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1968 - Watkins Glen 6 Hours

14 July 1968 - Watkins Glen, USA


Werner Frank & Ralph Trieschmann 4th overall and 1st in S2.0 class, 27 laps behind the winning Ford GT40 driven by Lucien Bianchi and Jacky Ickx

S2.0 - 1st, 2nd : P3.0 - 2nd : GT2.0 - 1st, 2nd

No. Car # Class Drivers Entrant Pos Class Grid Notes
88 Porsche 906 E 906-160 S2.0 Werner Frank (USA)/Ralph Trieschmann (USA) Foreign Car Sales (USA) 4th 1st 12th 259 laps
14 Porsche 906 LH 906-103 S2.0 Bob Bailey (USA)/Jim Locke (USA) B & B Motors. Ltd. (USA) 5th 2nd 16th 257 laps
2 Porsche 908 908-009 P3.0 Hans Herrmann (D)/Tetsu Ikuzawa (J)/Jo Siffert (CH) Porsche System Engineering, Ltd. (D) 6th 2nd 3rd 257 laps
59 Porsche 911 T GT2.0 Bert Everett (USA)/Peter Gregg (USA) Brumos Porsche Corp. (USA) 8th 1st 21st 244 laps
94 Porsche 911 GT2.0 Ralph Meaney (USA)/Alex Dearborn (USA) Ralph Meaney (USA) 14th 2nd 25th 213 laps
3 Porsche 908 908-005 P3.0 Scooter Patrick (USA)/Richard Attwood (GB)/Joe Buzzetta (USA) Porsche System Engineering, Ltd. (D) DNF 4th 145 laps - Wheel Bearing
1 Porsche 908 908-012 P3.0 Jo Siffert (CH)/Vic Elford (GB) Porsche System Engineering, Ltd. (D) DNF 1st 109 laps - Wheel Bearing
58 Porsche 906 906-121 S2.0 Jacques Duval (CDN)/Jean-Paul Ostiguy (CDN) Jacques Duval (CDN) DNF 18th 105 laps - Accident
37 Porsche 904 GTS S2.0 Dieter Oest (USA)/Nick Davidson (USA) Dieter Oest (USA) DQ 27th 20 laps - Too Slow
4 Porsche 908 908-011 P3.0 George Follmer (USA)/Joe Buzzetta (USA) Porsche System Engineering, Ltd. (D) DNF 5th 13 laps - Over Revved


International Championship for Makes     Watkins Glen 6 Hours


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