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The track opened on May 1 to light activity for the first few days. By Tuesday May 6, activity had picked up, and the top drivers were lapping in the 165 mph range. On Wednesday May 7, A. J. Foyt turned a lap of 169.237 mph, establishing himself as the top driver during the first week of practice.

During the second week of practice, Mario Andretti took over the speed chart. On Monday May 12, he ran a lap of 170.197 mph, then followed it up on Wednesday May 14 with a lap of 171.657 mph. Al Unser, Sr. was close behind with a lap of 169.141 mph.

On Thursday May 15, A. J. Foyt joined the "170 mph" club with a lap of 170.875 mph. By the end of the week, three drivers were over 170. Roger McCluskey posed a 170.283 mph on Friday May 16, the day before time trials was scheduled to begin. Through two weeks, though, no drivers had topped Joe Leonard's track record of 171.959 mph set in 1968.

Saturday May 17 – Jigger Sirois

Pole day was scheduled for Saturday May 17. However, rain threatened to wash out the afternoon. At the time, the rules did not specifically provide for rain delay extensions during the pole round. Only cars that made an attempt before the rains came (and the track being closed at 6 o'clock) might be eligible for the pole. Rookie Jigger Sirois drew the #1 qualifying spot in the order.

At 4:12 p.m., the track finally opened for qualifying, and Sirois took to the track. He completed his first three laps at:

However, on his fourth and final lap, his crew waved off the run, and it was aborted. Arnie Knepper was the second car in line, and pulled away for his warm up laps. Rain began to fall again before Knepper even saw the green flag. The track closed for the day.

That evening, Al Unser, Sr., who had won the season opener at Phoenix, took to the infield to pass the time during the rain delay. He climbed on his motorcycle, and started riding around. In a small jump over a ditch, he toppled and the kickstand came down and pierced his left leg. He suffered a compound fracture to his left tibia, and was taken to the hospital.^[5] Unser was put in a cast, and was sidelined for a month and a half.

Sunday May 18

Rain washed out time trials for the second day in a row. It was the first time in modern history that the entire first weekend of time trials was lost due to rain. Pole day was rescheduled for Saturday May 24.

At 1:04 p.m., a few cars make it out on the track for practice, but that lasted for only 18 minutes. Heavy rain and a tornado watch in the area closed the track for the day.

It was quickly noticed by media and fans that had Jigger Sirois' crew not waved off his final lap on Saturday, he would have been the lone qualifier of the weekend and sat on the coveted provisional pole position for an entire week.

Saturday May 24

After 23 days of waiting, and two rainouts, the field was finally ready to begin time trials. A few days earlier, pole favorite Mario Andretti suffered a serious crash in turn four during a practice run. He suffered burns to his face, but no other serious injuries. Andretti would have to qualify a back-up car.

A. J. Foyt won the pole position with a speed of 170.568 mph. A total of 25 cars completed runs. After his crash on Friday, Mario Andretti qualified for the middle of row one. Mario's twin brother Aldo stood in for him during the traditional front row photo session.

Sunday May 25

The field was filled to 33 cars with two cars bumped. For the first time in modern history, the field lined up coincidentally by speed from top-to-bottom.

On the second weekend of time trials, Jigger Sirois waved off his second attempt, and also waved off his third and final attempt when his speed was not fast enough. As it ended up, Sirois's first attempt on May 17 would have been fast enough to qualify for the race. Sirois never managed to qualify at Indy in subsequent years, and became a source of popular folklore.

Starting grid

Race recap

Start

On the grid, LeeRoy Yarbrough's car failed to start, and the field pulled away, leaving him behind. On the pace lap, Yarbrough was able to get his car cranked, and frantically charged to catch up to the pack. He jockeyed to find his rightful starting position in row three, but managed only to make it mid-pack as the field took the green flag. Going into turn one, Mario Andretti took the lead from the middle of the front row, with polesitter A. J. Foyt following in second. Bruce Walkup, meanwhile, was out on the first lap with a transmission failure.

