1968 American Road Race of Champions, Riverside

[Flunder]

I believe these particular 911S 68s were very special, freshly built race cars incorporating the Sports Kit and Rally Kit options as well as roll bars, 100L gas tanks, etc. and with factory prepared race engines built to the improved performance specs with port matched heads and manifolds, polished combustion chambers and assembled by Porsche to blueprint specs. Most likely they were imported by Porsche Cars West Coast under the DOT exemption for race units and strictly speaking were not legal to be registered for road use.

The great article about Alan Johnson’s Polo red 67 911S that appeared in Road&Track closes on the note that Johnson ordered a new 68S for the next race season built at Porsche with all the Sports Purpose (race) options described above to replace his Polo 67S that had just won C Production honors at the 1967 ARRC, because he wanted a factory built race unit with the latest equipment available. From the photos it looks like the 68 cars are running deep sixes front and 7Rs in back. In 67 Johnson used six inch wide American magnesium rims as did just about everyone else.

[alarson11]

I believe these particular 911S 68s were very special, freshly built race cars incorporating the Sports Kit and Rally Kit options as well as roll bars, 100L gas tanks, etc. and with factory prepared race engines built to the improved performance specs with port matched heads and manifolds, polished combustion chambers and assembled by Porsche to blueprint specs. Most likely they were imported by Porsche Cars West Coast under the DOT exemption for race units and strictly speaking were not legal to be registered for road use.

The great article about Alan Johnson’s Polo red 67 911S that appeared in Road&Track closes on the note that Johnson ordered a new 68S for the next race season built at Porsche with all the Sports Purpose (race) options described above to replace his Polo 67S that had just won C Production honors at the 1967 ARRC, because he wanted a factory built race unit with the latest equipment available. From the photos it looks like the 68 cars are running deep sixes front and 7Rs in back. In 67 Johnson used six inch wide American magnesium rims as did just about everyone else.

As Rennman just found the Alan Johnson 1968 911S, here is the Kardex that does show chassis 11800224 and exactly what the specifications were on this very special 911S with both Rally Kit and Sport Kit II. As you can see from the attached photos, Alan ran six inch wide Americans in early 1968, when he won the 1968 Sebring 12 Hour in the GT class (#59), and then switched later to running deep sixes front and 7Rs in the rear at Riverside (#84).

Alan Johnson was very successful in this 1968 911S. It won its first race, a SCCA National Points race at Las Vegas, finished 7th overall and won its class at the Sebring 12 Hour International race, and then qualified for and won an SCCA National Championship. There are not many cars that were run in three different categories in one year and had wins in all three.

[Fubawu]

Chuck,

I think your recollections are correct.

Here are two pictures from the Rev Institute collection of photos from the 1969 SCCA National held at Sears Point on July 19th, 1969.

Alan Johnson was the driver for #1 and Milt Minter the driver for #2. The SWB vent windows can be seen in both pictures.

https://library.revsinstitute.org/di...on=p17257coll1

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't the MY68 cars #2 in the pic have indicator lights on the fenders?

I noticed the Don Burns car did have them then they removed it and covered with a decal?

[alarson11]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't the MY68 cars #2 in the pic have indicator lights on the fenders?

I noticed the Don Burns car did have them then they removed it and covered with a decal?

Here are 2 pics of the Don Burns car at delivery and later, both with the indicator light:

[Fubawu]

Alarson11

This is a great thread , thanks for the information. Where I get a bit confused is the #2 or #16 car of Milt Minter has no indicator lights yet has 68 door handels.
I have tried to dig up as much information as I could on West coast SCCA events but information is very limited. Is it possible that dealer cars could have been forward dated
for the 68 season. i.e door handles , headlights... the easy things.

The reason I have dug a little deeper into this is I own 308470S which was a late build 67 S distributed out of Culver City. I was told this was a race car since new. The seller didn't have much infomration about its past only hersay. This past summer I was racing at the Limerock Festivle and was speaking with Klubsport who has a large stable of cars. One of which is Jennings 308472S Toad Hall car. Those two cars would have been on the line together, irrelevent info but still interesting. Klubsport had pursched my car in the late 90's from California, They told me it was being used as a street car and had a period correct Roll bar and odd rear flares. A cross between a ST flare and a RS flare. Ironically these flares were removed in early 2000's to conform to vintage race regs. Lastly I was speaking to DaveP about the rarity of 67S cars with 2002 Tangerine paint code, he estimated 5-6 cars on the west coast. Again nothing scientific but interesting. I have been trying to track down if any history still exists. Funny enough in the pile of parts included with the car 68/69 door handles again really means nothing as anything could be passed along over 50 years. I was curious if anyone knew of a Tangerine 67S that raced the west coast late 60's early 70's. Picture of the car as it races now.

I don't want to derail this thread so if you have any information/thoughts please PM me. Cheers John

[Fubawu]

I have a few pictures from that era that I thought I would add

[Chuck Miller]

As posted before...

One of my all time favorites...

Milt in front of Alan entering the old turn 7 (setting up for 7A) at Riverside's 'Club Track' configuration...

[alarson11]

In 1968, Alan Johnson raced both the #1 car for Ritchie Ginther (in C prod) and also the #84/#1 car for Don Burns (in B Sedan and Trans Am). I am trying to find out which races were in which car, to make sure there is clear race history for each car. Does anyone have all the result sheets and/or starting lineup sheets for 1968 that they could post?

[Fubawu]

I have this results sheet

[alarson11]

I have this results sheet

Do you have page 1 of this result sheet, with date and any starting lineup with car numbers? And any other 1968 results sheets?