1958 USAC National Championship Trail

Tony Bettenhausen - Champion

Date Race Track Miles Type Winner
3/30/58 Trenton 100 Trenton 100 PO Len Sutton
5/30/58 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis 500 PO Jimmy Bryan
6/8/58 Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee 100 PO Art Bisch
6/15/58 Langhorne 100 Langhorne 100 DO Eddie Sachs
7/4/58 Atlanta 100 Lakewood 100 DO Jud Larson
8/16/58 Springfield 100 Springfield 100 DO Johnny Thomson
8/24/58 Milwaukee 200 Milwaukee 200 PO Rodger Ward
9/1/58 Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin 100 DO Johnny Thomson
9/6/58 Syracuse 100 Syracuse 100 DO Johnny Thomson
9/13/58 Hoosier Hundred ISF 100 DO Eddie Sachs
9/28/58 Trenton 100 Trenton 100 PO Rodger Ward
10/26/58 Golden State 100 Sacramento 100 DO Johnny Thomson
11/11/58 Bobby Ball Memorial Phoenix 100 DO Jud Larson

Non-Championship Events

Date Race Track Miles Type Winner
6/29/58 500 Miglia di Monza Heat 1 Monza 166.32 PO Jim Rathmann
6/29/58 500 Miglia di Monza Heat 2 Monza 166.32 PO Jim Rathmann
6/29/58 500 Miglia di Monza Heat 3 Monza 166.32 PO Jim Rathmann
7/20/58 Indianapolis Sweepstakes Williams Grove 25 DO Jud Larson

 

Standing Driver Starts DNS/DNQ Wins 2nds 3rds 4ths 5ths Best Finish Poles Points
1 Tony Bettenhausen 13 0 0 4 2 1 3 0 1830
2 George Amick 12 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1640
3 Johnny Thomson 13 0 4 2 2 1 0 2 1520
4 Jud Larson 12 0 2 1 1 0 2 4 1250
5 Rodger Ward 12 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 1160
6 Jimmy Bryan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1000
7 Eddie Sachs 11 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 990
8 Johnny Boyd 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 800
9 Don Branson 10 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 790
10 A. J. Foyt 12 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 700
11 Len Sutton 10 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 670
12 Jimmy Reece 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 660
13 Don Freeland 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 560
14 Jim Rathmann 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 560
15 Bob Veith 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 480
16 Johnnie Tolan 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 450
17 Eddie Johnson 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 360
18 Joe Barzda 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 320
19 Elmer George 9 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 300
20 Rex Easton 10 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 270
21 Jack Turner 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 230
22 Bill Cheesbourg 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 220
23 Art Bisch 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 200
24 Ed Elisian 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 180
25 Ralph Liguori 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 170
26 Buzz Barton 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 170
27 Earl Motter 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 130
28 Al Keller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 100
29 Jim Packard 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 80
30 Mike Magill 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 60
31 Dempsey Wilson 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 60
32 Paul Russo 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 50
33T Chuck Rodee 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 50
33T Johnnie Parsons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 50
35 Wayne Weiler 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 40
36 Bobby Grim 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 40
37 Shorty Templeman 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 30
38 Roy Graham 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 10
NR Bob Schroeder 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR Gene Hartley 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR Pat O'Connor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR Lloyd Ruby 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR Dick Linder 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Dick Rathmann 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0
NR Bob Christie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Jiggs Peters 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Troy Ruttman 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Jimmy Davies 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
NR Gene Force 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
NR Pat Flaherty 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
NR Bill Homeier 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
NR Billy Garrett 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0
NR Tony Bonadies 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0
NR Chuck Weyant 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0
NR Paul Goldsmith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0
NR Jerry Unser 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0
NR Fred Agabashian 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Red Amick 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Buddy Cagle 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bill Chennault 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bud Clemons 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Peter Collins 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bob Cortner 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Ray Crawford 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Allen Crowe 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jimmy Daywalt 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Don Edmunds 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jack Ensley 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Juan Manuel Fangio 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Joe Giba 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Norm Hall 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Al Herman 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Chuck Hulse 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bill Hyde 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Van Johnson 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Ernie Koch 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jim McWithey 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Tom Pistone 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Eddie Russo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Dutch Schaefer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Carroll Shelby 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Marshall Teague 0 1