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1969 Trenton Indycars Race 2 in USAC at the Trenton circuit. Full information

1969 Trenton Indycars

1969 Trenton Indycars is 209th USAC race. Passed at the Trenton circuit. Bobby Unser won the pole position, Mario Andretti won this race. Roger McCluskey and Bud Tingelstad also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (483 km).

Previous race: 1969 Brainerd Indycars
Next race: 1969 Sacramento Indycars
Race Start: 21st September 1969

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1969 Trenton Indycars

9th victory for the Andy Granatelli team
28th victory for the Mario Andretti
61st podium for the Mario Andretti
16th podium for the Roger McCluskey
8th podium for the Bud Tingelstad

Hawk III #2 - 1969 Trenton Indycars winner

1969 Trenton Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Hawk III, #2	600	2h 13m 56.8s	Andy Granatelli
2	Roger McCluskey	Coyote ? 1969, #82	480	195 laps	Foyt-Greer Racing
3	Bud Tingelstad	Gerhardt ? 1969, #31	420	192 laps	Federal Engineering
4	Sam Sessions	Cecil ? 1969, #29	360	191 laps	MVS
5	George Snider	Watson ? 1969, #91	300	191 laps Engine	Leader Card Racers
6	Gordon Johncock	Gerhardt ? 1969, #12	240	184 laps	Johncock Racing Team
7	Bobby Unser	Eagle ? 1969, #1	180	171 laps Piston	Leader Card Racers
8	Steve Krisiloff	Gerhardt ? 1969, #112	150	170 laps Accident	American Racing Associates
9	Rick Muther	Lola T92, #7	120	163 laps	Jack Adams
10	Wally Dallenbach	Eagle 69, #22	90	163 laps Suspension	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
11	Jim McElreath	Gerhardt ? 1969, #14	60	149 laps	Caves Buick
12	Johnny Rutherford	Eagle ? 1969, #36	30	149 laps Suspension	Patrick Racing
13	AJ Foyt jr	Coyote ? 1969, #6	0	142 laps Turbocharger	Ansted-Thompson Racing
14	Art Pollard	Gerhardt ? 1969, #57	0	136 laps	Andy Granatelli
15	Jerry Karl	Gerhardt ? 1969, #68	0	129 laps Engine	Jerry Karl
16	Bill Puterbaugh	Gerhardt ? 1969, #35	0	122 laps	Federal Engineering
17	Charlie Masters	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #84	0	72 laps Ignition	Carl Gehlhausen
18	Jim Malloy	Lotus 56 4WD, #20	0	63 laps	Andy Granatelli
19	Gary Bettenhausen	Gerhardt ? 1969, #8	0	58 laps Engine	Fred Gerhardt
20	Les Scott	Watson ? 1969, #50	0	47 laps Ignition	Navarro Engineering
21	Al Unser	Lola T150 4WD SL-150-02, #15	0	38 laps Driveshaft	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
22	Larry Dickson	Eagle ? 1969, #45	0	19 laps Handling	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises
23	Mike Mosley	Watson ? 1969, #90	0	17 laps Accident	Leader Card Racers
24	Billy Vukovich	Gerhardt ? 1969, #98	0	17 laps Accident	JC Agajanian
25	Jigger Sirois	Finley ? 1969, #11	0	16 laps Accident	Vatis Enterprises
26	Al Loquasto	Curtis 67, #37	0	14 laps Ignition	Frank Curtis
27	Joe Leonard	Lotus 56 4WD, #3	0	13 laps Suspension	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
28	Ludwig Heimrath	Eisert 67, #10	0	6 laps Valve	Heimrath Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1969 Trenton Indycars on the Trenton circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Eagle ? 1969, #1	34.904s	Leader Card Racers
2	Al Unser	Lola T150 4WD SL-150-02, #15	35.117s	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
3	Roger McCluskey	Coyote ? 1969, #82	35.377s	Foyt-Greer Racing
4	AJ Foyt jr	Coyote ? 1969, #6	35.416s	Ansted-Thompson Racing
5	Wally Dallenbach	Eagle 69, #22	35.57s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
6	Mario Andretti	Hawk III, #2	35.583s	Andy Granatelli
7	Gordon Johncock	Gerhardt ? 1969, #12	35.724s	Johncock Racing Team
8	Gary Bettenhausen	Gerhardt ? 1969, #8	35.879s	Fred Gerhardt
9	Mike Mosley	Watson ? 1969, #90	35.887s	Leader Card Racers
10	Billy Vukovich	Gerhardt ? 1969, #98	36.104s	JC Agajanian
11	Art Pollard	Gerhardt ? 1969, #57	36.137s	Andy Granatelli
12	Joe Leonard	Lotus 56 4WD, #3	36.152s	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
13	Bud Tingelstad	Gerhardt ? 1969, #31	36.685s	Federal Engineering
14	Jim Malloy	Lotus 56 4WD, #20	36.838s	Andy Granatelli
15	Jim McElreath	Gerhardt ? 1969, #14	36.871s	Caves Buick
16	George Snider	Watson ? 1969, #91	36.969s	Leader Card Racers
17	Rick Muther	Lola T92, #7	37.278s	Jack Adams
18	Sam Sessions	Cecil ? 1969, #29	37.381s	MVS
19	Johnny Rutherford	Eagle ? 1969, #36	37.659s	Patrick Racing
20	Steve Krisiloff	Gerhardt ? 1969, #112	38.307s	American Racing Associates
21	Larry Dickson	Eagle ? 1969, #45	38.582s	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises
22	Jigger Sirois	Finley ? 1969, #11	38.852s	Vatis Enterprises
23	Jerry Karl	Gerhardt ? 1969, #68	39.084s	Jerry Karl
24	Bill Puterbaugh	Gerhardt ? 1969, #35	39.408s	Federal Engineering
25	Les Scott	Watson ? 1969, #50	39.75s	Navarro Engineering
26	Ludwig Heimrath	Eisert 67, #10	39.956s	Heimrath Racing
27	Al Loquasto	Curtis 67, #37	40.009s	Frank Curtis
28	Charlie Masters	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #84	41.741s	Carl Gehlhausen