1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1968
The 14th 1000 km race on the Nürburgring , also the ADAC 1000 km race on the Nürburgring , took place on May 19, 1968 on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring and was the sixth round of the sports car world championship of that year.
Before the race
In 1966 , the overall victory of Joakim Bonnier and Phil Hill in the Chaparral 2D broke the dominance of Maserati and Ferrari in the 1000 km race , which had persisted since the early 1960s . After the success of the Camoradi - Maserati Tipo 61 in 1960 and 1961 , Scuderia Ferrari racing cars won the overall standings from 1962 to 1965 . In 1967 there was Porsche's first overall success , a triple victory, driven by the teams Udo Schütz / Joe Buzzetta , Paul Hawkins / Gerhard Koch and Jochen Neerpasch / Vic Elford , all of whom drove the Porsche 910 .
In 1968 Porsche came to the Nordschleife with five works cars, two 908 , two 907 and one 911 . Since the upper limit of displacement for prototypes was 3 liters according to the 1968 technical regulations, the Porsche engineers designed a new engine for the 908. The 178 kg V8 unit developed 350 hp in racing and had four overhead camshafts that were driven by chains. The cylinder and cylinder head were made of aluminum , the crankcase and various cover parts were made of magnesium . The original chassis of the 907 was further developed and the body was adopted almost unchanged in 1968. Before the race at the Nürburgring, the 13-inch wheels were replaced by 15-inch wheels in order to be able to install larger disc brakes . The cars were driven by Joseph Siffert / Vic Elford and Gerhard Mitter / Ludovico Scarfiotti . With the two 907 with 2.2-liter six-cylinder - Boxer engine were Hans Herrmann / Rolf Stommelen and Jochen Neerpasch / Joe Buzzetta into the race. The cockpit of the Porsche 911 was shared by French ski racer Jean-Claude Killy and professional racing driver Jean Guichet .
John Wyer relied on the proven Ford GT40 . Two 5-liter sports cars were prepared for the teams Jacky Ickx / Paul Hawkins (who competed for Porsche the year before) and David Hobbs / Brian Redman . Two other Fords were the F3L P68 from Alan Mann Racing . The very flat prototype made its racing debut at the 6-hour race at Brands Hatch and impressed with its fast lap times. For the race at the ring, Alan Mann registered two P68s for drivers Frank Gardner , Richard Attwood , Chris Irwin and Pedro Rodríguez .
At the Targa Florio , the Alfa Romeo T33 / 2 of the Alfa Romeo Autodelta racing team were equal opponents of Porsche. Four cars, two of which had a 2.5-liter eight-cylinder engine, were brought to Germany in racing vans and reported by Alfa Romeo Germany .
The two Britons Raymond Nash and Roger Stallwood had a strange journey with their self-made racing car, the Tavenor . After the departure from England , Belgian customs stopped the transport at the Franco-Belgian border. Because the racing car was loaded on a trailer, the border officials wanted to collect import duties for it. Since Nash and Stockwell were unwilling to pay it and the Travenor was street legal, the car was unloaded and Stockwell drove it on public roads to the Nürburgring.
For the first time, the ADAC used a so-called Marschallwagen in the 1000 km race in 1968, driven by Herbert Linge . The Porsche 911 R provided by Porsche drove almost at racing pace to monitor the work of the marshals, if necessary to report unfair behavior by drivers to the race management and to check the condition of the track. In order to be able to provide help if necessary, there was a crowbar, a spade with saw teeth, long asbestos gloves, a large fire extinguisher and bandages in the car.
The race
Serious accidents in training
The training sessions for the race on Sunday were overshadowed by some serious accidents. Derek Bell , who was to make his debut at the Nürburgring, was registered with Geoff Breakell on a Chevron B8 . Breakell was on the first training lap with the Chevron when the car rolled out without power at the Breidscheid section . The Nordschleife can be reached by a driveway over a bridge over the Breidscheider Bach . A spectator offered Breakell to drag the Chevron to the pits in his Mercedes-Benz . An abrupt braking action by the Mercedes driver surprised Breakell, who then crashed into the rear of the Mercedes with the Chevron without braking. The B8 was so badly damaged that Bell and Breakell could not take part in the race.
