United States Automobile Club



The United States Automobile Club (USAC) is a American organization that organizes formula racing competitions. It was founded in 1955 by then Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony Hulman. It organizes various racing classes from 1956 and from 1956 to 1979 organized the USAC Championship Car Series, the predecessor of the Champ Car series, after the American Automobile Association, which won the American Championship from the beginning at the beginning of the twentieth century, organized decided to stop. In 1979, the Champ Car Championship organized by the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) started due to dissatisfied team owners. The USAC held another limited seven-race championship that year and then dropped out. The Indianapolis 500 race remained in the hands of the USAC until 1997, when current Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony George (Tony Hulman's grandson) took over with his Indy Racing League. Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner A.J. Foyt won the championship seven times.

1978 was a disaster year for the organization. Not only was the championship threatened to move to the CART organization, on April 23, eight board members of the organization and their pilot died in an accident on their way to Indianapolis. Founder Tony Hulman died of a heart attack a year earlier.

USAC Silver Crown Series
Beginning in 1971, all dirt races were split from the National Championship. From 1971 to 1980, the series was named National Dirt Car Championship, then renamed Silver Crown Series in 1981.


 * Champions

* As of the end of the 2017 season
 * Race winners

USAC National Sprint Car Championship
From 1956–1960, USAC's National Sprint Car Championship was divided into two regional divisions in the Midwest and the East.


 * Champions

* As of the end of the 2018 season
 * Race winners

USAC National Midget Championship



 * Champions

* As of the end of the 2017 season
 * Race winners

USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series
The USAC/CRA AMSOIL Sprint Car Series debuted in 2004 utilizing the same cars & engines that race in USAC's AMSOIL National Sprint Car Championship at dirt oval tracks across California and Arizona. The series also features combination races with the AMSOIL USAC Sprint Car National Championship.

Champions

USAC Western States Midget Series
USAC started the Western States Midgets in 1982 utilizing the same cars & engines that race in the USAC National Midgets. The series solely races on dirt ovals across California but in past raced on pavement ovals as well. The series does run co-sanctioned races with USAC's National Midget Series (including the historic Turkey Night Grand Prix race) and the Bay Cities Racing Association Midgets.

Champions

USAC 360 Sprint Car Series
USAC sanctions several regional 360 c.i.d. non-wing sprint car series across the country. USAC's West Coast Sprint Car Series was launched in 2009 by Santa Maria Speedway promoter Chris Kearns, and joined forces with USAC in 2010. The West Coast series primarily races at tracks across California while also having special event races in Nevada. USAC's Southwest Sprint Car Series was launched in 1991 as the Arizona Sprint Car Racing Association. The series joined forces with USAC in 2012. . The Southwest series primarily races at tracks in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico while also having special event races in Arkansas, Kansas & Oklahoma.

USAC and URC Sprint Caf Series promoter Curt Michael joined forces to create the USAC East Coast Sprint Car Series, with the first season beginning in 2018.

Champions

USAC Speed2 Midget Series
USAC formed the Speed2 Midget Series (formerly known as the Ford Focus Midget Series, Ignite Midget Series and HPD Midget Series) in 2002 with several regional divisions running across the United States on both dirt & pavement oval tracks. With exception to the engine, the cars used are the same as National & Western States Midget cars. The powerplants currently used are 4-cylinder production-based engines with stock internal dimensions to save costs for competitors. The series started out as a spec engine class, originally with Ford supplying their Zetec engine from 2002-2012, and then HPD supplying their K24 engine starting in 2013.

National Championship

The Speed2 Midget Series National Champion has been determined in a variety of ways. The inaugural championship, 2005, was decided by a two-race series (one dirt, one pavement). Subsequent national champions were determined by a single "national championship race" held at various locations. This format was used until 2010. In 2011, a points system was instituted to determine the national champion. Counting only a drivers twelve best finishes, the system allowed drivers from multiple regions to compete under a common points structure for a season-long championship. The 2012 season did not award a national champion, however the respective regional champions were honored at USAC Night of Champions.

National Champions
 * 2005: Robbie Ray; Davenport, IA;
 * 2006: Michael Faccinto; Hanford, CA ; Scelzi #4x
 * 2007: James Robertson; Indianapolis, IN; Steele #1
 * 2008: Alex Bowman; Tucson, AZ; Bowman #55
 * 2009: Kyle Hamilton; Danville, IN; Steele #1
 * 2010: Nick Drake; Mooresville, NC; Cline #55
 * 2011: Nick Drake; Mooresville, NC; Cline #55

Regional Champions

USAC Lightning Sprint National Championship
USAC started the Speedway Motors Lightning Sprint National Championship in 2017 for local tracks running Lightning Sprint cars. The points format counts the 12 best races at USAC sanctioned tracks.

Pirelli World Challenge
Pirelli World Challenge, was started in 1990 and switched to USAC sanctioning in 2017. The championship currently races on road and street courses across the United States and Canada with seven different classes for GT cars & Touring cars. Founded by WC Vision, the series is presently owned by SRO Group.

Stadium Super Trucks
The Stadium Super Trucks series was founded in 2013 by former NASCAR driver Robby Gordon. It is sanctioned by USAC, though Gordon and sponsorship marketing company Elevation Group co-own the series.

TORC: The Off-Road Championship presented by AMSOIL
TORC: The Off-Road Championship was founded in 2009 by motocross racer Rick Johnson and it was managed the race operations and officiated the events. USAC took over complete management of the series in 2010. The complete management ended in August 2013 season when it was sold to The Armory. USAC returned to offication / race control and the series was renamed "TORC: The Off Road Championship" for 2014.
 * 2009 Pro 4x4: Rick Huseman, Pro 2WD: Rob MacCachren
 * 2010 Pro 4x4: Johnny Greaves, Pro 2WD: Ricky Johnson
 * 2011 Pro 4x4: Ricky Johnson, Pro 2WD Bryce Menzies
 * 2012 Pro 4x4: Ricky Johnson, Pro 2WD Bryce Menzies
 * 2013 Pro 4x4: Johnny Greaves, Pro 2WD: Bryce Menzies
 * 2014 Pro 4x4: Johnny Greaves, Pro 2WD: CJ Greaves