1969 USAC Championship Car season

Races24

Start dateMarch 30

End dateDecember 7

National champion

1969 USAC Championship Car season
USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	24
Start date	March 30
End date	December 7
Awards
National champion	Mario Andretti
Indianapolis 500 winner	Mario Andretti
← 1968 1970 →

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.

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 200^C	Indianapolis Raceway Park	Clermont, Indiana	Road	Dan Gurney	Dan Gurney
11	July 27	Indy 200^C	Indianapolis Raceway Park	Clermont, Indiana	Road	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 200^D	Donnybrooke Speedway	Brainerd, Minnesota	Road	Al Unser	Gordon Johncock
18	September 14	Brainerd 200^D	Donnybrooke Speedway	Brainerd, Minnesota	Road	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 200^E	Pacific Raceways	Kent, Washington	Road	Dan Gurney	Mario Andretti
22	October 19	Dan Gurney 200^E	Pacific Raceways	Kent, Washington	Road	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.

v t e American Championship car racing (Indy car) seasons
AAA	1905 1906–1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
USAC	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
CART	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
CCWS	2004 2005 2006 2007 ~~2008~~
IRL	1996 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
IndyCar	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Years marked in italics are not official championship years or upcoming seasons.

v t e USAC Championship Cars (1956–1970)
Seasons	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
Indianapolis 500s	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
National Champions	Mario Andretti (three times) Tony Bettenhausen Jimmy Bryan (twice) A. J. Foyt (five times) Al Unser Bobby Unser Rodger Ward (twice)
Tracks	Arizona State Fair Atlanta Brainerd California State Fair Continental Divide Darlington Daytona Dover DuQuoin State Fair Hanford Illinois State Fair Indianapolis Indianapolis Raceway Park Indiana State Fair Lakewood Langhorne Michigan Michigan State Fair Milwaukee Missouri State Fair Mont-Tremblant Mosport Nazareth New York State Fair Ontario Phoenix Pikes Peak Riverside Stardust Sears Point Seattle Trenton

1969 USAC Championship Car season

Final points standings

References

See also

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