USAC National Championship Trail 1974 standings

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USAC National Championship Trail 1974 standings

Championship points standings for the USAC National Championship Trail 1974

Position	Driver	Team	Car	Engine	Points
1.	Bobby Unser	All American Racers	Eagle 74	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	4870
2.	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren Cars	McLaren M16C/D	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	3650
3.	Gordon Johncock	Patrick Racing	Eagle 74 Eagle 72 Eagle 73	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	3050
4.	Al Unser	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing	Eagle 74	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	2430
5.	Jimmy Caruthers	Fletcher Racing	Eagle 74	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	2065
6.	Bill Vukovich II	Jerry O'Connell Racing	Eagle 72 Eagle 74	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	1925
7.	Lloyd Ruby	Unlimited Racing	Eagle 72	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	1580
8.	A. J. Foyt	Foyt Enterprises	Coyote 74	Foyt 2.6 turbo	1510
9.	Wally Dallenbach	Patrick Racing	Eagle 73 Eagle 74	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	1445
10.	Steve Krisiloff	Beith Racing, Patrick Racing, Agajanian/Leader Card Racers	Eagle 72 Eagle 73 Eagle 74	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	1130
11.	Jerry Grant	Fletcher Racing	Eagle 74	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	1050
12.	Pancho Carter	Fletcher Racing	Eagle 72	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	1040
13.	Mike Mosley	Agajanian/Leader Card Racers	Eagle 72 Eagle 74	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	945
14.	Jim McElreath	Fred Gerhardt Racing	Eagle 72	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	700
15.	Mario Andretti	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing	Parnelli VPJ-2 Eagle 74 Parnelli VPJ-3	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	655
16.	John Martin	Automotive Technology	McLaren M16B	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	600
17.	Roger McCluskey	Hopkins Racing	McLaren M16B Riley 74	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	555
18.	Tom Sneva	Grant King Racing	Kingfish 73	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	550
19.	Mike Hiss	Eisenhour-Brayton Racing Team, Penske Racing	McLaren M16C Eagle 72	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	420
20.	Bentley Warren	Vatis Enterprises, Hopkins Racing, Bay State Racing	Finley 73 Eagle 72 Eagle 67	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	340
21.	Dick Simon	Dick Simon Racing, Vollstedt Enterprises	Vollstedt 73 Eagle 72	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Foyt 2.6 turbo	270
22.	Gary Bettenhausen	Penske Racing	McLaren M16C Eagle 72	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	260
23.	Bob Harkey	Cicada Racing, Hopkins Racing, Grant King Racing	Coyote 70 Cicada 72 Kingfish 73	Foyt 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	250
24.	Tom Bigelow	Vollstedt Enterprises, Agajanian/Leader Card Racers	Vollstedt 73 Lola T332	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Chevrolet 5.0	240
25.	Eldon Rasmussen	Rasmussen Racing Products	RasCar-Atlanta 74	Foyt 2.6 turbo	200
26.	Al Loquasto	Loquasto Racing, Curtis Auto Centre	Curtis 72 McLaren M16B	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	160
27.	Dan Murphy	Cicada Racing	Cicada 72	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	150
28.	Karl Busson	Fiore Racing	Vollstedt 66	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	140
29.	George Snider	Foyt Enterprises	Atlanta 72 Coyote 74	Foyt 2.6 turbo Foyt 2.6 turbo	130
30.	Joe Leonard	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing	Eagle 74	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	120
31.	Salt Walther	Dayton-Walther	McLaren M16C	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	115
32.	Bill Simpson	Bill Simpson, Beith Racing, Vollstedt Enterprises	Brabham BT25 Eagle 72 Vollstedt 73	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	105
33.	Jerry Karl	Hopkins Racing, Webster Racing, Jerry Karl Racing	Eagle 72 Lola T332	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Chevrolet 5.0	75
34.	Larry McCoy	Curtis Auto Centre, Eastern Racing Associates	Curtis 72 RasCar-Atlanta 74	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	50
35.	Mel Kenyon	Hopkins Racing	Eagle 72 Eagle 72	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Foyt 2.6 turbo	25
36.	Lee Brayton	Eisenhour-Brayton Racing Team, Webster Racing	Eagle 72 Coyote 72	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Foyt 2.6 turbo	20
37.	John Cannon	Minnesota Serendipity	Mongoose 71 Mongoose 71	Foyt 2.6 turbo Chevrolet 5.2	10
	Skip Barber	Crower Engineering	Eagle 72	Chevrolet 3.3 turbo	0
	Larry Cannon	Hoffman Auto Racing	Eagle 70	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	0
	Mel Cornett	Minnesota Serendipity	Mongoose 71	Foyt 2.6 turbo	0
	Max Dudley	Dudley Trucking	Gerhardt 68	Chevrolet 5.2	0
	David Hobbs	McLaren Cars	McLaren M16C/D	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	0
	John Hubbard	Vatis Enterprises, Precision Engineering	Finley 73 Eagle 68	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Chevrolet 5.2	0
	Jim Hurtubise	Gohr Racing	McLaren M16B	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	0
	Brett Lunger	All American Racers Jorgensen	Eagle 74A	Chevrolet 5.0	0
	John Mahler	Roy Woods Racing	Eagle 72	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	0
	Rick Muther	Webster Racing, Eisenhour-Brayton Racing	Eagle 72 Coyote 72	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Foyt 2.6 turbo	0
	Evan Noyes, Jr.	Eagle Creek Aviation	Lola T332	Chevrolet 5.0	0
	Jan Opperman	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing, Minnesota Serendipity	Parnelli VPJ-2 Mongoose 71	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Foyt 2.6 turbo	0
	Johnny Parsons	Agajanian/Leader Card Racers, Vatis Enterprises, Gehlhausen Racing	Finley 73 Eagle 72 Kingfish 72	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	0
	Sam Posey	Norris Industries	Talon MR-1	Chevrolet 5.0	0
	Bill Puterbaugh	Midwest Manufacturing	Kingfish 72	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	0
	Benny Rapp	Gifford	Cecil 69	Ford 5.8	0
	Larry Rice	Precision Engineering	Eagle 68	Chevrolet 5.2	0
	Billy Scott	Webster Racing	Eagle 66	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	0
	Sammy Sessions	Smokey Yunick, Foyt Enterprises	Eagle 72 Atlanta 72	Chevrolet 3.4 turbo Foyt 2.6 turbo	0
	Leon Sirois	Cicada Racing	Cicada 72	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	0
	Dennis Zimmerman	MVS	Eagle 72	Offenhauser 2.6 turbo	0

