1969 Datsun Three Hour

The 1969 Datsun Three Hour was an endurance race for production cars. The event was staged at the Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia on 14 September 1969.

Results

Position Drivers No. Car Entrant Laps
1 Allan Moffat
John French
61 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Ford Motor Company 118
2 Tom Roddy
Murray Carter
64 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Bob Rollington Pty Ltd 117
3 Fred Gibson
Barry Seton
62 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Ford Motor Company 116
Class A :
1 Bob Holden
Don Toffolon
Datsun 1000 Datsun Racing Team 100
2 Allan Johns
Warren Gracie
Hillman GT Allan Johns 96
DNF Barry Tapsall Datsun 1000
DNF Bill Evans, Datsun 1000
Class B :
1 John Roxburgh
Doug Whiteford
1 Datsun 1600 Datsun Racing Team 105
2 Frank Coad
J Leighton
Datsun 1600 Datsun Racing Team 104
3 A Barrett
M Mollison
14 Morris 1500 RG Lanyon 101
 ? Barry Robertson
Peter Harding
Datsun 1600
DNF Rusty French Hillman Gazelle
Class C :
1 Jack Nougher
David O'Keefe
Chrysler Valiant VF Pacer Eiffeltower Motors 112
2 G Scott
Des West
Chrysler Valiant VF Pacer Eiffeltower Motors 112
3 D Yeates
Neil Edwards
45 Ford XT Falcon V8 Bayford Motors 111
 ? Bob Brown Chrysler Valiant VF Pacer
 ? Paul Dyer
Alan Vincent
33 Morris Cooper S
 ? Joe Camilleri 32 Morris Cooper S
 ? Ron Simmonds
A McIntyre
29 Morris Cooper S
 ? Norm Blunt Morris Cooper S
 ? Clem Smith Chrysler Valiant VF Pacer
 ? Lord-Milne
Moore
Renault R16TS
 ?  ? Renault R16TS
DNF Frank Leggatt Morris Cooper S
Class D :
1 Allan Moffat
John French
61 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Ford Motor Company 118
2 Tom Roddy
Murray Carter
64 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Bob Rollington Pty Ltd 117
3 Fred Gibson
Barry Seton
62 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Ford Motor Company 116
4 Terry Robertson
Graeme Blanchard
59 Holden HT Monaro GTS 350
5 Bruce Rae
Russell Kramer
Holden HK Monaro GTS 327
 ? Pat Peck
Gloria Taylor
66 Ford XW Falcon GTHO
DNF Lionel Ayers Holden HT Monaro GTS 350
DNF Spencer Martin
Kevin Bartlett
57 Holden HT Monaro GTS 350 Holden Dealer Team
DNF Peter Larner
Richard Knight
Ford XW Falcon GTHO
DNF Ian Geoghegan Ford XW Falcon GTHO
DNF Max Volkers Holden HT Monaro GTS 350
DNF David McKay
Brian Foley
67 Ford XW Falcon GTHO
Exc Bruce McPhee
Barry Mulholland
63 Ford XW Falcon GTHO
Class E :
1 Bryan Thompson
Graham Ritter
Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV Bryan Thomson Motors 111
2 T Roberts
John Ould
BMW 2002 John Ould Motors 108
3 Don Uebergang
G Rhodes
93 Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV Bryan Thomson Motors 107
Exc Ray Gulson
Brown
80 Alfa Romeo 1750 Berlina

References

Further reading

Preceded by
1968 Datsun 3 Hour Trophy
Sandown Three Hour
1969
Succeeded by
1970 Sandown Three Hour 250