1968 USAC Championship Car season

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1968 USAC Championship Car season

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1968 USAC Championship Car season
USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races 28
Start date March 17
End date December 1
Awards
National champion United States Bobby Unser
Indianapolis 500 winner United States Bobby Unser
Chronology
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1967 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.

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Schedule and results

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 March 17 California California 200 Hanford Motor Speedway Hanford, California Paved Oval Bobby Unser Gordon Johncock
2 March 31 Nevada Stardust 150 Stardust International Raceway Las Vegas, Nevada Road Course Dan Gurney Bobby Unser
3 April 7 Arizona Jimmy Bryan Memorial Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Paved Oval Bobby Unser Bobby Unser
4 April 21 New Jersey Trenton 150 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved Oval Mario Andretti Bobby Unser
5 May 30 Indiana International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved Oval Joe Leonard Bobby Unser
6 June 8 Wisconsin Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved Oval Roger McCluskey Lloyd Ruby
7 June 15 Ontario Telegraph Trophy 200A Mosport Park Bowmanville, Ontario Road Course Dan Gurney Dan Gurney
8 Dan Gurney Dan Gurney
9 June 23 Pennsylvania Langhorne 150 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Paved Oval Gordon Johncock Gordon Johncock
10 June 29 Colorado Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill Climb Bobby Unser
11 July 7 Colorado Rocky Mountain 150 Continental Divide Raceway Castle Rock, Colorado Road Course Ronnie Bucknum A. J. Foyt
12 July 13 Pennsylvania Nazareth 100 Nazareth Speedway Nazareth, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Bill Vukovich II Al Unser
13 July 21 Indiana Indy 200B Indianapolis Raceway Park Clermont, Indiana Road Course Mario Andretti Al Unser
14 Al Unser Al Unser
15 July 28 Pennsylvania Langhorne Twin 100B Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Paved Oval Gordon Johncock Al Unser
16 Al Unser Al Unser
17 August 4 Quebec Saint-Jovite 200B Circuit Mont-Tremblant Saint-Jovite, Quebec Road Course Mario Andretti Mario Andretti
18 Mario Andretti Mario Andretti
19 August 17 Illinois Tony Bettenhausen 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Oval Al Unser Roger McCluskey
20 August 18 Wisconsin Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin Paved Oval Art Pollard Lloyd Ruby
21 September 2 Illinois Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt Oval Al Unser Mario Andretti
22 September 7 Indiana Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis, Indiana Dirt Oval Mario Andretti A. J. Foyt
23 September 22 New Jersey Trenton 200 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved Oval Al Unser Mario Andretti
24 September 29 California Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento, California Dirt Oval Mario Andretti A. J. Foyt
25 October 13 Michigan Michigan Inaugural 250 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan Paved Oval Mario Andretti Ronnie Bucknum
26 November 3 California California 200 Hanford Motor Speedway Hanford, California Paved Oval Joe Leonard A. J. Foyt
27 November 17 Arizona Bobby Ball 150 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Paved Oval Mario Andretti Gary Bettenhausen
28 December 7 California Rex Mays 300 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Road Course Dan Gurney Dan Gurney
^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 Points
1 United States Bobby Unser Leader Card Racing 4330
2 United States Mario Andretti Brawner-Andretti Racing Team 4319
3 United States Al Unser Retzloff Chemical 2895
4 United States Lloyd Ruby Gene White Racing 2799
5 United States Bill Vukovich II Agajanian 2410

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