1965 USAC National Championship Trail

Mario Andretti - Champion

Date Race Track Miles Type Winner
3/28/65 Jimmy Bryan Memorial Phoenix 150 PO Don Branson
4/25/65 Trenton 100 Trenton 87 PO Jim McElreath
5/31/65 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis 500 PO Jim Clark
6/6/65 Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee 100 PO Parnelli Jones
6/20/65 Langhorne 100 Langhorne 100 PO Jim McElreath
7/4/65 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak 12.42 HC Al Unser
7/18/65 Trenton 150 Trenton 150 PO A. J. Foyt
7/25/65 Hoosier Grand Prix IRP 150 RC Mario Andretti
8/1/65 Atlanta Championship 250 Atlanta 250.5 PO Johnny Rutherford
8/8/65 Langhorne 125 Langhorne 125 PO Jim McElreath
8/14/65 Milwaukee 150 Milwaukee 150 PO Joe Leonard
8/21/65 Tony Bettenhausen Memorial Springfield 100 DO A. J. Foyt
8/22/65 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee 200 PO Gordon Johncock
9/7/65 Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin 100 DO Don Branson
9/18/65 Hoosier Hundred ISF 100 DO A. J. Foyt
9/26/65 Trenton 200 Trenton 200 PO A. J. Foyt
10/24/65 Golden State 100 Sacramento 100 DO Don Branson
11/21/65 Bobby Ball Memorial Phoenix 200 PO A. J. Foyt

 

Standing Driver Starts DNS/DNQ Wins 2nds 3rds 4ths 5ths Best Finish Poles Points
1 Mario Andretti 16 1 1 6 3 2 0 3 3110
2 A. J. Foyt 17 0 5 3 1 1 0 10 2500
3 Jim McElreath 16 1 3 2 2 0 2 1 2035
4 Don Branson 17 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 1875
5 Gordon Johncock 15 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1540
6 Joe Leonard 9 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 1415
7 Bobby Unser 18 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 1402
8 Roger McCluskey 12 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1060
9 Jud Larson 14 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1028
10 Parnelli Jones 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1000
11 Jim Clark 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1000
12 Johnny Rutherford 15 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 993
13 Lloyd Ruby 11 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 850
14 Jim Hurtubise 14 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 743
15 Al Miller (Krulac) 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 655
16 Billy Foster 12 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 520
17 Bobby Grim 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 500
18 Mickey Rupp 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 500
19 Al Unser 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 495
20 Bud Tingelstad 15 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 460
21 George Snider 12 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 453
22 Ronnie Duman 13 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 447
23 Carl Williams 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 370
24 Chuck Rodee 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 325
25 Bob Harkey 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 325
26 Bobby Johns 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 300
27 Dan Gurney 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 230
28 Tommy Copp 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 225
29 Red Riegel 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 205
30 Art Pollard 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 200
31 Arnie Knepper 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 190
32 Gary Congdon 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 163
33 Sam Sessions 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 150
34 Eddie Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 150
35 Bob Wente 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 140
36 Len Sutton 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 110
37 Wally Dallenbach 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 80
38 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 80
39 Bob Hurt 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 75
40 Norm Hall 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 75
41 Charlie Lowderman 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 70
42 Wes Vandervoort 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 60
43 Dee Jones 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 60
44 Paul Kleinschmidt 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50
45 Bob Mathouser 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 45
46 Jack Hahn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 40
47 Bay Darnell 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 40
48 Roy Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 30
49 Rodger Ward 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 30
50 Dick Atkins 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 30
51 Orville Nance 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 25
52 Slim Roberts 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 20
53 Greg Weld 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 20
54 Grier Manning 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 15
55 Malcolm Brazier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 10
56 Bill Cheesbourg 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 10
57 Louis Unser 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 5
NR Dave Paul 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR Johnny Boyd 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR Vern Root 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR Art Malone 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Larry Dickson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Walt Hansgen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Thurel Novotny 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Dempsey Wilson 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Bob Daly 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
NR Bob McLees 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
NR Ralph Liguori 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
NR Mike McGreevy 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
NR Bob Tattersall 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
NR Rick Vermillion 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
NR Bruce Jacobi 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0
NR Mel Kenyon 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0
NR George Morris 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0
NR Bob Werner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0
NR Bob Pratt 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0
NR Clark Yowell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0
NR Hank Davis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0
NR Skip Hedrich 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0
NR Dan Morgan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0
NR Ted Foltz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0
NR Masten Gregory 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0
NR Clyde McFarlin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0
NR Walt Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0
NR Bob Veith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0
NR Chuck Stevenson 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0
NR Jerry Grant 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0
NR Chuck Arnold 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Chuck Booth 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bob Christie 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Sherman Cleveland 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Danny Collins 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bill Eldridge 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Ray Furnal 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Paul Goldsmith 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Skip Hudson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bob Huebner 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Chuck Hulse 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bob King 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Dale Reed 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Ebb Rose 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Paul Russo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Gig Stephens 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bill Sullivan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
 
Debuts Farewells
Dick Atkins
Sherman Cleveland
Danny Collins
Gary Congdon
Wally Dallenbach
Bay Darnell
Hank Davis
Larry Dickson
Bill Eldridge
Ray Furnal
Skip Hedrick
Skip Hudson
Bob Huebner
Bob King
Dave Paul
Art Pollard
Bob Pratt
Dale Reed
Sam Sessions
Bill Sullivan
Billy Vukovich, Jr.
Greg Weld
Bob Werner
Sherman Cleveland
Danny Collins
Hank Davis
Bill Eldridge
Ray Furnal
Paul Goldsmith
Walt Hansgen
Skip Hudson
Bob Huebner
Bob McLees
George Morris
Dale Reed
Slim Roberts
Mickey Rupp
Paul Russo
Bill Sullivan
Len Sutton
Louis Unser
Roy Walker