1968 European Rally Championship
Drivers' Championship
Jan 20-25 Monte Carlo Rally
Apr 4-7 East German Rally
May 2-5 West German Rally
Jun 3-4 Acropolis Rally (Greece)
Jun 27-30 Geneva Rally (Switzerland)
Jul 17-20 Danube Rally (Romania)
Aug 16-18 Rally of 1000 Lakes (Finland)
Sep 2-8 Coupe des Alpes (France)
Oct 10-13 R.A.C.E. Rally (Spain)
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Constructors' Championship
Jan 4-7 Swedish Rally
Mar 6-10 San Remo Rally
Apr 22-27 Tulip Rally (Holland)
May 15-19 Austrian Alpine Rally
Jul 5-7 Czechoslovakian Rally
Aug 1-4 Polish Rally
Sep 26-29 Three Cities Rally (Hungary)
Nov 15-22 RAC Rally of Great Britain
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Swedish Rally
4th-7th January 1968
1 Björn Waldegård/Lars Helmer Porsche 911T 66.014s BB 2277
2 15 Tom Trana/Sölve Andreasson Saab V4 67.655
3 Hakan Lindberg/Bo Reinicke Saab V4 67.669
4 11 Bengt Söderström/Gunnar Palm Ford Lotus Cortina 67.675
5 Lillebror Nasenius/Bengt Frodin Opel Rekord 69.170
6 Stig Blomqvist/Lennart Blomqvist Saab V4 69.829
7 Jerry Larsson/Torsten Palm Saab V4 69.921
8 Anders Kullang Opel Kadett 70.261
9 Per Eklund/Birger Petersson Saab V4 70.305
10 Jan Henriksson/Lars-Eric Carlström Opel Kadett 70.932
?/Carl Magnus Skogh Volvo 142
R Ove Eriksson Opel Kadett crash
R Roger Clark/Jim Porter Ford Lotus Cortina driver caught influenza
R Ove Andersson Ford Lotus Cortina throttle linkages froze and snapped
R Åke Andersson Porsche crash BB 2276
37th Monte Carlo Rally
20th-25th January 1968
Ps # Driver/Co-Driver Car Penalties Grp Reg Start City
1 210 Vic Elford/David Stone Porsche 911T 14,116 pts 3 S-C 9166
2 Pauli Toivonen/Martti Tiukkanen Porsche 911S 14,192 3
3 18 Rauno Aaltonen/Henry Liddon Mini Cooper S 14,451 2 ORX 7F Athens
4 185 Tony Fall/Mike Wood Mini Cooper S 14,635 2 ORX 707F
5 87 Paddy Hopkirk/Ron Crellin Mini Cooper S 14,652 2 ORX 777F Lisbon
6 Ove Andersson/John Davenport Lancia Fulvia HF 14,666 2
7 89 Jean Vinatier/Jean-Francois Jacob Alpine A110 14,676 3
8 Leo Cella/Alcide Paganelli Lancia Fulvia HF 14,807 2
9 Hannu Mikkola/Ainssi Jarvi Datsun 2000 14,948 3
10 Björn Waldegård/Lars Helmer Porsche 911 15,103 3
11 Bengt Söderström/Gunnar Palm Lancia Fulvia HF 15,103 2
12 Åke Andersson/Sven-Olof Svedberg Porsche 911 15,210 3
13 68 Rene Trautmann/Claudine Trautmann Lancia Fulvia HF 15,238 2
14 37 Pat Moss-Carlsson/Elizabeth Nyström Lancia Fulvia 15,274 2 970371-TO Monte Carlo
15 Sergio Barbasio/Ugo Barilaro Lancia Fulvia 15,477 2
16 Tom Trana/Sölve Andreasson Saab V4 15,559 2
17 Ove Eriksson/Lennart Berggren Opel Kadett 15,713 2
18 Henri Greder/Marie-Claude Beaumont Opel Commodore 15,969 1
19 Jean-Claude Ogier/Bernard Ogier Citroen DS21 16,096 1
20 Nicolas Koob/Aloyse Kridel Renault 16,142 1
55 Timo Mäkinen/Paul Easter Mini Cooper S fan pulley ORX 77F Monte Carlo
Brian Culcheth/Johnston Syer BMC 1800
John Sprinzel/John Ryan BMC 1800
Lucien Bianchi Citroen DS21
Lucette Pointet Citroen DS21
Robert Neyret Citroen DS21
Henri Chemin Ford Mustang
Andrew Cowan/Brian Coyle Hillman Imp Sport Monte Carlo
Rosemary Smith/Margaret Lowrey Hillman Imp Sport Dover
R Sobieslaw Zasada/Jerzy Dobrzanski Porsche 911 withdrew
R Hans Walter/Werner Lier Porsche 911 Lier had minor heart attack
J-P.Nicolas Renault Gordini
Carl Orrenius Saab V4
R 43 Gerard Larrousse/Marcel Callewaert Alpine A110 crash Monte Carlo
R Jean-Francois Piot/J.Brenaud Alpine A110 distributor
R Jean-Claude Andruet Alpine A110
R Malcolm New/Julian Chitty Ford Lotus Cortina accident Dover
R Sandro Munari/Luciano Lombardini Lancia Fulvia HF fatal accident
Notes: Munari's car crashed on a Yugoslav motorway, killing his co-driver Luciano Lombardini,
who was driving at the time. New & Chitty crashed into a french car near Le Mans - the
car burst into flames, killing the french driver. New suffered concussion, Chitty
suffered bruising. New was then charged with manslaughter. Zasada withdrew from the rally
because of the sudden death of his father on the 25th - he had been 8th.
