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USAC in the 1969 season. Full information

14th season of the USAC proved to be an exhilarating ride for motorsport enthusiasts worldwide. Spanning from 30th March to 7th December in 1969, this season showcased thrilling races, unexpected twists, and fierce competition. Join us as we relive the excitement and drama that unfolded throughout this unforgettable season of USAC!

Beginners of the season: Dave Strickland , Al Loquasto , Steve Krisiloff , Jack Guynn , Ludwig Heimrath , Don Nordhorn , Les Scott , Jerry Karl , Jerry Hansen , Johnny Parsons jr , Johnny Anderson , Lee Kunzman

List of races and tracks in the 1969 season

Race Winner Track Race Start
Phoenix Indycars 1969 Phoenix Indycars Race 1 George Follmer
Gilbert 68, #62
Phoenix 30th March 1969
Hanford Indycars 1969 Hanford Indycars Mario Andretti
Hawk III, #2
Hanford 13th April 1969
Indianapolis 500 1969 Indianapolis 500 Mario Andretti
Lotus 64 4WD, #2
Indianapolis 30th May 1969
Milwaukee Indycars 1969 Milwaukee Indycars Race 1 Art Pollard , Greg Weld
Gerhardt ? 1969, #57
Milwaukee 8th June 1969
Langhorne Indycars 1969 Langhorne Indycars Bobby Unser
Eagle 69, #1
Langhorne 15th June 1969
Pikes Peak 1969 Pikes Peak Mario Andretti
King ? 1969, #96
Pikes Peak 29th June 1969
Castle Rock Indycars 1969 Castle Rock Indycars Gordon Johncock
Eagle 69, #12
Castle Rock 6th July 1969
Nazareth Indycars 1969 Nazareth Indycars Mario Andretti
Kuzma D, #2
Nazareth 12th July 1969
Trenton Indycars 1969 Trenton Indycars Race 1 Mario Andretti
Hawk III, #2
Trenton 19th July 1969
Indianapolis Raceway Park Indycars 1969 Indianapolis Raceway Park Indycars Race 1 Dan Gurney
Eagle 69, #48
Indianapolis Raceway Park 27th July 1969
Indianapolis Raceway Park Indycars 1969 Indianapolis Raceway Park Indycars Race 2 Peter Revson
Brabham BT25, #95
Indianapolis Raceway Park 27th July 1969
Milwaukee Indycars 1969 Milwaukee Indycars Race 2 Al Unser
Lola T150 4WD SL-150-02, #15
Milwaukee 17th August 1969
Springfield Indycars 1969 Springfield Indycars Mario Andretti
Kuzma D, #2
Springfield 18th August 1969
Dover Downs Indycars 1969 Dover Downs Indycars Art Pollard
Gerhardt ? 1969, #57
Dover Downs 24th August 1969
Du Quoin Indycars 1969 Du Quoin Indycars Al Unser
King D, #3
Du Quoin 1st September 1969
Indiana State Fair Indycars 1969 Indiana State Fair Indycars AJ Foyt jr
Meskowski ? 1969, #6
Indiana State Fair 6th September 1969
Brainerd Indycars 1969 Brainerd Indycars Race 1 Gordon Johncock
Eagle 69, #12
Brainerd 14th September 1969
Brainerd Indycars 1969 Brainerd Indycars Race 2 Dan Gurney
Eagle 69, #48
Brainerd 14th September 1969
Trenton Indycars 1969 Trenton Indycars Race 2 Mario Andretti
Hawk III, #2
Trenton 21st September 1969
Sacramento Indycars 1969 Sacramento Indycars Al Unser
King D, #3
Sacramento 28th September 1969
Seattle Indycars 1969 Seattle Indycars Race 1 Mario Andretti
Hawk III, #2
Seattle 19th October 1969
Seattle Indycars 1969 Seattle Indycars Race 2 Al Unser
Lola T150 4WD SL-150-02, #15
Seattle 19th October 1969
Phoenix Indycars 1969 Phoenix Indycars Race 2 Al Unser
Lola T150 4WD SL-150-02, #15
Phoenix 15th November 1969
Riverside Indycars 1969 Riverside Indycars Mario Andretti
Hawk III, #2
Riverside 7th December 1969

