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- First race: Continental Divide (R7), 6 Jul 1969.
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The 53rd International 500 Mile Sweepstakes was an auto race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Friday, May 30, 1969. It was the third round of the 1969 USAC Championship Car season. Polesitter A. J. Foyt led the race in the early stages
The 1969 Indianapolis 500 was the 53rd running of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing”. The event was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana, United States on Friday, 30 May 1969. A.J. Foyt started on pole position and Mario Andretti was the race winner.
Pos.No.DriverChassis12Hawk III248Eagle31Bobby UnserLola49Mel KenyonGerhardtBehind the Bricks: Indianapolis-Based IMSA Teams. Did you know that IMSA sports car racing is a bit of a hometown series for Indianapolis? When the series takes to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the TireRack Battle on the Bricks, several will be competing in their home race.
FinishStartQual. SpeedDriver12169.851210167.34133169.683424165.426In 1969, Jigger Sirois took over the Caves drive and his car was described as a 1967 Gerhardt and also as "last year's car" at the start of the season, but his car had outboard springs at the Indy 500, a 1968/69 modification, whereas both cars at the 1968 Indy 500 had had inboard springs.
The winner of the first race was American racer Ray Harroun in 1911, and the most recent winner is American racer Josef Newgarden in 2024. [3] Two editions of the Indianapolis 500, in 1924 and 1941 , were won by two drivers sharing a car; [ 15 ] relief drivers were used in the winning entries in 1911, 1912 , 1923 , and 1925 , but they are not ...
YearDateDriverNo.May 262May 282May 298May 3006The 53rd International 500 Mile Sweepstakes was an auto race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Friday, May 30, 1969. It was the third round of the 1969 USAC Championship Car season.
Jan 11, 2019 · In 1969, the race was held on Friday, May 30, and at the green flag, Andretti passed Foyt for the race lead heading into turn one. He held this position for the initial five laps, but one of the turbocharged Ford’s flaws was its propensity to overheat.