229 entries, 200 starters, 153 finishers.
Start cities were Dover, Lisbon, Warsaw, Oslo, Monte Carlo, Athens, Frankfurt and Reims.
I Rallye San Remo
6th-10th March 1968
1 Pauli Toivonen/Martti Tiukkanen Porsche 911T 5983.0 pts
2 5 Pat Moss-Carlsson/Elizabeth Nyström Lancia Fulvia 6138.0 970371-TO
3 16 Ove Andersson/John Davenport Ford Escort Twincam 6153.5 XOO 355F
4 Harry Källström/Gunnar Haggbomm Lancia Fulvia 6170.0
5 18 Jean Vinatier/Jean-Francois Jacob Alpine Renault 6183.5 276 UN 75
6 Luigi Taramazzo/Luigi Pesco Porsche 911S 6277.0
7 Sergio Barbasio/Alessandro Merlano Lancia Fulvia 6299.0
8 Arnaldo Cavallari/Dante Salvay Lancia Fulvia 6454.3
9 Jerry Larsson/Fergus Sager Lancia Fulvia 6510.7
10 Jean-Francois Piot/Jean-Louis Marnat Alpine Renault 6510.7
11 Jean-Claude Ogier Citroen DS21
R Tony Fall/Wood Mini Cooper S overheating
R Rauno Aaltonen/Henry Liddon Mini Cooper S overheating
R Alfa Romeo GTA failed to start in parc ferme
R Alfa Romeo GTA
R DAF
R DAF
R DAF
Previously Rallye del Fiori
Notes: 73 starters
East German Rally
4th-7th April 1968
1 Pauli Toivonen Porsche 911
Tulip Rally
22nd-27th April 1968
Group 3
1 Roger Clark/Jim Porter Ford Escort 663.5 pts
2 Ove Andersson/John Davenport Ford Escort 668.6
3 J.Lusenius/K.Letho Datsun Fairlady 809.7
4 Gerard Larrousse/Marcel Callewaert Alpine Renault 1070.6
5 Hannu Mikkola/A.Jarvi Datsun Fairlady 1192.9
6 J.Tordoff/D.Griffiths Porsche 911T 1536.9
Groups 1&2
1 74 J.Vernaeve/M.Wood Mini Cooper S 790.0 ORX 707F
2 R.Slotemaker/J.Janssen BMW 2002 825.2
3 Nicolas Koob/A.Kridel Alfa Romeo GTA 893.3
4 A.Sigurdson/I.Ström Saab V4 957.5
5 G.Kolwes/H.Heine Volvo 122S 1139.7
6 Miss M-C.Beaumont/Miss C.Beckers NSU TT1200 1178.0
73 Timo Makinen/Paul Easter Mini Cooper S (41st o/a) LBL 66D
Notes: 77 starters. No general classification was published - results published as above.
