Sports season
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 the Indianapolis 500 winner was Johnny Rutherford .
Schedule and results [ edit ] All races running on Oval/Speedway.
Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Pole Position Winning Driver 1 March 14 Jimmy Bryan 150 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale , Arizona Al Unser Bobby Unser 2 May 2 Trenton 200 Trenton International Speedway Trenton , New Jersey A. J. Foyt Johnny Rutherford 3 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes A Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway , Indiana Johnny Rutherford Johnny Rutherford 4 June 13 Rex Mays Classic Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis , Wisconsin Gordon Johncock Mike Mosley 5 June 27 Schaefer 500 Pocono International Raceway Long Pond , Pennsylvania Johnny Parsons Al Unser 6 July 18 Norton Twin 200s Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn , Michigan A. J. Foyt Gordon Johncock 7 August 1 Texas 150 Texas World Speedway College Station , Texas A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt 8 August 15 Trenton 200B Trenton International Speedway Trenton , New Jersey A. J. Foyt Gordon Johncock 9 August 22 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis , Wisconsin Johnny Rutherford Al Unser 10 September 5 California 500 Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario , California A. J. Foyt Bobby Unser 11 September 18 Michigan 150 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn , Michigan A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt 12 October 31 Benihana World Series of Auto Racing Texas World Speedway College Station , Texas A. J. Foyt Johnny Rutherford 13 November 7 Bobby Ball 150 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale , Arizona Bobby Unser Al Unser
^A Scheduled for 500 miles, stopped early due to rain. ^B Scheduled for 200 miles, stopped early due to rain. Final points standings [ edit ] Note: David Hobbs, Danny Ongais and Vern Schuppan are not eligible for points.
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Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing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 ] Åberg, 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 May 6, 2009. 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. 219-220) See also [ edit ]
Seasons Indianapolis 500s National Champions Tracks