1970 USAC National Championship Trail

Al Unser - Champion

Date Race Track Miles Type Winner
3/28/70 Jimmy Bryan 150 Phoenix 150 PO Al Unser
4/4/70 Golden Gate 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 3 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 4 0 2 1 0 2 0 1380
7 Gordon Johncock 10 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1160
8 Art Pollard 10 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1110
9 A. J. Foyt 13 3 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 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 960
14 Mel Kenyon 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 860
15 Lloyd Ruby 9 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 790
16 Bentley Warren 9 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 775
17 Gary Bettenhausen 15 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 710
18 Wally Dallenbach 11 2 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 3 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 2 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 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 365
29 Steve Krisiloff 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 315
30 Larry Dickson 4 4 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 4 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 1 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 4 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 5 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 3 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 4 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 3 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 1 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 2 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 1 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 5 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 Carl Adams 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bobby Allen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Chris Amon 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Rollie Beale 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Ron Burke 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Leigh Earnshaw 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Charlie Glotzbach 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bob Gregg 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Denis Hulme 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Lee Kunzman 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Ed Marshall 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bruce McLaren 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Butch Morley 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Carlos Pairetti 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Gary Ponzini 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Sam Posey 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Keith Rachwitz 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jim Reynard 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Les Scott 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jigger Sirois 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Tom Sneva 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Dave Strickland 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bob Veith 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Denny Zimmerman 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Carl Anderson Non points race only 0
NR Malcolm Brazier Non points race only 0
NR James Byrd Non points race only 0
NR Bob Daly Non points race only 0
NR Butch Earley Non points race only 0
NR Ted Foltz Non points race only 0
NR Bob Herring Non points race only 0
NR Charlie Lowderman Non points race only 0
NR Grier Manning Non points race only 0
NR Ak Miller Non points race only 0
NR Ralph Murdock Non points race only 0
NR Orville Nance Non points race only 0
NR Larry Overholser Non points race only 0
NR Gene Pacheco Non points race only 0
NR LaVerne Ravenstein Non points race only 0
NR Doug Stuart Non points race only 0
NR Jeff Tauzer Non points race only 0
NR Wes Vandervoort Non points race only 0
NR Rick Vermillion Non points race only 0
NR Rodger Veys Non points race only 0
NR Bob Werner Non points race only 0
NR Eugene Willbanks Non points race only 0
 
Debuts Farewells
Tony Adamowicz
Carl Adams
Bobby Allen
Donnie Allison
Carl Anderson
Kevin Bartlett
Ron Burke
Will Cagle
Larry Cannon
Jimmy Caruthers
Bob DeJong
Darrell Dockery
Leigh Earnshaw
Ron Grable
John Mahler
John Martin
Ak Miller
Butch Morley
Carlos Pairetti
Scooter Patrick
Crockey Peterson
Jerry Poland
Gary Ponzini
Tom Sneva
Doug Stuart
Jeff Tauzer
Dick Tobias
Salt Walther
Bentley Warren
Carl Adams Charlie Lowderman
Chris Amon Grier Manning
Carl Anderson Ed Marshall
Johnny Anderson Bruce McLaren
Sonny Ates Ak Miller
Kevin Bartlett Al Miller
Rollie Beale Bud Morley
Jack Brabham Butch Morley
Malcolm Brazier Ralph Murdock
James Byrd Orville Nance
Will Cagle Larry Overholser
Bob Daly Gene Pacheco
Bob DeJong Scooter Patrick
Nick Dioguardi Jerry Poland
Darrell Dockery Gary Ponzini
Butch Earley Keith Rachwitz
Leigh Earnshaw LaVerne Ravenstein
Jack Eiteljorg Doug Stuart
Ted Foltz Jeff Tauzer
Charlie Glotzbach Bob Veith
Ron Grable Rick Vermillion
Bob Gregg Rodger Veys
Dan Gurney Bob Werner
Bob Herring Eugene Willbanks
Ralph Liguori Eugene Willbanks