Schedule and results edit
Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver 1 March 17 Hanford Motor Speedway Hanford , California Paved Bobby Unser Gordon Johncock 2 March 31 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 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 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 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 C 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 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 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin , Illinois Dirt Al Unser Mario Andretti 22 September 7 Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis , Indiana Dirt Mario Andretti A. J. Foyt 23 September 22 Trenton International Speedway Trenton , New Jersey Paved Al Unser Mario Andretti 24 September 29 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 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 ^B ^C 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.
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 Did not finish Did not qualify Withdrawn Disqualified Did not start Did not
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
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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 1968 USAC Championship Car seasonUSAC National Championship TrailSeasonRaces28Start dateMarch 17End dateDecember 1AwardsNational championBobby UnserIndianapolis 500 winnerBobby Unser 19671969 Contents 1 Schedule and results 2 Final points standings 3 References 4 See alsoSchedule and results editRnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver 1 March 17 nbsp California 200 Hanford Motor Speedway Hanford California Paved nbsp Bobby Unser nbsp Gordon Johncock 2 March 31 nbsp Stardust 150 Stardust International Raceway Las Vegas Nevada Road nbsp Dan Gurney nbsp Bobby Unser 3 April 7 nbsp Jimmy Bryan Memorial Phoenix International Raceway Avondale Arizona Paved nbsp Bobby Unser nbsp Bobby Unser 4 April 21 nbsp Trenton 150 Trenton International Speedway Trenton New Jersey Paved nbsp Mario Andretti nbsp Bobby Unser 5 May 30 nbsp International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway Indiana Paved nbsp Joe Leonard nbsp Bobby Unser 6 June 8 nbsp Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee Mile West Allis Wisconsin Paved nbsp Roger McCluskey nbsp Lloyd Ruby 7 June 15 nbsp Telegraph Trophy 200A Mosport Park Bowmanville Ontario Road nbsp Dan Gurney nbsp Dan Gurney 8 nbsp Dan Gurney nbsp Dan Gurney 9 June 23 nbsp Langhorne 150 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne Pennsylvania Paved nbsp Gordon Johncock nbsp Gordon Johncock 10 June 29 nbsp Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak Colorado Hill nbsp Bobby UnserB nbsp Bobby Unser 11 July 7 nbsp Rocky Mountain 150 Continental Divide Raceways Castle Rock Colorado Road nbsp Ronnie Bucknum nbsp A J Foyt 12 July 13 nbsp Nazareth 100 Nazareth Speedway Nazareth Pennsylvania Dirt