Henri Grandsire had a serious accident in a new Alpine A220 . At the Döttinger Höhe, the Alpine was hit by a gust of wind at a speed of almost 250 km / h on a bump in the ground. The car took off, turned in the air on its own axis and landed with the front car back on the road. After another rollover, the car stayed on the roof. Except for the driver's cab, the Alpine was completely destroyed. Grandsire was able to get out of the wreck with slight hand and foot injuries.
Chris Irwin got off badly in the Ford F3L P68 with the number 8. On the jump hill near the airfield section, the Ford also took off at high speed and landed with the rear first diagonally on the track. Irwin completely lost control of the car, which subsequently overturned several times. He suffered severe head injuries in the accident that ended his career.
The course of the race
The last time the race began in 1968 was the Le Mans start . In the following years, this start variant was not used for safety reasons. The fastest training time was achieved by Rolf Stommelen in the Porsche 907 2.2 with start number 3, which lapped the track in a time of 8: 32.800 minutes, which corresponds to an average speed of 160.308 km / h. The starting turn was taken over by Hans Herrmann, who only slowly drove away from the best starting position. Jacky Ickx, who had problems with the starter , started even worse . Gerhard Mitter in the Porsche 908 with starting number 1 led the field into the first lap. After just one lap, Frank Gardner in the second Ford F3L P68 had to head for the Alan Mann Racing pit to have the brake pads changed. According to him, the Ford suffered from significant braking problems that forced it to give up a few laps later at Breidscheid. The race ended on the second lap for Robin Widdows , whose brand-new Lola T70 Mk.3 GT broke down without oil pressure. David Hobbs struggled through the field; he had spun on the first lap and dropped back to last position.
The Porsche were largely spared technical problems, only the Mitter / Scarfiotti 908 caused difficulties. The car became more and more restless when braking. In the fourth lap, Mitter already needed the entire width of the street to keep the 908 on the track when braking. After the fifth lap, Mitter came into the pits while in the lead. The Porsche team management feared a broken chassis and took the car out of the race. When Mitter gave up, Jo Siffert took over the first position in the second 908. It was the only change in leadership in the entire course of the race. After a third of the race distance, Siffert / Elford (Porsche 908) were in the lead ahead of their teammates Herrmann / Stommelen (Porsche 907 2.2), the Ford GT40 from Ickx / Hawkins and Porsche 907 2.2 from Neerpasch / Buzzetta. In fifth place was the best-placed Alfa Romeo, driven by Nanni Galli and Ignazio Giunti . These five teams crossed the finish line in exactly this order, which made some spectators bored in the last third of the race. A race report from that time described the mood: “The even, rather monotonous distribution of places in the top group ultimately prevented that aura that lay over many 1000 km races emerged - uncertainty about victory, battles for positions. There was no real tension, nor did the spoiled and relaxed grandstand audience jump from their seats. This was only achieved by the Swedes' dinosaur Evert Christofferson / Hans Wängstre, who was far behind, when he started to burn while standing in the pit. Within seconds, however, this excitement was smothered in the foam. "
