1975 USAC Championship Car season


The 1975 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Ontario, California on March 2 and concluding in Avondale, Arizona on November 9. The USAC National Champion was A. J. Foyt and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Bobby Unser.

Schedule and results

All races running on Oval/Speedway.
RndDateRace NameTrackLocationPole PositionWinning Driver
1AMarch 2California 500 Qualification Heat 1Ontario Motor SpeedwayOntario, California A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt
1BMarch 2California 500 Qualification Heat 2Ontario Motor SpeedwayOntario, California Bobby Unser Wally Dallenbach, Sr.
2March 9California 500Ontario Motor SpeedwayOntario, California A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt
3March 16Bricklin 150Phoenix International RacewayAvondale, Arizona Gordon Johncock Johnny Rutherford
4April 6Trenton 200Trenton International SpeedwayTrenton, New Jersey Tom Sneva A. J. Foyt
NCApril 27World Series of Auto RacingTrenton International SpeedwayTrenton, New Jersey A. J. Foyt Johnny Rutherford
5May 25International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, Indiana A. J. Foyt Bobby Unser
6June 8Rex Mays ClassicWisconsin State Fair Park SpeedwayWest Allis, Wisconsin A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt
7June 29Schaefer 500Pocono International RacewayLong Pond, Pennsylvania Gordon Johncock A. J. Foyt
8July 20Norton 200Michigan International SpeedwayBrooklyn, Michigan A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt
9August 17Tony Bettenhausen 200Wisconsin State Fair Park SpeedwayWest Allis, Wisconsin Johnny Rutherford Mike Mosley
10September 13Michigan Grand PrixMichigan International SpeedwayBrooklyn, Michigan A. J. Foyt Tom Sneva
11September 21Trenton 150Trenton International SpeedwayTrenton, New Jersey A. J. Foyt Gordon Johncock
12November 9Phoenix 150Phoenix International RacewayAvondale, Arizona Gordon Johncock A. J. Foyt

Final points standings

Note1: Bobby Allison and George Follmer were not eligible for points.
Note2: Jerry Grant scored points at Ontario but competed with an FIA license.
Note3: Bentley Warren scored 100 points at Pocono, but forfeited those points due to a rule violation.

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