First half

Andretti led the first five laps, then Foyt took the lead going into turn one. One of the weaknesses of the turbocharged Fords used by Andretti (and several other top drivers) was overheating. So Andretti eased slightly and Foyt took over. Foyt would lead for 66 laps in the first half. The early stages of the race saw heavy attrition and a series of unscheduled pit stops. Several cars were out before lap 30, including Art Pollard, Ronnie Bucknum, Johnny Rutherford, and Jim McElreath, who had a rather spectacular fire as the car went down into turn one. McElreath was able to stop the car in turn 1 and scurried out uninjured, bringing out the first of only two yellow light periods. Heading to the pits early was Gordon Johncock and Bobby Unser, as well as Jack Brabham, who's Repco engine would eventually suffer ignition failure.

The second of two yellow light periods came out on 87 when Arnie Knepper broke a suspension piece, causing him to crash in turn 4. He hit the outside wall and came to rest near the entrance to the pit area. Wally Dallenbach spun under the yellow and dropped out with a bad clutch.

Row	Inside	Middle	Outside
1	6	USA}} A. J. Foyt (W)	2	USA}} Mario Andretti	1	USA}} Bobby Unser (W)
2	66	USA}} Mark Donohue (R)	12	USA}} Gordon Johncock	82	USA}} Roger McCluskey
3	38	USA}} Jim McElreath	67	USA}} LeeRoy Yarbrough	8	USA}} Gary Bettenhausen
4	48	USA}} Dan Gurney	44	USA}} Joe Leonard	40	USA}} Art Pollard
5	10	USA}} Jim Malloy	59	USA}} Sonny Ates (R)	84	USA}} George Snider
6	45	USA}} Ronnie Bucknum	36	USA}} Johnny Rutherford	15	USA}} Bud Tingelstad
7	22	USA}} Wally Dallenbach Sr.	4	USA}} Lloyd Ruby	29	USA}} Arnie Knepper
8	90	USA}} Mike Mosley	11	USA}} Sammy Sessions	9	USA}} Mel Kenyon
9	42	NZL}} Denis Hulme	98	USA}} Bill Vukovich II	62	USA}} George Follmer (R)
10	16	USA}} Bruce Walkup (R)	95	AUS}} Jack Brabham	57	USA}} Carl Williams
11	21	USA}} Larry Dickson	97	USA}} Bobby Johns	92	USA}} Peter Revson (R)

On lap 99, A. J. Foyt headed to the pits with a split manifold. He spent over twenty minutes in the pits as the team made repairs. However, he did return to the race. With the Foyt team scrambling to diagnose A.J.'s troubles, the team neglected to signal George Snider to the pits, and Snider ran out of fuel on the track. Snider was eventually pushed back to the pits and rejoined the race, but he lost a considerable number of laps.^[6]

In the first half, Andy Granatelli's three-car effort was down to one as both Art Pollard and Carl Williams were out early. Mario Andretti was the only Granatelli car still running. After years of disappointment, including the frustrations of the turbines the past two years, Andretti was still in position to finally give Granatelli his first 500 victory.

Second half

After leading ten laps up to that point, Lloyd Ruby went into the pits on lap 105. As the team was refueling the car, Ruby started to pull away too soon, and the hose was still attached. A large hole was ruptured in the side of the fuel tank, and all the fuel spilled out onto the pavement. Ruby was out of the race, leaving Mario Andretti alone in front.

On lap 150, Joe Leonard was black-flagged for leaking fluid. He made a long pit stop to replace a punctured radiator, returned to the race, and managed a 6th place finish. A. J. Foyt, after returning from repairs, was now among the fastest cars on the track. His hard charging second half saw him finish a respectable 8th place.

Mario Andretti dominated the second half, and won comfortably over second place Dan Gurney. But Andretti's race was not without incident. On one occasion, he nearly hit the wall in turn two. On his final pit stop, he knocked over chief mechanic Clint Brawner, and nearly stalled the engine as he was pushed away. His transmission fluid was low, the clutch was reportedly slipping, and the engine temperature was running high.^[7] Despite the complications, Andretti maintained over a full-lap lead late in the race and cruised to victory.

