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The 52nd International 500 Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Thursday May 30, 1968. For the second year in a row, one of Andy Granatelli's STP Turbine-powered machines was leading late in the race, but once again, it failed within sight of victory. During the month, film crews were on hand to film various action shots and stock footage of the race proceedings to be used in the 1969 film Winning, starring Paul Newman.

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  • سباق إنديانا بوليس -500 ميل 1968 أقيم في حلبة إنديانابوليس موتور سبيدواي في 30 مايو 1968 وفاز في السباق بوبي أنسر من فريق بمتوسط سرعة 152.882 ميل/س (246.040 كم/س).وكان أول المنطلقين جو ليونارد بسرعة 171.559 ميل/س (276.097 كم/س). (ar)
  • The 52nd International 500 Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Thursday May 30, 1968. For the second year in a row, one of Andy Granatelli's STP Turbine-powered machines was leading late in the race, but once again, it failed within sight of victory. On lap 174, Lloyd Ruby's engine misfired allowing Joe Leonard to take the lead in the Lotus 56 Turbine. Leonard, however, suffered a flameout on the lap 191 restart, and rolled to a silent and shocking halt. Bobby Unser in the venerable piston-powered Offenhauser, inherited the lead, and despite gear linkage trouble, won the first of his three Indy 500 victories (1968, 1975, 1981). This was the final Indianapolis 500 to feature a front-engined car in the starting field. Of the 33 cars, 32 were rear-engined machines (including three turbines). Jim Hurtubise's entry, which dropped out after only nine laps, was the last front-engine car to race in the 500. This was also the first 500 won by a turbocharged engine. During the month, film crews were on hand to film various action shots and stock footage of the race proceedings to be used in the 1969 film Winning, starring Paul Newman. With 9.25 inches (23.5 cm) of precipitation in the Indianapolis area in May, the 1968 race featured the wettest month on record for the Indy 500. Rain hampered practice and qualifying, but did not affect race day. This was the most recent Indy 500 scheduled for Thursday; the Uniform Monday Holiday Act was implemented in 1971 and Memorial Day became a three-day weekend (Saturday–Monday) every year. A day previously avoided, Sunday became the scheduled race day beginning in 1974. (en)
  • Les 500 miles d'Indianapolis 1968, courus sur l'Indianapolis Motor Speedway et organisés le jeudi 30 mai 1968, ont été remportés par le pilote américain Bobby Unser sur une Eagle-Offenhauser. (fr)
  • De 52e Indianapolis 500 werd gereden op donderdag 30 mei 1968 op de Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Amerikaans coureur Bobby Unser won de race. (nl)
  • Resultados das 500 Milhas de Indianápolis de 1968 ocorrida no Indianapolis na quinta-feira, 30 de Maio de 1968. (pt)
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  • سباق إنديانا بوليس -500 ميل 1968 أقيم في حلبة إنديانابوليس موتور سبيدواي في 30 مايو 1968 وفاز في السباق بوبي أنسر من فريق بمتوسط سرعة 152.882 ميل/س (246.040 كم/س).وكان أول المنطلقين جو ليونارد بسرعة 171.559 ميل/س (276.097 كم/س). (ar)
  • Les 500 miles d'Indianapolis 1968, courus sur l'Indianapolis Motor Speedway et organisés le jeudi 30 mai 1968, ont été remportés par le pilote américain Bobby Unser sur une Eagle-Offenhauser. (fr)
  • De 52e Indianapolis 500 werd gereden op donderdag 30 mei 1968 op de Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Amerikaans coureur Bobby Unser won de race. (nl)
  • Resultados das 500 Milhas de Indianápolis de 1968 ocorrida no Indianapolis na quinta-feira, 30 de Maio de 1968. (pt)
  • The 52nd International 500 Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Thursday May 30, 1968. For the second year in a row, one of Andy Granatelli's STP Turbine-powered machines was leading late in the race, but once again, it failed within sight of victory. During the month, film crews were on hand to film various action shots and stock footage of the race proceedings to be used in the 1969 film Winning, starring Paul Newman. (en)
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  • إنديانابوليس 500 سنة 1968 (ar)
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