1969 USAC National Championship Trail

Mario Andretti - Champion

Date Race Track Miles Type Winner
3/30/69 Jimmy Bryan 150 Phoenix 150 PO George Follmer
4/13/69 California 200 Hanford 201 PO Mario Andretti
5/30/69 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis 500 PO Mario Andretti
6/8/69 Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee 150 PO Greg Weld/Art Pollard
6/15/69 Langhorne 150 Langhorne 150 PO Bobby Unser
6/29/69 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak 12.42 HC Mario Andretti
7/6/69 Rocky Mountain 150 Castle Rock 151.62 RC Gordon Johncock
7/12/69 Nazareth 100 Nazareth 100.125 DO Mario Andretti
7/19/69 Trenton 200 Trenton 201 PO Mario Andretti
7/27/69 Indy 200 Heat 1 IRP 100 RC Dan Gurney
7/27/69 Indy 200 Heat 2 IRP 100 RC Peter Revson
8/17/69 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee 200 PO Al Unser
8/18/69 Tony Bettenhausen 100 Springfield 100 DO Mario Andretti
8/24/69 Delaware 200 Dover 200 PO Art Pollard
9/1/69 Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin 100 DO Al Unser
9/6/69 Hoosier Hundred ISF 100 DO A. J. Foyt
9/14/69 Brainerd Heat 1 Brainerd 96.322 RC Gordon Johncock
9/14/69 Brainerd Heat 2 Brainerd 96.322 RC Dan Gurney
9/21/69 Trenton 300 Trenton 300 PO Mario Andretti
9/28/69 Golden State 100 Sacramento 100 DO Al Unser
10/19/69 Dan Gurney 200 Heat 1 Seattle 99 RC Mario Andretti
10/19/69 Dan Gurney 200 Heat 2 Seattle 99 RC Al Unser
11/16/69 Bobby Ball 200 Phoenix 200 PO Al Unser
12/7/69 Rex Mays 300 Riverside 312 RC Mario Andretti

 

Standing Driver Starts DNS/DNQ Wins 2nds 3rds 4ths 5ths Best Finish Poles Points
1 Mario Andretti 24 0 9 3 1 2 1 5 5055
2 Al Unser 19 2 5 3 1 1 0 4 2630
3 Bobby Unser 21 0 1 1 3 1 2 2 2585
4 Dan Gurney 9 0 2 3 2 1 0 5 2280
5 Gordon Johncock 16 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 2070
6 Wally Dallenbach 15 3 0 2 2 0 2 0 1795
7 A. J. Foyt 17 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1570
8 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 19 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 1280
9 Mike Mosley 21 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1220
10 Lloyd Ruby 10 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1190
11 Johnny Rutherford 13 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 1130
12 Art Pollard 18 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1110
13 Roger McCluskey 16 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1090
14 Gary Bettenhausen 15 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 970
15 Bud Tingelstad 13 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 920
16 George Follmer 11 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 880
17 Peter Revson 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 840
18 George Snider 12 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 840
19 Jim Malloy 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 720
20 Mel Kenyon 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 615
21 Joe Leonard 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 600
22 Larry Dickson 8 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 510
23 Mark Donohue 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 480
24 Sam Sessions 11 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 475
25 Swede Savage 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 400
26 Jim McElreath 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 400
27 Sam Posey 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 370
28 Steve Krisiloff 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 355
29 Rick Muther 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 330
30 Bill Simpson 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 320
31 Jerry Grant 6 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 290
32 Bruce Walkup 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 269
33 Bob Harkey 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 215
34 Greg Weld 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 4 210
35 Max Dudley 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 210
36 Al Smith 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 175
37 Jerry Daniels 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 160
38 Jigger Sirois 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 150
39 Bobby Johns 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 150
40 John Cannon 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 130
41 Carl Williams 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 130
42 Bill Puterbaugh 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 120
43 Tom Bigelow 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 110
44 Jerry Hansen 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 110
45 Arnie Knepper 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 100
46 Dave Strickland 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 90
47 Ludwig Heimrath 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 65
48 Sonny Ates 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 61
49 Johnny Parsons 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 60
50 Al Loquasto 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 60
51 Keith Rachwitz 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 60
52 David Hobbs 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 60
53 Jerry Karl 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 60
54 Ralph Liguori 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 50
55 Johnny Anderson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 50
56 Don Schisler 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 40
57 Les Scott 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 40
58 Don Nordhorn 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 30
59T Bobby Grim 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 30
59T Denny Zimmerman 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 30
61 Ted Foltz 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 24
62 Wes Vandervoort 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21
63 Bob Gregg 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 20
64 Lee Kunzman 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 20
65 Bob Herring 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18
66 Malcolm Brazier 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15
67 George Fejer 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 15
68 Charlie Lowderman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 12
69 Grier Manning 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 9
70 Clark Yowell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8
71 Bob Daly 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 6
72 Jack Guynn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 5
NR Orville Nance 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0
NR Larry Overholser 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
NR Gene Pacheco 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR George Benson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR LaVerne Ravenstein 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Jim Reynard 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Hamilton Vose 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Rollie Beale 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
NR Dempsey Wilson 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
NR Butch Earley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
NR Ralph Murdock 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
NR Todd Gibson 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
NR Ronnie Bucknum 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
NR Charles Masters 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
NR Wib Spalding 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
NR James Byrd 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
NR Tommy Copp 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0
NR Denis Hulme 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0
NR Gig Stephens 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0
NR Lou Sell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0
NR Earl Smith 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0
NR Mickey Shaw 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0
NR Lee Roy Yarbrough 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0
NR Jack Brabham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0
NR Ed Marshall 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0
NR Ned Spath 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0
NR Bob Pratt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0
NR Merle Bettenhausen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Chuck Booth 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Dale Breedlove 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Karl Busson 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Scott Carr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Dino Dioguardi 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Nick Dioguardi 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Steve Diulo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR George Eaton 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Cy Fairchild 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Charlie Glotzbach 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Graham Hill 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bobby Hogle 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jim Hurtubise 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Dee Jones 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Joe Lehman 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jimmy Maguire 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Al Miller (Krulac) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bud Morley 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Lothar Motschenbacher 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Pat O'Reilly 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jochen Rindt 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Dick Simon 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bob Veith 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Rick Vermillion 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Rodger Veys 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bob West 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Roger West 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Eugene Willbanks 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
 
Debuts Farewells
Johnny Anderson Steve Krisiloff
Merle Bettenhausen Lee Kunzman
James Byrd Ed Marshall
Scott Carr Charles Masters
Dino Dioguardi Jimmy Maguire
Nick Dioguardi Don Nordhorn
Steve Diulo Pat O'Reilly
George Eaton Johnny Parsons
Cy Fairchild Sam Posey
Todd Gibson Swede Savage 
Charlie Glotzbach Dick Simon
Jack Guynn Ned Spath
Jerry Hansen Dave Strickland
David Hobbs Rodger Veys
Jerry Karl Bob West
George Benson Lothar Motschenbacher
Chuck Booth Don Nordhorn
Dale Breedlove Pat O'Reilly
Scott Carr Bob Pratt
Tommy Copp Jochen Rindt
Jerry Daniels Don Schisler
Dino Dioguardi Lou Sell
Steve Diulo Mickey Shaw
Cy Fairchild Al Smith
George Fejer Earl Smith
Bobby Grim Wib Spalding
Jack Guynn Wes Vandervoort
Jerry Hansen Hamilton Vose
Graham Hill Bob West
Bobby Hogle Roger West
Joe Lehman Dempsey Wilson
Charles Masters Clark Yowell
Jimmy Maguire