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1969 USAC Championship Car season

USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	24
Start date	March 30
End date	December 7
Awards
National champion	Mario Andretti
Indianapolis 500 winner	Mario Andretti

Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1968	1970

The 1969 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 24 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 30 and concluding in Riverside, California on December 7. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Mario Andretti.

Contents

1 Schedule and results
2 Leading National Championship standings
3 References
4 See also

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	March 30	Jimmy Bryan 150	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Paved Oval	Al Unser	George Follmer
2	April 13	California 200	Hanford Motor Speedway	Hanford, California	Paved Oval	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti
3	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved Oval	A. J. Foyt	Mario Andretti
4	June 8	Rex Mays Classic	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	Mario Andretti	Greg Weld/Art Pollard^A
5	June 15	Langhorne 150	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Paved Oval	Mario Andretti	Bobby Unser
6	June 29	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill Climb	—	Mario Andretti
7	July 6	Rocky Mountain 150	Continental Divide Raceway	Mead, Colorado	Road Course	Dan Gurney	Gordon Johncock
8	July 12	Nazareth 100	Nazareth Speedway	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	Dirt Oval	Bill Vukovich II	Mario Andretti
9	July 19	Trenton 200	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti
10	July 27	Indy 200^B	Indianapolis Raceway Park	Clermont, Indiana	Paved Oval	Dan Gurney	Dan Gurney
11	July 27	Indy 200^B	Indianapolis Raceway Park	Clermont, Indiana	Paved Oval	Dan Gurney	Peter Revson
12	August 17	Tony Bettenhausen 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved Oval	Al Unser	Al Unser
13	August 18	Tony Bettenhausen 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt Oval	Greg Weld	Mario Andretti
14	August 24	Delaware 200	Dover Downs International Speedway	Dover, Delaware	Paved Oval	Bobby Unser	Art Pollard
15	September 1	Ted Horn Memorial	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt Oval	Greg Weld	Al Unser
16	September 6	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds	Indianapolis, Indiana	Dirt Oval	Greg Weld	A. J. Foyt
17	September 14	Brainerd 200^C	Donnybrooke Speedway	Brainerd, Minnesota	Road Course	Al Unser	Gordon Johncock
18	September 14	Brainerd 200^C	Donnybrooke Speedway	Brainerd, Minnesota	Road Course	Gordon Johncock	Dan Gurney
19	September 21	Trenton 300	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Paved Oval	Bobby Unser	Mario Andretti
20	September 28	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt Oval	Greg Weld	Al Unser
21	October 19	Dan Gurney 200^D	Pacific Raceways	Kent, Washington	Road Course	Dan Gurney	Mario Andretti
22	October 19	Dan Gurney 200^D	Pacific Raceways	Kent, Washington	Road Course	Mario Andretti	Al Unser
23	November 21	Bobby Ball 150	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Paved Oval	Al Unser	Al Unser
24	December 7	Rex Mays 300	Riverside International Raceway	Riverside, California	Road Course	Dan Gurney	Mario Andretti

^A Pollard relieved Weld on lap 2 of 150.

^B Run in two heats of 100 miles (160 kilometers) each.

^C Run in two heats of 96.3 miles (155 kilometers) each.

^D Run in two heats of 99 miles (159 kilometers) each.

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Mario Andretti	STP Oil Treatment	5055
2	Al Unser	Vel’s Parnelli Jones Racing	2630
3	Bobby Unser	Leader Card Racing	2585
4	Dan Gurney	All American Racers	2280
5	Gordon Johncock	Johncock Racing	2070

References

Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1969". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2010-12-29. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1969/. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
"1969 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-29. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1969.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-29.

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National Champions	Mario Andretti (three times) • Tony Bettenhausen • Jimmy Bryan (twice) • A. J. Foyt (five times) • Al Unser • Bobby Unser • Rodger Ward (twice)

Tracks	Arizona State Fair • Atlanta • Brainerd • California State Fair • Darlington • Daytona • Dover • DuQuoin State Fair • Hanford • Illinois State Fair • Indianapolis • Indianapolis Raceway Park • Indiana State Fair • Lakewood • Langhorne • Mead • Michigan • Michigan State Fair • Milwaukee • Missouri State Fair • Mosport • Nazareth • New York State Fair • Ontario • Pacific • Phoenix • Pikes Peak • Riverside • St. Jovite • Sears Point • Trenton

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