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RACE: 52nd Indianapolis 500
DATE: May 30, 1968
WINNER: Bobby Unser
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AVERAGE SPEED: 152.882 mph
WHAT HAPPENED: Unser won the first of his three Indy 500s when he inherited the lead just eight laps from the finish when Joe Leonard's engine expired.
NOTABLE: Pratt & Whitney's turbine engine - the ''Wedge Turbine'' - was used in the Lotus 56 entries. Mike Spence was killed in a May 7 practice session when a tire broke off his Wedge Turbine and struck him in the head.
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