The 1964 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in
Avondale,
Arizona on March 22 and concluding at the same location on November 22. There was also one non-championship event at
Pikes Peak,
Colorado. The
USAC National Champion and
Indianapolis 500 winner was
A. J. Foyt. At
Indianapolis in the
500 mile race
Eddie Sachs and
Dave MacDonald were killed during lap 2 of the race; Sachs was 37 years old, and MacDonald was 27. In the Tony Bettenhausen Memorial at
Springfield,
Bill Horstmeyer died during the race; he was 34 years old. In November, five days after the season ended,
Bobby Marshman died in a testing accident at
Phoenix; he was 28 years old.
^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.