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1970 Sacramento Indycars

1970 Sacramento Indycars is 231st USAC race. Passed at the Sacramento circuit. Mario Andretti won the pole position, Al Unser 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: 1970 Trenton Indycars
Next race: 1970 Phoenix Indycars
Race Start: 4th October 1970

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1970 Sacramento Indycars

16th victory for the Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing team
21st victory for the Al Unser
43rd podium for the Al Unser
7th podium for the George Snider
4th podium for the Billy Vukovich

1970 Sacramento Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Al Unser	King D, #2	200	1h 4m 15.37s	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
2	George Snider	Dunlop D, #24	160	100 laps	United Championship Racers
3	Billy Vukovich	Kuzma D, #20	140	100 laps	Andy Granatelli
4	Greg Weld	King D, #41	120	100 laps	Grant King Racers
5	Roger McCluskey	Meskowski D, #89	100	100 laps	Darwin Maxson
6	Bobby Unser	Ward D, #16	80	100 laps	Don Gerhardt
7	Merle Bettenhausen	Meskowski D, #46	60	99 laps	Ron Kilman
8	Mike Mosley	Watson D, #9	50	99 laps	Leader Card Racers
9	Gary Bettenhausen	Edmunds D, #59	40	97 laps	Don Gerhardt
10	Carl Williams	Meskowski D, #82	30	93 laps Uv joint	S&W Racing
11	Bentley Warren	Vollstedt D, #94	20	90 laps	Vatis Enterprises
12	Johnny Anderson	Shilala D, #65	10	88 laps Fuel pump	Ernest L Ruiz
13	Johnny Rutherford	Lesovsky D, #18	0	79 laps Spun	Patrick Racing
14	Mario Andretti	King D, #1	0	69 laps Accident	Andy Granatelli
15	Ralph Liguori	Flynn D, #58	0	38 laps Water pipe	Walter J Flynn
16	Jim McElreath	McElreath D, #14	0	36 laps Overheating	McElreath Racing
17	Tom Bigelow	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #84	0	33 laps Piston	Carl Gehlhausen
18	Salt Walther	Meskowski D, #77	0	26 laps Accident	Dayton-Walther

Qualifying Results for the 1970 Sacramento Indycars on the Sacramento circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	King D, #1	Accident	Andy Granatelli
2	Bobby Unser	Ward D, #16		Don Gerhardt
3	George Snider	Dunlop D, #24		United Championship Racers
4	Al Unser	King D, #2		Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
5	Gary Bettenhausen	Edmunds D, #59		Don Gerhardt
6	Billy Vukovich	Kuzma D, #20		Andy Granatelli
7	Greg Weld	King D, #41		Grant King Racers
8	Johnny Rutherford	Lesovsky D, #18	Spun	Patrick Racing
9	Ralph Liguori	Flynn D, #58	Water pipe	Walter J Flynn
10	Mike Mosley	Watson D, #9		Leader Card Racers
11	Merle Bettenhausen	Meskowski D, #46		Ron Kilman
12	Roger McCluskey	Meskowski D, #89		Darwin Maxson
13	Carl Williams	Meskowski D, #82	Uv joint	S&W Racing
14	Tom Bigelow	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #84	Piston	Carl Gehlhausen
15	Jim McElreath	McElreath D, #14	Overheating	McElreath Racing
16	Bentley Warren	Vollstedt D, #94		Vatis Enterprises
17	Johnny Anderson	Shilala D, #65	Fuel pump	Ernest L Ruiz
18	Salt Walther	Meskowski D, #77	Accident	Dayton-Walther