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1969 Indianapolis 500

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 3 of 24
Friday, May 30, 1969 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:11:15
Average speed: 156.867 mph
Pole speed: 170.568 mph

Cautions: 2 for 9 laps
Margin of victory: 113.03 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 8

Glossary 1969 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1969 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	2	Mario Andretti	STP Oil Treatment (Andy Granatelli)	Hawk / Ford	200	206727	running	116	1000
2	10	48	Dan Gurney	Olsonite (Dan Gurney)	Eagle / Ford	200	67732	running	0	800
3	3	1	Bobby Unser	Bardahl (Bob Wilke)	Lola / Offy	200	45647	running	0	700
4	24	9	Mel Kenyon	Krohne Grain Transport (3K Racing)	Gerhardt / Offy	200	30612	running	0	600
5	33	92	Peter Revson	Repco-Brabham (Jack Brabham)	Brabham / Repco	197	25722	running	0	500
6	11	44	Joe Leonard	City of Daytona Beach (Smokey Yunick)	Eagle / Ford	193	21602	running	0	400
7	4	66	Mark Donohue	Sunoco DX / Simoniz (Roger Penske)	Lola / Offy	190	21512	running	0	300
8	1	6	A.J. Foyt	Sheraton / Thompson (A.J. Foyt)	Coyote / Ford	181	50252	running	66	250
9	31	21	Larry Dickson	Bryant Heating & Cooling (Rolla Vollstedt)	Vollstedt / Ford	180	17426	running	0	200
10	32	97	Bobby Johns	Wagner Lockheed Brake Fluid (J.C. Agajanian)	Shrike / Offy	171	19841	running	0	150
11	13	10	Jim Malloy	Jim Robbins	Vollstedt / Offy	165	17358	running	0	100
12	23	11	Sammy Sessions	Valvoline (Tassi Vatis)	Finley / Offy	163	15846	running	0	50
13	22	90	Mike Mosley	Zecol / Lubaid (Bob Wilke)	Watson / Offy	162	14755	radiator	0
14	6	82	Roger McCluskey	G.C. Murphy (A.J. Foyt)	Coyote / Ford	157	15493	fire	0
15	18	15	Bud Tingelstad	Vel's Parnelli Ford (Parnelli Jones)	Lola / Ford	155	13894	valve	0
16	15	84	George Snider	Sheraton / Thompson (A.J. Foyt)	Coyote / Ford	152	14016	running	0
17	14	59	Sonny Ates	Krohne Grain Transport (3K Racing)	Hayhoe / Offy	146	13609	turbocharger	0
18	25	42	Denny Hulme	Olsonite (Dan Gurney)	Eagle / Ford	145	12823	clutch	0
19	5	12	Gordon Johncock	Gilmore Broadcasting (Gordon Johncock)	Gerhardt / Offy	137	13585	valve	0
20	20	4	Lloyd Ruby	Wynn's Spitfire (Gene White)	Mongoose / Offy	105	13864	fuel coupling	11
21	19	22	Wally Dallenbach	Sprite (Lindsey Hopkins)	Eagle / Offy	82	12991	clutch	7
22	21	29	Arnie Knepper	MVS Inc.	Cecil / Ford	82	12189	crash	0
23	8	67	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Jim Robbins	Eagle / Ford	67	12258	turbocharger	0
24	29	95	Jack Brabham	Repco-Brabham (Jack Brabham)	Brabham / Repco	58	11725	oil leak	0
25	30	57	Carl Williams	STP Gas Treatment	Gerhardt / Offy	50	11809	clutch	0
26	9	8	Gary Bettenhausen	Thermo King Auto Air Conditioning (Fred Gerhardt)	Gerhardt / Offy	35	11541	piston	0
27	27	62	George Follmer	Retzloff Chemical (George Follmer)	Cheetah / Ford	26	11994	waste gate	0
28	7	38	Jim McElreath	Adams Airplanes (Jack Adams)	Hawk / Offy	24	11768	engine fire	0
29	17	36	Johnny Rutherford	Patrick Petroleum (Pat Patrick)	Eagle / Offy	24	10963	oil tank	0
30	16	45	Ronnie Bucknum	Weinberger Homes (Weinberger & Wilseck)	Eagle / Offy	16	10929	piston	0
31	12	40	Art Pollard	STP Oil Treatment	Lotus / Offy	7	10816	torque gear	0
32	26	98	Billy Vukovich, Jr.	Wagner Lockheed (J.C. Agajanian)	Mongoose / Offy	1	11974	connecting rod	0
33	28	16	Bruce Walkup	Thermo King Air Conditioning (Don Gerhardt)	Gerhardt / Offy	0	11353	gearbox	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Mario Andretti	2	STP Gas Treatment
	Jigger Sirois	14	Quaker State Oil	Myron Caves	Gerhardt / Offy
	Jerry Grant	17, 78, 96	Bryant Heating, Friedkin & Green, Eisert
	Art Pollard	20	STP Oil Treatment
	Rick Muther	26	Bulldog Stables	Buzz Harvey	Gerhardt / Offy
	LeeRoy Yarbrough	27	Jim Robbins
	George Follmer	28	George Follmer
	Bobby Johns	31, 35	Federal Engineering
	Dave Strickland	34	Speedy's Broasted Chicken
	Dee Jones	37	National Boat Lift
	Les Scott	50, 89	Navarro Engineering, Maxon
	Cy Fairchild	51	Minnesota Serendipity
	Charlie Glotzbach	52	Wynn's
	Jim Hurtubise	56	Pepsi / Frito-Lay	Jim Hurtubise	Mallard / Offy
	Max Dudley	61	Dudley Trucking
	Dennis Zimmerman	68	Bulldog Stables
	Graham Hill	70	STP Oil Treatment
	Bobby Grim	71, 94	Jack Adams, Valvoline Motor Oil
	Al Miller	72, 96	Jack Adams, City of Seattle
	Roger West	75	Marathon
	Bob Veith	79	Bardahl	Robert Wilke	Watson / Offy
	Jochen Rindt	80	STP Oil Treatment
	George Benson	89	Maxon
	Sam Posey	94	Valvoline Motor Oil
	Bud Tingelstad	96	Eisert

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	23	23
	24	28	5	#38 engine fire turn 1
	29	86	58
	87	90	4	#29 accident turn 4
	91	200	110
Percent of race run under caution: 4.5% Average green flag run: 63.7 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Mario Andretti	1	5	5
A.J. Foyt	6	51	46
Wally Dallenbach	52	58	7
A.J. Foyt	59	78	20
Lloyd Ruby	79	86	8
Mario Andretti	87	102	16
Lloyd Ruby	103	105	3
Mario Andretti	106	200	95