1968 USAC National Championship Trail

Bobby Unser - Champion

Date Race Track Miles Type Winner
3/17/68 California 200 Hanford 201 PO Gordon Johncock
3/31/68 Stardust 150 Las Vegas 150 RC Bobby Unser
4/7/68 Jimmy Bryan Memorial Phoenix 150 PO Bobby Unser
4/21/68 Trenton 150 Trenton 150 PO Bobby Unser
5/30/68 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis 500 PO Bobby Unser
6/9/68 Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee 150 PO Lloyd Ruby
6/15/68 Telegraph Trophy 200 Heat 1 Mosport 98.36 RC Dan Gurney
6/15/68 Telegraph Trophy 200 Heat 2 Mosport 98.36 RC Dan Gurney
6/23/68 Langhorne 150 Langhorne 150 PO Gordon Johncock
6/29/68 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak 12.42 HC Bobby Unser
7/7/68 Rocky Mountain 150 Castle Rock 151.62 RC A. J. Foyt
7/13/68 Nazareth 100 Nazareth 100.125 DO Al Unser
7/21/68 Indianapolis Heat 1 IRP 100 RC Al Unser
7/21/68 Indianapolis Heat 2 IRP 100 RC Al Unser
7/28/68 Langhorne Twin 100 #1 Langhorne 100 PO Al Unser
7/28/68 Langhorne Twin 100 #2 Langhorne 100 PO Al Unser
8/4/68 St. Jovite Heat 1 St. Jovite 100.7 RC Mario Andretti
8/4/68 St. Jovite Heat 2 St. Jovite 100.7 RC Mario Andretti
8/17/68 Tony Bettenhausen 100 Springfield 100 DO Roger McCluskey
8/18/68 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee 200 PO Lloyd Ruby
9/2/68 Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin 100 DO Mario Andretti
9/7/68 Hoosier Hundred ISF 100 DO A. J. Foyt
9/22/68 Trenton 200 Trenton 200 PO Mario Andretti
9/29/68 Golden State 100 Sacramento 100 DO A. J. Foyt
10/13/68 Michigan Inaugural 250 MIS 250 PO Ronnie Bucknum
11/3/68 Hanford 250 Hanford 250.5 PO A. J. Foyt
11/17/68 Phoenix 200 Phoenix 200 PO Gary Bettenhausen
12/1/68 Rex Mays 300 Riverside 301.6 RC Dan Gurney

 

Standing Driver Starts DNS/DNQ Wins 2nds 3rds 4ths 5ths Best Finish Poles Points
1 Bobby Unser 25 2 5 5 1 1 1 3 4330
2 Mario Andretti 27 0 4 11 1 2 0 8 4319
3 Al Unser 28 0 5 1 3 2 1 5 2895
4 Lloyd Ruby 23 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 2799
5 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 25 0 0 0 2 3 2 1 2410
6 A. J. Foyt 20 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 1860
7 Dan Gurney 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 1800
8 Gary Bettenhausen 25 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1595
9 Mel Kenyon 8 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1355
10 Jim Malloy 24 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 1265
11 Sam Sessions 14 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1260
12 Gordon Johncock 17 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 1257
13 Roger McCluskey 23 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1228
14 Ronnie Bucknum 12 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 1200
15 Bud Tingelstad 18 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1016
16 Wally Dallenbach 19 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 960
17 George Snider 12 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 919
18 Larry Dickson 12 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 890
19 Johnny Rutherford 17 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 890
20 Mike Mosley 13 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 860
21 Joe Leonard 13 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 850
22 Jim McElreath 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 741
23 Art Pollard 20 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 696
24 Denis Hulme 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 600
25 Sonny Ates 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 520
26 Rick Muther 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 510
27 John Cannon 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 505
28 Ronnie Duman 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 400
29 Bruce Walkup 12 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 390
30 Max Dudley 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 305
31 Bill Puterbaugh 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 265
32 George Follmer 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 240
33 Arnie Knepper 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 206
34 Mark Donohue 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 200
35 George Benson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 170
36 Carl Williams 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 150
37 Bobby Grim 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 150
38 Jerry Daniels 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 120
39 Wib Spalding 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 100
40 Bob Veith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 100
41 Peter Revson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 90
42 Chuck Booth 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 85
43 Tom Bigelow 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 80
44 Lothar Motschenbacher 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 80
45 Keith Rachwitz 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 80
46 Rollie Beale 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 80
47 Chuck Hulse 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 75
48 Jigger Sirois 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 75
49 Jack Eiteljorg 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 70
50 Bob Harkey 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 60
51 Bud Morley 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 50
52 Denny Zimmerman 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 50
53 Bob Hurt 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 45
54 Ralph Liguori 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 40
55 Roger West 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 30
56 Bruce Jacobi 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 30
57 Dempsey Wilson 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 30
58 Al Smith 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 25
59 Ted Foltz 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 24
60 Wes Vandervoort 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21
61 George Fejer 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 20
62 Paul Kleinschmidt 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15
63 Malcolm Brazier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 12
64 Lou Sell 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 10
65 Bob Herring 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 9
66 Grier Manning 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8
67 Ralph Bruning 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 6
68 Charlie Lowderman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 5
NR Skip Scott 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
NR Bob Daly 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
NR Thurel Novotny 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
NR Dick Heikes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR Greg Weld 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Gig Stephens 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Bay Darnell 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Eugene Willbanks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Butch Earley 1 0 0 0