West German Rally
2nd-5th May 1968
39th Österreichische Alpenfahrt (Austrian Alpine Rally)
15th-19th May 1968
1 35 Bengt Söderström/Gunnar Palm Ford Escort TC
2 Hannu Mikkola/Anssi Järvi Lancia Fulvia 970376-TO
3 Walter Roser/Roman Loibnegger Renault R8 Gordini
4 Dr Arnulf Pilhatsch/Gustav Hruschka BMW 2002
5 Alcide Paganelli/Mario Manucci Lancia Fulvia
9 Tom Trana/Sölve Andreasson Saab
Otto Karger/Dr P. Wessely Matra Djet 6
R Carl Orrenius Saab
R Stig Blomqvist Saab
R Lasse Jönsson Saab
Acropolis Rally
3rd-4th June 1968
1 30 Roger Clark/Jim Porter Ford Escort Twin-cam 140.240 pts XOO 254F
2 23 Sobieslaw Zasada/J.Dobrzanski Porsche 911L 303.500 S-E 8052
3 Pauli Toivonen/M.Kolari Porsche 911T 318.006
4 Bengt Söderström/Gunnar Palm Ford Escort Twin-cam 325.144
5 46 Rauno Aaltonen/Henry Liddon Mini Cooper S 370.456 RBL 450F
6 45 Harry Källström/Gunnar Haggböm Lancia Fulvia HF 464.309
7 A.Ballestrieri/David Stone Lancia Fulvia HF 932.246
8 Pat Moss-Carlsson/Elizabeth Nyström Lancia Fulvia HF 996.830
9 Ove Andersson/John Davenport Ford Escort Twin-cam 1065.228
10 Brian Culcheth/M.Wood Morris 1800 2160.963
R 49 Timo Mäkinen/Paul Easter Mini Cooper S overheating GRX 310D
R David Friswell/Mike Merrick Mini Cooper S crash/retired later
R J.Lusenius/Letho Datsun 2000 crankshaft
R Hannu Mikkola/A.Jarvi Datsun 2000 brakes
Geneva Rally
27th-30th June 1968
Postponed - then cancelled
Rally Vltava (Czechoslovakian Rally)
5th-7th July 1968
1 Jean Vinatier Alpine Renault
28th Polish Rally
1st-4th August 1968
1 Krzysztof Komornicki Renault R8 Gordini
Margaret Lowrey/Alice Watson Ford Escort Twin-cam Ladies Cup
1000 Lakes Rally (Jyväskylän Suurajot)
16th-18th August 1968
1 38 Hannu Mikkola/Anssi Järvi Ford Escort TC 10709.0s
2 Simo Lampinen/Klaus Sohlberg Saab V4 10919.4
3 Bengt Söderström/Gunnar Palm Ford Escort TC 10947.4
4 Atso Aho/Antti Kytölä Mini-Cooper 11092.6
5 52 Pertti Kärhä/Heimo Poutala Isuzu Bellet 11289.6
6 Eero Soutulahti/Aimo Wirtanen Volvo Amazon 11440.7
7 Jari Vilkas/Seppo Soini Saab V4 11445.9
8 Hannu Kulovesi/Timo Alanen Volkswagen 11462.9
9 Heikki Majander/Mauri Jokela Volvo 122S 11617.5
10 Seppo Utriainen/Juhani Jokinen Volvo 122S 11707.6
11 M.Salo/J.Laitinen Porsche 911 11742.9
12 H.Palin/H.Pietila Opel Rallye Kadett 11846.2
13 Carl Orrenius/Arne Hertz Saab V4 11891.8
14 R.Kossila/P.Mannonen Datsun Fairlady 12044.4
15 S-M.Vekka/R.Salonen VW 1600 12053.6
R Leo Kinnunen/Martti Kolari Porsche 911T SS25
R Ove Andersson/Agne Nordlund Ford Escort TC SS33/shed crown-wheel nut/punctured differential/lost oil/seized engine
R Pauli Toivonen/Martti Tiukkanen Porsche 911T SS8/crash
R Timo Mäkinen/Pekka Keskitalo Mini-Cooper SS20/gearbox
R Pentti Airikkala/Erkki Rautanen Isuzu Bellet SS35/rolled
R Ytterbring/Persson Mini-Cooper off road
29th Alpine Rally
2nd-8th September 1968
1 57 Jean Vinatier/Jean-François Jacob Alpine-Renault A110 1440 21h04m41.9 Group6 4839 GG 76
2 41 Jean-Louis Barailler/Philippe Fayel Alfa Romeo Giulia GTA 21h19m14.3 5
