Al Unser won the Hoosier Hundred at the one-mile Indiana State Fairgrounds.
Indianapolis, Ind. (September 12, 1970) – Al Unser beat back an early challenge by A.J. Foyt Saturday and won the rich Hoosier Hundred auto race at a record speed of 94.944 miles per hour.
The young Albuquerque, N.M., driver became the first winner of the Indianapolis auto racing “triple crown” by adding the dirt track event to earlier victories in the Indianapolis 500 and the Indianapolis Raceway Park 150-miler.
It was Al’s seventh victory this season on the United States Auto Club championship circuit. He has an almost insurmountable lead in the USAC point standings.
Foyt, a six-time winner of the Hoosier Hundred, led the first 53 miles on the one-mile oval before Unser caught and passed him on the main straightaway.
Unser would never look back, finishing a half-mile ahead of runner-up Ralph Liguori.
Foyt finished third followed by Sam Sessions in fourth and Mike Mosley in fifth. Sessions, making his first start in the 18-year-old race, was given the rookie-of-the-year award afterwards.
Johnny Parsons Jr., whose father won the 1950 Indianapolis 500, was the fast qualifier in time trials, but his engine quit after only 22 miles.
Such names as Bobby Unser, Johnny Rutherford and Gary Bettenhausen were too slow in time trials to make the 18-car field.
Results –
1. Al Unser
2. Ralph Liguori
3. A.J. Foyt
4. Sam Sessions
5. Mike Mosley
6. Bruce Walkup
7. Greg Weld
8. Bentley Warren
9. Will Cagle
10.Jim McElreath
11.Mario Andretti
12.Jim Malloy
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