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1968; At the New York auto show, the BMW 2002 makes its first U.S. appearance. Its price is $1,847.(50th Anniversary countdown)
Stuntman Evel Knievel is injured on New Year's Eve when he tries to jump the fountain at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Toyota's U.S. arm signs Shelby Racing to prepare and campaign two 2000 GTs for the C Production class of the Sports Car Club of America's national race season.
NASCAR announces prize money for the 1967 season totaled more than $3 million. Can-Am prize money was $526,000. Contingency prize money for the Indy 500 hit $200,000.
Pole speed for the Daytona 500 jumps to 189.222 mph, courtesy of Cale Yarborough's '68 Mercury Cyclone. In the race, he beats Lee Roy Yarbrough by a second at the finish.
General Motors chairman James Roche attempts to justify an increase in costs from 1967 to 1968 models: "We did not say then and we do not say now that [the shoulder harness] was the reason for the increase. . . . The cars should have gone up substantially more than the $22 as a result of the increase in material costs and as a result of the addition of the shoulder harnesses which obviously cost money to add to the car.''
Bob Bondurant and Jim Russell open their driving schools.
The United States is the world's largest importer of Japanese cars, bringing in 82,035.
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