1969 Watkins Glen 6 hour race

Cockpit of a Porsche 908/02

The second 6-hour race of Watkins Glen , also Six-Hours and Can-Am, Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course , took place on July 12, 1969 in Watkins Glen and was the ninth round of the World Sports Car Championship of that year.

The race

With the success of Jo Siffert and Brian Redman in the Porsche 908/02 secured Porsche championship one race before the end of the one-make cup of the World Sportscar Championship 1969 . After a driving time of 6: 01: 10.100 hours, she won by more than 1 minute and 30 seconds over her fellow brands and types, Vic Elford and Richard Attwood . The best non-Porsche was the Matra MS650 driven by Johnny Servoz-Gavin and Pedro Rodríguez , who finished in fourth place.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P 3.0	1	Porsche of Austria	Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Porsche 908/02	291
2	P 3.0	4th	Dean Racing Ltd.	Vic Elford Richard Attwood	Porsche 908/02	291
3	P 3.0	2	Porsche of Austria	Joe Buzzetta Rudi Lins	Porsche 908/02	282
4th	P 3.0	9	Matra of France	Johnny Servoz-Gavin Pedro Rodríguez	Matra MS650	267
5	S 5.0	7th	Racing Team Deutsche Auto Zeitung	Helmut Kellener's Reinhold Joest	Ford GT40	265
6th	P 2.0	12	Dick Smothers Racing	Fred Baker Dick Smothers Lou Sell	Porsche 906LE	257
7th	GT + 2.0	14th	Owens-Gorning Fiberglass Racing	Tony DeLorenzo Dick Lang	Chevrolet Corvette Stingray	240
8th	GT 2.0	58	Brumos Porsche Corporation	Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood	Porsche 911S	235
9	GT + 2.0	30th	Robert Esseks	Robert Essek's John Paul Sr.	Chevrolet Corvette 427	233
10	S 2.0	39	Rainer Brezinka	Horst Petermann Max Beimler Rainer Brezinka	Porsche 906	229
11	GT 2.0	71	PART Bruce Jennings	Bruce Jennings Mike Dows	Porsche 911T	222
12	S 2.0	68	Nationwide Food Brokers	Mike Rahal Hugh Wise Tom Terrell	Porsche 906	220
13	P 2.0	48	HRH Corporation	Jim McDaniel Steve Pieper	Zinc VSR	218
14th	GT 2.0	72	PART Bruce Jennings	Jim Netterstrom John Kelly	Porsche 911T	210
Disqualified
15th	P 2.0	73	Ring Free Racing Team	Paul Richards Jim Baker	Austin-Healey Sprite	5
16	P 2.0	27	Arthur Tuckerman	Ray Cuomo Gregg Cameron	Austin-Healey Sprite	1
17th	P 2.0	75	Canada	Pete Harrison Bob Barrell	Unipower GT	1
Failed
18th	S 5.0	11	Scuderia Filipinetti	Joakim Bonnier Herbert Müller	Lola T70 Mk.IIIB	165
19th	P 3.0	10	Matra of France	Jean Guichet Robin Widdows	Matra MS630 / 650	156
20th	GT 2.0	52	PART Bruce Jennings	Bert Everett Bob Bailey Jim Locke	Porsche 911T	129
21st	P 3.0	5	John Wyer Automotive Engineering	Jacky Ickx Jackie Oliver	Mirage M3	112
22nd	GT + 2.0	26th	Yenko Sports Cars Incorporation	Bob Grossman Donald Yenko	Chevrolet Camaro 427 Coupe	86
23	GT 2.0	88	Jacques Bienvenue	Jacques Bienvenue Jacques Duval Carson Baird	Porsche 911S	70
24	S 2.0	37	Auto Enterprises	Dieter Oest Albert Kalajcick	Porsche 904 GTS	36
25th	S 5.0	24	Auto Enterprises	Francis Grant Howard Brown	Ford GT40	32
26th	GT 2.0	77	Jacques Duval	Jacques Duval George Nicholas	Porsche 911T	12
27	GT + 2.0	15th	Owens Corning Fiberglass Racing	Jerry Thompson Bill Morrison	Chevrolet Corvette 427	3
28	GT 2.0	94	Ralph Meaney	Ralph Meaney Jack Caruso	Porsche 911S	1
Not started
29	S 2.0	70	Mervin Rosen	Mervin Rosen Stephen Behr	Porsche 906 Coupe	1

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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
30th	P 3.0	3	Sports Cars of Switzerland	Masts Gregory Richard Broström	Porsche 908 Spyder
31	P 3.0	6th	John Wyer Automotive Engineering	David Hobbs Mike Hailwood	Mirage M2
32	P 3.0	8th	Autodelta SpA	Ignazio Giunti Nanni Galli Andrea de Adamich	Alfa Romeo TT33-3
33	S 5.0	17th	William Wonder	William Wonder Ray Cuomo	Ford GT40
34	GT 2.0	25th	Aztec Racing	Michael Cook Ali Lugo Bruce Goldman	MGB GT

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P 3.0	Joseph Siffert	Brian Redman		Porsche 908/02	Overall victory
P 2.0	Fred Baker	Dick Smothers	Lou Sell	Porsche 906LE	Rank 6
S 5.0	Helmut Kelleners	Reinhold Joest		Ford GT40	Rank 5
S 2.0	Horst Petermann	Max Beimler	Rainer Brezinka	Porsche 906	Rank 10
GT + 2.0	Tony DeLorenzo	Dick Lang		Chevrolet Corvette Stingray	Rank 7
GT	Peter Gregg	Hurley Haywood		Porsche 911S	Rank 8

Racing data

• Registered: 34
• Started: 28
• Valued: 14
• Race classes: 6
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: rain at the beginning, dry later
• Route length: 3.701 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:01: 10.100 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 291
• Total distance of the winning team: 1077.134 km
• Winner's average: 178.941 km / h
• Pole position: Joseph Siffert - Porsche 908/02 (# 1) - 1.09.130 = 192.758 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Vic Elford - Porsche 908/02 (# 4) 1.08.470 = 194.417 km / h
• Racing series: Round 9 of the 1969 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• 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

• Race results at WSPR Racing ( Memento from June 24, 2003 in the web archive archive.today )

Previous race of the 1969 Le Mans 24 Hours

Sports car world championship

Follow -up race 1000 km race from Zeltweg 1969