Indianapolis 500
Starting Grid for the 1968 Indianapolis 500
| Position | Car Num. | Driver | Car Name/Entrant* | Make/Model | Qual Speed |
| 1 | 60 | Joe Leonard | STP Oil Treatment | Lotus/Pratt & Whitney | 171.590 |
| 2 | 70 | Graham Hill (W) | STP Oil Treatment | Lotus/Pratt & Whitney | 171.200 |
| 3 | 3 | Bobby Unser | Rislone | Eagle/Offy | 169.500 |
| 4 | 2 | Mario Andretti | Overseas National Airways | Hawk III/Ford | 167.690 |
| 5 | 25 | Lloyd Ruby | Gene White Company | Mongoose/Offy | 167.610 |
| 6 | 24 | Al Unser | Retzloff Chemical | Lola/Ford | 167.060 |
| 7 | 8 | Roger McCluskey | G.C. Murphy | Eagle/Offy | 166.970 |
| 8 | 1 | A.J. Foyt (W) | Sheraton-Thompson | Coyote/Ford | 166.820 |
| 9 | 4 | Gordon Johncock | Gilmore Broadcasting | Gerhardt/Offy | 166.770 |
| 10 | 48 | Dan Gurney | Olsonite | Eagle/Ford-Weslake | 166.510 |
| 11 | 20 | Art Pollard | STP Oil Treatment | Lotus/Pratt & Whitney | 166.290 |
| 12 | 54 | Wally Dallenbach | Valvoline | Finley/Offy | 165.540 |
| 13 | 82 | Jim McElreath | Jim Greer | Coyote/Ford | 165.320 |
| 14 | 27 | Jim Malloy (R) | Jim Robbins Co. | Vollstedt/Ford | 165.030 |
| 15 | 78 | Jerry Grant | Bardahl Eagle | Eagle/Ford | 164.780 |
| 16 | 35 | Jochen Rindt | Repco-Brabham | Brabham/Repco-Brabham | 164.140 |
| 17 | 15 | Mel Kenyon | City of Lebanon | Gerhardt/Offy | 165.190 |
| 18 | 10 | Bud Tingelstad | Federal Engineering | Gerhardt/Ford | 164.440 |
| 19 | 45 | Ronnie Bucknum (R) | Weinberger Homes | Eagle/Ford | 164.210 |
| 20 | 42 | Denis Hulme | Olsonite | Eagle/Ford | 164.180 |
| 21 | 18 | Johnny Rutherford | City of Seattle | Eagle/Ford | 163.830 |
| 22 | 11 | Gary Bettenhausen (R) | Thermo-King Auto Air Conditioning | Gerhardt/Offy | 163.560 |
| 23 | 98 | Bill Vukovich II (R) | Wagner-Lockheed | Shrike/Offy | 163.510 |
| 24 | 16 | Bob Veith | Thermo-King Auto Air Conditioning | Gerhardt/Offy | 163.490 |
| 25 | 6 | Bobby Grim | Gene White Company | Mongoose/Offy | 162.860 |
| 26 | 59 | Ronnie Duman | Cleaver-Brooks | Brabham/Offy | 162.330 |
| 27 | 90 | Mike Mosley (R) | Zecol-Lubaid | Watson/Offy | 162.490 |
| 28 | 84 | Carl Williams | Sheraton-Thompson | Coyote/Ford | 162.320 |
| 29 | 29 | George Snider | Vel's Parnelli Jones | Mongoose/Ford | 162.260 |
| 30 | 56 | Jim Hurtubise | Pepsi-Frito Lay | Mallard/Offy | 162.190 |
| 31 | 94 | Sam Sessions (R) | Valvoline | Finley/Offy | 162.110 |
| 32 | 21 | Arnie Knepper | Bryant Heating & Cooling | Vollstedt/Ford | 161.900 |
| 33 | 64 | Larry Dickson | Overseas National Airways | Hawk II/Ford | 161.120 |
- * complete car name/entrant data not available for all entries
- (R) - Indicates Rookie
- (W) - Indicates Past Winner