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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS Pgt 19 10 Leading Drivers And Average Speed At 50-Mile Posts 50 MILES No. 100 MILES No. 150 MILES No. 200 MILES No. Ruby 4 Andretti 2 Foyt 6 Leonard 44 Dallenbach 22 Hulme 42 Gurney 48 Mosley 90 Donohue 66 McCIuskey 82 Average: 158.901 250 MILES No.

Andretti 2 Ruby 4 Leonard 44 Gurney 48 Hulme 42 Mosley 90 Donohue 66 Foyt 6 Snider 84 McCIuskey 82 Average: 158.282 300 MILES No. Andretti 2 Leonard 44 Gurney 48 McCIuskey, 82 Hulme 42 Mosley 90 Donohue 66 Unser 1 Johncock 12 Kenyon 9 Average: 157.621 350 MILES No. Andretti 2 Gurney 48 Hulme 42 Mosley 90 McCIuskey 82 Unser 1 Donohue 66 Johncock 12 Tingclstad 15 Kenyon 9 Average: 160.512 400 MILES No. Andretti 2 Gurney 48 Mosley 90 Donohue 66 Unser 1 McCIuskey 82 Kenyon 9 Tingelstad 15 Revson 92 Leonard 44 Average: 160.200 450 MILES 500 MILES No Andretti 2 Gurney 48 Unser Kenyon 9 Revson 92 Leonard 44 Donohue 66 Foyt 6 Dickson 21 Johns 97 Average: 156.867 No. 2 48 1 9 1.

Foyt 6 2. McCIuskey 82 3. Andretti 2 4. Bettenhausen 8 Foyt 6 Foyt 6 Andretti Gurney Unser Kenyon McCIuskey 82 Andretti 2 Ruby 4 Ruby 4 Dallenbach 22 Andretti 2 Leonard 44 Gurney 48 5. Unser 1 6.

Leonard 44 7. Ruby 4 8. McElreath 38 9. Donohue 66 10. Gurney 48 Average: 163.916 Dallenbach 22 Leonard 44 Donohue 66 Revson 92 Leonard 44 Foyt 6 Dickson 21 Johns 97 Average: 159.814 Donohue 66 Hulms 42 Donohue 66 Mosley 90 Snider 84 Average: 161.503 Gurney 48 Unser 1 Ates 59 Average: 160.602 I Out Of The Race Saturday, May 31, 1969 1 kn mm) mm If 8 mr ihwmfMA rfi mm ,3 No.

98 Bill Vukovich, thrown rod, on the 1st lap. No. 16 Bruce Walkup, broken rear end, on the 1st lap. No. 95 Brabham, broken fuel injection system on 2nd lap; returned to race 1 hour 1 1 minutes later.

No. 40 Art Pollard, broken drive line, on 7th lap. No. 4.5 Ronnie Bucknum, burned piston, on 17th lap. No.

62 George Follmer, engine- trouble, on the 17th lap. No. 38 Jim McElreath, engine fire, on the 25th lap. No. 8 Gary Bettenhausen, blown engine, on the 40th lap.

No. 36 John Rutherford, split oil tank, on the 48th lap. No. 57 Carl Williams, clutch failure, on the 50th lap. No.

67 Lee Roy Yarbrough, broken header system, on the 67th lap. No. 22 Wally Dallenbach, broken rear end, on the 87th lap. No. 29 Arnie spun in north chute and hit outside wall, on the 85th lap.

No. 4 Lloyd Ruby, rup- tured fuel tank, on the 107th lap. No. 12 Gordon Johncock, valve trouble, on the 135th lap. No.

42 i Hulme, clutch trouble, on the 151st lap. No. 82 Roger McCIuskey, reason undetermined, on the 160th lap. No. 90 Mike Mosley, broken piston, on the 170th lap.

No. 59 Sonny Ates, loss of power, on the 171st lap. NEW 500 RECORDS 1 Lap 162.543 miles per hour, Mario Andretti. 2 Laps 163.117, Mario Andretti. 4 Laps 163.882, Mario Andretti.

10 Laps 164.054, A. J. Foyt. 30 Laps 166.191, A. J.

Foyt. 50 Laps 164.551, A. J. Foyt. 60 Laps 161.503, A.

J. Foyt. 70 Laps 161.242, A. J. Foyt.

80 Laps 138.901, Mario Andretti. 90 Laps 158.486, Mario Andretti. 100 Laps 158.282, Mario Andretti. 120 Laps 157.621, Mario Andretti. 130 Laps 157.911, Mario Andretti.

