1959 USAC season
The USAC 1959 season began April 4 in Daytona and ended on October 25 in Sacramento . Rodger Ward secured the title.
Race results
| date | run | miles | winner | Winning team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4. April |
 Daytona *
|
50 |
Jim Rathmann
|
Watson - Offenhauser |
| 2 | 4. April |
Daytona
|
100 |
Jim Rathmann
|
Watson-Offenhauser |
| 3 | April 19th |
Trenton
|
87 |
Tony Bettenhausen
|
Kuzma -Offenhauser |
| 4th | 30th May |
Indianapolis
|
500 |
Rodger Ward
|
Watson-Offenhauser |
| 5 | June 7th |
Milwaukee
|
100 |
Johnny Thomson
|
Lesovsky- Offenhauser |
| 6th | 14th June |
Langhorne
|
100 |
Van Johnson
|
Kurtis Kraft -Offenhauser |
| 7th | July 19 |
Williams Grove *
|
6.5 |
Rodger Ward
|
Watson-Offenhauser |
| 8th | August 22nd |
Springfield
|
100 |
Len Sutton
|
Kuzma-Offenhauser |
| 9 | August 30th |
Milwaukee
|
200 |
Rodger Ward
|
Watson-Offenhauser |
| 10 | 7th of September |
You quoin
|
100 |
Rodger Ward
|
Watson-Offenhauser |
| 11 | 12th September |
Syracuse
|
100 |
Eddie Sachs
|
Mesowski -Offenhauser |
| 12 | September 19th |
Indiana State Fairgrounds
|
100 |
Rodger Ward
|
Watson-Offenhauser |
| 13 | September 27th |
Trenton
|
100 |
Eddie Sachs
|
Mesowski-Offenhauser |
| 14th | October 18 |
Phoenix
|
100 |
Tony Bettenhausen
|
Kuzma-Offenhauser |
| 15th | October 25 |
Sacramento
|
100 |
Jim Hurtubise
|
Kuzma-Offenhauser |
* Races did not count towards the championship
Driver Championship (Top 10)
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