1970 Indianapolis 500
Pole Day – Saturday May 16

1970 Indianapolis 500

Section Title: Pole Day – Saturday May 16
Table Section Text: None

Pos	No.	Name	Speed (mph)	Notes

1	2	Al Unser	170.221

2	18	Johnny Rutherford	170.213

3	7	A. J. Foyt	170.004

4	11	Roger McCluskey	169.213

5	66	Mark Donohue	168.911

6	10	Art Pollard	168.595

7	3	Bobby Unser	168.508

8	1	Mario Andretti	168.209

9	31	Jim Malloy	167.973

10	84	George Snider	167.660

11	48	Dan Gurney	166.860

12	9	Mike Mosley	166.651

13	27	LeeRoy Yarbrough	166.613

14	97	Bruce Walkup	166.459

15	38	Rick Muther (R)	165.654

—	36	Tony Adamowicz (R)	164.820	Bumped by #58

—	92	Steve Krisiloff (R)	162.448	Bumped by #89

—	5	Gordon Johncock	—	Flagged off

—	5	Gordon Johncock	—	Waved off

—	95	Sam Posey (R)	—	Blown engine

—	23	Mel Kenyon	—	Pulled off

—	76	Kevin Bartlett (R)	—	Waved off

—	94	Bentley Warren (R)	—	Pulled off

—	93	Greg Weld (R)	—	Crash

—	74	Jim McElreath	—	Pulled off

Sentence(s)

Tony Adamowicz's 164.820 mph made him the second-slowest car in the field for the Pole Day – Saturday May 16.

final_sentence: Tony Adamowicz's 164.820 mph made him the second-slowest car in the field for the Pole Day – Saturday May 16.