Likewise, it was a triumphant first victory for owner Granatelli, after a long presence at Indianapolis - and a long string of disappointments, first with Novis, and then with the Turbines.
As of 2022, no Andretti has won the Indianapolis 500 since. Mario Andretti's 1969 Indy 500 win is the lone victory at the race for the storied Andretti racing family. Andretti suffered burns but was able to qualify a back-up car in the middle of the front row. He entered the month as a favorite, but he crashed his primary car, a radical four-wheel-drive Lotus, during practice. Andretti's victory capped off an up-and-down month of May. With Andretti's finish time of 3:11:14.71, it was the fastest run Indianapolis 500 up to that date, breaking the previous record by nearly five minutes. Mario Andretti led 116 laps total and won for car owner Andy Granatelli. The incident put Mario Andretti in the lead for rest of the way. During a pit stop, he pulled away with the fueling hose still attached, ripped a hole in the fuel tank, and was out of the race. Lloyd Ruby, a driver with a hard-luck reputation at the Speedway, was leading the race just after the midpoint. Despite a hard-charging run towards the end, he wound up managing only an eighth-place finish, 19 laps down. Near the halfway point, however, a lengthy pit stop to repair a broken manifold put him many laps down. Foyt led the race in the early stages, looking to become the first four-time winner of the 500. It was the third round of the 1969 USAC Championship Car season. The 53rd International 500 Mile Sweepstakes was an auto race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Friday, May 30, 1969. 53rd running of the Indianapolis 500 motor race 53rd Indianapolis 500
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