1968 Castle Rock Indycars

Name: 1968 Castle Rock Indycars
Start: 07/07/1968
Location: Castle Rock

Sunday, July 7, 1968
Rocky Mountain 150
USAC National Championship

Race Winner

AJ Foyt jr , Ansted-Thompson Racing

Country

United States

Circuit

Castle Rock

Round

Laps

Pole

Ronnie Bucknum

1968 Season

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Race Results

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Position	Driver	No.	Team	Vehicle	Time	Points
1 3	AJ Foyt jr	1	Ansted-Thompson Racing	Coyote-Ford	1h 49m 23s	300
2 5	Lloyd Ruby	25	Gene White Co	Mongoose-Ford	57 laps	240
3 8	Jim Malloy	67	Jim Robbins	Vollstedt-Ford	56 laps	210
4 6	Al Unser	5	Retzloff Racing Team	Lola T150-Ford	56 laps	180
5 7	Art Pollard	20	Andy Granatelli	Lotus 56-Pratt & Whitney	55 laps	150
6 9	Rick Muther	41	George R Bryant	Cheetah-Ford	55 laps	120
7 14	Gary Bettenhausen	11	Don Gerhardt	Gerhardt-Ford	55 laps	90
8	Joe Leonard	60	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing	Lotus 56-Pratt & Whitney	50 laps Half shaft	75
9	Billy Vukovich	98	JC Agajanian	Brabham-Ford	47 laps	60
10 7	John Cannon	21	Vollstedt Enterprises	Vollstedt-Ford	45 laps	45
11 9	Bobby Unser	3	Leader Card Racers	Coyote-Ford	44 laps Magneto	30
12 12	Sam Sessions	14	Caves Buick	Gerhardt-Offenhauser	43 laps Fuel line	15
13 6	Bud Tingelstad	10	Federal Engineering	Gerhardt-Ford	36 laps Upright	0
14 1	Mike Mosley	90	Leader Card Racers	Watson-Ford	36 laps Upright	0
15 10	Mario Andretti	2	Andretti Racing Enterprises	Hawk III-Ford	35 laps Coil	0
16 9	Bud Morley	101	Earl Smith	Gerhardt-Offenhauser	31 laps Mechanical	0
17 11	Roger McCluskey	8	Lindsey Hopkins Racing	Eagle-Ford	30 laps Fuel pump	0
18 5	Max Dudley	61	Max Dudley	Gerhardt-Chevrolet	28 laps Oil leak	0
19 18	Ronnie Bucknum	45	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises	Eagle-Ford	23 laps Half shaft	0
20 6	Johnny Rutherford	96	Eisert Racing Enterprises	Eisert-Chevrolet	22 laps Upright	0
21 5	Lou Sell	39	Pacesetter Racing	Eagle-Ford	17 laps Gearbox	0
22 2	Jim McElreath	38	Jack Adams	Lola-Ford	12 laps Engine bearings	0
23 5	Jack Eiteljorg	7	Debbie Eiteljorg	Eisert-Chevrolet	3 laps Overheating	0
24 2	Arnie Knepper	19	MVS	Cecil-Ford	1 laps Crown wheel & pinion	0
25 22	Gordon Johncock	4	Johncock Racing Team	Eagle-Ford	Upright	0

Qualifying

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Grid	Driver	Team	Time
1	Ronnie Bucknum	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises	1m 49.57s
2	Bobby Unser	Leader Card Racers	1m 50.22s
3	Gordon Johncock	Johncock Racing Team	1m 50.43s
4	AJ Foyt jr	Ansted-Thompson Racing	1m 50.83s
5	Mario Andretti	Andretti Racing Enterprises	1m 51.68s
6	Roger McCluskey	Lindsey Hopkins Racing	1m 51.69s
7	Lloyd Ruby	Gene White Co	1m 52.27s
8	Joe Leonard	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing	1m 52.55s
9	Billy Vukovich	JC Agajanian	1m 52.63s
10	Al Unser	Retzloff Racing Team	1m 52.85s
11	Jim Malloy	Jim Robbins	1m 53.81s
12	Art Pollard	Andy Granatelli	1m 54.38s
13	Mike Mosley	Leader Card Racers	1m 54.78s
14	Johnny Rutherford	Eisert Racing Enterprises	1m 55.23s
15	Rick Muther	George R Bryant	1m 55.61s
16	Lou Sell	Pacesetter Racing	1m 56.67s
17	John Cannon	Vollstedt Enterprises	1m 57.06s
18	Jack Eiteljorg	Debbie Eiteljorg	1m 57.2s
19	Bud Tingelstad	Federal Engineering	1m 58.26s
20	Jim McElreath	Jack Adams	1m 59.67s
21	Gary Bettenhausen	Don Gerhardt	2m 4.49s
22	Arnie Knepper	MVS	2m 4.55s
23	Max Dudley	Max Dudley	2m 5.43s
24	Sam Sessions	Caves Buick	2m 6.29s
25	Bud Morley	Earl Smith	2m 33.1s