Races 13 End date November 11 Indianapolis 500 winner Sam Hanks | Start date May 30 National champion Jimmy Bryan | |
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. Keith Andrews was killed in crash while practicing for the Indianapolis 500; he was 36 years old.
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1957 USAC Championship Car season Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA