 At the 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans, Mitter and Schütz were back in the 908.After 14 hours, in lap 199, Schütz at high speed crashed his #23 Langheck badly after a collision with the #64 sister car driven by Gérard Larrousse, getting ejected from the car when it rolled, surviving without severe injuries.Having already secured the championship, the "Porsche System Engineering" factory team did not participate in the penultimate round at Watkins Glen in mid July.