1968 Targa Florio

5 May 1968 - Madonie (I): Round 5, International Manufacturers Championship. Round 2, Challenge Mondial.
10 laps of a 44.739 mile/72.000 km circuit - 447.388 miles/720.000 kms were completed
Weather: hot, dry


Pos Car # Drivers Car Entrant Laps Group Group Pos
1 224 Vic Elford/Umberto Maglioli Porsche 907 [025] Porsche System Engineering 10 Prototype 3000 1
2 186 Ignazio Giunti/Nanni Galli Alfa Romeo T33/2 [75033017] Autodelta SpA 10 Prototype 2000 1
3 192 Lucien Bianchi/Mario Casoni/Giampiero Biscaldi* Alfa Romeo T33/2 Autodelta SpA 10 Prototype 2000 2
4 222 Hans Herrmann/Jochen Neerspasch Porsche 907 [022] Porsche System Engineering 10 Prototype 3000 2
5 178 Teddy Pilette/Rob Slotemaker/Serge Trosch* Alfa Romeo T33/2 Racing Team VDS 10 Prototype 2000 3
6 182 Giancarlo Baghetti/Giampiero Biscaldi/Lucien Bianchi*/Udo Schuetz*/Mario Casoni* Alfa Romeo T33/2 Autodelta SpA 10 Prototype 2000 4
7 128 Karl von Wendt/Willy Kauhsen Porsche 906 Karl Freiherr von Wendt 10 Sports 5000 1
8 82 Claude Haldi/Pierre Greub/Edgar Berney Porsche 911T Ecurie Les Corsaires 10 Grand Touring 2000 1
NRF 190 Rudi Lins/Rico Steinemann Porsche 910 Valvoline Racing Team 9 Prototype 2000 5
10 172 Carlo Facetti/Antonio Nicodemi Porsche 910 Piccionaia Racing Team 9 Prototype 2000 6
11 210 Sandro Munari/Raffaele Pinto/Marco Crosina* Lancia Fulvia Zagato [1238] HF Squadra Corse 9 Prototype 2000 7
12 130 Andrew Hedges/Paddy Hopkirk/Timo Makinen* MG BGT B.M.C. Racing 9 Sports 5000 2
13 70 Armando Floridia/Vincenzo Mirto Randazzo Porsche 911S Scuderia Pegaso 9 Grand Touring 2000 2
14 16 Giuseppe Giacomini/Sergio Barbasio Lancia Fulvia Sport Jolly Club 9 Grand Touring 1300 1
15 174 Claudio Maglioli/Marco Crosina/Sandro Munari* Lancia Fulvia Zagato HF Squadra Corse 9 Prototype 2000 8
16 76 Corrado Ferlaino/Gaetano Starrabba Porsche 911S Corrado Ferlaino 9 Grand Touring 2000 3
17 72 Jacques Rey/Sylvain Garant Porsche 911S Scuderia Filipinetti 9 Grand Touring 2000 4
18 226 Jo Siffert/Rolf Stommelen Porsche 907 [029] Porsche System Engineering 9 Prototype 3000 3
19 196 Pat Moss/Rosadelle Facetti Lancia Fulvia Zagato HF Squadra Corse 9 Prototype 2000 9
20 78 Claude Laurent/Jacques Marché Porsche 911T Claude Laurent 9 Grand Touring 2000 5
21 134 Enzo Buzzetti/Secondo Ridolfi Porsche 906 Enzo Buzzetti 9 Sports 5000 3
22 206 Hans Wängstre/Evert Christofferson Ferrari Dino 206S [006] Bam-Bam 9 Prototype 2000 10
23 24 Eugenio Renna/Giuseppe Garofalo Lancia Fulvia Sport Scuderia Pegaso 9 Grand Touring 1300 2
24 202 Peter Brown/Tony Fall MG B J.C.B. Ltd. 9 Prototype 2000 11
25 2 Ugo Locatelli/Cesare Poretti Lancia Fulvia Sport Jolly Club 9 Grand Touring 1300 3
26 68 Patrice Sanson/Roland Lefevre Porsche 911S Patrice Sanson 9 Grand Touring 2000 6
27 12 Zefferino Filippi/Giorgio Danieli Lancia Fulvia Sport Zefferino Filippi 9 Grand Touring 1300 4
28 48 Girolama Capra/Giancarlo Sala Alfa Romeo Duetto Scuderia St. Ambroeus 9 Grand Touring 1600 1
29 140 Ted Worswick/Richard Bond Austin-Healey 3000 Ted Worswick 9 Sports 5000 4
30 22 Sergio Mantia/Gaetano Lo Jacono Lancia Fulvia Sport Scuderia Pegaso 9 Grand Touring 1300 5
31 14 "Snoopy"/"Nano" Lancia Fulvia Sport "Snoopy" 9 Grand Touring 1300 6
32 208 Mark Konig/Tony Lanfranchi Nomad Mk.1 Ford Mark Konig 8 Prototype 2000 12
