Andy Granatelli sued USAC for witholding his membership, preventing him from racing, and passing "illegal" rules (broke 3-year engine rule) that crippled his turbine-car racing effort.
A.J. Foyt won the Motor Trend 500 NASCAR Grand National race at Riverside International Raceway in a Ford. Foyt took the lead from Parnelli Jones with 25 laps to go and took the checkered 3.5 seconds ahead of a rapidly closing Roger McCluskey in a Plymouth Super Bird. Two drivers were badly injured in seperate crashes. Runner-up for 1969 Rookie of the Year, Buddy Young lost control on oil from a blown engine and flipped wildly end over end going into turn 1. The 27 year old driver, making his first start for the L.G. DeWitt team, suffered a concussion and internal injuries. 48 year old West Coast veteran Jim Cook was critically
injured when his Ford went head-on into the end of the concrete wall in turn 9, the impact so great that the car was nearly bent double. Jones qualified at a record 113.310 mph, but was forced to start at the rear following a ruling that his tires were illegal. Jones, a Firestone dealer, had qualified on tires which NASCAR officials ruled were not available in sufficient quantity to make them eligible for competition. A crowd of 43,200 was on hand.
Bryan Clauson won the 28th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals at the Tulsa Expo Raceway, Tulsa, OK. Kevin Swindell finished second followed by Christopher Bell, Alex Bright, Dave Darland, Tim McCreadie, Daryn Pittman, Jonathan Beason, Chris Windom, Chad Boat, Rico Abreu, Tracy Hines, Zach Daum, Sammy Swindell and Brad Loyet.
Kyle Larson won the 34th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals at the Tulsa Expo Raceway, Tulsa, OK. Christopher Bell finished second followed by Cannon McIntosh, Logan Seavey, Rico Abreu, Jonathan Beason, Michael Kofoid , Blake Hahn, Ryan Bernal and Tucker Klaasmeyer.
Bubby Jones ....Died.... Norman "Bubby" Jones was a 27-time winner in USAC National competition in the 1970s during his National Sprint Car Hall of Fame career. He ran CRA Sprints during the 1980s with titles in 1983 and 1984. He helped to develop California's Perris Auto Speedway and became one of the top crew chiefs in USAC Sprint Car racing during the 2000s.
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