1968 USAC Championship Car season

1968 USAC Championship Car season
1968 USAC Championship Car season
USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	28
Start date	March 17
End date	December 1
Awards
National champion	Bobby Unser
Indianapolis 500 winner	Bobby Unser
	← 1967 1969 →

Races28

Start dateMarch 17

End dateDecember 1

National champion

Bobby Unser

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.

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	Telegram Trophy 200^A	Mosport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	Road	Dan Gurney	Dan Gurney
8	June 15	Telegram Trophy 200^A	Mosport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	Road	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^B	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 200^C	Indianapolis Raceway Park	Clermont, Indiana	Road	Mario Andretti	Al Unser
14	July 21	Indy 200^C	Indianapolis Raceway Park	Clermont, Indiana	Road	Al Unser	Al Unser
15	July 28	Langhorne Twin 100^C	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Paved	Gordon Johncock	Al Unser
16	July 28	Langhorne Twin 100^C	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Paved	Al Unser	Al Unser
17	August 4	Saint-Jovite 200^C	Circuit Mont-Tremblant	Saint-Jovite, Quebec	Road	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti
18	August 4	Saint-Jovite 200^C	Circuit Mont-Tremblant	Saint-Jovite, Quebec	Road	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	Hanford 250	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

v t e American Championship car racing (Indy car) seasons
AAA	1905 1906–1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
USAC	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
CART	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
CCWS	2004 2005 2006 2007 ~~2008~~
IRL	1996 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
IndyCar	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Years marked in italics are not official championship years or upcoming seasons.

v t e USAC Championship Cars (1956–1970)
Seasons	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
Indianapolis 500s	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
National Champions	Mario Andretti (three times) Tony Bettenhausen Jimmy Bryan (twice) A. J. Foyt (five times) Al Unser Bobby Unser Rodger Ward (twice)
Tracks	Arizona State Fair Atlanta Brainerd California State Fair Continental Divide Darlington Daytona Dover DuQuoin State Fair Hanford Illinois State Fair Indianapolis Indianapolis Raceway Park Indiana State Fair Lakewood Langhorne Michigan Michigan State Fair Milwaukee Missouri State Fair Mont-Tremblant Mosport Nazareth New York State Fair Ontario Phoenix Pikes Peak Riverside Stardust Sears Point Seattle Trenton

1968 USAC Championship Car season

Final points standings

References

See also

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