Round	Race name	Date	Circuit	Laps	Winner
1	Trenton 100	09/04/1961	Trenton	100	Eddie Sachs Dean Van Lines Racing Division
2	Indianapolis 500	30/05/1961	Indianapolis	200	AJ Foyt jr Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates
3	Rex Mays 100	04/06/1961	Milwaukee	100	Rodger Ward Leader Card Racers
4	Langhorne 100	18/06/1961	Langhorne	100	AJ Foyt jr Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates
5	Tony Bettenhausen 200	20/08/1961	Milwaukee	200	Lloyd Ruby John Zink
6	Tony Bettenhausen 100	21/08/1961	Springfield	99	Jim Hurtubise Barnett Brothers
7	Ted Horn Memorial/Du Quoin 100	04/09/1961	Du Quoin	100	AJ Foyt jr Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates
8	Syracuse 100	09/09/1961	Syracuse	100	Rodger Ward Leader Card Racers
9	Hoosier 100	16/09/1961	Indiana State Fair	100	AJ Foyt jr Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates
11	Golden State 100	29/10/1961	Sacramento	100	Rodger Ward Leader Card Racers
12	Bobby Ball 100	19/11/1961	Arizona State Fairgrounds	89	Parnelli Jones JC Agajanian

Driver	Standing	Team	Nationality	Points
AJ Foyt jr	1	Bignotti-Bowes Racing Associates	USA	2150
Eddie Sachs	2	Dean Van Lines Racing Division	USA	1760
Rodger Ward	3	Leader Card Racers	USA	1680
Shorty Templeman	4	Bill Forbes Racing	USA	1190
Al Keller	5	Bruce Homeyer	USA	1000
Jim Hurtubise	6	Norman C Demler	USA	939
Len Sutton	7	Pete Salemi	USA	860
Bobby Marshman	8	John R Wills	USA	769
Parnelli Jones	9	JC Agajanian	USA	750
Dick Rathmann	9	Jim Robbins	USA	750
Lloyd Ruby	11	Lindsey Hopkins Racing	USA	670
Don Branson	12	John R Wills	USA	530
Elmer George	13	Kelso Auto Dynamics	USA	470
Chuck Stevenson	14	C&H Supply	USA	400
Roger McCluskey	15	Racing Associates	USA	370
AJ Shepherd	16	Ernest L Ruiz	USA	360
Chuck Hulse	17	Racing Associates	USA	302
Jim McElreath	18	Ernest L Ruiz	USA	290
Cotton Farmer	19	Vatis Enterprises	USA	260
Jack Brabham	20	Cooper Car Co	AUS	200
Johnny Boyd	21	Leader Card Racers	USA	160
Norman Hall	22	Federal Engineering	USA	150
Don Davis	23	Gilbert E Morcroft	USA	140
Troy Ruttman	23	John Zink	USA	140
Ronnie Duman	25	Joe Concannon	USA	128
Bob Christie	26	William Tucker	USA	110
Gene Hartley	27	John Chalik	USA	100
Len Duncan	28	Federal Engineering	USA	60
Red Riegel	28	Gilbert E Morcroft	USA	60
Ralph Liguori	28	Ray T Brady	USA	60
Jiggs Peters	31	William Tucker	USA	50
Allen Crowe	32	John Chalik	USA	40
Don Freeland	32		USA	40
Danny Jones	32		USA	40
Bruce Jacobi	33		USA	30
Bob Cleberg	33		USA	30
Wayne Weiler	33	Lindsey Hopkins Racing	USA	30
Rex Easton	34		USA	22
Bob Mathouser	35	H Allen Chapman	USA	20
Eddie Johnson	35	Jim Robbins	USA	20
Bud Tingelstad	35	Lindsey Hopkins Racing	USA	20
Jack Turner	42	Fred Gerhardt	USA	10
Dempsey Wilson	42	Lysle Greenman	USA	10

1961 USAC National Championship