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. Hanks would retire from IndyCar racing following his Indy victory but still raced USAC Stock Cars until the end of this year. Keith Andrews was killed in crash while practicing for the Indianapolis 500; he was 36 years old.

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 BryanNC 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 AmickNC July 4 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill Bill McConnell Bob FinneyNC 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 Syracuse Mile 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

Indianapolis 500 was USAC-sanctioned and counted towards the 1957 FIA World Championship of Drivers title. Run in three heats of 166 miles (267 km). 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

Pos Driver INDY LHS MIL1 MSF LAK SPR MIL2 DQSF SYR ISF TRE CSF ASF 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 Johnnie 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 9 23 DNQ DNQ DNQ 11 9 7 160 27 Johnnie Parsons 16 7 120 28 Ralph Liguori 11 DNQ 10 DNQ 17 8 12 DNQ 110 29 Tony Bettenhausen 15 DNQ 21 15 DNQ 11 7 18 80 30 Bud Randall 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 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 DNQ 14 0 - Rex Easton DNQ DNQ 15 DNQ 0 - Bud Clemons DNQ 15 0 - Shorty Templeman 17 DNQ 17 0 - Fred Agabashian 22 17 0 - Charles Musselman DNQ 18 0 - Chuck Rodee 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 LHS MIL1 MSF LAK SPR MIL2 DQSF SYR ISF TRE CSF ASF 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competing In-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race laps Rookie of the Year Rookie

References

http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf (p. 280-281)

See also 1957 Indianapolis 500