1968 USAC Championship Car season

1968 American Championship Car season
Series  : USAC Championship Car
Champion : Bobby Unser
Previous: 1967	Next: 1969

The 1968 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 28 races, beginning in Hanford, California on March 17 and concluding in Riverside, California on December 1. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Bobby Unser.

Schedule and results

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 200A	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
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 200B	Indianapolis Raceway Park	Clermont, Indiana	Road	Mario Andretti	Al Unser
14						Al Unser	Al Unser
15	July 28	Langhorne Twin 100B	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Paved	Gordon Johncock	Al Unser
16						Al Unser	Al Unser
17	August 4	Saint-Jovite 200B	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	California 200	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  Run in two heats of 100 miles (161 kilometers) each.

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team/Car Owner	Points
1	Bobby Unser	Leader Card Racing	4330
2	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti Racing	4319
3	Al Unser	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing	2895
4	Lloyd Ruby	Gene White Firestone	2799
5	Bill Vukovich II	J.C. Agajanian	2410

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1968". Driver Database. Archived

from the original on 2010-12-29. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1968/. Retrieved 2010-12-29. 

• "1968 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived

from the original on 2010-12-29. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1968.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-29. 

See also

• 1968 Indianapolis 500

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