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1973 Ontario Heat 1 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 9 of 16 Sunday, August 26, 1973 at Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, CA 40 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 0:33:21 Average speed: 179.919 mph Pole speed: n/a Cautions: none Margin of victory: 21.1 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 3 Glossary    1973 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1973 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 40   Wally Dallenbach STP Gas Treatment   (Andy Granatelli) Eagle / Offy 40   running 5 200 2 3 3   Roger McCluskey Hopkins Buick   (Lindsey Hopkins) McLaren / Offy 40   running 17 160 3 9 6   Mike Hiss Thermo King Air Conditioning   (Don Gerhardt) Eagle / Offy 39   running 0 140 4 6 21   Jimmy Caruthers Cobre Firestone   (Robert Fletcher) Eagle / Offy 39   running 0 120 5 1 20   Gordon Johncock STP Double Oil Filter   (Pat Patrick) Eagle / Offy 39   running 18 100 6 8 35   Jim McElreath Norris Industries   (Champ Carr Inc.) Eagle / Offy 39   running 0 80 7 11 27   Tom Bigelow Norton / Bryant Heating   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 38   running 0 60 8 12 74   John Mahler Carling   (Roy Woods) Eagle / Offy 38   running 0 50 9 2 1   Joe Leonard Samsonite   (Vel Miletich) Parnelli / Offy 38   running 0 40 10 13 76   John Cannon Webster Racing   (Marvin Webster) Eagle / Offy 38   running 0 30 11 3 34   Sam Posey Norris Industries   (Champ Carr Inc.) Eagle / Offy 35   gear 0   12 7 2   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) Eagle / Offy 35   running 0 10 13 10 89   John Martin Automotive Technology McLaren / Offy 3   vibration 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Gordon Johncock 1 18 18   Wally Dallenbach 19 21 3   Roger McCluskey 22 38 17   Wally Dallenbach 39 40 2