Car owner Andy Granatelli, who abandoned the turbine cars after the heartbreaks of 1967 and 1968, planted a famous kiss on Andretti's cheek in victory lane. There were no yellow lights during the second half, and the final 110 laps were run under green. Andretti ran the whole race without changing tires.

Box score

The top four racers were allowed to complete the entire 500 mile race distance. Eight additional cars were running as of the race finish, but were flagged off the track not having completed the entire distance.^[4] Andretti's race completion time of 3:11:14.71 was the fastest ever as of 1969.^[4]

Alternates

Failed to qualify

Race statistics

Broadcasting

Radio

The race was carried live on the IMS Radio Network. Sid Collins served as chief announcer and Len Sutton served as "driver expert." At the conclusion of the race, Lou Palmer reported from victory lane. The broadcast came on-air with a 30-minute pre-race.

The broadcast was carried on over 950 affiliates, including AFN, shortwave to troops in Vietnam, and the CBC. Foreign language translations were made in French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. The broadcast was also carried in Mexico City on XEVIB. The broadcast reached an estimated 100 million listeners.

Among the many visitors to the booth were O. J. Simpson, Oscar Robertson, Earl McCullouch, Irv Fried (Langhorne), Wally Parks, Dale Drake, Sam Hanks, and Duke Nalon. For the second year in a row, Senator Birch Bayh visited the booth, along with his teenage son, future senator Evan Bayh. Later in the race, Senator Vance Hartke also visited, accompanied by Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe.

Television

Finish	Start	Car No.	Name	Qualifying Speed	Laps	Time/Retired
1	2	2	USA}} Mario Andretti	169.851	200	3:11:14.71
2	10	48	USA}} Dan Gurney	167.341	200	+2:13.03
3	3	1	USA}} Bobby Unser (W)	169.683	200	+3:26.74
4	24	9	USA}} Mel Kenyon	165.426	200	+5:53.61
5	33	92	USA}} Peter Revson (R)	160.851	197	Flagged, +3 laps
6	11	44	USA}} Joe Leonard	167.240	193	Flagged, +7 laps
7	4	66	USA}} Mark Donohue (R)	168.903	190	Flagged, +10 laps
8	1	6	USA}} A. J. Foyt (W)	170.568	181	Flagged, +19 laps
9	31	21	USA}} Larry Dickson	163.014	180	Flagged, +20 laps
10	32	97	USA}} Bobby Johns	160.901	171	Flagged, +29 laps
11	13	10	USA}} Jim Malloy	167.092	165	Flagged, +35 laps
12	23	11	USA}} Sammy Sessions	165.434	163	Flagged, +37 laps
13	22	90	USA}} Mike Mosley	166.113	162	Piston
14	6	82	USA}} Roger McCluskey	168.350	157	Split Header
15	18	15	USA}} Bud Tingelstad	166.597	155	Engine
16	15	84	USA}} George Snider	166.914	152	Flagged
17	14	59	USA}} Sonny Ates (R)	166.968	146	Magneto
18	25	42	NZL}} Denis Hulme	165.092	145	Clutch
19	5	12	USA}} Gordon Johncock	168.626	137	Piston
20	20	4	USA}} Lloyd Ruby	166.428	105	Fuel Tank
21	19	22	USA}} Wally Dallenbach Sr.	166.497	82	Clutch
22	21	29	USA}} Arnie Knepper	166.220	82	Crash T4
23	8	67	USA}} LeeRoy Yarbrough	168.075	65	Split Header
24	29	95	AUS}} Jack Brabham	163.875	58	Ignition
25	30	57	USA}} Carl Williams	163.265	50	Clutch
26	9	8	USA}} Gary Bettenhausen	167.777	35	Piston
27	27	62	USA}} George Follmer (R)	164.286	26	Engine
28	7	38	USA}} Jim McElreath	168.224	24	Engine Fire
29	17	36	USA}} Johnny Rutherford	166.628	24	Oil Tank
30	16	45	USA}} Ronnie Bucknum	166.636	16	Piston
31	12	40	USA}} Art Pollard	167.123	7	Drive Line
32	26	98	USA}} Bill Vukovich II	164.843	1	Rod
33	28	16	USA}} Bruce Walkup (R)	163.942	0	Transmission