33 126 Pietro Lo Piccolo/Salvatore Sutera Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ Scuderia Pegaso 8 Sports 1600 1
34 54 Raffaele Restivo/Francesco Jemma Alfa Romeo Duetto Scuderia Pegaso 8 Grand Touring 1600 2
35 20 Franco Lisitano/Mateo Calabro Lancia Fulvia Sport "Ramon" 8 Grand Touring 1300 7
36 32 "Zorba"/"Sancho" Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider Aretusa 8 Grand Touring 1600 3
37 102 Giovanni Rizzo/Stefano Alongi Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero Giovanni Rizzo 8 Sports 1300 1
38 30 Francesco Cosentino/Gianluigi Verna Fiat 124 Spider Francesco Cosentino 8 Grand Touring 1600 4
39 10 Francesco Fiorentino/Giuseppe Pirrone* Matra Djet 6 Francesco Fiorentino 8 Grand Touring 1300 8
40 160 Francesco Patané/Orazio Scaglia* Fiat-Abarth 1000SP Etna 8 Prototype 1000 1
41 34 Francesco Troia/Salvatore Barraco/G.Gaci* Alfa Romeo Giulia SS Scuderia Pegaso 8 Grand Touring 1600 5
42 124 Aldo Bersano/Sergio Morando Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ Aldo Bersano 8 Sports 1600 2
43 90 "Don Pedrito"/Cesare di Belmonte Fiat-Abarth 1000S Etna 8 Sports 1000 1
NRF 96 Salvatore Calascibetta/Vincenzo Ferlito Fiat-Abarth 1000S Scuderia Pegaso 7 Sports 1000  
45 104 Romano Ramoino/Federico Giunta Abarth 1300 OT Romano Ramoino 7 Sports 1300 2
46 162 Gianfranco Padoan/Giuliano Savona Minimach Cooper-BMC Gianfranco Padoan 7 Prototype 1000 2
47 164 Giuseppe Parla/Del Sette Fiat-Moretti 1000SS Nissena 7 Prototype 1000 3
48 108 Guiseppe Valenza/Antonio Ferraro Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero Nissena 7 Sports 1300 3
DNF 230T Ludovico Scarfiotti/Gerhard Mitter Porsche 907 [023] Porsche System Engineering 6 Prototype 3000  
DNF 106 Giuseppe Virgilio/Salvatore Panepinto Abarth 1300 OT Etna 6 Sports 1300  
DNF 38 Adriano Reale/Giuseppe Vassallo Porsche 356C Scuderia Pegaso 6 Grand Touring 1600  
NC 46 Michele Paratore/Giovanni Rigano Fiat 124 Spider Michele Paratore 6 Grand Touring 1600  
DNF 112 Rauno Aaltonen/Clive Baker Austin-Healey Sprite Donald Healey Motor Co. 5 Sports 1300  
DNF 136 Terry J. Drury/Terry Sanger/Keith Holland* Ford GT40 [1073] Terry J. Drury 5 Sports 5000  
DNF 8 Cesare Fiorio/Giovanni Marini Lancia Fulvia Sport Jolly Club   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 40 Giuseppe de Gregorio/Alfonso Merendino/Vincenzo Mirto Randazzo* Alfa Romeo Duetto Giuseppe de Gregorio   Grand Touring 1600  
DNF 110 Francesco Botindari/Raffaele Cammarota^ Abarth 1300 OT Nissena   Sports 1300  
DNF 114 Alfio Gambero/Angelo Bonaccorsi Abarth 1300 OT Etna   Sports 1300  
DNF 220 Nino Vaccarella/Udo Schütz/Giancarlo Baghetti* Alfa Romeo T33/2 [75033015] Autodelta SpA 3 Prototype 3000  
DNF 138 David Piper/Paul Vestey^ Ferrari 250LM [6167] Paul Vestey 2 Sports 5000  
DNF 158 Jack Wheeler/Martin Davidson Austin-Healey Sprite Jack Wheeler   Prototype 1000  
DNF 152 E. Banti/Cristiano Del Balzo De Sanctis - Ford Cosworth E. Banti   Prototype 1000  
DNF 180 Gustave Gosselin/Serge Trosch/Rob Slotemaker* Alfa Romeo T33/2 Racing Team VDS   Prototype 2000  
DNF 42 Paolo de Luca/Giovanni La Mantia Alfa Romeo Giulia SS Scuderia Pegaso   Grand Touring 1600  
DNF 132 Gaetano Starrabba/Everardo Ostini Porsche 906 Gaetano Starrabba   Sports 5000  