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Johnny Rutherford	4
	Bobby Unser	4
Most pole positions	A. J. Foyt	8
Most podium positions	Bobby Unser	10
Most podium positions without a win	Bill Vukovich II	3
Youngest driver	Pancho Carter	24 y/o
Oldest driver	Lloyd Ruby	46 y/o

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country	Drivers	Number
94.8%	U.S.A.	Al Unser, Mario Andretti, Gordon Johncock, Tom Sneva, Pancho Carter, Johnny Rutherford, Bobby Unser, A. J. Foyt, Wally Dallenbach, Bill Vukovich II, Larry Cannon, Tom Bigelow, Jim McElreath, Jerry Karl, Dick Simon, John Martin, Mike Mosley, Johnny Parsons, George Snider, Salt Walther, Al Loquasto, Rick Muther, Steve Krisiloff, Larry Rice, Billy Scott, Roger McCluskey, Bob Harkey, Jimmy Caruthers, Lloyd Ruby, Jerry Grant, Mike Hiss, Bentley Warren, Gary Bettenhausen, Dan Murphy, Karl Busson, Joe Leonard, Bill Simpson, Larry McCoy, Mel Kenyon, Lee Brayton, Skip Barber, Mel Cornett, Max Dudley, John Hubbard, Jim Hurtubise, Evan Noyes, Jr., Jan Opperman, Sam Posey, Benny Rapp, Sammy Sessions, Brett Lunger, John Mahler, Bill Puterbaugh, Leon Sirois, Dennis Zimmerman	55
3.4%	Canada	Eldon Rasmussen, John Cannon	2
1.7%	Great Britain	David Hobbs	1

