International 500 Mile Sweepstakes
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
May 30, 1968

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points
1 3 Bobby Unser 3 Rislone Eagle Offy TC 200 3:16:13.76 152.882 1,000
2 10 Dan Gurney 48 Olsonite Eagle Gurney-Weslake Ford 200 Finished 152.187 800
3 17 Mel Kenyon 15 City of Lebanon, Indiana Gerhardt Offy TC 200 Finished 149.224 700
4 20 Denis Hulme 42 Olsonite Eagle Ford 200 Finished 149.140 600
5 5 Lloyd Ruby 25 Gene White Mongoose Offy TC 200 Finished 148.529 500
6 26 Ronnie Duman 59 Cleaver Brooks Brabham Offy TC 199 Flagged 400
7 23 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 98 Wagner Lockheed Brake Fluid Shrike Offy TC 198 Flagged 300
8 27 Mike Mosley 90 Zecol-Lubaid Watson Offy TC 197 Flagged 250
9 31 Sam Sessions 94 Valvoline Finley Offy TC 197 Flagged 200
10 25 Bobby Grim 6 Gene White Mongoose Offy TC 196 Flagged 150
11 24 Bob Veith 16 Thermo King Auto Air Conditioning Gerhardt Offy TC 196 Flagged 100
12 1 Joe Leonard 60 STP Oil Treatment Lotus 4WD Pratt & Whitney Turbine 191 Broken fuel shaft 50
13 11 Art Pollard 20 STP Oil Treatment Lotus 4WD Pratt & Whitney Turbine 188 Broken fuel shaft
14 13 Jim McElreath 82 Jim Greer Coyote Ford 179 Stalled backstretch
15 28 Carl Williams 84 Sheraton-Thompson Coyote Ford TC 163 Wrecked turn 2
16 18 Bud Tingelstad 10 Federal Engineering Gerhardt Offy TC 158 Lost oil pressure
17 12 Wally Dallenbach 54 Valvoline Finley Offy TC 146 Engine
18 21 Johnny Rutherford 18 City of Seattle Eagle Ford 125 Wrecked
19 2 Graham Hill 70 STP Oil Treatment Lotus 4WD Pratt & Whitney Turbine 110 Wrecked turn 2
20 8 A. J. Foyt 1 Sheraton-Thompson Coyote Ford 86 Rear end
21 19 Ronnie Bucknum 45 Weinberger Homes Eagle Ford 76 Fuel leak
22 14 Jim Malloy 27 Jim Robbins Seat Belt Vollstedt Ford TC 64 Rear end
23 15 Jerry Grant 78 Bardahl Eagle Ford 50 Oil leak
24 22 Gary Bettenhausen 11 Thermo King Auto Air Conditioning Gerhardt Offy TC 43 Hit debris on track
25 32 Arnie Knepper 21 Bryant Heating & Cooling Vollstedt Offy TC 42 Hit debris on track
26 6 Al Unser 24 Retzloff Chemical Lola 4WD Ford TC 40 Wrecked turn 1
27 9 Gordon Johncock 4 Gilmore Broadcasting Gerhardt Offy TC 37 Rear end
28 33 Larry Dickson 64 Overseas National Airways Brawner Ford 24 Broken piston
29 7 Roger McCluskey 8 G. C. Murphy Eagle Offy TC 16 Broken oil filter
30 30 Jim Hurtubise 56 Pepsi-Frito Lay Mallard FE Offy TC 9 Broken piston
31 29 George Snider 29 Vel's Parnelli Ford Mongoose Ford 9 Oil leak
32 16 Jochen Rindt 35 Repco-Brabham Brabham Repco 5 Broken piston
33 4 Mario Andretti 2 Overseas National Airways Brawner Ford TC 2 Broken piston
-- -- Mario Andretti 64 Overseas National Airways Brawner Ford 11 Relieved Dickson 14-24
-- -- Bill Cheesbourg 75 Ashland Oil X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bill Cheesbourg 81 Central Excavating Gerhardt Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Gary Bettenhausen 47 Joe Hunt Magneto Lesovsky D Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Gary Bettenhausen 97 Agajanian Mongoose Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- Larry Dickson 36 Jack Adams Aircraft Lola Ford -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Larry Dickson 77 Dayton Steel Wheel Gerhardt Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- Mario Andretti 20 STP Oil Treatment Lotus 4WD Pratt & Whitney Turbine -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bill Cheesbourg 22 Michner Petroleum Eagle Ford -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Jim Clark X STP Oil Treatment Lotus 4WD Pratt & Whitney Turbine -- Withdrew
-- -- Rollie Beale 88 Kenny Brenn Gerhardt Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- Rollie Beale 32 Wally Weir Gerhardt Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- Ronnie Duman 22 Michner Petroleum Eagle Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- Ronnie Duman 26 Central Hardware Gerhardt Offy TC -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Sonny Ates 31 Federal Engineering Gerhardt Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Sonny Ates 19 M.V.S. Cecil Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- George Follmer 41 George R. Bryant Cheetah Ford -- DNS, too slow
-- -- George Follmer 28 George R. Bryant Cheetah Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- George Follmer 42 Olsonite Eagle Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bobby Grim 59 Cleaver Brooks Brabham Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Dan Gurney 42 Olsonite Eagle Gurney-Weslake Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- Masten Gregory 95 Repco-Brabham Brabham Repco -- Did not qualify
-- -- Masten Gregory 28 George R. Bryant Cheetah Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bob Harkey 88 Kenny Brenn Gerhardt Ford -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Bob Harkey 71 Stewart-Warner Marathon Ford -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Bob Harkey 81 Central Excavating Gerhardt Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bob Hurt 14 Quaker State Gerhardt Offy TC -- Wrecked qualifying, SW