DNF 188 Giovanni Alberti/Tullio Sergio Marchesi Porsche 910 Piccionaia Racing Team   Prototype 2000  
DNS 194 Alberto Luti Porsche 910 Alberto Luti   Prototype 2000  
DNS 212 Ignazio Capuano/Ferdinando Latteri Porsche 910 Ignazio Capuano   Prototype 2000  
DNS 228 Alain De Cadenet/Tony Beeson Chevron B8 Climax Alain De Cadenet   Prototype 3000  
DNS 230 Ludovico Scarfiotti/Gerhard Mitter Porsche 907 [030] Porsche System Engineering   Prototype 3000  
DNA 4 Angelo Rizzo/"Wilson" Lancia Fulvia Sport Angelo Rizzo   Grand Touring 1300  
DNA 18 Maurizio Zanetti Lancia Fulvia Sport Jolly Club   Grand Touring 1300  
DNA 36 Renzo Druetto/G. F. Silechhia Fiat 124 Spider Renzo Druetto   Grand Touring 1600  
DNA 44 Helmut Marko/Willy Mlaker Lotus Europa Renault Bosch Vienna   Grand Touring 1600  
DNA 50 Antonio Fasciana Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider Nissena   Grand Touring 1600  
DNA 52 Domenico Cedrati Alfa Romeo Duetto Domenico Cedrati   Grand Touring 1600  
DNA 56 Ansano Cecchini/Luigi Cecchini Alfa Romeo Duetto Ansano Cecchini   Grand Touring 1600  
DNA 62 Ennio Bonomelli/Gianpiero Moretti Porsche 911T Ennio Bonomelli   Grand Touring 2000  
DNA 64 Jean-Pierre Hanrioud/Jean Sage Porsche 911T André Wicky   Grand Touring 2000  
DNA 66 André Wicky/Willy Meier Porsche 911T André Wicky   Grand Touring 2000  
DNA 74 Gianluigi Verna/Francesco Cosentino Alfa Romeo 1750 Nord-Ovest   Grand Touring 2000  
DNA 92 Piero Botalla/Gianfranco Palazzoli Fiat-Abarth 1000S Piero Botalla   Sports 1000  
DNA 94 Luciano Pasotto Fiat-Abarth 1000S "White"   Sports 1000  
DNA 122 Carmelo Giugno Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ Nissena   Sports 1600  
DNA 154 Richard A. Melville Hillman Imp Richard A. Melville   Prototype 1000  
DNA 156 Remigio Cianfriglia/Bruno Momigliano Cianfriglia - Fiat Remigio Cianfriglia   Prototype 1000  
DNA 166 Brancaccio/Antonio Petruzzi Fiat-Abarth 1000SP Apulia   Prototype 1000  
DNA 176 Georges Houel/Walter Roser Lotus - Renault Georges Houel   Prototype 2000  
DNA 198 Ben Pon/Gijs van Lennep Porsche 910 [018] Ben Pon   Prototype 2000  
DNA 200 Nikolaus Killenberg/Georg Bialas BMW Nikolaus Killenberg   Prototype 2000  
DNA 204 Hans-Dieter Dechent/Robert F. Huhn Porsche 910 [023] Scuderia Lufthansa   Prototype 2000  
DNA   Louis Cosson/Jacques Weiprecht Fournier-Marcadier Renault Louis Cosson   Prototype 2000  
DNA   Paul Hawkins/David Hobbs Ford GT40 John Wyer   Sports 5000  
DNA   Fiorenzo Genta/Roberto Angiolini Lancia Fulvia Sport Jolly Club   Grand Touring 1300  
DNA   Herbert Müller Serenissima Mk.168 ATS Scuderia Filipinetti   Prototype 3000  

 
Winning Time: 6h28m47.9, 69.042 mph/111.112 kph
Fastest Lap: Vic Elford #224 (Porsche 907), 36m02.3, 74.485 mph/119.872 kph

 
* Driver entered for car, but never drove it at meeting
^ Driver practiced car, but did not race it
RES - Reserve (Practiced, on standy-by for start)
REE - Reserve Entry
DNA - Did Not Arrive
DNS - Did Not Start
DNF - Did Not Finish
DNP - Did Not Practice
NC - Not Classified
DSQ - Disqualified
NRF - Not Running At Finish
NAC - Not Accepted
REJ - Rejected (Did not pass scrutineering)


Last Updated on 17/02/02
By Darren Galpin
Email: darren.galpin@virgin.net