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Event: Stardust Grand Prix			Date: 10.11.1968
Track: Stardust International Raceway, Las Vegas (United States), 4.828 kms		Organiser: California Sports Car Club Region SCCA
Can-Am Las Vegas
Canadian-American Challenge Cup (round 6)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h
1^st	5	Denny Hulme	McLaren M8A Chevrolet	McLaren Cars. Ltd.	70	1:52:15.38	337.9622 kms	182.0168
2^nd	16	George Follmer	Lola T70 Mk.3B Ford	Geo Follmer Ent.	70	1:52:55.70
3^rd	17	Jerry Titus	McLaren M6B Chevrolet	Hollywood Sports Cars & T/G Racing Co.	70	1:53:18.40
4^th	10	Chuck Parsons	Lola T160 Chevrolet	Carl A. Haas Racing Teams, Ltd.	69
5^th	1	Sam Posey	Lola T160 Chevrolet	Autodynamics Copr.	69
6^th	4	Bruce McLaren	McLaren M8A Chevrolet	McLaren Cars. Ltd.	69
7^th	98	George Eaton	McLaren Elva Mark III Ford	George Eaton Racing	66
8^th	9	Jo Bonnier	McLaren M6B Chevrolet	Ecurie Suisse	65
9^th	28	Dick Brown	McLaren M6B Chevrolet	Ecurie Green Inc.	63
10^th	19	Gary Wilson	Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet	Gary M. Wilson	63
11^th	72	Leonard Janke	McLaren Elva Mark III Chevrolet	Janke Automotive	63
12^th	3	Mario Andretti	Lola T160 Ford	George Bignotti	63
13^th	24	Bob Nagel	Lola T70 Mk.3 Ford	Robert J. Nagel	61
14^th	41	Jay Hills	McLaren Elva Mark III Chevrolet	Jay Hills	60

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason
11	Lothar Motschenbacher	McLaren M6B Ford	Leader Cards Racers	59				Accident
66	Jim Hall	Chaparral 2G Chevrolet	Chaparral Cars, Inc.	58				Accident
52	Peter Revson	McLaren M6B Ford	Shelby Racing Co.	55				Rear suspension
55	Roger McCaig	McLaren M6B Chevrolet	Roger McCaig	47				Running, not classified
62	John Cannon	McLaren Elva Mark III Chevrolet	Continental Accessories	45				Running, not classified
76	Tony Settember	Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet	Wester Racing Team	44				Blown engine
37	Dick Barbour	Lola T70 Mk.2B Chevrolet	Sports Racing Pacific	34				Broken gear lever
99	Bill Young	Lola T70 Mk.3B Chevrolet	Mac's Super Gloss	30				Gearbox
18	Ed Leslie	Lola T70 Mk.3 GT Chevrolet	Competition Imports	28				Oil pressure
77	Jack Millikan	Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet	Automotion of San Diego	20				Holed sump
36	Swede Savage	McLaren M6B Ford	All American Racers	18				Fuel pressure
48	Dan Gurney	Lola T160 Ford	All American Racers	15				Universal joint
44	Jerry Hansen	McLaren M6A Chevrolet	Jerry Hansen	5				Broken wheel
22	Jim Paul	McLaren Elva Mark IIIB Chevrolet	Jim Paul	5				Broken fuel tank, suspension damage
23	Chris Amon	Ferrari 612 P	Modern Classic Motors	0				Dirt in fuel injectors
25	Charlie Hayes	McKee Mk.10 Oldsmobile	Ralph C. Salyer	0				Accident, engine

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
6	Mark Donohue	McLaren M6B Chevrolet	Roger Penske Racing Ent.	Ignition
43	Richard Galloway	McLaren M6B Chevrolet	R. B. Galloway	Accident in practice
	Ted Peterson	McLaren Elva Mark IIB Chevrolet
26	Skip Scott	Lola T160 Chevrolet	Carl A. Haas Racing Team Ltd.	Start not allowed

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
45	Jef Stevens	Lola T70 Mk.3B	Jeff Stevens
20	Eric Haga	McLaren Elva Mark III Chevrolet	Silver Star Service-James E. Matuska

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
1	Sam Posey	Caldwell D7C Chevrolet	Autodynamics Copr.
12	Jerry Entin	Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet	Eric Hauser
15	Brian O'Neil	Lola T70 Mk.3B Chevrolet	Amer. Racing Motors, Inc.
34	George Drolsom	Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet	Warren Burmester
43	Richard Galloway	Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet	R. B. Galloway
71	Bob West	McLaren - Chevrolet	West Conversions
75	Ron La Peer	Genie Mk X B Chevrolet	Dan Blocker/Bill Campbell

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