Drivers championship 1969

Mario Andretti

United States

Champion

Points: 5055 Wins: 9 Poles: 5

Al Unser

United States

2nd place

Points: 2630 Wins: 5 Poles: 4

Bobby Unser

United States

3rd place

Points: 2585 Wins: 1 Poles: 2

List of all drivers for the 1969 season

Name Points
Mario Andretti 5055
Al Unser 2630
Bobby Unser 2585
Dan Gurney 2280
Gordon Johncock 2070
Wally Dallenbach 1795
AJ Foyt jr 1570
Billy Vukovich 1280
Mike Mosley 1220
Lloyd Ruby 1190
Johnny Rutherford 1130
Art Pollard 1110
Roger McCluskey 1090
Gary Bettenhausen 970
Bud Tingelstad 920
George Follmer 880
Peter Revson 840
George Snider 840
Jim Malloy 720
Mel Kenyon 615
Joe Leonard 600
Larry Dickson 510
Mark Donohue 480
Sam Sessions 475
Jim McElreath 400
Swede Savage 400
Sam Posey 370
Steve Krisiloff 355
Rick Muther 330
Bill Simpson 320
Jerry Grant 290
Bruce Walkup 269
Bob Harkey 215
Max Dudley 210
Greg Weld 210
Al Smith 175
Jerry Daniels 160
Jigger Sirois 150
Bobby Johns 150
Carl Williams 130
John Cannon 130
Bill Puterbaugh 120
Tom Bigelow 110
Jerry Hansen 110
Arnie Knepper 100
Dave Strickland 90
Ludwig Heimrath 65
Sonny Ates 61
Jerry Karl 60
Al Loquasto 60
Johnny Parsons jr 60
David Hobbs 60
Keith Rachwitz 60
Ralph Liguori 50
Johnny Anderson 50
Don Schisler 40
Les Scott 40
Denny Zimmerman 30
Don Nordhorn 30
Bobby Grim 30
Ted Foltz 24
Wes Vandervoort 21
Lee Kunzman 20
Bob Gregg 20
Bob Herring 18
Malcolm Brazier 15
George Fejer 15
Charles Louderman 12
Grier Manning 9
Clark Yowell 8
Bob Daly 6
Jack Guynn 5

List of all cars in the 1969 season

Gerhardt ? 1969

Offenhauser

Points: 4460 Wins: 2 Poles: 0

Hawk III

Ford TC

Points: 3385 Wins: 5 Poles: 5

Eagle 69

Ford

Points: 3340 Wins: 4 Poles: 6

Coyote ? 1969

Ford

Points: 2140 Wins: 0 Poles: 1

Watson ? 1969

Offenhauser

Points: 2040 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Eagle 69

Offenhauser

Points: 1715 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Laycock ? 1969

Offenhauser

Points: 1570 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Eagle ? 1969

Offenhauser

Points: 1415 Wins: 0 Poles: 2

Eagle ? 1969

Ford

Points: 1270 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola T150 4WD SL-150-02

Ford TC

Points: 1110 Wins: 3 Poles: 3

Lotus 64 4WD

Ford TC

Points: 1000 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Lola T152 4WD

Offenhauser

Points: 1000 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Gilbert 68

Chevrolet

Points: 880 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Brabham BT25

Repco

Points: 840 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Lola T150 4WD SL-150-02

Ford TC

Points: 560 Wins: 0 Poles: 1

Kuzma D

Offenhauser

Points: 560 Wins: 2 Poles: 0

Shrike ? 1969

Offenhauser

Points: 550 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Gerhardt ? 1969

Ford

Points: 505 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lotus 56 4WD

Plymouth

Points: 490 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Ward D

Offenhauser

Points: 480 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola T152

Ford

Points: 480 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Cecil ? 1969

Ford

Points: 440 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Gerhardt ? 1969

Chevrolet

Points: 420 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Gerhardt ? 1969

Plymouth

Points: 410 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

King D

Ford

Points: 400 Wins: 2 Poles: 0

Lola ? 1969

Ford

Points: 350 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski D

Ford

Points: 320 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Blume D

Offenhauser

Points: 310 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola T92

Offenhauser TC

Points: 300 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson D

Offenhauser

Points: 270 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson D

Offenhauser

Points: 260 Wins: 0 Poles: 1

Eagle ? 1969

Chevrolet

Points: 250 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Brabham ? 1969

Offenhauser

Points: 240 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Vollstedt ? 1969

