California 500
Ontario Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
September 6, 1970

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points
1 18 Jim McElreath 14 Sheraton-Thompson Coyote Ford TC 200 3:07:22.55 160.106 1,000
2 32 Art Pollard 64 Quickick Scorpion Ford TC 200 Finished 800
3 27 Dick Simon 44 Racing International Vollstedt Ford TC 200 Finished 700
4 11 Gordon Johncock 5 Gilmore Broadcasting McLaren Offy TC 200 Finished 600
5 10 Peter Revson 75 Team McLaren McLaren Offy TC 200 Finished 500
6 20 Mel Kenyon 6 Sprite Eagle Ford TC 198 Finished 400
7 30 Greg Weld 41 Grant King King Offy TC 195 Flagged 300
8 9 Lee Roy Yarbrough 32 Norris Industries Brabham Offy TC 191 Blown engine 250
9 4 Al Unser 2 Johnny Lightning 500 Colt Ford TC 186 Transmission 200
10 8 Mario Andretti 1 STP Oil Treatment McNamara Ford TC 182 Engine 150
11 16 Jim Malloy 31 Stearns Transi-Tread Gerhardt Offy TC 179 Flagged 100
12 31 Carl Williams 65 Travelon Trailer Gerhardt Offy TC 179 Engine 50
13 6 Joe Leonard 15 Johnny Lightning 500 Colt Ford TC 168 Spun out
14 15 Mike Mosley 9 G. C. Murphy Eagle Offy TC 147 Turbo
15 7 A. J. Foyt 7 Sheraton-Thompson Coyote Ford TC 131 Wrecked T4
16 28 Bruce Walkup 97 Wynn's Spitfire Mongoose Offy TC 117 Overheated
17 17 Bob Harkey 99 Joe Hunt Magneto Gerhardt Offy TC 100 Burned piston
18 2 Dan Gurney 48 Olsonite Eagle Offy TC 98 Wrecked
19 5 Gary Bettenhausen 16 Thermo King Gerhardt Offy TC 93 Burned piston
20 29 George Follmer 20 STP Gas Treatment Brawner Hawk Ford TC 76 Broken oil tank
21 21 Jerry Grant 89 Nelson Ironworks Eagle Offy TC 63 Ignition
22 12 Bobby Unser 3 Wagner-Lockheed Eagle Ford TC 45 Dropped valve
23 1 Lloyd Ruby 25 Daniels Cablevision Laycock Offy TC 42 Engine
24 26 Bud Tingelstad 92 Sugaripe Prune Brabham Offy TC 40 Broken pinion gear
25 24 Roger McCluskey 11 Quickick Scorpion Ford TC 26 Dropped valve
26 22 Kevin Bartlett 12 Daniels Cablevision Laycock Ford TC 16 Burned piston
27 23 Swede Savage 42 Olsonite Eagle Ford 13 Ignition
28 14 Wally Dallenbach 22 Sprite Eagle Offy TC 10 Blown piston
29 19 Steve Krisiloff 86 Wagner-Lockhhed Eagle Offy TC 8 Magneto
30 13 Mark Donohue 66 Sunoco Lola Ford TC 7 Blown piston
31 3 Johnny Rutherford 18 Patrick Petroleum Eagle Offy TC 5 Burned piston
32 33 Jim Hurtubise 56 Genesee Beer Mallard FE Offy TC 1 Wrecked T3
33 25 Rick Muther 38 Two Jacks Brawner Hawk Offy TC 1 Dropped valve
-- -- Larry Dickson 17 Lombard Vollstedt Ford TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Larry Dickson 21 Lombard Vollstedt Ford TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Larry Dickson 67 Jim Robbins Vollstedt Ford TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Billy Vukovich, Jr. 78 Thermo King Gerhardt Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bill Puterbaugh 98 Wynn's Edmunds Offy TC -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Bill Simpson 96 Eisert Eisert Chevy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- George Snider 90 G. C. Murphy Watson Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Jigger Sirois 94 Sugaripe Prune Brabham Offy TC -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Sam Sessions 74 Caves Buick Gerhardt Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- John Cannon 17 Lombard Vollstedt Ford TC -- Driven by Dickson
-- -- Al Loquasto 26 Indy-On-A-Shoestring Gerhardt Offy TC -- Did not appear
-- -- Lee Roy Yarbrough 27 Jim Robbins Vollstedt Ford TC -- Did not appear
-- -- Bill Simpson 28 Carborundum X Chevy TC -- Did not appear
-- -- Ronnie Bucknum 29 MVS Cecil Ford TC -- Did not appear
-- -- Denny Zimmerman 50 Navarro Engineering Watson Rambler TC -- Drove #88 instead
-- -- Keith Rachwitz 81 Troutman X Ford -- Did not appear
-- -- Kevin Bartlett 96 Eisert Eisert Chevy TC -- Driven by Simpson
-- -- Bob DeJong 43 Fiore Racing Vollstedt Offy TC -- Entry declined, lack of experience
-- -- Les Scott 50 Navarro Engineering Watson Rambler TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Jack Brabham 32 Norris Industries Brabham Offy TC -- Withdrew, driven by Yarbrough  
-- -- Lloyd Ruby 12 Daniels Cablevision Laycock Ford TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Denny Zimmerman 88 Maxson & Jeffries X Offy TC -- Did not pass refresher test
-- -- Swede Savage 67 Jim Robbins Vollstedt Ford TC -- Drove #42 instead
-- -- Bill Puterbaugh 43 Fiore Racing Vollstedt Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Sam Sessions 88 Maxson & Jeffries X Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Billy Vukovich, Jr. 45 X X X -- Did not qualify

 

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