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1969 Indianapolis Raceway Park Indycars

1969 Indianapolis Raceway Park Indycars is 200th USAC race. Passed at the Indianapolis Raceway Park circuit. Dan Gurney won the pole position and this race. Al Unser and Peter Revson also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 40 laps (161 km).

Previous race: 1969 Trenton Indycars
Next race: 1969 Indianapolis Raceway Park Indycars
Race Start: 27th July 1969

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1969 Indianapolis Raceway Park Indycars

6th victory for the All-American Racers team
5th victory for the Dan Gurney
10th podium for the Dan Gurney
21st podium for the Al Unser
2nd podium for the Peter Revson

Eagle 69 - 1969 Indianapolis Raceway Park Indycars winner

Eagle 69 #48 - 1969 Indianapolis Raceway Park Indycars winner

1969 Indianapolis Raceway Park Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Dan Gurney	Eagle 69, #48	200	1h 5m 1.4s	All-American Racers
2	Al Unser	Lola T150 4WD SL-150-02, #15	160	40 laps	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
3	Peter Revson	Brabham BT25, #95	140	40 laps	Motor Racing Developments
4	Roger McCluskey	Coyote ? 1969, #82	120	40 laps	Foyt-Greer Racing
5	AJ Foyt jr	Coyote ? 1969, #6	100	40 laps	Ansted-Thompson Racing
6	George Follmer	Gilbert 68, #62	80	40 laps	George Follmer Enterprises
7	Lloyd Ruby	Laycock ? 1969, #25	60	40 laps	Gene White Co
8	Sam Posey	Lotus 56 4WD, #20	50	39 laps	Andy Granatelli
9	Mario Andretti	Hawk III, #2	40	39 laps	Andy Granatelli
10	Gordon Johncock	Gerhardt ? 1969, #12	30	38 laps	Johncock Racing Team
11	Bud Tingelstad	Gerhardt ? 1969, #31	20	38 laps	Federal Engineering
12	Bill Simpson	Gilbert 67, #28	10	37 laps	Bill Simpson
13	Jim McElreath	Gerhardt ? 1969, #14	0	37 laps	Caves Buick
14	Ludwig Heimrath	Eisert 67, #10	0	37 laps	Heimrath Racing
15	Don Schisler	Horton 67, #71	0	36 laps	Stewart-Warner
16	Al Loquasto	Curtis 67, #37	0	34 laps	Frank Curtis
17	Max Dudley	Gerhardt ? 1969, #61	0	33 laps	Max Dudley
18	Sam Sessions	Finley ? 1969, #11	0	32 laps	Vatis Enterprises
19	Mike Mosley	Watson ? 1969, #90	0	31 laps Engine	Leader Card Racers
20	George Snider	Watson ? 1969, #91	0	29 laps Suspension	Leader Card Racers
21	Tom Bigelow	Gerhardt ? 1969, #34	0	28 laps Overheating	Carl Gehlhausen
22	Billy Vukovich	Brabham ? 1969, #98	0	20 laps Clutch	JC Agajanian
23	Les Scott	Watson ? 1969, #50	0	11 laps Oil pressure	Navarro Engineering
24	Bobby Unser	Eagle ? 1969, #1	0	10 laps Spun	Leader Card Racers
25	Art Pollard	Gerhardt ? 1969, #57	0	10 laps Uv joint	Andy Granatelli
26	Arnie Knepper	Cecil ? 1969, #29	0	9 laps Spun	MVS

Qualifying Results for the 1969 Indianapolis Raceway Park Indycars on the Indianapolis Raceway Park circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Dan Gurney	Eagle 69, #48	1m 28.75s	All-American Racers
2	Mario Andretti	Hawk III, #2	1m 29.02s	Andy Granatelli
3	Al Unser	Lola T150 4WD SL-150-02, #15	1m 30.43s	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
4	Peter Revson	Brabham BT25, #95	1m 31.54s	Motor Racing Developments
5	Gordon Johncock	Gerhardt ? 1969, #12	1m 31.87s	Johncock Racing Team
6	Bobby Unser	Eagle ? 1969, #1	1m 31.89s	Leader Card Racers
7	AJ Foyt jr	Coyote ? 1969, #6	1m 32.25s	Ansted-Thompson Racing
8	Roger McCluskey	Coyote ? 1969, #82	1m 32.29s	Foyt-Greer Racing
9	George Follmer	Gilbert 68, #62	1m 33.14s	George Follmer Enterprises
10	Lloyd Ruby	Laycock ? 1969, #25	1m 34s	Gene White Co
11	Sam Posey	Lotus 56 4WD, #20	1m 34.15s	Andy Granatelli
13	Billy Vukovich	Brabham ? 1969, #98	1m 35.55s	JC Agajanian
15	Mike Mosley	Watson ? 1969, #90	1m 35.86s	Leader Card Racers
16	Art Pollard	Gerhardt ? 1969, #57	1m 36.54s	Andy Granatelli
17	Bud Tingelstad	Gerhardt ? 1969, #31	1m 37.24s	Federal Engineering
18	Arnie Knepper	Cecil ? 1969, #29	1m 38.16s	MVS
19	Jim McElreath	Gerhardt ? 1969, #14	1m 39.1s	Caves Buick
20	George Snider	Watson ? 1969, #91	1m 40.25s	Leader Card Racers
21	Bill Simpson	Gilbert 67, #28	1m 41.89s	Bill Simpson
22	Ludwig Heimrath	Eisert 67, #10	1m 42.12s	Heimrath Racing
23	Al Loquasto	Curtis 67, #37	1m 42.28s	Frank Curtis
24	Don Schisler	Horton 67, #71	1m 43.75s	Stewart-Warner
26	Sam Sessions	Finley ? 1969, #11	1m 45.37s	Vatis Enterprises
27	Les Scott	Watson ? 1969, #50	1m 46.6s	Navarro Engineering
28	Max Dudley	Gerhardt ? 1969, #61	1m 54.1s	Max Dudley
29	Tom Bigelow	Gerhardt ? 1969, #34	2m 0.07s	Carl Gehlhausen