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1968 Hanford Indycars Race 1 in USAC at the Hanford circuit. Full information

1968 Hanford Indycars

1968 Hanford Indycars is 163rd USAC race. Passed at the Hanford circuit. Bobby Unser won the pole position, Gordon Johncock won this race. Al Unser and Lloyd Ruby also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 134 laps (302 km).

Previous race: 1967 Riverside Indycars
Next race: 1968 Las Vegas Indycars
Race Start: 17th March 1968

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1968 Hanford Indycars

3rd victory for the Johncock Racing Team team
4th victory for the Gordon Johncock
14th podium for the Gordon Johncock
12th podium for the Al Unser
13th podium for the Lloyd Ruby

Gerhardt ? 1968 - 1968 Hanford Indycars winner

Gerhardt ? 1968 #4 - 1968 Hanford Indycars winner

1968 Hanford Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Gordon Johncock	Gerhardt ? 1968, #4	400	1h 39m 15s	Johncock Racing Team
2	Al Unser	Lola T92, #5	320	134 laps	Retzloff Racing Team
3	Lloyd Ruby	Mongoose ? 1968, #25	280	134 laps	Gene White Co
4	AJ Foyt jr	Coyote ? 1968, #1	240	133 laps	Ansted-Thompson Racing
5	Bobby Unser	Eagle ? 1968, #3	200	133 laps	Leader Card Racers
6	Roger McCluskey	Eagle ? 1968, #8	160	133 laps	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
7	Wally Dallenbach	Huffaker ? 1968, #54	120	132 laps	Vatis Enterprises
8	Mel Kenyon	Gerhardt ? 1968, #15	100	132 laps	Fred Gerhardt
9	George Snider	Watson ? 1968, #90	80	131 laps	Leader Card Racers
10	Gary Bettenhausen	Lesovsky D, #99	60	130 laps	Joe Hunt
11	George Follmer	Gilbert 67, #28	40	127 laps	George R Bryant
12	Keith Rachwitz	Halibrand ? 1968, #56	20	126 laps	Clyde Lynch
13	Bruce Walkup	Vollstedt 65, #62	0	124 laps	Hayhoe Racing Enterprises
14	Dempsey Wilson	Halibrand ? 1968, #51	0	122 laps	Lysle Greenman
15	Sonny Ates	Turner D, #55	0	121 laps	Boyce Holt Racing
16	Art Pollard	Gerhardt ? 1968, #11	0	120 laps Accident	Don Gerhardt
17	Max Dudley	Gerhardt ? 1968, #61	0	115 laps	Max Dudley
18	Bud Tingelstad	Gerhardt ? 1968, #10	0	113 laps	Federal Engineering
19	Bruce Jacobi	Gerhardt ? 1968, #101	0	92 laps Fuel leak	Earl Smith
20	Johnny Rutherford	Eisert 67, #96	0	82 laps Accident	Eisert Racing Enterprises
21	Chuck Hulse	Gerhardt ? 1968, #14	0	71 laps Transmission	Caves Buick
22	Joe Leonard	Morris 68, #9	0	52 laps Accident	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
23	Mario Andretti	Hawk II, #2	0	40 laps Half shaft	Andretti Racing Enterprises
24	Arnie Knepper	Gerhardt ? 1968, #81	0	32 laps Water leak	Pete Salemi
25	George Benson	Watson FE, #23	0	9 laps Engine	Vince Conze
26	Billy Vukovich	Mongoose ? 1968, #98	0	6 laps Throttle linkage	JC Agajanian

Qualifying Results for the 1968 Hanford Indycars on the Hanford circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Eagle ? 1968, #3	34.68s	Leader Card Racers
2	Art Pollard	Gerhardt ? 1968, #11	34.86s	Don Gerhardt
3	Mario Andretti	Hawk II, #2	34.96s	Andretti Racing Enterprises
4	Lloyd Ruby	Mongoose ? 1968, #25	35.03s	Gene White Co
5	Roger McCluskey	Eagle ? 1968, #8	35.1s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
6	Joe Leonard	Morris 68, #9	35.11s	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
7	Gordon Johncock	Gerhardt ? 1968, #4	35.23s	Johncock Racing Team
8	Billy Vukovich	Mongoose ? 1968, #98	35.38s	JC Agajanian
9	Al Unser	Lola T92, #5	35.62s	Retzloff Racing Team
10	Mel Kenyon	Gerhardt ? 1968, #15	36.26s	Fred Gerhardt
11	AJ Foyt jr	Coyote ? 1968, #1	36.27s	Ansted-Thompson Racing
12	George Snider	Watson ? 1968, #90	36.39s	Leader Card Racers
13	Wally Dallenbach	Huffaker ? 1968, #54	37.1s	Vatis Enterprises
14	Johnny Rutherford	Eisert 67, #96	37.46s	Eisert Racing Enterprises
15	Chuck Hulse	Gerhardt ? 1968, #14	38.1s	Caves Buick
16	Gary Bettenhausen	Lesovsky D, #99	38.16s	Joe Hunt
17	George Follmer	Gilbert 67, #28	38.27s	George R Bryant
18	Keith Rachwitz	Halibrand ? 1968, #56	38.55s	Clyde Lynch
19	Sonny Ates	Turner D, #55	38.73s	Boyce Holt Racing
20	Arnie Knepper	Gerhardt ? 1968, #81	38.81s	Pete Salemi
21	Dempsey Wilson	Halibrand ? 1968, #51	39.13s	Lysle Greenman
22	Bruce Walkup	Vollstedt 65, #62	39.62s	Hayhoe Racing Enterprises
23	Bud Tingelstad	Gerhardt ? 1968, #10	39.79s	Federal Engineering
24	Bruce Jacobi	Gerhardt ? 1968, #101	39.84s	Earl Smith
25	George Benson	Watson FE, #23	39.9s	Vince Conze
26	Max Dudley	Gerhardt ? 1968, #61	40.84s	Max Dudley