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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 .
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, looking to become the first four-time winner of the 500.
The Eagle 69, also known as the Eagle Mark 7, [6] was an open-wheel race car developed and built by Dan Gurney's All American Racers team, designed to compete in USAC IndyCar racing, starting in the 1969 season. [7] In its most powerful form, It was powered by a small-displacement turbocharged Ford V8 engine, capable of producing over 800 hp ...
The 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was halted and formally abandoned after 11 laps as a result of a multiple-car crash that involved the death of Dan Wheldon, with Tony Kanaan leading. Therefore, the total number of IRL/IndyCar races reflected in the chart is two fewer than the number of actual events.
Leon Duray "Jigger" Sirois (born April 16, 1935) is an American former racing driver from the small town of Shelby in northern Indiana. [1] He raced in a variety of racing genres, most notably midget, stock and Indy "Big" cars. [1]
This list of 1969 motorsport champions is a list of national or international auto racing series with a Championship decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races. Drag racing
It successfully won the 1969 Indianapolis 500, driven by Mario Andretti. The Brawner Hawk was originally powered by the naturally-aspirated 255 cu in (4 L), and later turbocharged 159–162 cu in (2,606–2,655 cc), 700 hp (520 kW), Ford Indy V8 engine , which also powered several Lotus and Coyote Indy race cars, and even a McNamara chassis.
Brabham BT25 IndyCar. The Brabham BT25 was an open-wheel racing car used in the 1968 and 1969 USAC Championships. [1] [2] Two examples of the BT25 were built by Brabham in 1968 to compete in USAC Championship races. The cars were powered by a 4.2-liter Repco V8 engine. The cars were driven in 1968 by Jack Brabham, Jochen Rindt, and Masten ...