140 Laps 159.294, Mario Andretti. 150 Laps 159.752, Mario Andretti. 160 Laps 160.200, Mario Andretti. 170 Laps 160.007, Mario Andretti. 180 Laps 159.814, Mario Andretti.

of Jim McElreath "flames out" as it roars down the main straight. The NEWS Photo, Joe Young. Lap-By-Lap Story Of 53rd 500 Race It was dropping out of contention. He was in 11th place after 62 laps. Jud Phillips, his chief mechanic on the No.

6 Bardahl Special, reported that Unser was having chassis problems. His second pit stop on the 66th lap was tor fuel and two right tires. Foyts' lead was 16 seconds over Dallenbach after 66 laps. Sam Session's No. 1 1 Valvo-line Special was running without brakes, it took him two welded a manifold during the stop.

Dickson's car was black-flagged for the second time by starter Pat Vidan on the 123rd lap. Four laps later, the black flag was waved at Leonard. His car was smoking. He was running second at the time, light in front of McCIuskey and Gurney. Dickson was in to repair an oil leak.

Leonard's smoke was caused by a leaking radiator. Leonard stopped 13 minutes for a radiator repair. McCluskey's stay in second was short-lived. He pitted for fuel and a new right rear tire on the 134th lap. Gurney 'moved into second then, the same spot he finished last year's race.

Brabham was black-flagged The green was returned on the 32nd lap. It had been on for six laps. Until the yellow light, the average speed had been a record one. Andretti set new one-lap (162.543 mph) and two-lap (163.117 mph) records. Foyt's 20-lap average was 163.916 mph, also a record.

After Foyt, McCIuskey and Andretti were Bettenhausen and Ruby, who had started in the 20th position. Betten-hausen's bid didn't last long, though, as his No. 8 Thermo-King Special slowed to a halt in the fourth turn. He jumped from the car. Bet tenhausen's departure from the engagement moved Ruby to fourth and Leonard to fifth.

It was still a new speed record after 30 laps with Foyt averaging 166.191 mph. laps to slow down enough to Mark Donohue 7th get into the pits. He misjudged it, though, and tcame tot st near the en- his car coafted to a stop in trance t0 the area- the rourtn turn. He was the Knepper jumped out of the ninth entry to drop out of the car and waved to the crowd race with the contest less than to show he was all right, a tnird over. Foyt took advantage of the Brabham, who pitted oh the stop for his second pit appear-first lap, was still in his pit ance.

He was in only 24 sec-working on his tuel injection onds for fuei. But when he system when tne leaders were puiled backt smoke began on their 70th laps. pouring out of the rear of his Yarbrough was added to car the growing mechanical fail- was n0 warning The racer By LYLE MANNWEILER Assistant Sports Editor Amid the cheers of 275,000 fans, the 53rd 500-Mile Race got off to a beautiful start. Pole position winner A J. Foyt's advantage was short lived as No.

2 qualifier Mario Andretti cut in front of Foyt to take the lead on the first turn. Mario Andretti 1st Roger McCIuskey, Foyt's teammate, was third after the first lap. After two laps, McCIuskey had taken Foyt's position away from him. The race was less than three laps old when three cars re- turned to tne pits, ine eany stops were by Bill Vukovich, Bruce waiKup ana lurmer world driving champion Jack Brabham. Vukovich stepped out of his car and it was pushed into the garage area.

Andretti, McCIuskey, Foyt and defending 500 champion Bobby Unser were quick to widen the gap over the rest of the field. Rookie Mark Donohue was 9 seconds behind the four front runners, with Joe Leonard just a car length behind. Foyt regained the lead on the sixth lao. Lee Roy Yarbrough, Southern stock car ace who has won 1,500 miles of competition already this year, was almost a lap behind the rest of the field because he had trouble starting his No. 67 Robbins Special.

Dan Gurney 2nd Art Pollard continued Andy Granatelli's 500 bad luck when his car pitted and was pushed into the garage area, from Granatelli's original 11-car Johnny Parsons Jr. In Dayton Sprint Race Slil I Tdt Ntwi DAYTON Johnny sons turned away from the Indianapolis Speedway because of lack of experience, a a to Andretti 200 Laps 156.867, Mario Andretti. Bobby Johns 10th was two laps behind. His margin over third-place finisher Unser was more than a lap. Unser's marked the first finish ever for a four-wheel drive car.