nbsp Bill Vukovich II nbsp Al Unser 13 July 21 nbsp Indy 200C Indianapolis Raceway Park Clermont Indiana Road nbsp Mario Andretti nbsp Al Unser 14 nbsp Al Unser nbsp Al Unser 15 July 28 nbsp Langhorne Twin 100C Langhorne Speedway Langhorne Pennsylvania Paved nbsp Gordon Johncock nbsp Al Unser 16 nbsp Al Unser nbsp Al Unser 17 August 4 nbsp Saint Jovite 200C Circuit Mont Tremblant Saint Jovite Quebec Road nbsp Mario Andretti nbsp Mario Andretti 18 nbsp Mario Andretti nbsp Mario Andretti 19 August 17 nbsp Tony Bettenhausen 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield Illinois Dirt nbsp Al Unser nbsp Roger McCluskey 20 August 18 nbsp Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee Mile West Allis Wisconsin Paved nbsp Art Pollard nbsp Lloyd Ruby 21 September 2 nbsp Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin Illinois Dirt nbsp Al Unser nbsp Mario Andretti 22 September 7 nbsp Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis Indiana Dirt nbsp Mario Andretti nbsp A J Foyt 23 September 22 nbsp Trenton 200 Trenton International Speedway Trenton New Jersey Paved nbsp Al Unser nbsp Mario Andretti 24 September 29 nbsp Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento California Dirt nbsp Mario Andretti nbsp A J Foyt 25 October 13 nbsp Michigan Inaugural 250 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn Michigan Paved nbsp Mario Andretti nbsp Ronnie Bucknum 26 November 3 nbsp Hanford 250 Hanford Motor Speedway Hanford California Paved nbsp Joe Leonard nbsp A J Foyt 27 November 17 nbsp Bobby Ball 150 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale Arizona Paved nbsp Mario Andretti nbsp Gary Bettenhausen 28 December 7 nbsp Rex Mays 300 Riverside International Raceway Riverside California Road nbsp Dan Gurney nbsp 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 editFurther information List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver HAN1 nbsp LVG nbsp PHX1 nbsp TRE1 nbsp INDY nbsp MIL1 nbsp MOS nbsp LAN1 nbsp PIP nbsp CDR nbsp NAZ nbsp IRP nbsp LAN2 nbsp MTR nbsp SPR nbsp MIL2 nbsp DQSF nbsp ISF nbsp TRE2 nbsp SAC nbsp MIC nbsp HAN2 nbsp PHX2 nbsp RIV nbsp Pts 1 nbsp Bobby Unser 5 1 1 1 1 21 17 2 1 11 7 3 21 2 16 2 11 DNQ 4 18 16 7 DNQ 17 2 19 2 4330 2 nbsp Mario Andretti 23 2 15 2 33 2 2 2 17 4 15 2 2 2 23 1 1 18 2 1 2 1 4 2 3 24 18 4319 3 nbsp Al Unser 2 14 16 17 26 3 4 5 12 22 4 1 1 1 1 1 9 15 12 3 7 15 22 3 18 15 15 26 2895 4 nbsp Lloyd Ruby 3 4 2 12 5 1 15 12 21 2 17 23 15 10 6 19 14 DNQ 1 DNQ DNQ 16 15 18 2 3 2799 5 nbsp Bill Vukovich II 26 6 19 5 7 13 9 7 14 9 3 13 6 6 4 4 7 3 5 6 16 19 6 4 7 2410 6 nbsp A J Foyt 4 13 23 21 20 14 1 4 3 18 17 24 2 1 24 1 14 1 23 20 1860 7 nbsp Dan Gurney 16 2 1 1 1 1800 8 nbsp Gary Bettenhausen 10 10 13 24 DNS 10 13 3 7 4 21 12 13 12 13 13 13 5 4 4 12 2 21 21 1 19 1595 9 nbsp Mel Kenyon 8 3 10 3 DNQ DNQ 22 DNQ DNQ 4 24 13 DNP 1355 10 nbsp Jim Malloy DNQ 9 11 22 10 8 8 20 3 17 10 5 3 4 3 5 8 15 14 11 18 24 11 22 24 1265 11 nbsp Sam Sessions 