1957 USAC Championship Car season

The 1957 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 11. There were also five non-championship events. The USAC National Champion was Jimmy Bryan and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Sam Hanks. Keith Andrews was killed in crash while practicing for the Indianapolis 500; he was 36 years old.

1957 USAC Championship Car season
USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	13
Start date	May 30
End date	November 11
Awards
National champion	Jimmy Bryan
Indianapolis 500 winner	Sam Hanks

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Pat O'Connor	Sam Hanks
2	June 2	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Johnny Thomson	Johnny Thomson
3	June 9	Rex Mays Classic	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved	Jimmy Bryan	Rodger Ward
4	June 23	Detroit 100	Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway	Detroit, Michigan	Dirt	George Amick	Jimmy Bryan
NC	June 29	500 Miglia di Monza	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	Monza, Italy	Paved	Heat 1: Tony Bettenhausen	Heat 1: Jimmy Bryan
Heat 2: Jimmy Bryan						Heat 2: Jimmy Bryan
Heat 3: Jimmy Bryan						Heat 3: Troy Ruttman
5	July 4	Atlanta 100	Lakewood Speedway	Atlanta, Georgia	Dirt	Jimmy Bryan	George Amick
NC	July 4	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill	Bill McConnell	Bob Finney
NC	July 20	Indianapolis Sweepstakes	Williams Grove Speedway	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Jud Larson	Jud Larson
6	August 17	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	George Amick	Rodger Ward
7	August 25	Milwaukee 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved	Andy Linden	Jim Rathmann
8	September 2	Ted Horn Memorial	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt	Jud Larson	Jud Larson
9	September 7	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Elmer George	Elmer George
10	September 14	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds	Indianapolis, Indiana	Dirt	Jud Larson	Jud Larson
11	September 29	Trenton 100	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved	Johnny Thomson	Pat O'Connor
12	October 20	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt	Rodger Ward	Rodger Ward
13	November 11	Bobby Ball Memorial	Arizona State Fairgrounds	Phoenix, Arizona	Dirt	Rodger Ward	Jimmy Bryan

  Paved/Dirt Oval

  Road Course/Hill Climb

^A Indianapolis 500 was USAC-sanctioned and counted towards the 1957 FIA World Championship of Drivers title.

^B Run in three heats of 166 miles (267 km).

^C 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

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

Pos Driver INDY LAN MIL1 DET ATL SPR MIL2 DQSF SYR ISF TRE SAC PHX Pts 1 Jimmy Bryan 3 DNQ 19 1 13 7 22 18 4 2 8 2 1 1650 2 Jim Rathmann 2 5 1 6 12 6 1470 3 George Amick DNQ 5 6 2 1 3 5 16 5 3 3 4 11 1400 4 Pat O'Connor 8 DNQ 4 DNQ 3 8 2 10 1 15 2 1250 5 Jud Larson DNQ 16 4 2 2 8 1 6 1 22 3 12 1170 6 Andy Linden 5 6 18 3 3 5 10 DNQ 7 18 13 8 1130 7 Johnny Thomson 12 1 2 18 17 14 4 2 3 17 2 14 1110 8 Johnny Boyd 6 3 4 24 6 9 14 9 6 3 1040 9 Sam Hanks 1 1000 10 Elmer George 33 17 7 5 15 6 6 4 1 6 21 10 16 830 11 Rodger Ward 30 DNQ 1 16 16 1 18 3 18 13 20 1 13 740 12 Bob Veith 9 7 14 6 4 18 13 5 DNQ DNQ 15 7 10 650 13 Paul Russo 4 600 14 Jimmy Reece 18 14 12 9 2 14 10 8 5 13 550 15 Ed Elisian 29 4 DNQ 13 5 15 20 10 13 7 10 17 340 16 Len Sutton DNQ 19 7 17 4 4 DNQ 17 300 17 Billy Garrett DNQ 8 DNQ 7 DNQ 9 12 DNQ DNQ 5 18 300 18 Marshall Teague 7 DNQ 300 19 Don Branson 9 21 10 8 11 DNQ 9 DNS 5 19 280 20 Art Bisch 3 20 DNQ DNQ 4 260 21 Gene Hartley 10 15 15 7 DNP 210 22 Jack Turner 11 DNQ 22 DNQ 11 11 DNP 9 Wth 200 23 Johnny Tolan 20 DNQ 8 12 DNQ 11 DNQ 16 5 190 24 Don Freeland 17 13 DNQ 8 6 8 15 12 16 DNQ 14 190 25 Eddie Sachs 23 2 16 160 26 A. J. Foyt  RY  9 23 DNQ DNQ DNQ 11 9 7 160 27 Johnnie Parsons 16 7 120 28 Ralph Liguori  R  11 DNQ 10 DNQ 17 8 12 DNQ 110 29 Tony Bettenhausen 15 DNQ 21 15 DNQ 11 7 18 80 30 Bud Randall  R  18 14 10 DNQ 26 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 8 80 31 Bill Cheesbourg 26 11 12 9 DNQ DNP DNQ DNQ DNQ 70 32 Jim McWithey DNQ 9 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 40 33 Earl Motter 9 40 34 Don Edmunds  R  19 15 17 11 17 DNQ 13 14 DNQ DNQ 11 DNQ 40 35 Van Johnson 10 DNQ 16 DNQ 15 DNQ DNQ 30 36 Troy Ruttman 31 10 25 30 37 Chuck Weyant 14 11 DNQ DNQ DNQ 20 38 Al Herman 21 DNQ 14 DNQ DNQ 12 10 39 Dick Rathmann DNQ 12 16 DNP DNQ 16 DNQ 10 40 Al Keller 27 DNQ 12 10 41 Ken Gottschalk 12 DNQ 10 - Jimmy Daywalt 28 13 14 0 - Mike Magill 24 DNQ 13 DNQ 16 DNQ DNQ 0 - Bob Christie 13 0 - Jim Hemmings  R  DNQ 14 0 - Rex Easton DNQ DNQ 15 DNQ 0 - Bud Clemons  R  DNQ 15 0 - Shorty Templeman 17 DNQ 17 0 - Fred Agabashian 22 17 0 - Charles Musselman DNQ 18 0 - Chuck Rodee  R  DNQ 18 0 - Eddie Johnson 25 0 - Eddie Russo 32 DNQ 0 - Bob Tattersall DNS 0 - Gene Force DNQ DNQ 0 - Danny Kladis DNQ DNQ 0 - Ray Crawford DNQ DNQ 0 - Don Evans DNQ DNQ 0 - Luther Baughman DNQ DNQ 0 - Bill Homeier DNQ DNQ 0 - Ernie Koch DNQ DNQ 0 - Don Whittington DNQ DNQ 0 - Keith Andrews DNQ 0 - Johnny Baldwin DNQ 0 - Tony Bonadies DNQ 0 - Jimmy Davies DNQ 0 - Giuseppe Farina DNQ 0 - Johnny Fedricks DNQ 0 - Andy Furci DNQ 0 - Cliff Griffith DNQ 0 - Cal Niday DNQ 0 - Leroy Warriner DNQ 0 - Dempsey Wilson DNQ 0 - Chuck Arnold DNQ 0 - Del Fanning DNQ 0 Pos Driver INDY LAN MIL1 DET ATL SPR MIL2 DQSF SYR ISF TRE SAC PHX Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps  RY  Rookie of the Year  R  Rookie

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1957". Driver Database. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
• "1957 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
• http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (p. 280-281)

See also

• 1957 Indianapolis 500