Mel Kenyon from Lebanon, was fourth. He finished' third last year. Sixth today was Leonard. Part of the credit for Mario's victory goes to the Indianapolis Schwitzer firm which worked feverishly the last two days to correct the car's gas mileage problem. Rookie Peter Revson finished fifth, the best rookie showing.

Donohue, another rookie, was seventh, Twelve cars were running at the end of the race. Rounding out the finish were Foyt, eighth; Larry Dickson, ninth; Bobby Johns, 10th; Jim Malloy, 11th, and Sam Sessions, 12th. Andretti's average speed was 156.867 mph, almost 4 mph faster than Unser's 1968 winning average. Larry Dickson 9th front runner the 'E-Z" signal. Unser third and Kenyon IUUM.II.

With 50 miles to go Andretti held a comfortable lead over Gurney, whose car was beginning to get a watchful eye from race officials for smoke. Unser was tnird- Kenvon fourth and Peter Revson, who started 33rd, fifth. When Andretti took the white flag signaling one lap to go, crowds in the jammed stands along the straightway rose to their feet and cheered. For the 29-year-old Italian native, now from Nazareth, it was a successful climax to a long month. Just three days before qualifying, he damaged his Lotus-Ford beyond repair.

He jumped into his backup car, built by Clint Brawner, and put it in the No. 2 qualifying spot. Then, this week, Andretti and. Brawner threatened to withdraw the car if they couldn't add a new cooler. USAC refused to allow the addition and Mario said he wouldn't last 20 laps without it.

The 1965 rookie of the year finished his second 500-Mile Race. He finished third his first year, but was only 30th and 33rd the last two years. It was also a "first" for car owner Andy Granatelli, whose 20 years at the Speedway had never before produced a Memorial Day victory. It also marked a return to the winner's circle for Firestone, which had been shut out the last two years by Goodyear. Gurney finished second for the second year in a row.

He 636-4481 2113 E. WASH. ST. 45 YEARS of Satisfied Customers Bobby Unser 3rd entry in the race, only three qualified. On'y two of Granatelli's cars were running after the race was only 10 laps old.

"I think something broke in the drive train," Pollard said dejectedly. "It was a good start," he added. "It's not very hot." A third car pushed to the pits was Bruce Walkup's No. 16 racer. Foyt was ready to start lap-, ping the slower cars in the field after only 11 laps.

The pit activity continued to be hectic as John Rutherford and Gordon Johncock added their names to the growing pit list RUtherford was in to replace a radiator which had been punctured by rock. Johncock was in for new right front tire. The third car out of the race was Ronnie Bucknum's. The sports car driver's No. 45 Weinberger Home Special coasted to a stop in the fourth turn.

Mel Kenyon 4th The Foyt and McCIuskey orange team cars continued dominate the lead with Foyt holding a 2.1 second advantage over the second-place car after 23 laps. Unser, the defending United States Auto Club's national champion, pitted on the 23rd lap of the leader for a new 'right rear tire. He was in the pits 22. seconds. The race's first yellow caution light was flashed to the drivers when Jim McElreath's No.

38 Adams Aircraft Special burst into flames going down the main straightaway. The fire, in the car's turbocharger unit on his Offenhauser en- gine, was still burning when McElreath stopped against the outside wall in the first turn. McElreath jumped from the car and was not injured. "It got pretty warm in there," McElreath said of the fire, "but the flames didn't touch me." Jim Malloy's No. 10 Rob-bins Special pitted and the second-year driver jumped from the car.

Malloy's long pit stop was to change injectors on the fueling system. frH 1 i5j i ure usi wnen nis ino. car was pushed to the garages. A broken header was listed as the reason. Foyt, with an 8-second ad- vantage over Ruby, continued to set new speed records, After 50 laps, he was aver- aging 164.551 mph and after 60 161.503 mph.

Both eclipsed records set by the controver- sial turbines of Parnelli Jones and Leonard. Joe Leonard 6th The most-heated duel was going on for second with An dretti and Rubv battling for the runnerup spot. The two continued to trade the spot, with Ruby owning it on the 77th lap. He also closed the gap on Foyt to a car length, The three-car duel had the fans on their feet. Ruby slipped into the lead on the straightaway on the 79th lap.

With Foyt slowing, Andretti moved into second. Larry Dickson was black- IVnnlinV SSta Sre. fhe 8 agP. special Brabham finally ma'de it into the race after a pit stop of 1 hour, 11 minutes. Ruby, Andretti and Leonard really were dueling with a car leneth between each Dosition.