9 11 16 12 22 19 4 11 6 4 7 8 5 25 1260 12 nbsp Gordon Johncock 1 7 18 4 27 12 13 DNS 1 25 5 16 21 15 15 19 DNQ DNQ 7 11 1257 13 nbsp Roger McCluskey 6 12 14 16 29 20 3 14 9 17 19 7 22 1 23 5 12 2 12 25 10 11 12 1228 14 nbsp Bud Tingelstad 18 7 DNS 16 9 DNQ 19 13 13 16 5 15 2 8 18 DNQ DNQ 3 8 9 7 10 1016 15 nbsp Wally Dallenbach Sr 7 4 3 17 7 15 DNQ 11 3 5 20 7 20 DNQ 13 18 9 22 23 25 29 960 16 nbsp George Snider 9 5 6 6 31 8 8 3 10 3 DNQ 13 3 DNP 919 17 nbsp Larry Dickson 12 28 6 11 5 DNQ 6 2 DNQ 7 DNQ 7 8 26 8 890 18 nbsp Johnny Rutherford 20 11 17 18 4 20 24 20 25 5 5 11 5 16 25 17 6 890 19 nbsp Mike Mosley 8 19 16 9 4 14 9 17 DNS 3 13 9 14 860 20 nbsp Joe Leonard 22 3 22 8 12 18 7 6 8 14 DNS 16 4 17 850 21 nbsp Jim McElreath 14 DNQ 22 10 11 7 17 7 10 9 15 DNQ 5 6 28 771 22 nbsp Ronnie Bucknum 21 5 3 19 6 4 3 4 1 20 14 13 760 23 nbsp Art Pollard 16 8 5 13 13 16 14 18 5 7 9 26 DNQ 14 14 10 10 10 6 DNQ 20 16 696 24 nbsp Sonny Ates R 15 DNQ 22 DNQ 6 8 13 26 5 9 16 520 25 nbsp Rick Muther DNQ 7 DNQ 6 DNQ 21 5 510 26 nbsp Ronnie Duman DNP 6 22 400 27 nbsp Bruce Walkup 13 20 DNQ 5 11 12 18 18 9 7 15 13 DNQ DNQ 5 390 28 nbsp Max Dudley R 17 DNQ 9 15 DNQ 7 18 16 10 11 7 12 21 26 12 285 29 nbsp Bill Puterbaugh DNQ 17 8 9 12 9 6 11 265 30 nbsp George Follmer 11 15 24 DNQ 11 10 DNS 8 240 31 nbsp Arnie Knepper 24 DNQ DNP 25 DNS 24 15 11 22 18 11 10 16 6 14 20 12 15 206 32 nbsp George Benson 25 9 8 6 22 170 33 nbsp Carl Williams 15 5 17 8 DNS 13 13 15 19 150 34 nbsp Bobby Grim 10 DNQ 150 35 nbsp Jerry Daniels 10 8 9 DNQ 120 36 nbsp Wib Spalding R 8 100 37 nbsp Bob Veith 11 100 38 nbsp Chuck Booth DNQ DNQ 10 18 11 18 14 DNQ 11 DNQ 85 39 nbsp Tom Bigelow R 6 DNQ 14 80 40 nbsp Keith Rachwitz 12 9 DNQ 17 DNQ DNQ 80 41 nbsp Rollie Beale 15 DNQ 19 DNQ DNQ 9 DNQ DNQ 80 42 nbsp Chuck Hulse 21 DNQ 8 DNQ 75 43 nbsp Jigger Sirois R 16 21 DNQ 25 10 75 44 nbsp Bob Harkey DNQ DNQ 13 20 17 12 8 DNQ 23 13 60 45 nbsp Denny Zimmerman R 20 11 DNS 50 46 nbsp Bob Hurt DNQ DNQ 10 DNQ 45 47 nbsp Ralph Liguori DNQ 16 20 9 17 18 40 48 nbsp Roger West R 10 19 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 30 49 nbsp Bruce Jacobi 19 21 19 DNQ 22 DNQ 15 13 DNQ 19 12 DNQ DNQ 11 16 18 30 50 nbsp Dempsey Wilson 14 17 11 DNQ DNQ DNQ 30 51 nbsp Al Smith DNQ 12 25 52 nbsp Ted Foltz 2 24 53 nbsp Wes Vandervoort 3 21 54 nbsp Paul Kleinschmidt 5 15 55 nbsp Malcolm Brazier 6 12 56 nbsp Bob Herring 7 9 57 nbsp Grier Manning 8 8 58 nbsp Ralph Bruning 9 6 59 nbsp Charles Louderman 10 5 nbsp John Cannon R 10 8 8 6 2 9 0 nbsp Mark Donohue R 6 4 21 0 nbsp Denny Hulme 4 0 nbsp Skip Scott R 4 0 nbsp Lothar Motschenbacher 17 6 0 nbsp Bud Morley R 16 8 DNQ 0 nbsp Jack Eiteljorg R 23 10 9 0 nbsp Peter Revson 10 0 nbsp Bob Daly 11 0 nbsp George Fejer R 12 15 DNS 14 12 0 nbsp Lou Sell R 21 12 14 16 30 0 nbsp Thurel Novotny 12 0 nbsp Dick Heikes R 13 0 nbsp Gene Willbanks R 14 0 nbsp Greg Weld DNQ 14 24 DNQ DNQ 17 14 DNQ 0 nbsp Gig Stephens DNQ 23 14 14 DNQ 0 nbsp Bay Darnell 14 23 DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Don Thomas R DNQ 15 0 nbsp Butch Earley R 15 0 nbsp Clark Yowell 16 0 nbsp Henry Pens R DNQ 17 0 nbsp Jerry Colton R 17 0 nbsp Don Meacham R 17 0 nbsp Gene Bergin R DNQ 18 DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Tom Dillon R 18 0 nbsp Graham Hill 19 DNQ 0 nbsp LaVerne Ravenstein R 19 0 nbsp Chuck Arnold 20 0 nbsp Walter Miller 20 0 nbsp Gene Pacheco 21 0 nbsp Jerry Titus DNQ 22 0 nbsp Jerry Grant 23 DNS 23 0 nbsp Orville Nance 23 0 nbsp Mickey Shaw 23 0 nbsp Jack Brabham 23 0 nbsp Norm Brown 24 0 nbsp Larry Overholser 24 0 nbsp Bill Simpson R 27 0 nbsp Jim Hurtubise 30 0 nbsp Jochen Rindt 32 0 nbsp Dusty Smith DNQ DNS 0 nbsp Billy Wilkerson DNS 0 nbsp Jim Reynard DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Les Scott DNQ DNQ DNQ DNP DNQ 0 nbsp Karl Busson DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Danny Ongais DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Dee Jones DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Ernie Koch DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Al Miller DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Norm Ellefson DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Hamilton Vose DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Don Schisler DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Otto Becker DNQ DNP 0 nbsp Bill Cheesbourg DNQ 0 nbsp Masten Gregory DNQ 0 nbsp Bobby Johns DNQ 0 nbsp Bruce McLaren DNQ 0 nbsp Mike Spence DNQ 0 nbsp Chuck Stevenson DNQ 0 nbsp LeeRoy Yarbrough DNQ 0 nbsp Scott Brazier DNQ 0 nbsp Bob Tattersall DNQ 0 nbsp Earl Smith DNQ 0 nbsp Don Brown DNQ 0 nbsp Earl Dykes DNQ 0 nbsp Ludwig Heimrath Jr DNQ 0 nbsp Jackie Stewart Wth 0 nbsp Jim Clark DNP 0 nbsp Bob Herst DNP 0 nbsp Stew McMillan DNP 0 Pos Driver HAN1 nbsp LVG nbsp PHX1 nbsp TRE1 nbsp INDY nbsp MIL1 nbsp MOS1 nbsp MOS2 nbsp LAN1 nbsp PIP nbsp CDR nbsp NAZ nbsp IRP1 nbsp IRP2 nbsp LAN2 nbsp LAN3 nbsp MTR1 nbsp MTR2 nbsp SPR nbsp MIL2 nbsp DQSF nbsp ISF nbsp TRE2 nbsp SAC nbsp MIC nbsp HAN2 nbsp PHX2 nbsp RIV nbsp Pts 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 amp 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 notparticipate DNP Not competing In line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap Led most race laps RY Rookie of the Year R RookieReferences editAberg Andreas USAC National Championship 1968 Driver Database Archived from the original on September 10 2012 Retrieved December 29 2010 1968 USAC National Championship Trail ChampCarStats com Archived from the original on February 24 2012 Retrieved December 29 2010 http media indycar com pdf 2011 IICS 2011 Historical Record Book INT6 pdf Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine p 244 249 See also edit1968 Indianapolis 500 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1968 USAC Championship Car season amp oldid 1222011947, wikipedia, wiki , book, books, library,
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