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)