Foyt was almost a half lap back in fourth. Andretti passed the finish Knepper said. "It just went right. It might have been a U-joint. Something Dallenbach also spun in the fourth turn during Knepper's yellow.

The green flag was shown on the 94th lap. Sessions, whose car had been stalled out on the course, was pushed into the Pits for fuel durinS the vel" low. ne reiurneu 10 tne iawc. Foyt pitted for the third time on the 98th lap. He completed one lap and returned for the fourth time.

He was having turbocharger trouble. After 102 laps, Andretti made only his second stop for fuel. But it gave the lead to Ruby. It was the seventh lead change of the race. Andretti was second by 36 seconds.

Ruby pitted for the second time on the 106 lap. It gave Andretti the lead, but it also knocked Ruby out of the race. His over, anxious crew left the fuel hose in when he started to pull away and it ruptured his right fuel tank on the No. 4 Gene White Special. Jt spilled fuel over the pit area- Dan Gurney made his first appearance among the leaders, moving into second, behind Andretti.

Leonard was third and second-year driver Mike Mosley fourth. Rookie Dono- hue, the fastest freshman in the Speedway's history was fifth Gur jtted and Mosley up. Gurney rriir-s rvr in front of Donohue. With early pace-setter Foyt in Pits Andretti took over the record setting. At 100 laps, he was averaging 159.970 miles per hour, eclipsing the record set by Bobby Unser next.

Sessions couldn't stOD coming into the pits. He halted the car bv drivine ud the nit curb, into the grass. His crew retrieved the car and fueled it Foyt 8th Andretti maintained a 23-second lead over Hulme after 146 laps. Gurney was third, with Mosley fourth and McCIuskey fifth. Second-place runner Hulme pitted on the 148th lap, Gurney took over second for the second time.

Hulme was out of the race. Andretti pitted on the 152nd lap. Fuel, which was expected to plague all turbocharged Fords, wasn't a problem, according to his crew. He got back out in 37 seconds to hold first over Gurney. Gurney pitted for 40 seconds.

Bud Tingelstad's No. 15 Parnelli Jones' Special was smoking. When it limped home, Tingelstad's was the seventh turbocharged Ford to finish early. Eleven started the race, but none dropped out because of anticipated fueling problems. Andretti was still going at a record pace.

At the 160-lap mark, he was averaging 160.200 mph, almost 6 mph faster than the record set by Bobby Unser last year. Sonny Ates and Mosley were the next dropouts. Both of their cars slowed and were parked on infield grass. Only 13 cars were running with 30 laps to go. Third place runner Dono-hue's hopes were ended when his No.

6fi Sunoco Simoniz Special began sounding like a popcorn popper and pulled into the pits with 25 laps to go. Jim McGee, cochief mechanic for Andretti, gave the A. J. Peter Revson 5th Foyt's advantage over his teammate never widened. McCIuskey stayed close on the heels.

Foyt led by. only one second after 45 laps. Andretti was less than a second behind McCIuskey. Wally Dallenbach slipped into the lead, however, when Foyt (28 seconds) and Andretti (43.3 seconds) stopped. Foyt returned in second and Andretti fourth.

Foyt resumed the lead on the 59th lap when Dallenbach pitted for the first time. His crew had to push the car to get it started. Dallenbach got the No. 22 Sprite Special back out in second. Andretti was third, Ruby fourth and Leonard fifth after 61 laps.

The Foyt team's luck didn't last long, however. McCIuskey coasted into the pits very slowly. His crew had to run up to help guide him in. His No. 82 G.

C. Murphy Special was refueled and he continued. Yarbrough's luck wasn't with him, it r. He attempted to make his first pit stop on the 50th lap but only rolled past his area. He was forced to make another circuit before a stop.

Foyt and Andretti pitted on the same lap, the 52nd. Both crews refueled their cars but Foyt was the first one out. Ruby came in the following lap. Foyt's third team car, George Sniders' No. 84 followed the two team cars out.

The second Granatelli STP car to drop out was Carl Williams' No. 57. His day-glo red machine was pushed into the garages on Foyt's 56th lap. Unser, the defending champ, WASHINGTON AUTO PARTS REBUILT -Crl. Enfint for Fort, Clwralit, OAC Plymouth, Flcon, Dodio, Fiirlint INSTALLED At9 REBUILT VI Eniint: Ford, Chevrolet.

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Foyt's fourth pit stop was 23 minutes long. His crew re- 4. I will race in the USAC sprint feature at the Dayton Speed- way tomorrow. i A 4 A .1 4 ,4 Jt. A A A AO i-1.

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