3 54 René Trautmann/Claudine Trautmann Lancia Fulvia Coupé Rallye HF 1.4 21h25m38.4 6 953013-TO
4 C.Henry/C.Gros Alpine-Renault A110 21h58m19.0 3
5 Guy Verrier/F.Murac Alfa Romeo GTA 22h20m32.4 5
6 J.Valabregue/S.Bernard Alpine-Renault 22h37m32.3 3
7 Lucien Bianchi/J-M.Jacquemin Alfa Romeo 23h06m01.1 1
8 G.Branche/R.Jullien Porsche 911S 23h18m07.0 3
9 Henri Greder/A.Vigneron Opel Kadett 23h47m46.0 1
10 J-F.Henry/D.Corvi Alpine-Renault 23h47m49.7 3
11 G.Houel/B.Lagier Renault R1135 24h57m57.2 1
12 14 Jean-Louis Haxhe/Jacky Coolen DAF 55 25h04m48.5 2
R Roger Clark/Jim Porter Ford Escort Twin-cam
R Bengt Söderström/Gunnar Palm Ford Escort Twin-cam
R Ove Andersson/John Davenport Ford Escort Twin-cam
Lancia Fulvia
Lancia Fulvia
DAF 44
DAF 55
R Citroen DS21 mechanical
R Citroen DS21 mechanical
R Citroen DS21 hit by a non-competing car
R Leo Bertorelli/Peter Hilliard Ford Escort Twin-cam
R Alan Allard/Tom Fisk Ford Escort Twin-cam
R Stanley Palmer/Paul Steiner Vauxhall Ventura
R Noel Smith/Paddy McGuire Renault Gordini
R Robert Neyret Citroen DS Original hit by a non-competing car 8717 SL 38
Note: Organisers permitted Groups 1-6 to compete, but only 1-3 were allowed in European Championship
rallies. Hence the organisers withdrew from the European Championship. There were 64 entries, 12 finishers.
RAC Rally
15th-22nd November 1968
1 12 Simo Lampinen/John Davenport Saab V4 650m34s PA 9782
2 24 Carl Orrenius/Gustav Schröderheim Saab V4 666m04 PA 9210
3 2 Rod Cooper/Ian Cooper Ford Lotus Cortina 685m23 FYU 458C
4 R.Bean/P.Drury Ford Lotus Cortina 702m44
5 47 Jim Bullogh/Don Barrow Ford Escort Twin-cam 715m08 LWH 845F
6 28 Phil Cooper/Mike Bennett Mini Cooper S 731m45 RJB 326F
7 B.Wilkinson/J.Billett Ford Escort Twin-cam 747m29
8 33 John Barnes/Tony Pettie Peugeot 204 759m33
9 G.Ruttinger/G.Bork Wartburg 761m19
10 G.John/I.Harwood Ford Lotus Cortina 764m13
13? 63 M.Howells/M.Hamer Rover 3500 Automatic
21? 97 Gouldsborough/Wilcock Fiat 850
? Russell Brookes Mini 850
R 15 Vic Elford/Terry Harryman Porsche 911T suspension S-C 9166
25 Harry Kallstrom/Gunnar Haggbom Lancia Fulvia HF
56 Fischer/Knoll BMW 2002 S 781
Chris Coburn/Rodney Spokes Vauxhall Viva HB1500
6 N.Cooke/E.Brundle Ford Anglia 105E
43 Cox/Salt Ford Escort TC
61 Gordon/Fritschy Ford Lotus Cortina ETF 916F
70 G.John/I.Harwood Ford Lotus Cortina
Chris Sclater/M.Holmes Ford Lotus Cortina
D.Thompson Ford Cortina
D.Griffiths Ford Cortina
R.Brown Mini Cooper S
R 60 Bob Freeborough/Les Harris Mini Cooper S
R 38 Colmacher/Zimmerman Wartburg Knight LC61-36
R 3 Rauno Aaltonen/Henry Liddon Lancia Fulvia HF A65743-TO
R 4 Hannu Mikkola/Ahava Lancia Fulvia A65744-TO
R Pat Moss-Carlsson/Elizabeth Nystrom Lancia Fulvia SS3/front wheels
R Timo Makinen/Paul Easter Ford Escort Twin-cam engine
R Tony Fall/Mike Wood Porsche 911T SS7/transmission S-E 8330
R Bjorn Waldegård Porsche 911T SS20
R Tom Trana Saab V4
Notes: 114 entries, 96 starters, 32 finishers. Split into two rallies: the RAC for groups 1-3,
which had European Championship status, and the European Club Rally, for groups 1-6.