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1968 Indianapolis 500

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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 (500.0 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

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	3	3	Bobby Unser	Rislone (Bob Wilke)	Eagle / Offy	200	177,523	running	127	1000
5	5	25	Lloyd Ruby	Gene White Co. (Gene White)	Mongoose / Offy	200	30,248	running	42	500
12	1	60	Joe Leonard	STP Oil Treatment (Parnelli Jones)	Lotus / Turbine	191	37,403	fuel shaft	31	50
2	10	48	Dan Gurney	Olsonite (Oscar Olson)	Eagle / Ford	200	64,678	running	0	800
3	17	15	Mel Kenyon	City of Lebanon, Indiana (Fred Gerhardt)	Gerhardt / Offy	200	44,843	running	0	700
4	20	42	Denny Hulme	Olsonite (Oscar Olson)	Eagle / Ford	200	26,508	running	0	600
6	26	59	Ronnie Duman	Hayhoe Racing Enterprises (Cleaver Brooks)	Hayhoe / Offy	199	19,088	running	0	400
7	23	98	Billy Vukovich, Jr.	Wagner Lockheed Brake Fluid (J.C. Agajanian)	Shrike / Offy	198	17,903	running	0	300
8	27	90	Mike Mosley	Zecol / Lubaid (Bob Wilke)	Watson / Offy	197	16,819	running	0	250
9	31	94	Sammy Sessions	Valvoline (Tassi Vatis)	Finley / Offy	197	15,104	running	0	200
10	25	6	Bobby Grim	Gene White Co. (Gene White)	Mongoose / Offy	196	15,053	running	0	150
11	24	16	Bob Veith	Thermo King Auto Air Conditioning (Don Gerhardt)	Gerhardt / Offy	196	14,393	running	0	100
13	11	20	Art Pollard	STP Oil Treatment (Andy Granatelli)	Lotus / Turbine	188	1,833	fuel shaft	0
14	13	82	Jim McElreath	Jim Greer	Coyote / Ford	179	12,793	stalled	0
15	28	84	Carl Williams	Sheraton / Thompson (A.J. Foyt)	Coyote / Ford	163	13,138	crash	0
16	18	10	Bud Tingelstad	Federal Engineering (Federal Automotive Associates)	Gerhardt / Offy	158	12,553	oil pressure	0
17	12	54	Wally Dallenbach	Valvoline (Tassi Vatis)	Finley / Offy	146	11,413	engine	0
18	21	18	Johnny Rutherford	City of Seattle (Alan Green)	Eagle / Ford	125	11,468	crash	0
19	2	70	Graham Hill	STP Oil Treatment	Lotus / Turbine	110	13,693	crash	0
20	8	1	A.J. Foyt	Sheraton / Thompson (A.J. Foyt)	Coyote / Ford	86	11,013	rear end	0
21	19	45	Ronnie Bucknum	Weinberger Homes (Weinberger & Wilseck)	Eagle / Ford	76	10,853	fuel leak	0
22	14	27	Jim Malloy	Jim Robbins Seat Belt (Jim Robbins)	Vollstedt / Ford	64	10,013	rear end	0
23	15	78	Jerry Grant	Bardahl (Friedkin Enterprises)	Eagle / Ford	50	9,643	oil leak	0
24	22	11	Gary Bettenhausen	Thermo King Auto Air Conditioning (Don Gerhardt)	Gerhardt / Offy	43	9,743	crash	0
25	32	21	Arnie Knepper	Bryant Heating & Cooling (Rolla Vollstedt)	Vollstedt / Offy	42	9,463	crash	0
26	6	24	Al Unser	Retzloff Chemical (Al Retzloff)	Lola / Ford	40	10,003	crash	0
27	9	4	Gordon Johncock	Gilmore Broadcasting (Gordon Johncock)	Gerhardt / Offy	37	9,363	rear end	0
28	33	64	Larry Dickson	Overseas National Airways (Mario Andretti)	Hawk / Ford	24	9,043	piston	0
29	7	8	Roger McCluskey	G.C. Murphy (Lindsey Hopkins)	Eagle / Offy	16	9,343	oil filter	0
30	30	56	Jim Hurtubise	Pepsi / Frito-Lay (Jim Hurtubise)	Mallard / Offy	9	9,213	piston	0
31	29	29	George Snider	Vel's Parnelli Ford (Vel Miletich)	Mongoose / Ford	9	9,353	oil leak	0
32	16	35	Jochen Rindt	Repco-Brabham (Jack Brabham)	Brabham / Repco	5	9,713	piston	0
33	4	2	Mario Andretti	Overseas National Airways (Mario Andretti)	Hawk / Ford	2	9,843	piston	0

Relief Drivers:
Car #64: Mario Andretti (11 laps)

Failed to qualify: Bruce Walkup (#62), Greg Weld (#17, 19), Arnie Knepper (#17), Ronnie Duman (#22), Bobby Johns (#26), Rick Muther (#28), Mike Spence (#30), Joe Leonard (#40), Gary Bettenhausen (#47), LeeRoy Yarbrough (#62), Danny Ongais (#63), Bruce McLaren (#66), Henry Pens (#17), Bob Hurt (#14, 36), Bob Harkey (#88, 71), Larry Dickson (#36), Sonny Ates (#31, 19), George Follmer (#41), Bill Puterbaugh (#77, 63), Bill Cheesbourg (#22), Al Miller (#32, 9), Jerry Titus (#76, 50), Carl Williams (#5), Art Pollard (#11), Sammy Sessions (#14, 49), Denny Hulme (#69)

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

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