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1968 Du Quoin Indycars

1968 Du Quoin Indycars is 183rd USAC race. Passed at the Du Quoin circuit. Al Unser won the pole position, Mario Andretti won this race. AJ Foyt jr and Billy Vukovich also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 100 laps (161 km).

Previous race: 1968 Milwaukee Indycars
Next race: 1968 Indiana State Fair Indycars
Race Start: 2nd September 1968

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1968 Du Quoin Indycars

3rd victory for the Andretti Racing Enterprises team
20th victory for the Mario Andretti
45th podium for the Mario Andretti
69th podium for the AJ Foyt jr
2nd podium for the Billy Vukovich

1968 Du Quoin Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Kuzma D, #2	200	1h 5m 33.66s	Andretti Racing Enterprises
2	AJ Foyt jr	Meskowski D, #1	160	1h 5m 35.4s	Ansted-Thompson Racing
3	Billy Vukovich	Watson D, #98	140	100 laps	JC Agajanian
4	Gary Bettenhausen	Ward D, #11	120	99 laps	Don Gerhardt
5	Roger McCluskey	Kuzma D, #8	100	99 laps	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
6	Tom Bigelow	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #84	80	98 laps	Carl Gehlhausen
7	Al Unser	Dunlop D, #5	60	98 laps	Retzloff Racing Team
8	Jerry Daniels	Meskowski D, #20	50	96 laps	Seymour Enterprises
9	George Benson	Meskowski D, #68	40	95 laps	Darwin Maxson
10	George Snider	Watson D, #90	30	92 laps	Leader Card Racers
11	Bill Puterbaugh	Meskowski D, #77	20	92 laps	Dayton-Walther
12	Bruce Jacobi	Meskowski D, #76	10	92 laps	Lee S Glessner
13	Carl Williams	Meskowski D, #52	0	89 laps	Jake Vargo
14	Art Pollard	Vollstedt D, #31	0	70 laps Accident	Dick Simon Racing
15	Jim Malloy	King D, #67	0	55 laps	Jim Robbins
16	Arnie Knepper	Ward D, #19	0	32 laps Engine	MVS
17	Ralph Liguori	Lesovsky D, #99	0	31 laps Brakes	Joe Hunt
18	Bobby Unser	Watson D, #3	0	24 laps Ignition	Leader Card Racers

Qualifying Results for the 1968 Du Quoin Indycars on the Du Quoin circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Al Unser	Dunlop D, #5	36.7s	Retzloff Racing Team
2	Bill Puterbaugh	Meskowski D, #77	36.72s	Dayton-Walther
3	AJ Foyt jr	Meskowski D, #1	36.8s	Ansted-Thompson Racing
4	Billy Vukovich	Watson D, #98	37.01s	JC Agajanian
5	Bobby Unser	Watson D, #3	37.47s	Leader Card Racers
6	Mario Andretti	Kuzma D, #2	37.58s	Andretti Racing Enterprises
7	Bruce Jacobi	Meskowski D, #76	37.81s	Lee S Glessner
8	Carl Williams	Meskowski D, #52	37.88s	Jake Vargo
9	Roger McCluskey	Kuzma D, #8	38.04s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
10	Jim Malloy	King D, #67	38.25s	Jim Robbins
11	Jerry Daniels	Meskowski D, #20	38.32s	Seymour Enterprises
12	Tom Bigelow	Kurtis Kraft 4000D, #84	38.34s	Carl Gehlhausen
13	George Snider	Watson D, #90	38.38s	Leader Card Racers
14	Art Pollard	Vollstedt D, #31	38.52s	Dick Simon Racing
15	Ralph Liguori	Lesovsky D, #99	38.54s	Joe Hunt
16	Gary Bettenhausen	Ward D, #11	38.58s	Don Gerhardt
17	Arnie Knepper	Ward D, #19	38.59s	MVS
18	George Benson	Meskowski D, #68	38.64s	Darwin Maxson