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1970 Springfield Indycars in USAC at the Springfield circuit. Full information

1970 Springfield Indycars

1970 Springfield Indycars is 224th USAC race. Passed at the Springfield circuit. Larry Dickson won the pole position, Al Unser won this race. Carl Williams and Jim McElreath also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 100 laps (161 km).

Previous race: 1970 Indianapolis Raceway Park Indycars
Next race: 1970 Milwaukee Indycars
Race Start: 22nd August 1970

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1970 Springfield Indycars

10th victory for the Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing team
15th victory for the Al Unser
37th podium for the Al Unser
1st podium for the Carl Williams
19th podium for the Jim McElreath

1970 Springfield Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Al Unser	King D, #2	200	1h 36m 18.4s	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
2	Carl Williams	Meskowski D, #82	160	100 laps	S&W Racing
3	Jim McElreath	McElreath D, #14	140	97 laps	McElreath Racing
4	Bruce Jacobi	Silnes ? 1970, #22	120	97 laps	Lee S Glessner
5	Bentley Warren	Vollstedt D, #94	100	93 laps	Vatis Enterprises
6	Jimmy Caruthers	Meskowski D, #57	80	86 laps Engine	Kenny Brenn
7	Tom Bigelow	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #84	60	82 laps	Carl Gehlhausen
8	Merle Bettenhausen	Turner D, #44	50	71 laps Timing gears	Boyce Holt Racing
9	Bobby Unser	Watson D, #3	40	70 laps Engine	Leader Card Racers
10	Mike Mosley	Watson D, #9	30	67 laps Suspension	Leader Card Racers
11	Johnny Rutherford	Lesovsky D, #18	20	60 laps Magneto	Patrick Racing
12	Bob Harkey	Meskowski D, #52	10	47 laps Ignition	Bob Harkey
13	Ralph Liguori	Flynn D, #58	0	45 laps Bodywork	Walter J Flynn
14	George Snider	Dunlop D, #24	0	29 laps Wheel	United Championship Racers
15	AJ Foyt jr	Meskowski D, #7	0	28 laps Spark plugs	Ansted-Thompson Racing
16	Johnny Parsons jr	Meskowski D, #39	0	26 laps Engine	Seymour Enterprises
17	Sam Sessions	Ward D, #85	0	18 laps Engine	Seidelman
18	Arnie Knepper	Moore D, #74	0	15 laps Magneto	Ron Burke
19	Dick Tobias	Meskowski D, #77	0	15 laps Engine	Dayton-Walther
20	Gary Bettenhausen	Ward D, #16	0	12 laps Wheel	Don Gerhardt
21	Will Cagle	King D, #12	0	12 laps Engine	Gene White Co
22	Jim Malloy	Meskowski D, #31	0	10 laps Overheating	Federal Engineering
23	Karl Busson	Cedoz D, #48	0	10 laps Overheating	Ron Hart
24	Mario Andretti	King D, #1	0	5 laps Suspension	Andy Granatelli
25	Larry Dickson	Kuzma D, #20	0	4 laps Piston	Andy Granatelli
26	Bruce Walkup	Watson D, #98	0	1 laps Piston	Agajanian-Faas Racers
27	Greg Weld	King D, #41	0	Accident	Grant King Racers

Qualifying Results for the 1970 Springfield Indycars on the Springfield circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Larry Dickson	Kuzma D, #20	Piston	Andy Granatelli
2	Johnny Rutherford	Lesovsky D, #18	Magneto	Patrick Racing
3	Greg Weld	King D, #41	Accident	Grant King Racers
4	Gary Bettenhausen	Ward D, #16	Wheel	Don Gerhardt
5	Mario Andretti	King D, #1	Suspension	Andy Granatelli
6	Al Unser	King D, #2		Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
7	Mike Mosley	Watson D, #9	Suspension	Leader Card Racers
8	Jim McElreath	McElreath D, #14		McElreath Racing
9	AJ Foyt jr	Meskowski D, #7	Spark plugs	Ansted-Thompson Racing
10	Bobby Unser	Watson D, #3	Engine	Leader Card Racers
11	Bob Harkey	Meskowski D, #52	Ignition	Bob Harkey
12	Tom Bigelow	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #84		Carl Gehlhausen
13	Jim Malloy	Meskowski D, #31	Overheating	Federal Engineering
14	Dick Tobias	Meskowski D, #77	Engine	Dayton-Walther
15	Johnny Parsons jr	Meskowski D, #39	Engine	Seymour Enterprises
16	Bruce Walkup	Watson D, #98	Piston	Agajanian-Faas Racers
17	Carl Williams	Meskowski D, #82		S&W Racing
18	Will Cagle	King D, #12	Engine	Gene White Co
19	Karl Busson	Cedoz D, #48	Overheating	Ron Hart
20	Jimmy Caruthers	Meskowski D, #57	Engine	Kenny Brenn
21	Arnie Knepper	Moore D, #74	Magneto	Ron Burke
22	George Snider	Dunlop D, #24	Wheel	United Championship Racers
23	Sam Sessions	Ward D, #85	Engine	Seidelman
24	Merle Bettenhausen	Turner D, #44	Timing gears	Boyce Holt Racing
25	Bruce Jacobi	Silnes ? 1970, #22		Lee S Glessner
26	Bentley Warren	Vollstedt D, #94		Vatis Enterprises
27	Ralph Liguori	Flynn D, #58	Bodywork	Walter J Flynn