruiz, Wally Weir | Christiansen (Offenhauser) Halibrand (Offenhauser) | 325 |
25. | ![]() | Bob Harkey | Central Excavating, California Speed Shop, Vargo Dragway, Enterprise Machine, Federal Engineering, J | Dunlop D (Offenhauser) Curtis (Offenhauser) Trevis (Offenhauser) Watson (Offenhauser) Meskowski (Offenhauser) Flynn (Offenhauser) | 325 |
26. | ![]() | Bobby Johns | Lotus powered by Ford | Lotus (Ford) | 300 |
27. | ![]() | Dan Gurney | All American Racers | Lotus (Ford) | 230 |
28. | ![]() | Tommy Copp | H. Allen Chapman, Enterprise Machine | Watson (Offenhauser) Flynn D (Offenhauser) | 225 |
29. | ![]() | Red Riegel | Beletsky, Central Excavating | Lesovsky D (Offenhauser) Dunlop (Offenhauser) | 205 |
30. | ![]() | Art Pollard | Jim Robbins | Vollstedt (Offenhauser) | 200 |
31. | ![]() | Arnold Knepper | Vatis Enterprises | Vollstedt (Offenhauser) Kurtis (Offenhauser) Huffaker (Offenhauser) | 190 |
32. | ![]() | Gary Congdon | Harden, Stapp | Russo/Nichel (Offenhauser) Kurtis (Offenhauser) | 163 |
33. | ![]() | Sammy (Allen Dale) Sessions | Fred Maday, Central Excavating, Weinberger Homes, Federal Engineering | Kurtis (Offenhauser) Dunlop (Offenhauser) Watson (Offenhauser) Trevis (Offenhauser) | 150 |
34. | ![]() | Eddie Johnson | H. Allen Chapman | Watson (Offenhauser) | 150 |
35. | ![]() | Bob Wente | Pete Salemi | Watson (Offenhauser) | 140 |
36. | ![]() | Len Sutton | Jim Robbins | Vollstedt RE (Ford) | 110 |
37. | ![]() | Wally Dallenbach | Nelson, Ken Brenn | Kurtis (Offenhauser) Meskowski D (Offenhauser) | 80 |
38. | ![]() | Bill Vukovich II | Gerhardt Racing | Watson (Offenhauser) | 80 |
39. | ![]() | Bob Hurt | Joe Hunt Magneto, Smith Speed Shop | Ewing (Offenhauser) Chenoweth (Chevrolet) | 75 |
40. | ![]() | Norm Hall | Pope-Hall | Watson (Offenhauser) | 75 |
41. | ![]() | Charlie Lowderman | Conze | X (Offenhauser) | 70 |
42. | ![]() | Wes Vandervoort | Rocky Mountain Paving | (Chevrolet) | 60 |
43. | ![]() | Dee Jones | Lynch, Midwest Manufacturing | Kuzma (Offenhauser) Kurtis (Offenhauser) | 60 |
44. | ![]() | Paul Kleinschmidt | Coors | X (Cadillac) | 50 |
45. | ![]() | Bob Mathouser | Vargo Dragway, Kemerly, Leader Card Racers, W. R. Barnett, Taylor | Watson (Offenhauser) Lesovsky (Offenhauser) Kurtis (Offenhauser) Elder (Offenhauser) Taylor (Chevrolet) | 45 |
46. | ![]() | Jack Hahn | Wyoming Automotive | Chevrolet | 40 |
47. | ![]() | Bay (Wilbur) Darnell | Stoye Racing | Stoye (Offenhauser) | 40 |
49. | ![]() | Rodger Ward | Leader Card Racers, Mecom Racing Team | Watson RE (Ford) Lola RE (Ford) | 30 |
50. | ![]() | Dick Atkins | San Leandro Pipeline | Kuzma (Offenhauser) | 30 |
51. | ![]() | Roy Walker | Roy Walker | (Offenhauser) | 30 |
52. | ![]() | Orville Nance | Burt | Chevrolet | 25 |
53. | ![]() | Slim Roberts | Sproul Homes | X (Chevrolet) | 20 |
54. | ![]() | Greg Weld | Windmill Trucking | Silnes (Offenhauser) | 20 |
55. | ![]() | Grier Manning | Tejon | Chevrolet | 15 |
56. | ![]() | Bill Cheesbourg | Lane-Fulbright | Gerhardt RE (Offenhauser) | 10 |
57. | ![]() | Malcolm Brazier | Larchmont Homes | X (Oldsmobile) | 10 |
58. | ![]() | Louis Unser | Hartsel Hotel | X (Chevrolet) | 5 |
![]() | Johnny Boyd | George Bryant & Staff | BRP RE (Ford) | 0 |
![]() | Bob Daly | Bob Daly | Ford | 0 |
![]() | Larry Dickson | Ken Brenn | Meskowski (Offenhauser) Meskowski D (Offenhauser) | 0 |
![]() | Ted Foltz | Raybestos | X (Chevrolet) | 0 |
![]() | Jerry Grant | Kjell Qvale | Huffaker (Offenhauser) | 0 |
![]() | Masten Gregory | George Bryant Racing | BRP (Ford) | 0 |
![]() | Walt Hansgen | Kjell Qvale | Huffaker (Offenhauser) | 0 |
![]() | Skip Hedrick | Hedrick Enterprises | Porter (Offenhauser) | 0 |
![]() | Bruce Jacobi | Dayton-Walther Racing | Silnes (Offenhauser) | 0 |
![]() | Mel Kenyon | Kemerly | Lesovsky (Offenhauser) | 0 |
![]() | Ralph Liguori | Demler | Epperly (Offenhauser) Watson (Offenhauser) | 0 |
![]() | Arthur Malone | Harden, Pete Salemi | Russo/Nichel (Offenhauser) Watson (Offenhauser) Trevis (Offenhauser) | 0 |
![]() | Mike McGreevy | Stoye Racing | Stoye (Offenhauser) | 0 |
![]() | George Morris | Taylor | Taylor (Chevrolet) | 0 |
![]() | Thurel Novotny | Dayt Trans | (GMC) | 0 |
![]() | Dave Paul | Dave Paul | Watson (Offenhauser) Kurtis (Offenhauser) | 0 |
![]() | Bob Pratt | Smith Speed Shop | Chenoweth (Chevrolet) | 0 |
![]() | Vern Root | C.R. Crone Excavating | (Chevrolet) | 0 |
![]() | Chuck Stevenson | Gordon van Liew | Kuzma (Offenhauser) | 0 |
![]() | Bob Tattersall | Midwest Manufacturing | Kurtis (Offenhauser) Kurtis (Offenhauser) | 0 |
![]() | Bob Veith | Kjell Qvale | Huffaker RE (Offenhauser) | 0 |
![]() | Dempsey Wilson | McManus Racing | Halibrand RE (Ford) | 0 |
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Driver | Number | ||
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Most race wins | ![]() | A. J. Foyt | 5 |
Most pole positions | ![]() | A. J. Foyt | 10 |
Most podium positions | ![]() | Mario Andretti | 10 |
Most podium positions without a win | ![]() | Bobby Unser | 3 |
Most fastest race laps | ![]() | A. J. Foyt | 1 |
# | Date | Circuit | Winner | Second | Third | Pole | FL |
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