Indy 200 Heat 1
Indianapolis Raceway Park
2.5 Mile Road Course
40 Laps/100 Miles
July 21, 1968
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
| 1 | 5 | Al Unser | 5 | Retzloff Chemical | Lola | Ford | 40 | 1:01:59 96.800 | 200 |
| 2 | 1 | Mario Andretti | 2 | Overseas National Airways | Brawner | Ford | 40 | Finished | 160 |
| 3 | 3 | Bobby Unser | 3 | Rislone | Eagle | Ford | 40 | Finished | 140 |
| 4 | 17 | A. J. Foyt | 1 | Sheraton-Thompson | Coyote | Ford | 40 | Finished | 120 |
| 5 | 23 | Gordon Johncock | 4 | Gilmore Broadcasting | Gerhardt | Ford | 40 | Finished | 100 |
| 6 | 7 | Ronnie Bucknum | 45 | Weinberger Homes | Eagle | Ford | 39 | Flagged | 80 |
| 7 | 13 | Art Pollard | 21 | Bryant Heating & Cooling | Vollstedt | Ford | 38 | Flagged | 60 |
| 8 | 11 | John Cannon | 41 | George R. Bryant | Cheetah | Ford | 38 | Flagged | 50 |
| 9 | 19 | Mike Mosley | 90 | Zecol-Lubaid | Watson | Ford | 38 | Flagged | 40 |
| 10 | 14 | Jim McElreath | 38 | Jack Adams Aircraft/Wynn's | Lola | Ford | 37 | Flagged | 30 |
| 11 | 20 | Arnie Knepper | 19 | M.V.S. | Cecil | Ford | 36 | Flagged | 20 |
| 12 | 8 | Lou Sell | 39 | Wynn's/Smothers Brothers | Eagle | Ford | 33 | Oil leak | 10 |
| 13 | 6 | Billy Vukovich, Jr. | 98 | Wagner Lockheed Brake Fluid | Brabham | Ford | 28 | Lost wheel | |
| 14 | 2 | Joe Leonard | 60 | Parnelli Jones-STP | Lotus 4WD | Pratt & Whitney Turbine | 27 | Spun out | |
| 15 | 24 | Bruce Jacobi | 75 | Avanti II | Marathon | Ford | 22 | Spun out | |
| 16 | 12 | Bud Tingelstad | 10 | Federal Engineering | Gerhardt | Ford | 21 | Spun out | |
| 17 | 9 | Jim Malloy | 67 | Jim Robbins Seat Belt | Vollstedt | Ford | 17 | Spun out | |
| 18 | 22 | Bruce Walkup | 71 | Stewart-Warner | Marathon | Ford | 15 | Flagged | |
| 19 | 16 | Roger McCluskey | 8 | G. C. Murphy | Eagle | Ford | 14 | LF tire | |
| 20 | 21 | Bob Harkey | 36 | Bulldog Stables | Gerhardt | Chevy | 11 | Spun out | |
| 21 | 10 | Gary Bettenhausen | 11 | Thermo King Auto Air Conditioning | Gerhardt | Ford | 8 | Broken halfshaft | |
| 22 | 18 | Sam Sessions | 14 | Quaker State | Gerhardt | Offy TC | 2 | Broken halfshaft | |
| 23 | 4 | Lloyd Ruby | 25 | Gene White | Mongoose | Ford | 1 | Broken halfshaft | |
| 24 | 15 | Johnny Rutherford | 22 | Michner Petroleum | Eagle | Ford | 0 | Broken suspension | |
| -- | -- | George Fejer | 11 | Chinook Mk VII | Chinook | Ford | -- | Did not start | |
| -- | -- | Jerry Grant | 78 | Bardahl | Eagle | Ford | -- | Did not start | |
| -- | -- | Art Pollard | 20 | STP Oil Treatment | Lotus 4WD | Pratt & Whitney Turbine | -- | Drove #21 instead |
| Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
| Al Unser | 22 | 19-40 |
| Mario Andretti | 16 | 3-18 |
| Joe Leonard | 2 | 1-2 |