 Nyorai kuenderera kweiyi ndima - 1969: Muridzi waMario Andretti Al Dean weanozivikanwa Dean Vans Lines Specials akafa muna 1967, uye timu yakazopedzisira yabatana naAndy Granatelli mwaka wa1969. Mugadziri mukuru akare Clint Brawner, pamwe chete nomugadziri muduku akanga achiri kuuya Jim McGee vakanga vachiri rutivi rwokuedza. Granatelli akanga atambura nhamo inotyisa muna 1967 na 1968nemichina ine turbine. Mumakore ose ari maviri, motokari dzake dzakakundikana kupedza dziri pedyo norukundo. Nokuda kwa 1969, akasiya purogiramu yeTurbine. Panguva yokurovedza, Mario akaparadza motokari yaLotus ine mavhiri mana, achitambura kupiswa kumeso. Tsaona yacho yakakonzerwa nokukundikana kwehubhu yokumashure yokurudyi. Chikwata chacho chakatora motokari yokutsiva, Brawner-Hawk ane gore rimwe chete. Vhiki rimwe gare gare, Mario akakwanisa Hawk pakati pomutsara wokutanga. Nemhaka yokutsva kwake, mukoma wake mapatya Aldo akamumirira nokuda kwemifananidzo inokodzera. Pasinei nechinoitika chacho, kunetseka kwakakomba pamusoro pezvinetso zvokupisa zvikuru, uye bhokisi rinoshandiswa rinorasikirwa nemafuta, Mario akapfuurira kukunda nhangemutange nenzira inoshamisa. Aldo, zvisinei, akanga asina rombo rakanaka, sezvo pasati papera mwedzi mitatu, akatambura chiso chakakuvadzwa zvakakomba mutsaona yemotokari yakaguma basa rake rokumhanya. Mumugwagwa wokukunda, Andy Granatelli akafara kwazvo akamhanyira kunokwazisa mukundi wake. Pashure pemakore anoverengeka okusuruvara, akabata Mario akanga akunda ndokumupa kutsvoda pachiso chake. Mario akapfuurira kukunda 1969 USAC Championship, zita rake rechitatu mumakore mashanu. 