Watkins Glen 6 Hours 1968 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 21st Annual Watkins Glen Sports Car Road Race		Date: 14.7.1968
Track: Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course (United States), 3.701 kms	Organiser: unknown
Watkins Glen 6 Hours
International Championship for Makes (round 8)

Pre-race sessions:
3 qualifying sessions held for a total of 330 minutes on 12-13/7
3 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	5	Ford GT40	Ickx / Bianchi
Prototype 3000:	76	Howmet TX Continental	Thompson / Heppenstall
Prototype 2000:	21	Ferrari Dino 206 S	Kolb / Rodriguez
Sports 2000:	88	Porsche 906 E	Frank / Trieschmann
Grand Touring +2000:	12	Chevrolet Corvette 427	Johnson / Johnson
Grand Touring 2000:	59	Porsche 911 T	Everett / Gregg
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	5	Ford GT40	Jacky Ickx (B)	1:11.100	187.418 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Porsche 908	Jo Siffert (CH)	1:10.200	189.820 km/h
Prototype 2000:	33	Alfa Romeo T33/2	Kwech / Martino	1:17.000
Sports 5000:	5	Ford GT40	Ickx / Bianchi	1:10.800
Sports 2000:	88	Porsche 906 E	Frank / Trieschmann	1:17.400
Grand Touring +2000:	9	Chevrolet Corvette 427	Yenko / Morgan	1:18.100
Grand Touring 2000:	59	Porsche 911 T	Everett / Gregg	1:25.600
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (10), Ford (3), Howmet (2), Ferrari (2), Chevrolet (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (10), Ford (5), Chevrolet (3), BMC (3), Continental (2), Ferrari (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 908 (4), Ford GT40 (3), Porsche 906 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (39), GB (7), CDN (6), CH (2), AUS (2), B (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (18), D (4), GB (3), CDN (2)
Most used colours:	white (26%), blue (22%), red (11%), yellow (8%), orange (7%), dark (5%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (66%), front-engined (25%), rear-engined (9%)
Average engine size:	2928 cc (8% turbine cars not counted)
Oldest known drivers:	Art Riley (53), Chuck Parsons (44), Bob Johnson (41)
Youngest known drivers:	Jacky Ickx (23), Tetsu Ikuzawa (26), Clive Baker (26)

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