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1968 Indianapolis 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 5 of 28 Thursday, May 30, 1968 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:16:14 Average speed: 152.882 mph Pole speed: 171.559 mph Cautions: 5 Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 8 Glossary    1968 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1968 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 3   Bobby Unser Rislone   (Bob Wilke) Eagle / Offy 200 177523 running 127 1000 2 10 48   Dan Gurney Olsonite   (Oscar Olson) Eagle / Ford 200 64678 running 0 800 3 17 15   Mel Kenyon City of Lebanon, Indiana   (Fred Gerhardt) Gerhardt / Offy 200 44843 running 0 700 4 20 42   Denny Hulme Olsonite   (Oscar Olson) Eagle / Ford 200 26508 running 0 600 5 5 25   Lloyd Ruby Gene White Co.   (Gene White) Mongoose / Offy 200 30248 running 42 500 6 26 59   Ronnie Duman Hayhoe Racing Enterprises   (Cleaver Brooks) Hayhoe / Offy 199 19088 running 0 400 7 23 98   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Wagner Lockheed Brake Fluid   (J.C. Agajanian) Shrike / Offy 198 17903 running 0 300 8 27 90   Mike Mosley Zecol / Lubaid   (Bob Wilke) Watson / Offy 197 16819 running 0 250 9 31 94   Sammy Sessions Valvoline   (Tassi Vatis) Finley / Offy 197 15104 running 0 200 10 25 6   Bobby Grim Gene White Co.   (Gene White) Mongoose / Offy 196 15053 running 0 150 11 24 16   Bob Veith Thermo King Auto Air Conditioning   (Don Gerhardt) Gerhardt / Offy 196 14393 running 0 100 12 1 60   Joe Leonard STP Oil Treatment   (Parnelli Jones) Lotus / Pratt & Whitney 191 37403 fuel shaft 31 50 13 11 20   Art Pollard STP Oil Treatment   (Andy Granatelli) Lotus / Pratt & Whitney 188 1833 fuel shaft 0   14 13 82   Jim McElreath Jim Greer Coyote / Ford 179 12793 stalled 0   15 28 84   Carl Williams Sheraton / Thompson   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Ford 163 13138 crash 0   16 18 10   Bud Tingelstad Federal Engineering   (Federal Automotive Associates) Gerhardt / Offy 158 12553 oil pressure 0   17 12 54   Wally Dallenbach Valvoline   (Tassi Vatis) Finley / Offy 146 11413 engine 0   18 21 18   Johnny Rutherford City of Seattle   (Alan Green) Eagle / Ford 125 11468 crash 0   19 2 70   Graham Hill STP Oil Treatment Lotus / Pratt & Whitney 110 13693 crash 0   20 8 1   A.J. Foyt Sheraton / Thompson   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Ford 86 11013 rear end 0   21 19 45   Ronnie Bucknum Weinberger Homes   (Weinberger & Wilseck) Eagle / Ford 76 10853 fuel leak 0   22 14 27   Jim Malloy Jim Robbins Seat Belt   (Jim Robbins) Vollstedt / Ford 64 10013 rear end 0   23 15 78   Jerry Grant Bardahl   (Friedkin Enterprises) Eagle / Ford 50 9643 oil leak 0   24 22 11   Gary Bettenhausen Thermo King Auto Air Conditioning   (Don Gerhardt) Gerhardt / Offy 43 9743 crash 0   25 32 21   Arnie Knepper Bryant Heating & Cooling   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 42 9463 crash 0   26 6 24   Al Unser Retzloff Chemical   (Al Retzloff) Lola / Ford 40 10003 crash 0   27 9 4   Gordon Johncock Gilmore Broadcasting   (Gordon Johncock) Gerhardt / Offy 37 9363 rear end 0   28 33 64   Larry Dickson Overseas National Airways   (Mario Andretti) Hawk / Ford 24 9043 piston 0   29 7 8   Roger McCluskey G.C. Murphy   (Lindsey Hopkins) Eagle / Offy 16 9343 oil filter 0   30 30 56   Jim Hurtubise Pepsi / Frito-Lay   (Jim Hurtubise) Mallard / Offy 9 9213 piston 0   31 29 29   George Snider Vel's Parnelli Ford   (Vel Miletich) Mongoose / Ford 9 9353 oil leak 0   32 16 35   Jochen Rindt Repco-Brabham   (Jack Brabham) Brabham / Repco 5 9713 piston 0   33 4 2   Mario Andretti Overseas National Airways   (Mario Andretti) Hawk / Ford 2 9843 piston 0

Relief Drivers: Car #64: Mario Andretti (11 laps) Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Carl Williams 5 Retzloff Chemical Art Pollard 11 Thermo King Auto Air Conditioning Bob Hurt 14, 36 Quaker State, Jack Adams Aircraft Sammy Sessions 14, 49 Quaker State, Weinberger Homes Arnie Knepper 17 Bryant Heating & Cooling Henry Pens 17 Bryant Heating & Cooling Greg Weld 17, 19 Bryant Heating & Cooling, M.V.S. Bill Cheesbourg 22 Michner Petroleum Ronnie Duman 22 Michner Petroleum Bobby Johns 26 Central Hardware Rick Muther 28 George R. Bryant Mike Spence 30 STP Oil Treatment Sonny Ates 31, 19 Federal Engineering, M.V.S. Al Miller 32, 9 Wally Weir, Vel's Parnelli Ford Larry Dickson 36 Jack Adams Aircraft Joe Leonard 40 STP Oil Treatment George Follmer 41 George R. Bryant Gary Bettenhausen 47 Joe Hunt Magneto Bruce Walkup 62 Cleaver Brooks LeeRoy Yarbrough 62 Cleaver Brooks Danny Ongais 63 City of Long Beach Bruce McLaren 66 Botany 500 Denny Hulme 69 Botany 500 Jerry Titus 76, 50 Bardahl, Navarro Injection Bill Puterbaugh 77, 63 Dayton Steel Wheel, City of Long Beach Bob Harkey 88, 71 Kenny Brenn, Stewart-Warner WD Chuck Hulse 90 Zecol / Lubaid Robert Wilke Watson / Ford Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Joe Leonard 1 7 7   Bobby Unser 8 56 49   Lloyd Ruby 57 89 33   Bobby Unser 90 112 23   Joe Leonard 113 119 7   Bobby Unser 120 165 46   Lloyd Ruby 166 174 9   Joe Leonard 175 191 17   Bobby Unser 192 200 9