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1968 Sacramento Indycars in USAC at the Sacramento circuit. Full information

1968 Sacramento Indycars

1968 Sacramento Indycars is 186th USAC race. Passed at the Sacramento circuit. Mario Andretti won the pole position, AJ Foyt jr won this race. Gary Bettenhausen and Al Unser also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 100 laps (161 km).

Previous race: 1968 Trenton Indycars
Next race: 1968 Michigan Indycars
Race Start: 29th September 1968

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1968 Sacramento Indycars

29th victory for the Ansted-Thompson Racing team
40th victory for the AJ Foyt jr
71st podium for the AJ Foyt jr
2nd podium for the Gary Bettenhausen
20th podium for the Al Unser

1968 Sacramento Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	AJ Foyt jr	Meskowski ? 1968, #1	200	1h 8m 52.33s	Ansted-Thompson Racing
2	Gary Bettenhausen	Ward ? 1968, #11	160	100 laps	Don Gerhardt
3	Al Unser	Dunlop ? 1968, #5	140	100 laps	Retzloff Racing Team
4	Mario Andretti	Kuzma ? 1968, #2	120	100 laps	Andretti Racing Enterprises
5	Bruce Walkup	Edmunds ? 1968, #59	100	100 laps	Hayhoe Racing Enterprises
6	George Benson	Meskowski ? 1968, #68	80	100 laps	Darwin Maxson
7	Larry Dickson	Blum ? 1968, #45	60	99 laps	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises
8	Bud Tingelstad	Meskowski ? 1968, #10	50	99 laps	Federal Engineering
9	Wally Dallenbach	Vollstedt ? 1968, #54	40	98 laps	Vatis Enterprises
10	Art Pollard	Vollstedt ? 1968, #31	30	97 laps	Dick Simon Racing
11	Bruce Jacobi	Silnes ? 1968, #76	20	86 laps	Lee S Glessner
12	Roger McCluskey	Kuzma ? 1968, #8	10	79 laps Accident	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
13	George Snider	Watson ? 1968, #90	0	72 laps Mechanical	Leader Card Racers
14	Tom Bigelow	Kurtis Kraft 4000, #84	0	39 laps Mechanical	Carl Gehlhausen
15	Carl Williams	Lesovsky ? 1968, #99	0	36 laps Mechanical	Joe Hunt
16	Billy Vukovich	Watson ? 1968, #98	0	30 laps Mechanical	JC Agajanian
17	Don Meacham	Shilala ? 1968, #65	0	18 laps Mechanical	Ernest L Ruiz
18	Jim Malloy	King ? 1968, #67	0	4 laps Mechanical	Jim Robbins

Qualifying Results for the 1968 Sacramento Indycars on the Sacramento circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Kuzma ? 1968, #2	37.03s	Andretti Racing Enterprises
2	AJ Foyt jr	Meskowski ? 1968, #1	37.14s	Ansted-Thompson Racing
3	Gary Bettenhausen	Ward ? 1968, #11	37.48s	Don Gerhardt
4	Jim Malloy	King ? 1968, #67	37.65s	Jim Robbins
5	Bud Tingelstad	Meskowski ? 1968, #10	37.69s	Federal Engineering
6	Billy Vukovich	Watson ? 1968, #98	37.78s	JC Agajanian
7	Larry Dickson	Blum ? 1968, #45	37.94s	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises
8	George Snider	Watson ? 1968, #90	38.18s	Leader Card Racers
9	Bruce Walkup	Edmunds ? 1968, #59	38.23s	Hayhoe Racing Enterprises
10	Wally Dallenbach	Vollstedt ? 1968, #54	38.28s	Vatis Enterprises
11	Al Unser	Dunlop ? 1968, #5	38.38s	Retzloff Racing Team
12	Roger McCluskey	Kuzma ? 1968, #8	38.5s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
13	Art Pollard	Vollstedt ? 1968, #31	38.56s	Dick Simon Racing
14	Tom Bigelow	Kurtis Kraft 4000, #84	38.64s	Carl Gehlhausen
15	Bruce Jacobi	Silnes ? 1968, #76	38.66s	Lee S Glessner
16	Carl Williams	Lesovsky ? 1968, #99	38.72s	Joe Hunt
17	George Benson	Meskowski ? 1968, #68	38.89s	Darwin Maxson
18	Don Meacham	Shilala ? 1968, #65	39.32s	Ernest L Ruiz