1968 came the second generation Pontiac GTO. Adding more curvaceous fastback styling, new dual hood scoops, hidden headlights, first with hidden windshield wipers, and an optional lighted tachometer embedded in the hood. The major sales pitch was the body-color Endura front bumper designed to absorb impact without permanent deformation at low speeds.
Evel Knievel, a nobody at the time, scammed Caesars' Palace owner Jay Sarno with bogus phone calls claiming to be various lawyers and reporters. It paid off and Sarno gave him the green light to jump the fountain in front of the hotel. Knievel failed, he crushed his pelvis, femur, fractured his hip, wrist and both ankles and was in a coma for a month. A life long successful career based on failure after failure after failure. Only in America!
The Races of 1968
1968 Indianapolis 500
- Bobby Unser
1968 USAC Racing championship - Bobby Unser
1968 Formula One Championship(Grand Prix) - Graham Hill
1968 Daytona 500 - Cale Yarborough
1968 NASCAR Championship - David Pearson
1968 24 hours of Le Mans: Pedro Rodriguez / Lucien Bianchi won driving a Ford GT-40
1968 Drag racing Top Fuel Championship - Don Garlits