Results
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
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1 | P 3.0 | 2 | Porsche |
Jo Siffert Vic Elford |
Porsche 908 | 44 | ||
2 | P 3.0 | 3 | Porsche |
Hans Herrmann Rolf Stommelen |
Porsche 907 2.2 | 44 | ||
3 | S 5.0 | 65 | JW Automotive Engineering Ltd. |
Jacky Ickx Paul Hawkins |
Ford GT40 | 44 | ||
4th | S 3.0 | 4th | Porsche |
Jochen Neerpasch Joe Buzzetta |
Porsche 907 2.2 | 44 | ||
5 | P 2.0 | 16 | Alfa Romeo Germany |
Nanni Galli Ignazio Giunti |
Alfa Romeo T33 / 2 | 43 | ||
6th | S 5.0 | 66 | JW Automotive Engineering Ltd. |
David Hobbs Brian Redman |
Ford GT40 | 43 | ||
7th | P 3.0 | 5 | Alfa Romeo Germany |
Udo Schütz Lucien Bianchi |
Alfa Romeo T33 / 2 2.5 | 42 | ||
8th | P 2.0 | 25th | Jürgen Neuhaus |
Jürgen Neuhaus Helmut Kelleners |
Porsche 910 | 42 | ||
9 | P 3.0 | 10 | Societé des Automobiles Alpine-Renault |
Gérard Larrousse Patrick Depailler |
Alpine A211 | 41 | ||
10 | P 2.0 | 15th | Alfa Romeo Germany |
Herbert Schultze Nino Vaccarella |
Alfa Romeo T33 / 2 | 41 | ||
11 | S 2.0 | 87 | Caltex Racing Team |
Erich Bitter Reinhold Joest |
Porsche 906 | 40 | ||
12 | S 2.0 | 80 | IGFA Cologne |
Willi Kauhsen Karl von Wendt |
Porsche 906 | 40 | ||
13 | P 2.0 | 18th | Racing Team VDS |
Gustave Gosselin Serge Trosch |
Alfa Romeo T33 / 2 | 40 | ||
14th | S 2.0 | 102 | Tech-Speed Racing |
Allan Rollinson Moris Nunn |
Chevron B8 | 39 | ||
15th | S 2.0 | 93 | Vic Elford |
William Bradley Chris Lambert
|
Porsche 906 | 39 | ||
16 | S 2.0 | 84 | Mefco Racing |
Chris Ashmore John Morris
|
Porsche 906 | 39 | ||
17th | S 5.0 | 75 | Strathaven Ltd. |
Mike Salmon David Piper |
Ford GT40 | 39 | ||
18th | GT 2.0 | 110 | Association of South German Automobile Sportsmen |
Malte Huth Sepp Greger |
Porsche 911TH | 39 | ||
19th | S 2.0 | 90 | Jeremy Delmar-Morgan |
Jeremy Delmar-Morgan Mike Walton
|
Porsche 906 | 39 | ||
20th | P 2.0 | 22nd | Gerhard Koch |
Gerhard Koch Rudi Lins |
Porsche 910 | 38 | ||
21st | S 5.0 | 74 | Nicholas Granville-Smith |
Nicholas Granville-Smith John Raeburn
|
Ford GT40 | 38 | ||
22nd | S 5.0 | 71 | Peter Sadler |
Peter Sadler Willie Green |
Ford GT40 | 38 | ||
23 | GT 2.0 | 107 | Caltex Racing Team |
Ernst Kraus Dieter Basche |
Porsche 911S | 38 | ||
24 | P 2.0 | 27 | Sport-Uniao Sintrense |
Manuel Nogueira Pinto Joao Andrade Villar
|
Porsche 911R | 38 | ||
25th | P 2.0 | 32 | Hart Ski Racing Team |
Rico Steinemann Dieter Spoerry |
Porsche 910 | 38 | ||
26th | GT 2.0 | 112 | Porsche |
Jean-Claude Killy Jean Guichet |
Porsche 911T | 38 | ||
27 | GT 2.0 | 117 | Sten Axelsson Road Racing |
Björn Rothstein Peter Gregg |
Porsche 911T | 38 | ||
28 | GT 2.0 | 115 | Hans-Dieter Blatzheim |
Hans-Dieter Blatzheim Alan Hamilton
|
Porsche 911S | 38 | ||
29 | P 2.0 | 19th | Racing Team VDS |
