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1974 Ontario Heat 2

USAC Champ Car Series race number 2 of 14
Sunday, March 3, 1974 at Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, CA
40 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 0:34:45
Average speed: 172.673 mph
Pole speed: 185.989 mph

Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 16.2 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 4

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	3	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren Cars (Bruce McLaren)	McLaren / Offy	40	6875	running	4	200
2	7	21	Jimmy Caruthers	Cobre Firestone (Robert Fletcher)	Eagle / Offy	40		running	0	160
3	6	18	Steve Krisiloff	American Kids Racers (Richard Beith)	Eagle / Offy	40		running	0	140
4	11	16	Joe Leonard	Vel's Parnelli Ford (Vel Miletich)	Eagle / Offy	40		running	0	120
5	4	15	Al Unser	Viceroy (Vel Miletich)	Eagle / Offy	39		out of fuel	0	100
6	12	89	John Martin	Automotive Technology	McLaren / Offy	39		running	0	80
7	8	42	Jerry Karl	Hopkins Buick (Lindsey Hopkins)	Eagle / Offy	39		running	0	60
8	9	77	Salt Walther	Dayton-Walther (George Walther)	McLaren / Offy	39		running	0	50
9	3	5	Mario Andretti	Viceroy (Vel Miletich)	Parnelli / Offy	37		out of fuel	30	40
10	10	82	George Snider	Jim Greer	Atlanta / Foyt	37		out of fuel	0	30
11	2	8	Gary Bettenhausen	Penske Products (Roger Penske)	McLaren / Offy	29		wing flap	6	20
12	14	53	John Cannon	Minnesota Serendipity (Pat O'Reilly)	Atlanta / Foyt	18		engine	0	10
13	5	55	Jerry Grant	Cobre Firestone (Robert Fletcher)	Eagle / Offy	14		magneto	0
14	13	92	Bill Simpson	Bill Simpson	Brabham / Offy	10		smoking	0
15	15	93	Bob Harkey	Cicada Racing	Cicada / Offy	3		handling	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Johnny Rutherford	1	1	1
Mario Andretti	2	21	20
Gary Bettenhausen	22	27	6
Mario Andretti	28	37	10
Johnny Rutherford	38	40	3