Sports season
The 1969 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 24 races, beginning in Avondale , Arizona on March 30 and concluding in Riverside, California on December 7. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Mario Andretti .
Schedule and results [ edit ] In the IZOD IndyCar Series 2011 Historical Record Book the winner of the Rex Mays Classic was declared to be only Art Pollard, because Greg Weld vacated the car on lap 2 of 150.
Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver 1 March 30 Jimmy Bryan 150 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale , Arizona Paved Al Unser George Follmer 2 April 13 California 200 Hanford Motor Speedway Hanford , California Paved Mario Andretti Mario Andretti 3 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway , Indiana Paved A. J. Foyt Mario Andretti 4 June 8 Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee Mile West Allis , Wisconsin Paved Mario Andretti Art Pollard A 5 June 15 Langhorne 150 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne , Pennsylvania Paved Mario Andretti Bobby Unser 6 June 29 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak , Colorado Hill Orville Nance B Mario Andretti 7 July 6 Rocky Mountain 150 Continental Divide Raceways Mead , Colorado Road Dan Gurney Gordon Johncock 8 July 12 Nazareth 100 Nazareth Speedway Nazareth , Pennsylvania Dirt Bill Vukovich II Mario Andretti 9 July 19 Trenton 200 Trenton International Speedway Trenton , New Jersey Paved Mario Andretti Mario Andretti 10 July 27 Indy 200C Indianapolis Raceway Park Clermont , Indiana Road Dan Gurney Dan Gurney 11 Dan Gurney Peter Revson 12 August 17 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee Mile West Allis , Wisconsin Paved Al Unser Al Unser 13 August 18 Tony Bettenhausen 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield , Illinois Dirt Greg Weld Mario Andretti 14 August 24 Delaware 200 Dover Downs International Speedway Dover , Delaware Paved Bobby Unser Art Pollard 15 September 1 Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin , Illinois Dirt Greg Weld Al Unser 16 September 6 Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis , Indiana Dirt Greg Weld A. J. Foyt 17 September 14 Brainerd 200D Donnybrooke Speedway Brainerd , Minnesota Road Al Unser Gordon Johncock 18 Gordon Johncock Dan Gurney 19 September 21 Trenton 300 Trenton International Speedway Trenton , New Jersey Paved Bobby Unser Mario Andretti 20 September 28 Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento , California Dirt Greg Weld Al Unser 21 October 19 Dan Gurney 200E Pacific Raceways Kent , Washington Road Dan Gurney Mario Andretti 22 Mario Andretti Al Unser 23 November 21 Bobby Ball 150 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale , Arizona Paved Al Unser Al Unser 24 December 7 Rex Mays 300 Riverside International Raceway Riverside , California Road Dan Gurney Mario Andretti
Paved/Dirt Oval
Road Course/Hill Climb
^A Pollard relieved Greg Weld on lap 2 of 150. ^B 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. ^C Run in two heats of 100 miles (160 kilometers) each. ^D Run in two heats of 96.3 miles (155 kilometers) each. ^E Run in two heats of 99 miles (159 kilometers) each. Final points standings [ edit ] Note 1: Sam Posey, Mark Donohue, Swede Savage, Peter Revson, John Cannon, Jerry Hansen, David Hobbs, Jack Brabham, Denis Hulme and LeeRoy Yarbrough are not eligible for points.
Note 2: Art Pollard qualified fifth for the Milwaukee event and was eliminated in a 10-car accident at the start of the race. His original car was scored in 15th. Pollard then took over the car of Greg Weld and went on to win the race. Weld gets credit for a start but has no finishing position.
Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing
In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps RY Rookie of the Year R Rookie
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