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1969 Sacramento Indycars in USAC at the Sacramento circuit. Full information

1969 Sacramento Indycars

1969 Sacramento Indycars is 210th USAC race. Passed at the Sacramento circuit. Greg Weld won the pole position, Al Unser won this race. Gary Bettenhausen and Bobby Unser also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 100 laps (161 km).

Previous race: 1969 Trenton Indycars
Next race: 1969 Seattle Indycars
Race Start: 28th September 1969

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1969 Sacramento Indycars

3rd victory for the Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing team
9th victory for the Al Unser
25th podium for the Al Unser
6th podium for the Gary Bettenhausen
31st podium for the Bobby Unser

1969 Sacramento Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Al Unser	King D, #3	200	1h 4m 9.19s	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
2	Gary Bettenhausen	Ward D, #8	160	100 laps	Fred Gerhardt
3	Bobby Unser	Watson D, #1	140	100 laps	Leader Card Racers
4	Bruce Walkup	Meskowski D, #89	120	100 laps	Darwin Maxson
5	Carl Williams	Meskowski D, #20	100	99 laps	Seymour Enterprises
6	Bill Puterbaugh	Meskowski D, #31	80	99 laps	Federal Engineering
7	Johnny Parsons jr	Lesovsky D, #99	60	98 laps	Joe Hunt
8	Johnny Anderson	Shilala D, #65	50	97 laps	Ernest L Ruiz
9	Wally Dallenbach	Vollstedt D, #11	40	97 laps	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
10	Larry Dickson	Blume D, #45	30	95 laps	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises
11	Bob Harkey	Meskowski D, #52	20	94 laps	Bob Harkey
12	Greg Weld	King D, #60	10	94 laps	Andy Granatelli
13	Billy Vukovich	Watson D, #98	0	91 laps Upright	JC Agajanian
14	Art Pollard	King D, #80	0	90 laps	Andy Granatelli
15	Mario Andretti	Kuzma D, #2	0	83 laps Oil pressure	Andy Granatelli
16	Jim McElreath	McElreath D, #14	0	50 laps Engine	McElreath Racing
17	Mike Mosley	Watson D, #90	0	19 laps Accident	Leader Card Racers
18	Tommy Copp	Ward D, #85	0	Valve	Jones Engineering

Qualifying Results for the 1969 Sacramento Indycars on the Sacramento circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Greg Weld	King D, #60	36.9s	Andy Granatelli
2	Al Unser	King D, #3	37.05s	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
3	Mario Andretti	Kuzma D, #2	37.37s	Andy Granatelli
4	Jim McElreath	McElreath D, #14	37.56s	McElreath Racing
5	Art Pollard	King D, #80	37.58s	Andy Granatelli
6	Billy Vukovich	Watson D, #98	37.6s	JC Agajanian
7	Bob Harkey	Meskowski D, #52	37.6s	Bob Harkey
8	Wally Dallenbach	Vollstedt D, #11	37.78s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
9	Bruce Walkup	Meskowski D, #89	37.96s	Darwin Maxson
10	Mike Mosley	Watson D, #90	37.96s	Leader Card Racers
11	Carl Williams	Meskowski D, #20	38.22s	Seymour Enterprises
12	Johnny Anderson	Shilala D, #65	38.23s	Ernest L Ruiz
13	Bobby Unser	Watson D, #1	38.23s	Leader Card Racers
14	Johnny Parsons jr	Lesovsky D, #99	38.26s	Joe Hunt
15	Larry Dickson	Blume D, #45	38.33s	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises
16	Bill Puterbaugh	Meskowski D, #31	38.54s	Federal Engineering
17	Gary Bettenhausen	Ward D, #8	38.86s	Fred Gerhardt
18	Tommy Copp	Ward D, #85	43.74s	Jones Engineering