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1968 Pikes Peak in USAC at the Pikes Peak circuit. Full information

1968 Pikes Peak

1968 Pikes Peak is 172nd USAC race. Passed at the Pikes Peak circuit. Bobby Unser won the pole position and this race. Ted Foltz and Wes Vandervoort also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 1 lap (20 km).

Previous race: 1968 Langhorne Indycars
Next race: 1968 Castle Rock Indycars
Race Start: 29th June 1968

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1968 Pikes Peak

2nd victory for the Bobby Unser team
8th victory for the Bobby Unser
20th podium for the Bobby Unser
2nd podium for the Ted Foltz
3rd podium for the Wes Vandervoort

1968 Pikes Peak results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Unser ? 1968, #92	30	11m 54.9s	Bobby Unser
2	Ted Foltz	Chevrolet Special, #31	24	12m 29.89s	Jack Hahn
3	Wes Vandervoort	Chevrolet Special, #22	21	12m 44.79s	Wes Vandervoort
4	Mario Andretti	Hawk III, #2	18	12m 53.29s	Andretti Racing Enterprises
5	Paul Kleinschmidt	Cadillac ? 1968, #4	15	13m 5.39s	Paul Kleinschmidt
6	Malcolm Brazier	Buick Special, #61	12	13m 12.6s	Gruenewald-Kearny Buick
7	Bob Herring	Chevrolet Special, #9	9	13m 17.9s	Burt Blanot
8	Grier Manning	Offenhauser Special, #98	8	13m 20.49s	JC Agajanian
9	Ralph Bruning	Ford Special, #26	6	13m 38.4s	Bruning Construction
10	Charles Louderman	Chevrolet Special, #43	5	13m 42.3s	Bill Wynne
11	Bob Daly	Lincoln Special, #76	0	13m 54.19s	Bob Daly
12	Thurel Novotny	GMC Special, #15	0	13m 55.2s
13	Dick Heikes	Chevrolet Special, #11	0	14m 3.79s
14	Eugene Willbanks	Lotus ? 1968, #41	0	15m 17.1s	Willbanks Racing
15	Butch Earley	Ford Special, #99	0	15m 56.1s	Carl O Earley
16	Clark Yowell	Plymouth Special, #64	0	16m 3.19s	Western Sporting Goods
17	Jerry Colton	Chevrolet Special, #34	0	16m 7.69s	Western Sporting Goods
18	Tom Dillon	Chevrolet Special, #54	0	16m 50.29s	Western Sporting Goods
19	LaVerne Ravenstein	Oldsmobile Special, #12	0	17m 29.7s
20	Walt Miller	Ford Special, #74	0	18m 12.4s	Western Sporting Goods
21	Gene Pacheco	Chevrolet Special, #23	0	30m 19.9s	Raybestos
22	Al Unser	Chevrolet Special, #5	0	Mechanical	Al Unser
23	Orville Nance	Chevrolet Special, #76	0	Mechanical	Burt Blanot
24	Larry Overholser	Chevrolet Special, #28	0	Mechanical	PP Speedway

Qualifying Results for the 1968 Pikes Peak on the Pikes Peak circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Unser ? 1968, #92		Bobby Unser
2	Al Unser	Chevrolet Special, #5	Mechanical	Al Unser
3	Ted Foltz	Chevrolet Special, #31		Jack Hahn
4	Mario Andretti	Hawk III, #2		Andretti Racing Enterprises
5	Orville Nance	Chevrolet Special, #76	Mechanical	Burt Blanot
6	Paul Kleinschmidt	Cadillac ? 1968, #4		Paul Kleinschmidt
7	Wes Vandervoort	Chevrolet Special, #22		Wes Vandervoort
8	Malcolm Brazier	Buick Special, #61		Gruenewald-Kearny Buick
9	Bob Herring	Chevrolet Special, #9		Burt Blanot
10	Thurel Novotny	GMC Special, #15
11	Grier Manning	Offenhauser Special, #98		JC Agajanian
12	Ralph Bruning	Ford Special, #26		Bruning Construction
13	Bob Daly	Lincoln Special, #76		Bob Daly
14	Gene Pacheco	Chevrolet Special, #23		Raybestos
15	Charles Louderman	Chevrolet Special, #43		Bill Wynne
16	Dick Heikes	Chevrolet Special, #11
17	Eugene Willbanks	Lotus ? 1968, #41		Willbanks Racing
18	LaVerne Ravenstein	Oldsmobile Special, #12
19	Jerry Colton	Chevrolet Special, #34		Western Sporting Goods
20	Clark Yowell	Plymouth Special, #64		Western Sporting Goods
21	Tom Dillon	Chevrolet Special, #54		Western Sporting Goods
22	Butch Earley	Ford Special, #99		Carl O Earley
23	Walt Miller	Ford Special, #74		Western Sporting Goods
24	Larry Overholser	Chevrolet Special, #28	Mechanical	PP Speedway