Ford

Points: 230 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Dunlop D

Offenhauser

Points: 230 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Vollstedt 67

Ford TC

Points: 200 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski D

Offenhauser

Points: 200 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski ? 1969

Ford

Points: 200 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Lotus 56 4WD

Ford TC

Points: 200 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola T152 4WD

Chevrolet

Points: 180 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Eagle 69

Chevrolet

Points: 180 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Gilbert 67

Chevrolet

Points: 170 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Eisert ? 1969

Ford

Points: 160 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Ward ? 1969

Offenhauser

Points: 160 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Cheetah ? 1969

Chevrolet

Points: 150 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski D

Offenhauser

Points: 140 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Chenoweth ?? 1960

Chevrolet

Points: 130 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski D

Offenhauser

Points: 120 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski D

Chevrolet

Points: 120 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

King ? 1969

Ford

Points: 120 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 4000D

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 110 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski D

Offenhauser

Points: 100 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

King ? 1969

Plymouth

Points: 100 Wins: 0 Poles: 1

Epperly ?? 1969

Offenhauser TC

Points: 100 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Finley ? 1969

Offenhauser

Points: 95 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kuzma ? 1969

Offenhauser

Points: 80 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Finley ? 1969

Ford

Points: 70 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lesovsky D

Offenhauser SC

Points: 70 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Eisert 67

Chevrolet

Points: 65 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Halibrand ? 1969

Offenhauser

Points: 60 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Curtis 67

Chevrolet

Points: 60 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Laycock ? 1969

Chevrolet

Points: 60 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kuzma D

Offenhauser

Points: 60 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Dunlop ? 1969

Offenhauser

Points: 60 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Chevrolet Special

Chevrolet

Points: 51 Wins: 0 Poles: 1

King D

Offenhauser

Points: 50 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Vollstedt D

Offenhauser

Points: 50 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Flynn ? 1969

Offenhauser

Points: 50 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski ? 1969

Offenhauser

Points: 50 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Shilala D

Offenhauser

Points: 50 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Chenoweth ? 1969

Chevrolet

Points: 45 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski D

Offenhauser

Points: 40 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Meskowski D

Offenhauser

Points: 40 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson ? 1969

Rambler

Points: 40 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Horton 67

Ford

Points: 40 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

McElreath D

Chevrolet

Points: 40 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Brabham ? 1969

Chevrolet

Points: 40 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

King ? 1969

Chevrolet

Points: 30 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Meskowski ? 1969

Chevrolet

Points: 30 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Hahn D

Chevrolet

Points: 24 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lesovsky ? 1969

Offenhauser

Points: 20 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Vollstedt ? 1969

Chevrolet

Points: 20 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Chinook 68

Ford

Points: 15 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Buick Special

Buick

Points: 15 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lincoln Special

Lincoln

Points: 11 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

King D

Plymouth

Points: 10 Wins: 0 Poles: 3

Offenhauser Special

Offenhauser

Points: 9 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Plymouth Special

Plymouth

Points: 8 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Ewing ?? 1959

Offenhauser TC

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Halibrand ? 1969

Chevrolet

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Huffaker ? 1969

Chevrolet

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Mongoose ? 1969

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Gilbert 68

Ford TC

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Hawk I

Offenhauser TC

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lotus 56 4WD

Offenhauser TC

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Epperly ? 1969

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola T152

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft ? 1969

Chevrolet

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Ford Special

Ford

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

unknown ? 1969

unknown

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson ? 1969

Chevrolet

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Cecil ? 1969

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lotus 38

Chevrolet

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Laycock ? 1969

Ford

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kuzma D

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Brabham ? 1969

Ford

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Watson D

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Flynn D

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lesovsky D

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

McElreath ? 1969

Chevrolet

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Silnes ? 1969

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

McKee Mk XI

Chevrolet

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lotus 56

Plymouth

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Eisert ? 1969

Chevrolet

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lotus 56

Ford

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola T152

Chevrolet

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola T90

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0