The 1960 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 12 races, beginning in Trenton, New Jersey on April 10 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 20. There were also two non-championship events at Langhorne, Pennsylvania, and Pikes Peak, Colorado. This was the final year that the Indianapolis 500 was a part of the Formula One World Championship. The USAC National Champion was A. J. Foyt and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Jim Rathmann. Foyt also scored the first four victories of his career, which was four out of the final six races of the season which helped catapult him to his first series championship. Three time USAC/AAA National Champion (1954, 1956, 1957), and 1958 Indianapolis 500 winner Jimmy Bryan, was killed in a first lap accident during the Langhorne 100 at Langhorne Speedway driving Rodger Ward's car as he refused to drive in that race; he was 34 years old.

Schedule and results

Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 April 10 Trenton 100 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved Johnny Thomson Rodger WardNC April 13 Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt Don Branson Don Branson 2 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved Eddie Sachs Jim Rathmann 3 June 5 Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved Lloyd Ruby Rodger Ward 4 June 19 Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt Don Branson Jim HurtubiseNC July 4 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill Al Unser Bobby Unser 5 August 20 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Don Branson Jim Packard 6 August 28 Milwaukee 200 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved Rodger Ward Len Sutton 7 September 5 Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt Don Branson A. J. Foyt 8 September 10 Syracuse 100 Syracuse Mile Syracuse, New York Dirt Johnny Thomson Bobby Grim 9 September 17 Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis, Indiana Dirt Rodger Ward A. J. Foyt 10 September 25 Trenton 100 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved Don Branson Eddie Sachs 11 October 30 Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento, California Dirt Don Branson A. J. Foyt 12 November 20 Bobby Ball Memorial Arizona State Fairgrounds Phoenix, Arizona Dirt Bob Cleberg A. J. Foyt

Indianapolis 500 was USAC-sanctioned and counted towards the 1960 FIA World Championship of Drivers title. 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 TRE1 INDY MIL1 LHS SPR MIL2 DQSF SYR ISF TRE2 CSF ASF Pts 1 A. J. Foyt 4 25 2 16 17 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 1680 2 Rodger Ward 1 2 1 DNQ 21 16 18 14 2 17 10 1390 3 Don Branson 22 4 22 15 7 19 8 12 4 4 3 4 1220 4 Jim Rathmann 1 DNQ 18 21 1000 5 Tony Bettenhausen 2 23 4 DNQ 15 14 2 2 2 6 5 16 940 6 Gene Force 5 28 7 3 DNQ 5 12 16 3 9 6 7 830 7 Johnny Thomson 20 5 18 DNQ 9 23 9 4 5 800 8 Len Sutton 18 30 3 8 1 DNQ DNQ 7 5 10 DNQ 780 9 Lloyd Ruby 7 6 11 4 17 6 7 DNQ 8 DNQ 13 710 10 Jim Packard 6 DNQ DNQ 2 1 6 5 13 18 20 700 11 Paul Goldsmith 3 700 12 Eddie Sachs 8 21 5 13 2 20 4 11 13 1 DNQ 650 13 Wayne Weiler 7 24 21 DNQ 5 7 DNQ DNQ 19 7 11 3 500 14 Bobby Grim 10 16 19 8 18 DNQ 7 1 16 DNQ 9 5 480 15 Eddie Johnson 6 DNQ DNQ DNQ 11 DNQ DNQ DNQ 22 440 16 Jim Hurtubise 17 18 11 1 10 26 13 15 12 13 14 2 420 17 Dick Rathmann 31 10 10 3 DNQ DNQ 10 370 18 Parnelli Jones 16 6 DNQ 13 18 6 17 19 2 DNQ 333 19 Roger McCluskey DNQ 5 13 DNQ 15 DNQ 6 11 4 DNQ 320 20 Al Farmer 11 DNQ DNQ 4 16 25 3 DNQ 15 DNQ DNQ 11 300 21 Elmer George DNQ 3 14 8 DNQ 13 6 270 22 Ernie Koch 14 9 DNQ 5 DNQ 12 7 DNQ 250 23 Bob Veith 8 14 DNP 250 24 Don Freeland 21 22 DNQ DNQ 4 DNS 240 25 Bud Tingelstad 9 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 14 12 DNQ 210 26 Jim McWithey 3 29 DNQ 14 12 DNQ 15 160 27 Shorty Templeman 17 13 DNQ 10 10 9 9 DNQ 157 28 Bob Christie 10 150 29 Chuck Stevenson 15 20 DNQ 6 24 17 DNP 8 130 30 Dempsey Wilson 33 DNQ DNQ DNQ 8 DNQ 17 DNQ 18 DNQ DNQ 100 31 Red Amick DNQ 11 DNQ 17 100 32 Jack Rounds DNQ DNQ 7 11 DNP 18 80 33 Chuck Hulse DNQ 11 10 11 17 DNQ 17 70 34 Jack Turner DNQ 8 15 DNQ DNQ 50 35 Bruce Jacobi DNP DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 8 50 36 A. J. Shepherd 8 DNQ 50 37 Bill Homeier 13 DNQ 9 12 DNQ DNQ DNS DNS 50 38 Duane Carter 12 DNQ 50 39 Johnny Boyd 27 9 22 DNQ DNQ 40 40 Gig Stephens 9 DNQ 40 41 Don Davis DNQ 9 40 42 Lee Drollinger 12 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 10 15 14 40 43 Jiggs Peters 12 DNQ DNQ DNP 16 10 44 Bob Cleberg DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 12 10 45 Bill Cheesbourg DNQ DNQ 12 DNQ DNQ DNQ 10 - Chuck Arnold 13 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNP DNQ 0 - Gene Hartley 19 14 DNQ 0 - Al Herman 14 32 0 - Harold Leep DNQ DNQ DNQ 14 0 - Bill Hyde DNQ 15 0 - Len Duncan 15 0 - Nelson Stacy 15 0 - Chuck Rodee DNQ 17 16 DNQ 0 - Danny Jones 16 18 0 - Ralph Liguori 16 DNQ 0 - Jimmy Bryan 19 DNQ 18 0 - Troy Ruttman 20 DNQ 0 - Eddie Russo 26 0 - Ebb Rose DNQ DNQ DNQ DNS DNQ 0 - Tommy Copp DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Jimmy Davies DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Norm Hall DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Johnny Tolan DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Paul Russo DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Bob McLean DNQ DNQ DNP 0 - Johnny Coy DNP DNQ DNQ 0 - Russ Congdon DNQ DNQ 0 - Cliff Griffith DNQ DNQ 0 - Tony Romit DNQ DNQ 0 - Mike Magill DNQ DNQ 0 - Bob Tattersall DNQ DNQ 0 - Mike McGreevy DNQ DNQ 0 - Jim Hemmings DNP DNQ 0 - George Constantine DNQ 0 - Jimmy Daywalt DNQ 0 - Duke Dinsmore DNQ 0 - Jack Ensley DNQ 0 - Bob Gregg DNQ 0 - Eddie Jackson DNQ 0 - Al Keller DNQ 0 - Marvin Pifer DNQ 0 - Bob Wente DNQ 0 - Chuck Weyant DNQ 0 - Wib Spalding DNQ 0 - Bobby Marshman DNQ 0 - Cliff Spalding DNQ 0 - Don Horvath DNQ 0 - Foster Campbell DNP 0 - Leon Clum DNP 0 Pos Driver TRE1 INDY MIL1 LHS SPR MIL2 DQSF SYR ISF TRE2 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. 274-275)

See also 1960 Indianapolis 500