April 1969 Champ Car race program

Click on the image to see a low-resolution version of the programThe third annual "California 200" on April 13, 1969, was the last of four IndyCar races held at Hanford Motor Speedway -- as far as I can tell -- the last major race held at the track.

The 36-page program was the first of four Champ Car races that didn't  feature cartoon-like artwork, instead featuring 1968 USAC national champ Bobby Unser sitting in his checkerboard No. 1.

The chassis-engine mix had a new twist for 1969, as turbines were nowhere to be seen, although Art Pollard was driving one of the wedge-shaped chassis retrofitted with a turbo Offy.

Here's an index of the various chassis-engine combinations listed in the program:

• Brawner Turbo Ford
• Chinook Ford V8Bill Vukovich II raced in all four Champ Car races at Hanford.
• Coyote Turbo Ford
• Eagle Turbo Chevy
• Eagle Turbo Ford
• Eagle Turbo Offy
• Finley Turbo Offy
• Gerhardt Chevy V8
• Gerhardt Offy
• Gerhardt Turbo Offy
• Gilbert Chevy V8
• Laycock Turbo Offy
• Lola Turbo Ford
• Shrike Turbo Chevy
• Shrike Offy
• Smith Offy
• Vollstedt Turbo Ford
• Ward Turbo Offy (this was a front-engine dirt car owned by William Seidelman of Tacoma and driven by Tommy Copp of Fresno).
• Watson Turbo Offy (one of these was a front-engine roadster owned by Joe Hunt of Los Angeles and driven by George Snider of Bakersfield).

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