1963 USAC Championship Car season
Appearance
1963 USAC Championship Car season | |
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USAC National Championship Trail | |
Season | |
Races | 12 |
Start date | April 21 |
End date | November 17 |
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National champion | ![]() |
Indianapolis 500 winner | ![]() |
The 1963 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 12 races, beginning in Trenton, New Jersey on April 21 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 17. There was also one non-championship event at Pikes Peak, Colorado. The USAC National Champion was A. J. Foyt, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Parnelli Jones. Jim Clark's win at Milwaukee in August marked the first win for a rear-engined car in Champ Car competition.[1]
Schedule and results
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Road Course/Hill Climb
Non-championship race
- ^A 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
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Notes
[edit]- Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1963". Driver Database. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
- "1963 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
- http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (p. 268-269)
References
[edit]- ^ Case, Dean. "Eagle-eye Feature: August 18, 1963 - The Day the Dinosaurs Died". All American Racers. Archived from the original on December 31, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2011.