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1969 Riverside Indycars

1969 Riverside Indycars is 214th USAC race. Passed at the Riverside circuit. Dan Gurney won the pole position, Mario Andretti won this race. Al Unser and Dan Gurney also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 120 laps (506 km).

Previous race: 1969 Phoenix Indycars
Next race: 1970 Phoenix Indycars
Race Start: 7th December 1969

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1969 Riverside Indycars

11th victory for the Andy Granatelli team
30th victory for the Mario Andretti
64th podium for the Mario Andretti
29th podium for the Al Unser
14th podium for the Dan Gurney

Hawk III - 1969 Riverside Indycars winner

Hawk III #2 - 1969 Riverside Indycars winner

1969 Riverside Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Hawk III, #2	600	2h 50m 8.23s	Andy Granatelli
2	Al Unser	Lola T152, #15	480	2h 50m 45s	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
3	Dan Gurney	Eagle 69, #48	420	2h 51m 10s	All-American Racers
4	Bobby Unser	Eagle ? 1969, #1	360	119 laps	Leader Card Racers
5	Johnny Rutherford	Eagle ? 1969, #36	300	118 laps	Patrick Racing
6	Swede Savage	Eagle ? 1969, #42	240	117 laps	All-American Racers
7	Wally Dallenbach	Eagle 69, #22	180	115 laps	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
8	Bill Simpson	Cheetah ? 1969, #28	150	113 laps	Bill Simpson
9	Gordon Johncock	Gerhardt ? 1969, #12	120	113 laps	Johncock Racing Team
10	Jerry Grant	Eagle ? 1969, #76	90	107 laps	Webster Racing
11	Mike Mosley	Watson ? 1969, #90	60	106 laps	Leader Card Racers
12	Max Dudley	Gerhardt ? 1969, #61	30	104 laps	Max Dudley
13	Bob Gregg	Vollstedt ? 1969, #25	0	101 laps	Gregg Enterprises
14	George Follmer	Lotus 56, #40	0	101 laps	Andy Granatelli
15	Ludwig Heimrath	Eisert ? 1969, #10	0	95 laps	Heimrath Racing
16	Art Pollard	Gerhardt ? 1969, #57	0	92 laps	Andy Granatelli
17	Ronnie Bucknum	Eagle ? 1969, #45	0	91 laps Overheating	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises
18	George Snider	Watson ? 1969, #91	0	86 laps Magneto	Leader Card Racers
19	Joe Leonard	Lotus 56, #3	0	80 laps Engine	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
20	Lou Sell	Finley ? 1969, #11	0	73 laps Suspension	Vatis Enterprises
21	Mark Donohue	Lola T152, #66	0	67 laps Overheating	US Racing
22	Roger McCluskey	Coyote ? 1969, #82	0	36 laps Gearbox	Foyt-Greer Racing
23	Sam Sessions	Cecil ? 1969, #29	0	32 laps Engine	MVS
24	Ed Marshall	Huffaker ? 1969, #75	0	21 laps Wheel	Irv Orth Enterprises
25	Sam Posey	Lotus 56, #20	0	7 laps Engine	Andy Granatelli
26	Steve Krisiloff	Gerhardt ? 1969, #112	0	5 laps Oil leak	American Racing Associates
27	Billy Vukovich	Laycock ? 1969, #98	0	4 laps Fuel pump	JC Agajanian
28	Rick Muther	Lola T90, #7	0	4 laps Accident	Jack Adams
29	John Cannon	Vollstedt ? 1969, #21	0	1 laps Valve	Vollstedt Enterprises
30	Johnny Parsons jr	Lesovsky ? 1969, #99	0		Joe Hunt

Qualifying Results for the 1969 Riverside Indycars on the Riverside circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Dan Gurney	Eagle 69, #48	1m 15.94s	All-American Racers
2	Mark Donohue	Lola T152, #66	1m 16.3s	US Racing
3	Mario Andretti	Hawk III, #2	1m 16.46s	Andy Granatelli
4	Al Unser	Lola T152, #15	1m 17.19s	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
5	Gordon Johncock	Gerhardt ? 1969, #12	1m 17.34s	Johncock Racing Team
6	Roger McCluskey	Coyote ? 1969, #82	1m 17.5s	Foyt-Greer Racing
7	Swede Savage	Eagle ? 1969, #42	1m 17.56s	All-American Racers
8	Bobby Unser	Eagle ? 1969, #1	1m 17.69s	Leader Card Racers
9	George Follmer	Lotus 56, #40	1m 18.91s	Andy Granatelli
10	Sam Posey	Lotus 56, #20	1m 19.45s	Andy Granatelli
11	Johnny Rutherford	Eagle ? 1969, #36	1m 19.6s	Patrick Racing
12	John Cannon	Vollstedt ? 1969, #21	1m 20.16s	Vollstedt Enterprises
13	Mike Mosley	Watson ? 1969, #90	1m 20.21s	Leader Card Racers
14	Wally Dallenbach	Eagle 69, #22	1m 21.4s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
15	Art Pollard	Gerhardt ? 1969, #57	1m 21.89s	Andy Granatelli
16	Sam Sessions	Cecil ? 1969, #29	1m 22.43s	MVS
17	Bill Simpson	Cheetah ? 1969, #28	1m 22.55s	Bill Simpson
18	Ronnie Bucknum	Eagle ? 1969, #45	1m 22.76s	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises
19	Joe Leonard	Lotus 56, #3	1m 22.85s	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
20	Jerry Grant	Eagle ? 1969, #76	1m 23.73s	Webster Racing
21	Billy Vukovich	Laycock ? 1969, #98	1m 24.19s	JC Agajanian
22	Lou Sell	Finley ? 1969, #11	1m 24.24s	Vatis Enterprises
23	Steve Krisiloff	Gerhardt ? 1969, #112	1m 24.37s	American Racing Associates
24	George Snider	Watson ? 1969, #91	1m 24.82s	Leader Card Racers
25	Rick Muther	Lola T90, #7	1m 25.6s	Jack Adams
26	Ed Marshall	Huffaker ? 1969, #75	1m 26.55s	Irv Orth Enterprises
27	Johnny Parsons jr	Lesovsky ? 1969, #99	1m 28.4s	Joe Hunt
28	Max Dudley	Gerhardt ? 1969, #61	1m 28.42s	Max Dudley
29	Ludwig Heimrath	Eisert ? 1969, #10	1m 28.47s	Heimrath Racing
30	Bob Gregg	Vollstedt ? 1969, #25	1m 28.97s	Gregg Enterprises