Sports season
The 1970 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 18 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 28 and concluding at the same location on November 21. There was also one non-championship event at Pikes Peak, Colorado . The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Al Unser . After this season, dirt courses did not reappear in the USAC Championship until 1981-82 . Road courses after this season did not reappear in the USAC Championship until 1977 . The Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb was the only non-championship event.
Schedule and results [ edit ]
Rnd Date Race Name Length Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver 1 March 28 Phoenix 150 150 mi (240 km) Phoenix International Raceway Avondale , Arizona Paved Mario Andretti Al Unser 2 April 4 Golden Gate 150 151.38 mi (243.62 km) Sears Point Raceway Sonoma , California Road Mark Donohue Dan Gurney 3 April 26 Trenton 200 201 mi (323 km) Trenton International Speedway Trenton , New Jersey Paved Al Unser Lloyd Ruby 4 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes 500 mi (800 km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway , Indiana Paved Al Unser Al Unser 5 June 7 Rex Mays Classic 150 mi (240 km) Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis , Wisconsin Paved Mario Andretti Joe Leonard 6 June 14 Langhorne 150 150 mi (240 km) Langhorne Speedway Langhorne , Pennsylvania Paved Bobby Unser Bobby Unser 7 June 28 Rocky Mountain 150 151.62 mi (244.01 km) Continental Divide Raceways Mead , Colorado Road Al Unser Mario Andretti 8 July 4 Michigan Twin 200s 200 mi (320 km) Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn , Michigan Paved Gary Bettenhausen Gary Bettenhausen NC July 4 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb 12.42 mi (19.99 km) Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak , Colorado Hill Orville Nance A Ted Foltz 9 July 26 Indy 150 150 mi (240 km) Indianapolis Raceway Park Clermont , Indiana Road Mario Andretti Al Unser 10 August 22 Tony Bettenhausen 100 100 mi (160 km) Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield , Illinois Dirt Larry Dickson Al Unser 11 August 23 Tony Bettenhausen 200 200 mi (320 km) Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis , Wisconsin Paved Al Unser Al Unser 12 September 6 California 500 500 mi (800 km) Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario , California Paved Lloyd Ruby Jim McElreath 13 September 7 Ted Horn Memorial 100 100 mi (160 km) DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin , Illinois Dirt Al Unser Al Unser 14 September 12 Hoosier Hundred 100 mi (160 km) Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis , Indiana Dirt Johnny Parsons Al Unser 15 September 19 Sedalia 100 100 mi (160 km) State Fair Raceway Sedalia , Missouri Dirt Al Unser Al Unser 16 October 3 Trenton 300 264 mi (425 km)B Trenton International Speedway Trenton , New Jersey Paved Al Unser Al Unser 17 October 4 Golden State 100 100 mi (160 km) California State Fairgrounds Sacramento , California Dirt Mario Andretti Al Unser 18 November 21 Bobby Ball 150 150 mi (240 km) Phoenix International Raceway Avondale , Arizona Paved Al Unser Swede Savage
Paved/Dirt Oval
Road Course/Hill Climb
Non-championship race
^A No pole is awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, in this schedule on the pole is the driver who started first. No lap led was awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, however, a lap was awarded to the drivers that completed the climb. ^B Scheduled for 300 miles, stopped early due to rain.
Final points standings [ edit ] Note: Mark Donohue, Kevin Bartlett, Peter Revson, LeeRoy Yarbrough, John Cannon, Donnie Allison, Ron Grable, Jack Eiteljorg and Jack Brabham are not eligible for points.
Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing
In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps RY Rookie of the Year R Rookie
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