Sports 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.
Schedule and results [ edit ]
Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver 1 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes A 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 B 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 C 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] See also [ edit ]
Seasons Indianapolis 500s National Champions Tracks