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1961 / USAC National Championship Trail

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Races

Date Circuit Q Race
April 9 Trenton Speedway 1961 USAC I Trenton 100
May 30 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1961 USAC Indianapolis 500
June 4 The Milwaukee Mile Speedway 1961 USAC Rex Mays 100
June 18 Langhorne Speedway 1961 USAC Langhorne 100
August 20 The Milwaukee Mile Speedway 1961 USAC Milwaukee 200
August 21 Springfield Raceway 1961 USAC Springfield 100
September 4 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds 1961 USAC Ted Horn Memorial 100
September 9 The Syracuse Mile 1961 USAC Syracuse 100
September 16 Indiana State Fairgrounds 1961 USAC Hoosier 100
September 24 Trenton Speedway 1961 USAC II Trenton 100
October 29 Sacramento Raceway Park 1961 USAC Sacramento 100
November 19 Phoenix International Raceway 1961 USAC Phoenix 100

Standings

1 A.J.Foyt 2150
2 Eddie Sachs 1760
3 Rodger Ward 1680
4 Shorty Templeman 1190
5 Al Keller 1000
6 Jim Hurtubise 939
7 Len Sutton 860
8 Bobby Marshman 769
9 Parnelli Jones 750
10 Dick Rathmann 750
11 Lloyd Ruby 670
12 Don Branson 530
13 Elmer George 470
14 Chuck Stevenson 400
15 Roger McCluskey 370
16 A.J. Shepherd 360
17 Chuck Hulse 302
18 Jim McElreath 290
19 Cotton Farmer 260
20 Jack Brabham 200
21 Johnny Boyd 160
22 Norm Hall 150
23 Don Davis 140
23 Troy Ruttman 140
25 Ronnie Duman 128
26 Bob Christie 110
27 Gene Hartley 100
28 Len Duncan 60
28 Red Riegel 60
28 Ralph Liguori 60
31 Jiggs Peters 50
32 Allen Crowe 40
32 Don Freeland 40
32 Danny Jones 40
35 Wayne Weiler 30
35 Bob Cleberg 30
35 Bruce Jacobi 30
38 Rex Easton 22
39 Bob Mathouser 20
39 Bud Tingelstad 20
39 Eddie Johnson 20
42 Jack Turner 10
42 Dempsey Wilson 10