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1969 Tony Bettenhausen 100

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 13 of 24
Monday, August 18, 1969 at Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL
100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:02:05
Average speed: 96.642 mph
Pole speed: 105.541 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: 20000
Lead changes: 1

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)	Kuzma / Offy	100	10188	running	80	200
2	13	12	George Snider	City of Syracuse (Patrick Santello)	Dunlop / Offy	100	4688	running	0	160
3	8	98	Billy Vukovich, Jr.	Wagner Lockheed (J.C. Agajanian)	Watson / Offy	100	3062	running	0	140
4	10	45	Larry Dickson	Weinberger Homes (Weinberger & Wilseck)	Blum / Offy	99	1822	running	0	120
5	3	6	A.J. Foyt	Sheraton / Thompson (A.J. Foyt)	Meskowski / Ford	99	1475	running	0	100
6	9	8	Gary Bettenhausen	Thermo King (Fred Gerhardt)	Ward / Offy	98	1188	running	0	80
7	14	22	Wally Dallenbach	Sprite (Lindsey Hopkins)	Kuzma / Offy	98	950	running	0	60
8	12	3	Al Unser	Vel's Parnelli Ford (Parnelli Jones)	King / Offy	91	831	fuel pump	0	50
9	5	76	Bill Puterbaugh	Windmill Trucking (Lee Glessner)	Silnes / Offy	86	772	fuel line	0	40
10	6	1	Bobby Unser	Bardahl (Bob Wilke)	Watson / Offy	61	1212	coil	0	30
11	16	19	Arnie Knepper	MVS Inc.	Ward / Offy	59	653	fuel pump	0	20
12	17	99	Carl Williams	Joe Hunt Magneto (Joe Hunt)	Lesovsky / Offy	57	594	brakes	0	10
13	11	31	Bud Tingelstad	Federal Engineering	Meskowski / Offy	42	534	magneto	0
14	15	11	Sammy Sessions	Valvoline (Tassi Vatis)	Vollstedt / Offy	27	475	fuel pump	0
15	7	82	Roger McCluskey	G.C. Murphy (A.J. Foyt)	Meskowski / Offy	26	416	rear end	0
16	1	60	Greg Weld	STP Gas Treatment (Andy Granatelli)	King / Plymouth	20	356	piston	20
17	4	90	Mike Mosley	Zecol / Lubaid (Bob Wilke)	Watson / Offy	15	297	ignition	0
18	18	58	Ralph Liguori	Enterprise Machine (Walt Flynn)	Flynn / Offy	14	238	brake line	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Jim McElreath	14	Jim McElreath
	Jerry Daniels	20	Seymour Enterprises
	Roger West	32	T.B.
	Wib Spalding	37	Curtis Auto Center
	Rollie Beale	40	Kilman
	Bob Harkey	52	Koscot
	Lee Kunzman	57	Kenny Brenn
	Don Nordhorn	70	Smith
	Tom Bigelow	84	Midwest Manufacturing

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Greg Weld	1	20	20
Mario Andretti	21	100	80