The 1958 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Trenton, New Jersey on March 30 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 11. There were also five non-championship events. The USAC National Champion was Tony Bettenhausen and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Jimmy Bryan. The victory was Bryan's final victory in IndyCar racing. There were three fatalities during the season. Pat O'Connor lost his life in a first lap accident during the Indy 500. Art Bisch died of injuries suffered during the race at Lakewood Speedway. Jimmy Reece was killed in a late-race incident at the second Trenton 100. Bettenhausen became the first USAC champion without a single race win (and at the time the only one) during the season until Tom Sneva did so 20 years later.

Schedule and results

Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 March 30 Trenton 100 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved Len Sutton Len Sutton 2 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved Dick Rathmann Jimmy Bryan 3 June 8 Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved Art Bisch Art Bisch 4 June 15 Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt Jud Larson Eddie SachsNC June 29 500 Miglia di Monza Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy Paved Heat 1: Luigi Musso Heat 1: Jim Rathmann Heat 2: Jim Rathmann Heat 2: Jim Rathmann Heat 3: Jim Rathmann Heat 3: Jim Rathmann 5 July 4 Atlanta 100 Lakewood Speedway Atlanta, Georgia Dirt Don Branson Jud LarsonNC July 4 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill Louie Unser Bobby UnserNC July 20 Indianapolis Sweepstakes Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dirt Johnny Thomson Jud Larson 6 August 16 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Jud Larson Johnny Thomson 7 August 24 Milwaukee 200 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved Jim Rathmann Rodger Ward 8 September 1 Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt Johnny Thomson Johnny Thomson 9 September 6 Syracuse 100 Syracuse Mile Syracuse, New York Dirt Jud Larson Johnny Thomson 10 September 13 Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis, Indiana Dirt Jud Larson Eddie Sachs 11 September 28 Trenton 100 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved Jimmy Reece Rodger Ward 12 October 26 Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento, California Dirt Johnny Thomson Johnny Thomson 13 November 11 Bobby Ball Memorial Arizona State Fairgrounds Phoenix, Arizona Dirt Rex Easton Jud Larson

Indianapolis 500 was USAC-sanctioned and counted towards the 1958 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 LAK SPR MIL2 DQSF SYR ISF TRE2 CSF ASF Pts 1 Tony Bettenhausen 2 4 2 5 18 12 25 2 3 5 3 5 2 1830 2 George Amick 6 2 6 14 2 18 4 18 2 Wth 19 4 15 1640 3 Johnny Thomson 3 23 4 18 3 1 22 1 1 2 2 1 14 1520 4 Jud Larson 5 8 9 3 1 13 7 5 17 22 2 1 1250 5 Rodger Ward 11 20 19 DNQ 7 16 1 4 4 3 1 16 5 1160 6 Jimmy Bryan 1 1000 7 Eddie Sachs DNQ 22 10 1 6 DNQ 3 17 10 1 10 15 3 990 8 Johnny Boyd 3 5 15 800 9 Don Branson DNQ 4 5 7 12 3 6 4 6 12 7 790 10 A. J. Foyt 16 21 2 11 11 7 8 14 8 11 3 4 700 11 Len Sutton 1 32 11 9 4 9 9 6 DNQ DNQ 8 DNQ 9 670 12 Jimmy Reece DNQ 6 3 26 DNQ 7 7 660 13 Don Freeland 7 DNQ 6 3 21 9 18 16 14 DNQ 560 14 Jim Rathmann 5 7 23 560 15 Bob Veith 26 DNQ 6 2 16 6 18 480 16 Johnny Tolan 13 8 15 6 5 9 11 18 8 10 450 17 Eddie Johnson 9 22 10 DNQ 5 360 18 Joe Barzda 9 13 16 4 11 13 15 4 320 19 Elmer George 12 DNQ 17 13 8 2 DNQ DNS 16 10 DNQ 17 8 300 20 Rex Easton DNQ 15 17 13 5 17 10 7 DNQ 13 13 6 270 21 Jack Turner 25 DNS 12 17 5 11 DNQ DNQ DNQ 230 22 Bill Cheesbourg 10 12 10 10 DNQ DNS DNS DNQ 220 23 Art Bisch 33 1 DNQ 16 200 24 Ed Elisian 28 DNQ DNQ 17 8 9 9 180 25 Ralph Liguori 4 8 15 DNQ 18 DNQ DNQ 170 26 Buzz Barton 7 DNQ 11 9 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ 170 27 Earl Motter DNQ 16 DNQ 10 14 16 DNQ 6 11 130 28 Al Keller DNQ 11 100 29 Jim Packard 14 DNQ 12 DNQ 12 DNQ 7 DNQ 80 30 Mike Magill 17 7 DNQ 60 31 Dempsey Wilson 10 15 20 DNQ 19 DNQ 12 18 11 60 32 Paul Russo 18 8 14 50 33 Chuck Rodee 8 50 34 Johnnie Parsons 12 Wth 50 35 Wayne Weiler 9 17 40 36 Bobby Grim 10 12 40 37 Shorty Templeman 19 13 11 12 DNQ 20 DNQ DNQ 30 38 Roy Graham 12 DNQ DNQ 10 - Bob Schroeder DNQ DNQ DNQ 13 15 DNQ 15 DNQ DNQ 0 - Gene Hartley DNQ 18 13 0 - Pat O’Connor 13 29 0 - Lloyd Ruby 13 0 - Dick Linder 14 17 DNQ 17 0 - Dick Rathmann 27 14 24 0 - Troy Ruttman DNQ 14 DNP 0 - Bob Christie 14 0 - Jiggs Peters 14 0 - Jimmy Davies 20 15 DNQ DNP 0 - Gene Force 15 DNQ 0 - Bill Homeier DNQ DNQ 16 0 - Pat Flaherty DNQ 16 0 - Billy Garrett 21 18 0 - Tony Bonadies DNQ DNQ 21 0 - Chuck Weyant 24 DNQ DNQ DNS DNQ 0 - Paul Goldsmith 30 0 - Jerry Unser 31 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Red Amick DNS 0 - Jim McWithey DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Van Johnson DNQ DNQ 0 - Allen Crowe DNQ DNQ 0 - Jimmy Daywalt DNQ DNQ 0 - Don Edmunds DNQ DNQ 0 - Bill Hyde DNQ DNQ 0 - Ernie Koch DNQ DNQ 0 - Tom Pistone DNP DNQ 0 - Peter Collins DNQ 0 - Fred Agabashian DNQ 0 - Bud Clemons DNQ 0 - Bob Cortner DNQ 0 - Ray Crawford DNQ 0 - Jack Ensley DNQ 0 - Juan Manuel Fangio DNQ 0 - Joe Giba DNQ 0 - Al Herman DNQ 0 - Eddie Russo DNQ 0 - Carroll Shelby DNQ 0 - Marshall Teague DNQ 0 - Leroy Warriner DNQ 0 - Norm Hall DNQ 0 - Bill Chennault DNQ 0 - Chuck Hulse DNQ 0 - Buddy Cagle DNQ 0 - Don Whittington DNQ 0 - Dutch Schaefer DNP 0 Pos Driver TRE1 INDY MIL1 LHS LAK 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. 278-279)

See also 1958 Indianapolis 500