Lap Leaders
Laps	Leader
1–5	Mario Andretti
6–51	A. J. Foyt
52–58	Wally Dallenbach
59–78	A. J. Foyt
79–86	Lloyd Ruby
87–102	Mario Andretti
103–105	Lloyd Ruby
106–200	Mario Andretti

Total laps led
Laps	Leader
Mario Andretti	116
A. J. Foyt	66
Lloyd Ruby	11
Wally Dallenbach	7

Yellows: 2 for 14 minutes
Laps*	Reason
24–28	Jim McElreath engine fire in turn 1 (8 minutes)
87–90	Arnie Knepper crash (6 minutes)
* – Approximate lap counts

Tire participation chart
Supplier	No. of starters
Goodyear	25
Firestone	8*
* – Denotes race winner

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network
Booth Announcers	Turn Reporters	Pit/garage reporters
Chief Announcer: Sid Collins Driver expert: Len Sutton Statistician: John DeCamp Historian: Donald Davidson	Turn 1: Mike Ahern Turn 2: Howdy Bell Backstretch: Doug Zink Turn 3: Ron Carrell Turn 4: Jim Shelton	Chuck Marlowe (north pits) Luke Walton (center pits) Lou Palmer (south pits)

The race was carried in the United States on ABC's Wide World of Sports. The broadcast aired on Saturday, June 7. Jim McKay anchored the broadcast with Rodger Ward as analyst and Chris Economaki as pit reporter.

The telecast featured a summary of time trials as well as pre-race interviews. During the race, McKay and Economaki served as roving pit reporters, and their interviews were edited into the final production.

For the fifth year, a live telecast of the race was shown in theaters on a closed-circuit basis; once more, Charlie Brockman called the action.

Gallery

Notes

References

ABC Television
Booth Announcers	Pit/garage reporters
Announcer: Jim McKay Color: Rodger Ward	Chris Economaki

1. ^{{cite book|last=Fox|first=Jack C.|title =The Illustrated History of the Indianapolis 500 1911-1994|publisher =Carl Hungness Publishing|edition=4th|date=1994|pages=22|language=English|isbn=0-915088-05-3}}
2. ^{{cite news|title=Many Saw None Of Race But They Were Orderly|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11433522/|first=Michael P.|last=Tarpey|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|page=15|via=Newspapers.com|date=May 31, 1969|accessdate=June 2, 2017}}{{Open access}}
3. ^2001 Indianapolis Record Book - Indianapolis Star/News
4. ^¹²{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/105999479|title=Official Speedway Finish|last=|first=|date=June 1, 1969|work=The Indianapolis Star|access-date=2017-07-22|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|page=4-2|language=en|via=Newspapers.com}}
5. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H9paAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1GwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5754,3366013&dq=al+unser&hl=en Unser's luck bad again at Indianapolis]
6. ^{{cite news|title=No Board Shown Snider; Boss' Stop Proves Costly|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5173827/snider_and_mccluskey_run_out_of_fuel/|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|page=31|via=Newspapers.com|date=May 31, 1969|accessdate=August 8, 2018}}{{Open access}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.racer.com/indianapolis-500-centenary-countdown-the-one-that-didnt-get-away/article/196903/|title=Indianapolis 500 Centenary Countdown: The One That Didn't Get Away|publisher=Racer.com|date=2011-02-23|accessdate=2013-09-25|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928070659/http://www.racer.com/indianapolis-500-centenary-countdown-the-one-that-didnt-get-away/article/196903/|archivedate=2013-09-28}}
8. ^The Talk of Gasoline Alley - 1070-AM WIBC, May 14, 2004
9. ^{{cite web|title=1969 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes|url=http://www.champcarstats.com/races/196903.htm|website=ChampCarStats.com|accessdate=27 June 2015}}

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Race schedule

Practice and time trials