Sports season
The 1968 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 28 races, beginning in Hanford , California on March 17 and concluding in Riverside, California on December 7. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Bobby Unser . Mike Spence died in an accident while practicing for the 1968 Indianapolis 500 . Ronnie Duman died of burns suffered during the Rex Mays Classic .
Schedule and results [ edit ]
Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver 1 March 17 California 200 Hanford Motor Speedway Hanford , California Paved Bobby Unser Gordon Johncock 2 March 31 Stardust 150 Stardust International Raceway Las Vegas , Nevada Road Dan Gurney Bobby Unser 3 April 7 Jimmy Bryan Memorial Phoenix International Raceway Avondale , Arizona Paved Bobby Unser Bobby Unser 4 April 21 Trenton 150 Trenton International Speedway Trenton , New Jersey Paved Mario Andretti Bobby Unser 5 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway , Indiana Paved Joe Leonard Bobby Unser 6 June 8 Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee Mile West Allis , Wisconsin Paved Roger McCluskey Lloyd Ruby 7 June 15 Telegraph Trophy 200 A Mosport Park Bowmanville , Ontario Road Dan Gurney Dan Gurney 8 Dan Gurney Dan Gurney 9 June 23 Langhorne 150 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne , Pennsylvania Paved Gordon Johncock Gordon Johncock 10 June 29 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak , Colorado Hill Bobby Unser B Bobby Unser 11 July 7 Rocky Mountain 150 Continental Divide Raceways Castle Rock , Colorado Road Ronnie Bucknum A. J. Foyt 12 July 13 Nazareth 100 Nazareth Speedway Nazareth , Pennsylvania Dirt Bill Vukovich II Al Unser 13 July 21 Indy 200 C Indianapolis Raceway Park Clermont , Indiana Road Mario Andretti Al Unser 14 Al Unser Al Unser 15 July 28 Langhorne Twin 100C Langhorne Speedway Langhorne , Pennsylvania Paved Gordon Johncock Al Unser 16 Al Unser Al Unser 17 August 4 Saint-Jovite 200 C Circuit Mont-Tremblant Saint-Jovite , Quebec Road Mario Andretti Mario Andretti 18 Mario Andretti Mario Andretti 19 August 17 Tony Bettenhausen 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield , Illinois Dirt Al Unser Roger McCluskey 20 August 18 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee Mile West Allis , Wisconsin Paved Art Pollard Lloyd Ruby 21 September 2 Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin , Illinois Dirt Al Unser Mario Andretti 22 September 7 Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis , Indiana Dirt Mario Andretti A. J. Foyt 23 September 22 Trenton 200 Trenton International Speedway Trenton , New Jersey Paved Al Unser Mario Andretti 24 September 29 Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento , California Dirt Mario Andretti A. J. Foyt 25 October 13 Michigan Inaugural 250 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn , Michigan Paved Mario Andretti Ronnie Bucknum 26 November 3 Hanford 250 Hanford Motor Speedway Hanford , California Paved Joe Leonard A. J. Foyt 27 November 17 Bobby Ball 150 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale , Arizona Paved Mario Andretti Gary Bettenhausen 28 December 7 Rex Mays 300 Riverside International Raceway Riverside , California Road Dan Gurney Dan Gurney
Paved/Dirt Oval
Road Course/Hill Climb
^A Run in two heats of 98 miles (158 kilometers) each. ^B No pole is awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, in this schedule on the pole is the driver who started first. No lap led was awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, however, a lap was awarded to the drivers that completed the climb. ^C Run in two heats of 100 miles (161 kilometers) each. Final points standings [ edit ] Note 1: John Cannon, George Fejer, Lou Sell, Mark Donohue, Jack Eiteljorg, Bud Morley, Lothar Motschenbacher, Jochen Rindt, Graham Hill, Jack Brabham, Denis Hulme, Skip Scott and Peter Revson are not eligible for points. Note 2: Ronnie Bucknum did not compete with a USAC license until after the events at Indianapolis Raceway Park.
Color Gold Silver Bronze Green Light Blue Dark Blue Purple Red Brown Black White Blank Results Winner 2nd place 3rd place 4th & 5th place 6th-10th place Finished (Outside Top 10) Did not finish (Ret) Did not qualify (DNQ) Withdrawn (Wth) Disqualified (DSQ) Did not start (DNS) Did not participate (DNP) Not competing
In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps RY Rookie of the Year R Rookie
References [ edit ] See also [ edit ]
Seasons Indianapolis 500s National Champions Tracks