Individual driver statistics for the 1974 USAC National Championship Trail

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fastest laps
Andretti, Mario	34 y/o	11	0	1	1
Barber, Skip	37 y/o	2	0	0	0
Bettenhausen, Gary	32 y/o	6	0	1	0
Bigelow, Tom	34 y/o	6	0	0	0
Brayton, Lee	40 y/o	3	0	0	0
Busson, Karl	36 y/o	4	0	0	0
Cannon, John	41 y/o	4	0	0	0
Cannon, Larry	37 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Carter, Pancho	24 y/o	8	0	1	0
Caruthers, Jimmy	29 y/o	13	0	2	0
Cornett, Mel	38 y/o	1	0	0	0
Dallenbach, Wally	37 y/o	11	0	2	0
Dudley, Max	37 y/o	1	0	0	0
Foyt, A. J.	39 y/o	12	2	4	8
Grant, Jerry	39 y/o	5	0	1	0
Harkey, Bob	44 y/o	5	0	0	0
Hiss, Mike	32 y/o	4	0	0	0
Hobbs, David	35 y/o	1	0	0	0
Hubbard, John	32 y/o	5	0	0	0
Hurtubise, Jim	41 y/o	2	0	0	0
Johncock, Gordon	37 y/o	13	2	6	0
Karl, Jerry	33 y/o	6	0	0	0
Kenyon, Mel	41 y/o	1	0	0	0
Krisiloff, Steve	27 y/o	9	0	2	0
Leonard, Joe	41 y/o	2	0	0	0
Loquasto, Al	34 y/o	6	0	0	0
Lunger, Brett	28 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Mahler, John	37 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Martin, John	35 y/o	7	0	0	0
McCluskey, Roger	43 y/o	12	0	0	0
McCoy, Larry	31 y/o	5	0	0	0
McElreath, Jim	46 y/o	8	0	0	0
Mosley, Mike	27 y/o	11	1	1	0
Murphy, Dan	32 y/o	6	0	0	0
Muther, Rick	38 y/o	2	0	0	0
Noyes, Jr., Evan	31 y/o	1	0	0	0
Opperman, Jan	35 y/o	3	0	0	0
Parsons, Johnny	29 y/o	4	0	0	0
Posey, Sam	30 y/o	1	0	0	0
Puterbaugh, Bill	38 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Rapp, Benny	46 y/o	1	0	0	0
Rasmussen, Eldon	37 y/o	3	0	0	0
Rice, Larry	28 y/o	1	0	0	0
Ruby, Lloyd	46 y/o	9	0	1	0
Rutherford, Johnny	36 y/o	13	4	4	2
Scott, Billy	35 y/o	1	0	0	0
Sessions, Sammy	38 y/o	2	0	0	0
Simon, Dick	40 y/o	9	0	0	0
Simpson, Bill	34 y/o	7	0	0	0
Sirois, Leon	39 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Sneva, Tom	26 y/o	13	0	0	0
Snider, George	33 y/o	6	0	0	0
Unser, Al	35 y/o	13	1	3	1
Unser, Bobby	40 y/o	13	4	10	2
Vukovich II, Bill	30 y/o	12	0	3	0
Walther, Salt	26 y/o	8	0	0	0
Warren, Bentley	33 y/o	6	0	0	0
Zimmerman, Dennis	33 y/o	0	0	0	0	0

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL