USAC National Championship 1974 standings

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USAC National Championship 1974 standings

Championship points standings for the USAC National Championship 1974

Position	Driver	Team	Car	Points
1.	Bobby Unser	All American Racers	Eagle 74 (Offenhauser)	4870
2.	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren Cars	McLaren M16C/D (Offenhauser)	3650
3.	Gordon Johncock	Patrick Racing	Eagle 74 (Offenhauser TC)	3050
4.	Al Unser	Vel's Parnelli Jones	Eagle 74 (Offenhauser)	2430
5.	Jimmy Caruthers	Fletcher Racing	Eagle (Offenhauser)	2065
6.	Billy (William John) Vukovich Jr	Jerry O'Connell	Eagle 74 (Offenhauser TC)	1925
7.	Lloyd Ruby	Unlimited Racing	Eagle (Offenhauser)	1580
8.	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore Racing	Coyote (Foyt TC)	1510
9.	Wally Dallenbach	Patrick Racing	Eagle 74 (Offenhauser TC)	1445
10.	Steve Krisiloff	American Kids Racer, Patrick Racing, Agajanian-Leader Card	Eagle 74 (Offenhauser TC)	1130
11.	Jerry Grant	Fletcher Racing	Eagle (Offenhauser)	1050
12.	Pancho Carter	Fletcher Racing	Eagle (Offenhauser)	1040
13.	Mike Mosley	Agajanian-Leader Card	Eagle 74 (Offenhauser TC)	945
14.	Jim McElreath	Fred Gerhardt Racing	Eagle 74 (Offenhauser TC)	700
15.	Mario Andretti	Vel's Parnelli Jones	Parnelli (Offenhauser TC) Eagle (Offenhauser TC)	655
16.	John Martin	Automotive Technology	McLaren (Offenhauser TC)	600
17.	Roger McCluskey	Hopkins Racing	McLaren (Offenhauser TC) Riley (Offenhauser TC)	555
18.	Tom Sneva	King Racing	King (Offenhauser TC)	550
19.	Mike Hiss	Brayton Racing, Penske Racing	Eagle (Offenhauser) McLaren (Offenhauser)	420
20.	Bentley Warren	Vatis, Hopkins Racing	Finley (Offenhauser) Eagle (Offenhauser)	340
21.	Dick Simon	Dick Simon Racing, Vollstedt Racing	Eagle (Foyt TC) Vollstedt (Offenhauser TC)	270
22.	Gary Bettenhausen	Penske Racing	McLaren (Offenhauser)	260
23.	Bob Harkey	Cicada Racing, Hopkins Racing, King Racing	Cicada (Offenhauser TC) Coyote (FoytTC) King (Offenhauser TC)	250
24.	Tom Bigelow	Vollstedt Racing, Agajanian-Leader Card	Lola T332 (Chevrolet V8) Vollstedt (Offenhauser TC)	240
25.	Eldon Rasmussen	Ras-Car	Rascar (Foyt TC)	200
26.	Al Loquasto	Al Loquasto, Curtis Auto Centre	McLaren (Chevrolet) McLaren (Offenhauser TC) Curtis (Offenhauser TC)	160
27.	Dan Murphy	Adams Automotive	Cicada (Offenhauser)	150
28.	Karl Busson	Fiore Racing	Vollstedt (Offenhauer)	140
29.	George Snider	Greer-Gilmore Racing	Atlanta (Foyt TC) Coyote (Foyt TC)	130
30.	Joe Leonard	Vel's Parnelli Jones	Eagle 74 (Offenhauser)	120
31.	Salt Walther	Dayton-Walther	McLaren (Offenhauser TC)	115
32.	Bill Simpson	Bill Simpson, American Kids Racer	Brabham (Offenhauser) Eagle (Offenhauser)	105
33.	Jerry Karl	Hopkins Racing, Webster Racing, Labar Enterprises	Lola T332 (Chevrolet V8) Eagle (Offenhauser TC)	75
34.	Larry McCoy	Curtis Auto Centre, Larry McCoy	Curtis (Offenhauser) Rascar (Offenhauser) Atlanta (Offenhauser)	50
35.	Mel Kenyon	Hopkins Racing	Eagle (Offenhauser)	25
36.	Lee Brayton	Brayton Racing	Eagle (Offenhauser) Coyote (Foyt)	20
37.	John Cannon	Minnesota Serendipity	Atlanta (Foyt) Mongoose (Foyt)	10
	John Barber III	Crower	Eagle (Chevrolet)	0
	Larry Cannon	Hoffman Racing	Eagle (Offenhauser TC)	0
	Mel Cornett	Minnesota Serendipity	Mongoose (Foyt)	0
	Max Dudley	Max Dudley	Gerhardt (Chevrolet)	0
	David Hobbs	McLaren Cars	McLaren M16C/D (Offenhauser)	0
	John Hubbard	Vatis, Precision Engineering	Finley (Offenhauser) Eagle (Chevrolet)	0
	Jim Hurtubise	Gohr, Fred Gerhardt Racing	McLaren (Offenhauser) Eagle (Offenhauser)	0
	Rick Muther	Webster Racing, Brayton Racing	Eagle (Offenhauser TC) Coyote (Foyt TC)	0
	Evan Noyes		Eagle (Chevrolet)	0
	Jan Opperman	Vel's Parnelli Jones, Minnesota Serendipity	Parnelli (Offenhauser) Mongoose (Foyt)	0
	Johnny Parsons Jr.	Agajanian-Leader Card, Vatis, Midwest	Lola (Offenhauser TC) Finley (Offenhauser TC) Eagle (Offenhauser)	0
	Sam Posey	Norris Industries		0
	Benny Rapp	Gifford	Brabham (Foyt)	0
	Larry Rice	Precision Engineering	Eagle (Chevrolet)	0
	Bill Scott	Webster Racing	Eagle (Offenhauser TC)	0
	Sammy (Allen Dale) Sessions	Gilmore Racing	Eagle (Chevrolet) Coyote (Foyt)	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	Billy (William John) Vukovich Jr	3
Youngest driver	Pancho Carter	24 y/o
Oldest driver	Lloyd Ruby	46 y/o

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country	Drivers	Number
94.3%	U.S.A.	Al Unser, Mario Andretti, Gordon Johncock, Tom Sneva, Pancho Carter, Johnny Rutherford, Bobby Unser, A.J. Foyt, Wally Dallenbach, Billy (William John) Vukovich Jr, Larry Cannon, Tom Bigelow, Jim McElreath, Jerry Karl, Dick Simon, John Martin, Mike Mosley, Johnny Parsons Jr., George Snider, Salt Walther, Al Loquasto, Rick Muther, Steve Krisiloff, Larry Rice, Bill 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, John Barber III, Mel Cornett, Max Dudley, John Hubbard, Jim Hurtubise, Evan Noyes, Jan Opperman, Sam Posey, Benny Rapp, Sammy (Allen Dale) Sessions	50
3.8%	Canada	Eldon Rasmussen, John Cannon	2
1.9%	Great Britain	David Hobbs	1

Individual driver statistics for the 1974 USAC National Championship

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles
Andretti, Mario	34 y/o	11	0	1	1
Barber III, John	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
Cannon, John	41 y/o	4	0	0	0
Cannon, Larry	37 y/o	1	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
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, Evan	31 y/o	1	0	0	0
Opperman, Jan	35 y/o	3	0	0	0
Parsons Jr., Johnny	29 y/o	4	0	0	0
Posey, Sam	30 y/o	1	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, Bill	35 y/o	1	0	0	0
Sessions, Sammy (Allen Dale)	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
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 Jr, Billy (William John)	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

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL