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1969 Dover Downs Indycars in USAC at the Dover Downs circuit. Full information

1969 Dover Downs Indycars

1969 Dover Downs Indycars is 204th USAC race. Passed at the Dover Downs circuit. Bobby Unser won the pole position, Art Pollard won this race. Gordon Johncock and Roger McCluskey also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (322 km).

Previous race: 1969 Springfield Indycars
Next race: 1969 Du Quoin Indycars
Race Start: 24th August 1969

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1969 Dover Downs Indycars

8th victory for the Andy Granatelli team
2nd victory for the Art Pollard
3rd podium for the Art Pollard
18th podium for the Gordon Johncock
15th podium for the Roger McCluskey

1969 Dover Downs Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Art Pollard	Gerhardt ? 1969, #57	400	1h 36m 1s	Andy Granatelli
2	Gordon Johncock	Gerhardt ? 1969, #12	320	200 laps	Johncock Racing Team
3	Roger McCluskey	Coyote ? 1969, #82	280	199 laps	Foyt-Greer Racing
4	Mike Mosley	Watson ? 1969, #90	240	199 laps	Leader Card Racers
5	Gary Bettenhausen	Gerhardt ? 1969, #8	200	192 laps	Fred Gerhardt
6	Rick Muther	Lola T92, #71	160	189 laps	Jack Adams
7	Johnny Rutherford	Watson ? 1969, #91	120	188 laps	Leader Card Racers
8	Steve Krisiloff	Gerhardt ? 1969, #112	100	185 laps	American Racing Associates
9	Al Smith	Chenoweth ?? 1960, #18	80	179 laps	Jack Steck
10	Jerry Karl	Gerhardt ? 1969, #68	60	175 laps	Jerry Karl
11	Mario Andretti	Hawk III, #2	40	137 laps Accident	Andy Granatelli
12	Al Unser	Lola T150 4WD SL-150-02, #15	20	128 laps Accident	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
13	Max Dudley	Gerhardt ? 1969, #61	0	122 laps Fuel leak	Max Dudley
14	Wally Dallenbach	Eagle 69, #22	0	106 laps Accident	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
15	Bud Tingelstad	Gerhardt ? 1969, #31	0	95 laps Upright	Federal Engineering
16	Jim Malloy	Lotus 56 4WD, #20	0	85 laps Handling	Andy Granatelli
17	Ludwig Heimrath	Eisert 67, #10	0	73 laps Black flagged	Heimrath Racing
18	Jim McElreath	Gerhardt ? 1969, #14	0	62 laps Engine	Caves Buick
19	AJ Foyt jr	Coyote ? 1969, #6	0	56 laps Valve	Ansted-Thompson Racing
20	Al Loquasto	Curtis 67, #37	0	55 laps Black flagged	Frank Curtis
21	Joe Leonard	Lotus 56 4WD, #40	0	14 laps Handling	Andy Granatelli
22	Bobby Unser	Eagle ? 1969, #1	0	3 laps Valve	Leader Card Racers

Qualifying Results for the 1969 Dover Downs Indycars on the Dover Downs circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Eagle ? 1969, #1	23.187s	Leader Card Racers
2	Roger McCluskey	Coyote ? 1969, #82	23.206s	Foyt-Greer Racing
3	Mario Andretti	Hawk III, #2	23.246s	Andy Granatelli
4	Gordon Johncock	Gerhardt ? 1969, #12	23.471s	Johncock Racing Team
5	Al Unser	Lola T150 4WD SL-150-02, #15	23.505s	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
6	Wally Dallenbach	Eagle 69, #22	23.512s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
7	Johnny Rutherford	Watson ? 1969, #91	23.629s	Leader Card Racers
8	AJ Foyt jr	Coyote ? 1969, #6	23.83s	Ansted-Thompson Racing
9	Gary Bettenhausen	Gerhardt ? 1969, #8	23.916s	Fred Gerhardt
10	Art Pollard	Gerhardt ? 1969, #57	24.054s	Andy Granatelli
11	Joe Leonard	Lotus 56 4WD, #40	24.161s	Andy Granatelli
12	Jim Malloy	Lotus 56 4WD, #20	24.215s	Andy Granatelli
13	Mike Mosley	Watson ? 1969, #90	24.301s	Leader Card Racers
14	Rick Muther	Lola T92, #71	24.334s	Jack Adams
15	Bud Tingelstad	Gerhardt ? 1969, #31	24.412s	Federal Engineering
16	Steve Krisiloff	Gerhardt ? 1969, #112	25.03s	American Racing Associates
17	Jim McElreath	Gerhardt ? 1969, #14	25.224s	Caves Buick
18	Al Loquasto	Curtis 67, #37	25.487s	Frank Curtis
19	Jerry Karl	Gerhardt ? 1969, #68	25.785s	Jerry Karl
20	Al Smith	Chenoweth ?? 1960, #18	25.862s	Jack Steck
21	Max Dudley	Gerhardt ? 1969, #61	26.234s	Max Dudley
22	Ludwig Heimrath	Eisert 67, #10	26.96s	Heimrath Racing