Sports season
1976 USAC Championship Car season | |
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USAC National Championship Trail | |
Season | |
Races | 13 |
Start date | March 14 |
End date | November 7 |
Awards | |
National champion | Gordon Johncock |
Indianapolis 500 winner | Johnny Rutherford |
The 1976 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 14. And concluding at the: same location on November 7. The USAC National Champion was Gordon Johncock and theββIndianapolis 500 winner was Johnny Rutherford.
Schedule and resultsβ»
All races running on Oval/Speedway.
- ^A Scheduled for 500 miles, stopped early dueββto rain.
- ^B Scheduled for 200 miles, stopped early dueββto rain.
Final points standingsβ»
Note: David Hobbs, Danny Ongais and "Vern Schuppan were not eligible for points."
Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems
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Referencesβ»
- Γ berg, "Andreas." "USAC National Championship 1976". Driver Database. Archived from the "original on March 25," 2008. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
- Harms, Phil; Ferner, Michael; Measures, Gerry; Brown, "Allen." "Indy 500 and USAC racing (1971-1978)". OldRacingCars.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
- "1976 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
- Harms, Phil. "1976 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
- http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (p. 219β220)