Teddy Pilette Rob Slotemaker |
Alfa Romeo T33 / 2 | 37 | ||
30th | P 1.6 | 44 | Donald Healey Motor Co. |
Clive Baker John Handley
|
Austin-Healey Sprite | 37 | ||
31 | P 1.6 | 38 | Nikolaus Killenberg |
Nikolaus Killenberg Georg Bialas
|
Chevron B8 | 37 | ||
32 | S 2.0 | 91 | Julian Hasler |
Peter Jackson Rhoddy Harvey-Bailey
|
Lotus 47 | 37 | ||
33 | P 1.6 | 50 | Richard Groves |
John Moore Martin Davidson
|
Ginetta G12 | 37 | ||
34 | P 1.6 | 58 | Auto-Neuser |
Ernst Furtmayr Helmut Krause
|
Abarth 1300 OT | 37 | ||
35 | S 5.0 | 67 | Terry Dury |
Terry Dury Terry Sanger
|
Ford GT40 | 36 | ||
36 | P 1.6 | 55 | Bardahl Switzerland |
Urs-Peter Dietrich James Bernard Fortmann
|
Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ | 36 | ||
37 | GT 2.0 | 109 | IGFA |
Dieter Glemser Peter Nöcker |
Porsche 911T | 35 | ||
38 | S 2.0 | 76 | Diva Racing |
Doug Mockford Jim Hardmann
|
Diva GT | 35 | ||
39 | GT 2.0 | 108 | JCB Excavators Ltd. |
Peter Brown Tony case |
MGB | 35 | ||
40 | S 2.0 | 104 | Sportvagnsimport Team Lotus |
Björn Svensson Boo Johansson Harald Kronegard
|
Lotus Elan Racing | 34 | ||
41 | P 1.6 | 53 | Varicam Int. Racing |
Ian Alexander Mike Coles
|
Costin-Nathan GT | 34 | ||
42 | P 1.6 | 49 | Richard Miles |
Mike Pignéguy Willie Tuckett
|
Austin-Healey Sprite | 34 | ||
43 | GT 1.6 | 122 | Arno Gyltman |
Arno Gyltman Stig Johansson
|
Lotus Elan | 34 | ||
44 | GT 1.6 | 125 | Scuderia Sant Ambroeus |
Girolamo Capra Giorgio Danieli
|
Alfa Romeo Duetto | 33 | ||
45 | GT 1.6 | 123 | Bernd Degner |
Dieter Weizinger Bernd Degner
|
Alfa Romeo Duetto | 33 | ||
46 | S 2.0 | 98 | Trevor Twaites |
Trevor Twaites George Duncan
|
Chevron B8 | 32 | ||
47 | S 2.0 | 79 | IGFA Cologne |
Heinrich Lenz Hans-Peter Koepchen |
Abarth 1300 OT | 32 | ||
Failed | ||||||||
48 | S 2.0 | 85 | Team elite |
Trevor Taylor John Wagstaff
|
Lotus 47 | 5 | ||
49 | P 1.6 | 39 | Howard Fawsitt |
Don Marriott Brian Cutting
|
Austin-Healey Sprite | 1 | ||
50 | P 3.0 | 1 | Porsche |
Gerhard Mitter Ludovico Scarfiotti |
Porsche 908 | |||
51 | P 3.0 | 7th | Alan Mann Racing Ltd. |
Frank Gardner Richard Attwood |
Ford F3L P68 | |||
52 | P 2.0 | 21st | Peter Warren |
Ken Simmons Howard Fawsitt
|
Willment | |||
53 | P 2.0 | 24 | Scuderia Lufthansa |
Hans-Dieter Dechent Robert Huhn
|
Porsche 910 | |||
54 | P 2.0 | 30th | Bam-Bam AB |
Hans Wängstre Evert Christofferson
|
Ferrari Dino 206S | |||
55 | P 2.0 | 31 | Hammond & Oakwood |
Keith Grant Grahame White
|
Elva Mk.7S | |||
56 | P 1.6 | 48 | Nomad Cars |
Tony Lanfranchi Mark Konig
|
Nomad Mk.1 | |||
57 | P 1.6 | 56 | Daren |
John Green Peter Gaydon
|
Daren Mk.1 | |||
58 | P 1.6 | 57 | Raymond Nash |
Raymond Nash Roger Stallwood |
Tavenor | |||
59 | S 5.0 | 63 | David Skailes |
Eric Liddell David Skailes
|
Ferrari 250LM | |||
60 | S 5.0 | 64 | Edward Nelson Racing |
Edward Nelson Roy Pierpoint |
Ford GT40 | |||
61 | S 5.0 | 72 | Sportscars Unlimited |
Robin Widdows Ulf Norinder |
Lola T70 Mk.3 GT | |||
62 | S 5.0 | 73 | David prophet |
David Prophet Richard Bond |
Ford GT40 | |||
63 | S 2.0 | 78 | British Motor Corporation |
Roger Enever Alec Poole
|
MGB | |||
64 | S 2.0 | 82 | VW Auto Oy |
