1969 USAC Championship Car season


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.

Schedule and results

In the IZOD IndyCar Series 2011 Historical Record Book the winner of the Rex Mays Classic was declared to be only Art Pollard, because Greg Weld vacated the car on lap 2 of 150.
RndDateRace NameTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1March 30 Jimmy Bryan 150Phoenix International RacewayAvondale, ArizonaPaved Al Unser George Follmer
2April 13 California 200Hanford Motor SpeedwayHanford, CaliforniaPaved Mario Andretti Mario Andretti
3May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaPaved A. J. Foyt Mario Andretti
4June 8 Rex Mays ClassicMilwaukee MileWest Allis, WisconsinPaved Mario Andretti Art Pollard
5June 15 Langhorne 150Langhorne SpeedwayLanghorne, PennsylvaniaPaved Mario Andretti Bobby Unser
6June 29 Pikes Peak Auto Hill ClimbPikes Peak HighwayPikes Peak, ColoradoHill Orville Nance Mario Andretti
7July 6 Rocky Mountain 150Continental Divide RacewaysMead, ColoradoRoad Dan Gurney Gordon Johncock
8July 12 Nazareth 100Nazareth SpeedwayNazareth, PennsylvaniaDirt Bill Vukovich II Mario Andretti
9July 19 Trenton 200Trenton International SpeedwayTrenton, New JerseyPaved Mario Andretti Mario Andretti
10July 27 Indy 200Indianapolis Raceway ParkClermont, IndianaRoad Dan Gurney Dan Gurney
11July 27 Indy 200Indianapolis Raceway ParkClermont, IndianaRoad Dan Gurney Peter Revson
12August 17 Tony Bettenhausen 200Milwaukee MileWest Allis, WisconsinPaved Al Unser Al Unser
13August 18 Tony Bettenhausen 100Illinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirt Greg Weld Mario Andretti
14August 24 Delaware 200Dover Downs International SpeedwayDover, DelawarePaved Bobby Unser Art Pollard
15September 1 Ted Horn MemorialDuQuoin State FairgroundsDu Quoin, IllinoisDirt Greg Weld Al Unser
16September 6 Hoosier HundredIndiana State FairgroundsIndianapolis, IndianaDirt Greg Weld A. J. Foyt
17September 14 Brainerd 200Donnybrooke SpeedwayBrainerd, MinnesotaRoad Al Unser Gordon Johncock
18September 14 Brainerd 200Donnybrooke SpeedwayBrainerd, MinnesotaRoad Gordon Johncock Dan Gurney
19September 21 Trenton 300Trenton International SpeedwayTrenton, New JerseyPaved Bobby Unser Mario Andretti
20September 28 Golden State 100California State FairgroundsSacramento, CaliforniaDirt Greg Weld Al Unser
21October 19 Dan Gurney 200Pacific RacewaysKent, WashingtonRoad Dan Gurney Mario Andretti
22October 19 Dan Gurney 200Pacific RacewaysKent, WashingtonRoad Mario Andretti Al Unser
23November 21 Bobby Ball 150Phoenix International RacewayAvondale, ArizonaPaved Al Unser Al Unser
24December 7 Rex Mays 300Riverside International RacewayRiverside, CaliforniaRoad Dan Gurney Mario Andretti

Final points standings

Note1: Sam Posey, Mark Donohue, Swede Savage, Peter Revson, John Cannon, Jerry Hansen, David Hobbs, Jack Brabham, Denis Hulme and LeeRoy Yarbrough are not eligible for points.
Note2: Art Pollard qualified fifth for Milwaukee event and was eliminated in a 10-car accident at the start of the race. His original car was scored in 15th. Pollard then took over the car of Greg Weld and went on to win the race. Weld gets credit for a start but has no finishing position.