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1970 Tony Bettenhausen 100

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 10 of 18
Saturday, August 22, 1970 at Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL
100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:36:18
Average speed: 62.301 mph
Pole speed: drew for pole

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1970 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1970 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	2	Al Unser	Johnny Lightning 500 (Vel Miletich)	King / Ford	100	9207	running	56	200
2	17	82	Carl Williams	S & W Racing	Meskowski / Offy	100	5037	running	0	160
3	8	14	Jim McElreath	Jim McElreath	McElreath / Chevy	97	3659	running	0	140
4	25	22	Bruce Jacobi	Windmill Trucking (Lee Glessner)	Silnes / Offy	97	2036	running	0	120
5	26	94	Bentley Warren	Vatis Enterprises (Tassi Vatis)	Vollstedt / Offy	93	1728	running	0	100
6	20	57	Jimmy Caruthers	Kenny Brenn	Meskowski / Offy	86	1481	engine	0	80
7	12	84	Tom Bigelow	Midwest Manufacturing (Carl Gehlhausen)	Kurtis / Offy	82	1235	running	0	60
8	24	44	Merle Bettenhausen	Boyce Holt Racing (Boyce Holt)	Turner / Chevy	71	1112	timing chain	0	50
9	10	3	Bobby Unser	Wagner Lockheed (Ralph Wilke)	Watson / Offy	70	1051	engine	0	40
10	7	9	Mike Mosley	G.C. Murphy (Ralph Wilke)	Watson / Offy	67	989	suspension	0	30
11	2	18	Johnny Rutherford	Patrick Petroleum (Walt Michner)	Lesovsky / Offy	60	927	magneto	44	20
12	11	52	Bob Harkey	Bob Harkey	Meskowski / Offy	47	866	ignition	0	10
13	27	58	Ralph Liguori	Enterprise Machine (Walt Flynn)	Flynn / Offy	45	804	lost hood	0
14	22	24	George Snider	City of Syracuse (United Championship Racers)	Dunlop / Offy	29	743	wheel	0
15	9	7	A.J. Foyt	Sheraton / Thompson (A.J. Foyt)	Meskowski / Ford	28	681	fouled plugs	0
16	15	39	Johnny Parsons	Seymour Enterprises (Louis Seymour)	Meskowski / Chevy	26	619	engine	0
17	23	85	Sammy Sessions	Seidelman	Ward / Offy	18	558	engine	0
18	21	74	Arnie Knepper	Ron Burke	Moore / Offy	15	496	magneto	0
19	14	77	Toby Tobias	Walther's Tyrone (George Walther)	Silnes / Offy	15	250	engine	0
20	4	16	Gary Bettenhausen	Thermo King (Don Gerhardt)	Ward / Ford	12	250	lost wheel	0
21	18	12	Will Cagle	Daniels Cablevision (Gene White)	King / Chevy	12	250	engine	0
22	13	31	Jim Malloy	Federal Engineering (Federal Automotive Associates)	Meskowski / Offy	10	250	overheating	0
23	19	48	Karl Busson	Ron Hart	Cedoz / Chevy	10	250	overheating	0
24	5	1	Mario Andretti	STP Oil Treatment (Andy Granatelli)	King / Ford	5	750	suspension	0
25	1	20	Larry Dickson	STP Gas Treatment (Andy Granatelli)	Kuzma / Offy	4	250	piston	0
26	16	98	Bruce Walkup	Wynn's Spitfire (Agajanian-Faas Racers)	Watson / Offy	1	250	piston	0
27	3	41	Greg Weld	Grant King	King / Chevy	0	250	cut eye	0
28	28	19	Bill Puterbaugh	MVS Inc.	Ward / Offy	0		did not start	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Johnny Rutherford	1	44	44
Al Unser	45	100	56