-- -- Bob Hurt 11 Thermo King Auto Air Condioning Gerhardt Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bob Hurt 36 Jack Adams Aircraft Lola Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bob Hurt 72 Jack Adams Wynn-Storm Glen Bryant Turbine -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bob Hurt 81 Central Excavating Gerhardt Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bob Hurt 90 Zecol-Lubaid Watson Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- Chuck Hulse 90 Zecol-Lubaid Watson Ford -- Wrecked practice, retired
-- -- Denis Hulme 69 Botany 500 Shelby GE Turbine -- Withdrew
-- -- Bobby Johns 26 Central Hardware Gerhardt Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bobby Johns 17 Bryant Heating & Cooling Vollstedt Ford -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Dee Jones 34 Speedy's Broasted Chicken Huffaker Chevy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Dee Jones 46 Lotus-Chevrolet Special Lotus-Eisert Chevy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Arnie Knepper 17 Bryant Heating & Cooling Vollstedt Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- Joe Leonard 40 STP Oil Treatment Granatelli Pratt & Whitney Turbine -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Ralph Liguori 77 Dayton Steel Wheel Gerhardt Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- Ralph Liguori 71 Stewart-Warner Marathon Ford -- Failed refresher test
-- -- Ralph Liguori 88 Kenny Brenn Gerhardt Ford -- Failed refresher test
-- -- Al Miller (Krulac) 32 Wally Weir Gerhardt Ford -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Al Miller (Krulac) 9 Vel's Parnelli Ford Mongoose Ford -- Stalled qualifying
-- -- Bruce McLaren 66 Botany 500 Shelby GE Turbine -- Withdrew
-- -- Bruce McLaren 69 Botany 500 Shelby GE Turbine -- Did not qualify
-- -- Rick Muther 28 George R. Bryant Cheetah Ford -- Wrecked qualifying
-- -- Rick Muther 22 Michner Petroleum Eagle Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- Danny Ongais 63 City of Long Beach Thompson Ford -- Driver inexperienced
-- -- Lee Roy Yarbrough 62 Cleaver-Brooks X Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Lee Roy Yarbrough 59 Cleaver Brooks Brabham Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Billy Vukovich, Jr. 97 Agajanian Mongoose Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- Art Pollard 11 Thermo King Auto Air Conditioning Gerhardt Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Art Pollard 40 STP Oil Treatment Granatelli Pratt & Whitney Turbine -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bill Puterbaugh 77 Dayton Steel Wheel Gerhardt Ford -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Bill Puterbaugh 63 City of Long Beach Thompson Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bill Puterbaugh 71 Stewart-Warner Marathon RE Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- Henry Pens 17 Bryant Heating & Cooling Vollstedt Ford -- Entry declined, driver inexperienced
-- -- Jerry Titus 76 Bardahl Eagle Ford -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Jerry Titus 50 Navarro Injection Watson RE Rambler TC -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Jerry Titus 71 Stewart-Warner Marathon Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- Jerry Titus 75 Marathon X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bruce Walkup 62 Cleaver-Brooks X Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Bruce Walkup 59 Cleaver Brooks Brabham Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Carl Williams 5 Retzloff Chemical Lola Ford TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Dempsey Wilson 81 Central Excavating Gerhardt Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Dempsey Wilson 51 Greenman Halibrand Chevy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Dempsey Wilson 63 City of Long Beach Thompson Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- Greg Weld 17 Bryant Heating & Cooling Vollstedt Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- Greg Weld 19 M.V.S. Cecil Ford -- Blew engine qualifying
-- -- Greg Weld 30 STP Oil Treatment Lotus 4WD Pratt & Whitney Turbine -- Did not qualify
-- -- Johnny Rutherford 90 Zecol-Lubaid Watson Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Chuck Stevenson 94 Valvoline Finley Offy TC -- Wrecked, retired
-- -- George Snider 87 Zecol-Lubaid Watson Offy -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Jackie Stewart 20 STP Oil Treatment Lotus 4WD Pratt & Whitney Turbine -- Withdrew-injured
-- -- Les Scott 50 Navarro Injection Watson RE Rambler TC -- Failed refresher test
-- -- Mike Spence 30 STP Oil Treatment Lotus 4WD Pratt & Whitney Turbine -- Wrecked practice - fatal
-- -- Mike Spence 60 STP Oil Treatment Lotus 4WD Pratt & Whitney Turbine -- Did not qualify
-- -- Sam Sessions 14 Quaker State Gerhardt Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Sam Sessions 49 Weinberger Homes Gerhardt Offy TC -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Sam Sessions 45 Weinberger Homes Eagle Ford -- Did not qualify
-- -- Chuck Booth 34 Speedy's Broasted Chicken Huffaker Chevy -- Entered, did not drive
-- -- Bob Herst X Jack Adams Epperly FE Turbine -- Did not arrive

 

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