The 1962 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Trenton, New Jersey on April 8 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 18. There was also one non-championship event at Pikes Peak, Colorado. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Rodger Ward. Hugh Randall was killed in the first Langhorne 100 at Langhorne Speedway; he was 29 years old.

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1962 USAC Championship Car season
USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	13
Start date	April 8
End date	November 18
Awards
National champion	Rodger Ward
Indianapolis 500 winner	Rodger Ward
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Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	April 8	Trenton 100	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved	Don Davis	A. J. Foyt
2	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Parnelli Jones	Rodger Ward
3	June 10	Rex Mays Classic	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
4	July 1	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Jim Hurtubise	A. J. Foyt
NC	July 4	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill	Bobby UnserA	Bobby Unser
5	July 22	Trenton 150	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved	A. J. Foyt	Rodger Ward
6	August 19	Tony Bettenhausen Memorial	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Roger McCluskey	Jim Hurtubise
7	August 20	Tony Bettenhausen 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved	Bobby Marshman	Rodger Ward
8	August 26	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	A. J. Foyt	Don Branson
-	September 3	Ted Horn Memorial	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt
9	September 8	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Parnelli Jones	Rodger Ward
10	September 15	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds	Indianapolis, Indiana	Dirt	Parnelli Jones	Parnelli Jones
11	September 23	Trenton 200	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved	A. J. Foyt	Don Branson
12	October 28	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt
13	November 18	Bobby Ball Memorial	Arizona State Fairgrounds	Phoenix, Arizona	Dirt	Parnelli Jones	Bobby Marshman

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- The Ted Horn Memorial was rained out, and a suitable alternative date was not found.

^A 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.

• Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1962". Driver Database. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
• "1962 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
• http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (p. 270-271)

• 1962 Indianapolis 500