Pauli Toivonen Antti Aarnio-Wihuri
|
Porsche 906 | |||
65 | S 2.0 | 86 | Anton Fischhaber |
Anton Fischhaber Helmut Leuze
|
Porsche 906 | |||
66 | S 2.0 | 92 | Chris Barber |
John Hine Mike Crabtree
|
Lotus 47 | |||
67 | S 2.0 | 95 | Victor Walker |
Peter Clarke Brian Alexander
|
Lotus 47 | |||
68 | S 2.0 | 96 | Rainer Ising |
Rainer Ising Karl Kalkuhl
|
Porsche 906 | |||
69 | S 2.0 | 99 | Red Rose Motors |
John Lepp John Bridges |
Chevron B8 | |||
70 | S 2.0 | 101 | Tech-Speed Racing |
Chris Meek Chris Craft |
Chevron B8 | |||
71 | S 2.0 | 103 | Sportvagnsimport Team Lotus |
Ragnar Eklund Per Brandström
|
Lotus 47 | |||
72 | GT 2.0 | 111 | Mrs. Jean Denton |
Natalie Goodwin Jean Denton
|
MGB | |||
73 | GT 2.0 | 113 | Erhard Sailer |
Erhard Sailer Konrad Lammers
|
Porsche 991S | |||
74 | GT 1.6 | 120 | International Racing Club |
Siegfried Müller's Joachim Komusin
|
Alfa Romeo Duetto | |||
75 | GT 1.6 | 127 | Richard Höhfeld |
Heinrich Oestreich Richard Höhfeld
|
Glass 1300 GT | |||
76 | GT 1.6 | 128 | Friedrich Noenen |
Friedrich Noenen Heinrich Baumgartner
|
Glass 1300 GT | |||
Not started | ||||||||
77 | P 3.0 | 6th | Alfa Romeo Germany | Mario Casoni | Alfa Romeo T33 / 2 2.5 | 1 | ||
78 | P 3.0 | 3 | Alan Mann Racing Ltd. |
Chris Irwin Pedro Rodríguez |
Ford F3L P68 | 2 | ||
79 | P 3.0 | 9 | Societé des Automobiles Alpine-Renault |
Henri Grandsire Mauro Bianchi |
Alpine A220 | 3 | ||
80 | P 3.0 | 11 | Racing Preparations |
John Markey Tony Beeson
|
Chevron B8 | 4th | ||
81 | P 2.0 | 20th | Fawdington and Ramsay |
Andrew Hedges Julian Sutton
|
Lotus 47 | 5 | ||
82 | P 2.0 | 29 | Alain de Cadenet |
Alain de Cadenet Anthony McKay
|
Ferrari Dino 206S | 6th | ||
83 | P 1.6 | 47 | Christopher St. Quintin |
Christopher St. Quintin Mac Daghorn
|
Abarth 1600 OT | 7th | ||
84 | S 5.0 | 69 | Jeff Edmonds |
Jeff Edmonds Chris Ashmore
|
Ferrari 250LM | 8th | ||
85 | S 2.0 | 97 | Chevron Cars |
Digby Martland Brian Classic
|
Chevron B8 | 9 | ||
86 | S 2.0 | 100 | TR Clapham |
Geoff Breakell Derek Bell |
Chevron B8 | 10 | ||
87 | GT 2.0 | 116 | Werner Zanders |
Werner Zanders Willy Zanders
|
Porsche 911T | 11 | ||
88 | GT 1.6 | 121 | Team metronomes |
Kaj Bjerke Bernhard Hakansson
|
Lotus Elan | 12 | ||
Not qualified | ||||||||
89 | P 2.0 | 34 | Mag-Cap Motor Racing |
Roy Johnson Howden Ganley |
Chevron B6 | 13 | ||
90 | P 1.6 | 40 | Arthur Appleby |
John Harris Arthur Appleby
|
Austin-Healey Sprite | 14th | ||
91 | P 1.6 | 43 | Angus Clydesdale |
Tony Goodwin Angus Clydesdale
|
Intertech Lola Mk.1 | 15th | ||
92 | P 1.6 | 54 | Philip Austen |
Roger Mold Philip Austen
|
Austin-Healey Sprite | 16 | ||
93 | P 2.0 | 106 | Peter Taggart |
Peter Taggart Keith Burnand
|
Chevron B8 | 17th |
1 withdrawn 2 accident in training 3 accident in training 4 drive shaft in training 5 accident in training 6 engine damage in training 7 engine damage in training 8 chassis break in training 9 accident in training 10 accident in training 11 accident in training 12 differential in training 13 not qualified 14 not qualified 15 not qualified 16 not qualified 17 not qualified
Only in the entry list
Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.
