1958 USAC Championship Car season


The 1958 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Trenton, New Jersey on March 30 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 11. There were also five non-championship events. The USAC National Champion was Tony Bettenhausen and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Jimmy Bryan. There were three fatalities during the season. Pat O'Connor lost his life in a first lap accident during the Indy 500. Art Bisch died of injuries suffered during the race at Lakewood Speedway. Jimmy Reece was killed in a late-race incident at the Trenton 100.

Schedule and results

RndDateRace NameTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1March 30 Trenton 100Trenton International SpeedwayTrenton, New JerseyPaved Len Sutton Len Sutton
2May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaPaved Dick Rathmann Jimmy Bryan
3June 8 Rex Mays ClassicMilwaukee MileWest Allis, WisconsinPaved Art Bisch Art Bisch
4June 15 Langhorne 100Langhorne SpeedwayLanghorne, PennsylvaniaDirt Jud Larson Eddie Sachs
NCJune 29 500 Miglia di MonzaAutodromo Nazionale di MonzaMonza, ItalyPavedHeat 1: Luigi MussoHeat 1: Jim Rathmann
NCJune 29 500 Miglia di MonzaAutodromo Nazionale di MonzaMonza, ItalyPavedHeat 2: Jim RathmannHeat 2: Jim Rathmann
NCJune 29 500 Miglia di MonzaAutodromo Nazionale di MonzaMonza, ItalyPavedHeat 3: Jim RathmannHeat 3: Jim Rathmann
5July 4 Atlanta 100Lakewood SpeedwayAtlanta, GeorgiaDirt Don Branson Jud Larson
NCJuly 4 Pikes Peak Auto Hill ClimbPikes Peak HighwayPikes Peak, ColoradoHill Louie Unser Bobby Unser
NCJuly 20 Indianapolis SweepstakesWilliams Grove SpeedwayMechanicsburg, PennsylvaniaDirt Johnny Thomson Jud Larson
6August 16 Springfield 100Illinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirt Jud Larson Johnny Thomson
7August 24 Milwaukee 200Milwaukee MileWest Allis, WisconsinPaved Jim Rathmann Rodger Ward
8September 1 Ted Horn MemorialDuQuoin State FairgroundsDu Quoin, IllinoisDirt Johnny Thomson Johnny Thomson
9September 6 Syracuse 100New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirt Jud Larson Johnny Thomson
10September 13 Hoosier HundredIndiana State FairgroundsIndianapolis, IndianaDirt Jud Larson Eddie Sachs
11September 28 Trenton 100Trenton International SpeedwayTrenton, New JerseyPaved Jimmy Reece Rodger Ward
12October 26 Golden State 100California State FairgroundsSacramento, CaliforniaDirt Johnny Thomson Johnny Thomson
13November 11 Bobby Ball MemorialArizona State FairgroundsPhoenix, ArizonaDirt Rex Easton Jud Larson

Final points standings


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