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1969 Du Quoin Indycars

1969 Du Quoin Indycars is 205th USAC race. Passed at the Du Quoin circuit. Greg Weld won the pole position, Al Unser won this race. Mario Andretti and AJ Foyt jr also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 100 laps (161 km).

Previous race: 1969 Dover Downs Indycars
Next race: 1969 Indiana State Fair Indycars
Race Start: 1st September 1969

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1969 Du Quoin Indycars

2nd victory for the Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing team
8th victory for the Al Unser
23rd podium for the Al Unser
59th podium for the Mario Andretti
75th podium for the AJ Foyt jr

1969 Du Quoin Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Al Unser	King D, #3	200	1h 3m 20.52s	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
2	Mario Andretti	Kuzma D, #2	160	100 laps	Andy Granatelli
3	AJ Foyt jr	Meskowski D, #6	140	100 laps	Ansted-Thompson Racing
4	Billy Vukovich	Watson D, #98	120	100 laps	JC Agajanian
5	Bobby Unser	Watson D, #1	100	100 laps	Leader Card Racers
6	Larry Dickson	Blume D, #45	80	100 laps	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises
7	George Snider	Dunlop D, #12	60	100 laps	Pat Santello
8	Tom Bigelow	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #84	50	99 laps	Carl Gehlhausen
9	Jim McElreath	McElreath D, #14	40	96 laps	McElreath Racing
10	Gary Bettenhausen	Ward D, #8	30	95 laps	Fred Gerhardt
11	Jerry Daniels	Meskowski D, #20	20	91 laps	Seymour Enterprises
12	Sam Sessions	Vollstedt D, #11	10	84 laps Valve	Vatis Enterprises
13	Arnie Knepper	Ward D, #19	0	84 laps Mechanical	MVS
14	Johnny Rutherford	Lesovsky D, #32	0	78 laps Upright	Delrose
15	Bill Puterbaugh	Meskowski D, #76	0	59 laps Magneto	Lee S Glessner
16	Roger McCluskey	Meskowski D, #82	0	57 laps Upright	Foyt-Greer Racing
17	Greg Weld	King D, #60	0	31 laps Overheating	Andy Granatelli
18	Mike Mosley	Watson D, #90	0	8 laps Accident	Leader Card Racers

Qualifying Results for the 1969 Du Quoin Indycars on the Du Quoin circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Greg Weld	King D, #60	34.19s	Andy Granatelli
2	Mario Andretti	Kuzma D, #2	34.38s	Andy Granatelli
3	Bobby Unser	Watson D, #1	34.77s	Leader Card Racers
4	Roger McCluskey	Meskowski D, #82	34.93s	Foyt-Greer Racing
5	AJ Foyt jr	Meskowski D, #6	35.19s	Ansted-Thompson Racing
6	Mike Mosley	Watson D, #90	35.34s	Leader Card Racers
7	Billy Vukovich	Watson D, #98	35.5s	JC Agajanian
8	Gary Bettenhausen	Ward D, #8	35.54s	Fred Gerhardt
9	Bill Puterbaugh	Meskowski D, #76	35.56s	Lee S Glessner
10	Larry Dickson	Blume D, #45	35.64s	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises
11	Al Unser	King D, #3	35.72s	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
12	Johnny Rutherford	Lesovsky D, #32	35.72s	Delrose
13	George Snider	Dunlop D, #12	35.86s	Pat Santello
14	Jim McElreath	McElreath D, #14	35.92s	McElreath Racing
15	Jerry Daniels	Meskowski D, #20	36.03s	Seymour Enterprises
16	Arnie Knepper	Ward D, #19	36.11s	MVS
17	Tom Bigelow	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #84	36.2s	Carl Gehlhausen
18	Sam Sessions	Vollstedt D, #11	36.21s	Vatis Enterprises