Item | class | No. | team | driver | chassis |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
94 | P 3.0 | 12 | John Woolfe Racing |
John Woolfe Derek Bennett
|
Chevron B12 |
95 | P 3.0 | 14th | Scuderia Filipinetti |
Herbert Müller Jonathan Williams |
Serenissima Mk.168 |
96 | P 2.0 | 23 | Ben Pon |
Ben Pon Sten Axelsson |
Porsche 910 |
97 | P 2.0 | 26th | Valvoline Racing Team |
Karl Foitek Rudi Lins
|
Porsche 910 |
98 | P 2.0 | 28 | Sport-Uniao Sintrense |
R. Cavagnac Norman Casari
|
Porsche 911R |
99 | P 2.0 | 29 | Alain de Cadenet | Tony Beeson | Scodec diva Martin Valkyrie |
100 | P 1.6 | 41 | Peter Clarke Racing |
Peter Clarke Laurie Goodwin
|
Emeron |
101 | P 1.6 | 42 | Equipe Concorde | Roger Sparkes | Piper GT |
102 | P 1.6 | 45 | Chris Lawrence |
Chris Lawrence Andrew Page
|
Deep Sanderson 302 |
103 | P 1.6 | 46 | David Bruce Porter |
Anthony Harvey David Porter
|
Harvey |
104 | P 1.6 | 51 | HF Squadra Corse Lancia |
Claudio Maglioli Sandro Munari |
Lancia Fulvia |
105 | P 1.6 | 52 | Team Coburn |
Jack Wheeler Max Mosley Mike Franey
|
Austin-Healey Sprite |
106 | S 5.0 | 68 | Alain de Cadenet |
Mario Cabral Alain de Cadenet
|
Ford GT40 |
107 | S 5.0 | 70 | Mike De Udy |
Mike De Udy Hugh Dibley
|
Lola T70 Mk.3 GT |
108 | S 5.0 | 74 | Chris Lawrence |
Nicholas Granville-Smith Chris Lawrence
|
Shelby Cobra |
109 | S 2.0 | 77 | Diva Racing |
John Broomfield John Streetly
|
Diva GT |
110 | S 2.0 | 81 | Jürg Dübler Racing |
Hans Tschiemer Jürg Dübler Heini Walter |
Porsche 906 |
111 | S 2.0 | 83 | Ben Pon |
Gijs van Lennep Frans Lubin
|
Porsche 906 |
112 | S 2.0 | 88 | JSR engineering |
Anthony Godfrey Mike Franey
|
Lotus Elan |
113 | S 2.0 | 89 | Mike de Udy |
Brian Hart Robin Widdows
|
Porsche 906 |
114 | S 2.0 | 94 | Antonio Zadala |
Antonio Zadala Giuseppe Dalla Torre
|
Porsche 906 |
115 | S 2.0 | 105 | Sportscars Unlimited | Richard Broström | Porsche 906 |
116 | GT 2.0 | 114 | Helmut Felder |
Helmut Felder Frank Kalkuhl
|
Fiat Dino |
117 | GT 1.6 | 124 | Chris Schirle |
Chris Schirle Christian Schmarje
|
Lotus Elan |
118 | GT 1.6 | 126 | Bernard Collomb |
Bernard Collomb Jean-Pierre Hanrioud |
Alpine A110 |
Class winner
Racing data
- Reported: 118
- Started: 76
- Rated: 47
- Race classes: 7
- Spectator: unknown
- Race day weather: light rain in the middle of the race
- Route length: 22.835 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 6: 34: 06.300 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 44
- Total distance of the winning team: 1004.740 km
- Winner's average: 152.965 km / h
- Pole position: Rolf Stommelen - Porsche 907 2.2 (# 3) - 8: 32.800 = 160.308 km / h
- Fastest race lap: Jo Siffert - Porsche 908 (# 2) - 8: 33,000 = 160.246 km / h
- Racing series: Round 6 of the 1968 World Sports Car Championship
literature
- Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrndt: ADAC 1000 km race. HEEL Verlag, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-89880-903-0 .
- Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ About the Porsche 908
- ^ Georg Bohlender: Joyful event . In: auto motor und sport , issue 12/1968, Vereinigte Motorverlage, Stuttgart, p. 50 u. 52.
- ↑ Chris Irwin in the cockpit before the start of training
- ↑ About Chris Irwin and the accident
- ↑ Pictures of the wreck… 1
- ↑ … 2…
- ↑ … 3
- ↑ Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrndt: ADAC 1000 km race. Page 103.
Predecessor race Targa Florio 1968 |
Sports car world championship |
Successor 1000 km race of Spa-Francorchamps 1968 |