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USAC Sprint Car race
New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY
October 26, 1969
50 laps on 1 mile dirt oval; 50 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	8	Gary Bettenhausen	2	Willie Davis		50		running
2	12	Bill Puterbaugh	71	Hughes		50		running
3	1	Larry Cannon	42	Brown
4	2	Johnny Rutherford	47	Glen Niebel
5	11	Larry Dickson	1	Ken Lay
6	10	Sam Sessions	83	Rufus Gray
7	4	Charles Booth	56	Gutzwiller
8	22	Johnny Capels	85	Harold Stanley
9	6	Greg Weld	6	Smith
10	14	Mike Mosley	10	A.J. Watson				accident
11	17	Rollie Beale	40	Kilman
12	20	Karl Busson	17	Bernie Cedoz
13	13	Ronnie Burke	33
14	15	Bud Tinglestad	14
15	3	George Snider	18			27		did not finish
16	21	Dale Breedlove	23	McElreath
17	16	Carl Williams	4			23		did not finish
18	7	Tom Bigelow	84	Carl Gehlhausen
19	9	Johnny Parsons	16	Forberg		11		did not finish
20	24	Lennie Waldo	80	Hilton Wachholz
21	23	Al Smith	78			2		accident	0
22	5	Lee Kunzman	5			2		accident	0
23	19	Don Nordhorn	8	Smith		2		accident	0
24	18	Todd Gibson	0			2		accident	0
25	25	Bruce Walkup	75	Thomas		0		did not qualify	0
26	26	Dee Jones	32			0		did not qualify	0
27	27	Don Brown	19	A.J. Watson		0		did not qualify	0
28	28	Tom Dickson	91			0		did not qualify	0
29	29	Salt Walther	51			0		did not qualify	0
30	30	Bob Pratt	99	Gene Besecker		0		did not qualify	0
31	31	Bob Shaw	14			0		did not qualify	0
32	32	Doc Dawson	46			0		did not qualify	0
33	33	Cy Fairchild	36			0		did not qualify	0
34	34	Charles Masters	12	Ziegler		0		did not qualify	0
35	35	Nolan Johncock	43			0		did not qualify	0
36	36	Al Loquasto	25			0		did not qualify	0
37	37	Gil Hess	73			0		did not qualify	0
38	38	Jim Hines	11			0		did not qualify	0
39	39	Bruce Jacobi	31			0		did not qualify	0
40	40	Ralph Liguori	76			0		did not qualify	0
41	41	Bruce Walkup	25			0		did not qualify	0

Notes: Bill Puterbaugh was the fast qualifier.
Pole Speed: 35.99 seconds
Attendance: 3,700