1970 USAC National Championship Trail

Al Unser - Champion

Date Race Track Miles Type Winner
3/28/70 Phoenix 150 Phoenix 150 PO Al Unser
4/4/70 Golden State 150 Sears Point 151.38 RC Dan Gurney
4/26/70 Trenton 200 Trenton 201 PO Lloyd Ruby
5/30/70 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis 500 PO Al Unser
6/7/70 Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee 150 PO Joe Leonard
6/14/70 Langhorne 150 Langhorne 150 PO Bobby Unser
6/28/70 Rocky Mountain 150 Castle Rock 151.62 RC Mario Andretti
7/4/70 Michigan Twin 200s MIS 200 PO Gary Bettenhausen
7/26/70 Indy 150 IRP 150 RC Al Unser
8/22/70 Tony Bettenhausen 100 Springfield 100 DO Al Unser
8/23/70 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee 200 PO Al Unser
9/6/70 California 500 Ontario 500 PO Jim McElreath
9/7/70 Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin 100 DO Al Unser
9/12/70 Hoosier Hundred ISF 100 DO Al Unser
9/19/70 Sedalia 100 Sedalia 100 DO Al Unser
10/3/70 Trenton 300 Trenton 264 PO Al Unser
10/4/70 Golden State 100 Sacramento 100 DO Al Unser
11/21/70 Bobby Ball 150 Phoenix 150 PO Swede Savage

Non-Championship Events

Date Race Track Miles Type Winner
7/4/70 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak 12.42 HC Ted Foltz

 

Standing Driver Starts DNS/DNQ Wins 2nds 3rds 4ths 5ths Best Finish Poles Points
1 Al Unser 18 0 10 2 3 0 1 8 5130
2 Bobby Unser 16 2 1 4 0 2 0 1 2260
3 Jim McElreath 9 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2060
4 Mike Mosley 18 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 1900
5 Mario Andretti 18 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 1890
6 Roger McCluskey 10 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 1380
7 Gordon Johncock 10 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1160
8 Art Pollard 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1110
9 A. J. Foyt 13 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1105
10 Dick Simon 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1080
11 Mark Donohue 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1040
12 Dan Gurney 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1000
13 Johnny Rutherford 14 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 960
14 Mel Kenyon 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 860
15 Lloyd Ruby 9 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 790
16 Bentley Warren 9 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 775
17 Gary Bettenhausen 15 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 710
18 Wally Dallenbach 11 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 620
19 Swede Savage 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 615
20 Donnie Allison 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 600
21 Jim Malloy 11 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 550
22 Greg Weld 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 530
23 Peter Revson 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 500
24 George Snider 11 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 460
25 Carl Williams 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 440
26 Jerry Grant 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 420
27 Rick Muther 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 400
28 Sam Sessions 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 365
29 Steve Krisiloff 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 315
30 Larry Dickson 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 310
31 John Mahler 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 305
32 Joe Leonard 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 300
33 Bill Simpson 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 295
34 Ralph Liguori 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 260
35 Lee Roy Yarbrough 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 250
36 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 200
37 Tom Bigelow 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 200
38 Max Dudley 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 195
39 Bruce Jacobi 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 180
40 Bob Harkey 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 130
41 Merle Bettenhausen 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 110
42 Dee Jones 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 100
43 Karl Busson 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 100
44 Bud Tingelstad 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 90
45 Bruce Walkup 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 80
46 Jimmy Caruthers 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 80
47 Jerry Karl 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 65
48 Ludwig Heimrath 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 60
49 Ronnie Bucknum 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 60
50 Dick Tobias 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 50
51 Jack Eiteljorg 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 45
52 Will Cagle 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 40
53 Arnie Knepper 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 40
54 Johnny Parsons 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 10
55 Johnny Anderson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 10
NR John Cannon 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
NR Ron Grable 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
NR Kevin Bartlett 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
NR Ned Spath 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR Larry Cannon 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR Jack Brabham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR Darrell Dockery 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Al Loquasto 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR John Martin 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
NR Al Miller (Krulac) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
NR Bill Puterbaugh 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
NR Sonny Ates 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
NR Jerry Poland 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0
NR Salt Walther 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0
NR Crockey Peterson 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0
NR Scooter Patrick 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0
NR George Follmer 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0
NR Nick Dioguardi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0
NR Bud Morley 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0
NR Gig Stephens 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0
NR Bob DeJong 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0
NR Don Brown 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0
NR Jim Hurtubise 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0
NR Tony Adamowicz 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bob Allen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Chris Amon 0 1 0