The 1959 USAC Road Racing Championship season was the second season of the

USAC Road Racing Championship The USAC Road Racing Championship was a sports car racing series in the United States held from 1958 until 1962. The series was organized by the United States Auto Club as a fully professional alternative to the Sports Car Club of America's SCCA Na ...

. It began March 8, 1959, and ended October 18, 1959, after eleven races. The series was contested for

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at eight rounds, and

Formula Libre Formula Libre, also known as Formule Libre, is a form of automobile racing allowing a wide variety of types, ages and makes of purpose-built racing cars to compete "head to head". This can make for some interesting matchups, and provides the oppor ...

at three rounds.

Augie Pabst August Uihlein Pabst Jr. is an American sports car driver from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In ten years of racing, he won two national championships - the 1959 USAC and 1960 SSCA road racing championships. Pabst made one NASCAR start at Riverside Inter ...

won the season championship.

Calendar

Season results

References

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External links

World Sports Racing Prototypes: 1959 USAC Road Racing Championship
USAC Road Racing Championship Usac Road Racing 1959 in American motorsport