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

1969 Springfield Indycars

1969 Springfield Indycars is 203rd USAC race. Passed at the Springfield circuit. Greg Weld won the pole position, Mario Andretti won this race. George Snider and Billy Vukovich also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 100 laps (161 km).

Previous race: 1969 Milwaukee Indycars
Next race: 1969 Dover Downs Indycars
Race Start: 18th August 1969

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1969 Springfield Indycars

7th victory for the Andy Granatelli team
27th victory for the Mario Andretti
58th podium for the Mario Andretti
6th podium for the George Snider
3rd podium for the Billy Vukovich

1969 Springfield Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Kuzma D, #2	200	1h 2m 5.09s	Andy Granatelli
2	George Snider	Dunlop D, #12	160	100 laps	Pat Santello
3	Billy Vukovich	Watson D, #98	140	100 laps	JC Agajanian
4	Larry Dickson	Blume D, #45	120	99 laps	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises
5	AJ Foyt jr	Meskowski D, #6	100	99 laps	Ansted-Thompson Racing
6	Gary Bettenhausen	Ward D, #8	80	98 laps	Fred Gerhardt
7	Wally Dallenbach	Kuzma D, #22	60	98 laps	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
8	Al Unser	King D, #3	50	91 laps Fuel pump	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
9	Bill Puterbaugh	Meskowski D, #76	40	86 laps Fuel line	Lee S Glessner
10	Bobby Unser	Watson D, #1	30	61 laps Coil	Leader Card Racers
11	Arnie Knepper	Ward D, #19	20	59 laps Fuel pump	MVS
12	Carl Williams	Lesovsky D, #99	10	57 laps Brakes	Joe Hunt
13	Bud Tingelstad	Meskowski D, #31	0	42 laps Magneto	Federal Engineering
14	Sam Sessions	Vollstedt D, #11	0	27 laps Fuel pump	Vatis Enterprises
15	Roger McCluskey	Meskowski D, #82	0	26 laps Upright	Foyt-Greer Racing
16	Greg Weld	King D, #60	0	20 laps Piston	Andy Granatelli
17	Mike Mosley	Watson D, #90	0	15 laps Ignition	Leader Card Racers
18	Ralph Liguori	Flynn D, #58	0	14 laps Brakes	Walter J Flynn

Qualifying Results for the 1969 Springfield Indycars on the Springfield circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Greg Weld	King D, #60	34.11s	Andy Granatelli
2	Mario Andretti	Kuzma D, #2	34.35s	Andy Granatelli
3	AJ Foyt jr	Meskowski D, #6	34.52s	Ansted-Thompson Racing
4	Mike Mosley	Watson D, #90	34.7s	Leader Card Racers
5	Bill Puterbaugh	Meskowski D, #76	34.89s	Lee S Glessner
6	Bobby Unser	Watson D, #1	34.91s	Leader Card Racers
7	Roger McCluskey	Meskowski D, #82	34.92s	Foyt-Greer Racing
8	Billy Vukovich	Watson D, #98	35.06s	JC Agajanian
9	Gary Bettenhausen	Ward D, #8	35.1s	Fred Gerhardt
10	Larry Dickson	Blume D, #45	35.14s	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises
11	Bud Tingelstad	Meskowski D, #31	35.19s	Federal Engineering
12	Al Unser	King D, #3	35.31s	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
13	George Snider	Dunlop D, #12	35.55s	Pat Santello
14	Wally Dallenbach	Kuzma D, #22	35.61s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
15	Sam Sessions	Vollstedt D, #11	35.62s	Vatis Enterprises
16	Arnie Knepper	Ward D, #19	35.73s	MVS
17	Carl Williams	Lesovsky D, #99	35.76s	Joe Hunt
18	Ralph Liguori	Flynn D, #58	35.84s	Walter J Flynn