1969 Rothmans 12 Hour Classic

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The 1969 Rothmans 12 Hour Classic was an endurance motor race for Series Production Touring Cars. The event was held at the Surfers Paradise circuit in Queensland, Australia on 5 January 1969. It was the longest touring car race to have been held in Australia to that time.


[edit] Results

Position Drivers No. Car Entrant Laps
1 Bill Gates, Jim Bertram 16 Ford Falcon XT GT McCluskey Ford 427
2 Garry Hodge, John Leffler 42 Morris Cooper S Denis Geary Motors 426
3 Kevin Bartlett, John French 1 Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV A Mildren Pty Ltd 424
4 John Smailes, John Millyard Morris Cooper S Martinz Place 421
5 Glynn Scott, Keith Williams 25 Holden Monaro HK GTS327 Glyn Scott Motors 420
6 John Roxburgh, Doug Whiteford Datsun 1600 Datsun Racing Team 415
Class A
1 B Tapsall, R Sorensen, R Gibson Datsun 1000 Datsun Racing Team 404
2 W Scott, E Olsen Toyota Corolla W Scott 392
3 W Evans, J Cosworth Datsun 1000 Datsun Racing Team 383
4 T Floyd, P Wherrett, A Vincent Toyota Corolla MTR Services 368
 ? Noel Riley, Ken Brian Honda Scamp 334
Class B
1 John Roxburgh, Doug Whiteford Datsun 1600 Datsun Racing Team 415
2 W Coad, F Sutherland Datsun 1600 Datsun Racing Team 411
3 P Lefrancke, R Skelton, B Reed 57 Toyota Corolla SL Farsley Motors 404
4 A Whitchurch, T Gilltrap Datsun 1600 Coolangatta Tweed Heads MC 403
 ? Datsun 1600
 ? Datsun 1600
 ? Hillman
 ? Renault 10
DISQ Wooton, Morrow Datsun 1600 McInnes Auto Conversions
Class C
1 Garry Hodge, John Leffler 42 Morris Cooper S Denis Geary Motors 426
2 John Smailes, John Millyard Morris Cooper S Martinz Place 421
3 T Basile, F Leggatt Fiat 125 Tony Basile Motors 414
4 J Eiffeltower, D O'Keefe Hillman Hunter GT Eiffeltower Motors 413
 ? Cooke, Brewster, Hindmarsh Morris Cooper S
 ? Gracie Morris Cooper S
 ? Haylen Morris Cooper S
 ? Ian Kenny, Hans Marquard Morris Cooper S
 ? Joe Camilleri, John Humphrey Morris Cooper S
DISQ Hillman Hunter GT
Class D
1 Bill Gates, John Bertram 16 Ford Falcon XT GT McCluskey Ford 427
2 Glyn Scott, Keith Williams 25 Holden Monaro HK GTS327 Glyn Scott Motors 420
3 R Jones, R Forbes, D West Fiat 124S Coupe Nanda Marconi Products 413
4 G Trebilcock, N Trebilcock, H Woelders BMW 1600 G Trebilcock 411
5 Lionel Ayers, Max Volker Ford Falcon XT GT
6 Seldon Volvo 355
DNF Bruce McPhee, Doug Chivas Holden Monaro HK GTS327
DNF Denis Geary, Bill Brown Holden Monaro HK GTS327
DNF Paul Zacka, Graham Perry Holden Monaro HK GTS327
DNF Holden Monaro HK GTS327
Class E
1 Kevin Bartlett, John French 1 Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV A Mildren Pty Ltd 424
2 R Gulson, P Brown 2 Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV Canberra Speed Shop 408
3 Ivan Tighe, B Schuster Citroen DS21 Glyn Scott Motors 349

[edit] References

  • A History of Australian Motor Sport (1980)
  • Racing Car News, February 1969
  • The Australian racing history of Ford (1989)
  • The Courier Mail, Monday, 6 January 1969
  • The official racing history of HOLDEN (1988)