1968 Australian Touring Car Championship

1968 Australian Touring Car Championship
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The 1968 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group C Improved Production Touring Cars.[1] It was contested over a single race staged at the Warwick Farm circuit in New South Wales, Australia on 8 September 1968.[2] The title, which was the ninth Australian Touring Car Championship, was won by Ian Geoghegan driving a Ford Mustang.[3]

Results

The Ford Mustang with which Ian Geoghegan won the 1968 Australian Touring Car Championship. The car is pictured in 2013.
Position [3] Driver [3] No. [4] Car [3] Entrant [4] Class Pos. Class [4] Laps [3]
1 Ian Geoghegan 1 Ford Mustang The Mustang Team 1 [5] Over 3000 cc 34
2 Darrell King 26 Morris Cooper S D King 1 [5] 1101 - 1500 cc 34
3 Alan Hamilton 19 Porsche 911 [4] Porsche Distributors (Aus/NZ) Pty Ltd 1 [5] 1501 - 2000 cc 34
4 Fred Gibson 2 Ford Mustang NE Allen Competition Pty Ltd 2 Over 3000 cc 33
5 Laurie Stewart 9 Morris Cooper S Brain Foley Motors 1 [5] Up to 1100 cc 33
6 John Millyard 30 Morris Cooper S Martinz Place 2 Up to 1100 cc 33
7 Peter Manton 12 Morris Cooper S Peter Manton Motors 2 1101 - 1500 cc 33
8 Graeme Spence 32 Austin Cooper S K Townsend 3 1101 - 1500 cc 33
9 John Humphrey 29 Morris Cooper S Humphrey's Golden Fleece Service Station 3 Up to 1100 cc 33
10 Bryan Thomson 17 Ford Mustang Bryan Thomson Racing 3 Over 3000 cc 32
11 Dick Thurston 37 Toyota Corolla AMI Racing Team 4 Up to 1100 cc 31
12 Herb Taylor 23 Holden EH HE Taylor 1 [5] 2001 to 3000 cc 28
13 Graham Ryan 24 Holden EH Graham Ryan Auto Repairs 2 2001 to 3000 cc 28
DNF Red Dawson 35 Ford Mustang IW (Red ) Dawson   Over 3000 cc 23
DNF Paul Fahey 6 Ford Mustang PB Fahey   Over 3000 cc 21
DNF Phil Barnes 11 Morris Cooper S Phil Barnes Motor Service   1101 - 1500 cc 19
DNF Fred Seery 28 Morris Cooper S FR Seery   1101 - 1500 cc 15
DNF Brian Foley 8 Morris Cooper S Brian Foley Motors Pty Ltd   1101 - 1500 cc 12
DNF Chris Brauer 16 Ford Cortina Lotus Mk 1 [6] CD Brauer   1501 - 2000 cc 12
DNF Norm Beechey 4 Chevrolet Camaro SS [4] Norm Beechey   Over 3000 cc 11
DNF Don Holland 20 Morris Cooper S Don Holland Motors   1101 - 1500 cc 8
DNF Bob Jane 3 Ford Mustang Bob Jane's Autoland   Over 3000 cc 8
DNF Barrie Broomhall 33 Morris Cooper S Barrie Broomhall Motors   1101 - 1500 cc 8
DNF Rod Coppins 10 Ford Mustang R Coppins   Over 3000 cc 6
DNF Bruce Jones 27 Morris Cooper S Bruce A Jones   1101 - 1500 cc 4
DNF Nick Petrilli 21 Holden EH N Petrilli   2001 to 3000 cc 3
DNF Jim McKeown 7 Ford Cortina Lotus Mk 2 Jim McKeown Motors   1501 - 2000 cc 2
DNF Howie Sangster 38 Morris Cooper S HG Sangster   1101 - 1500 cc 1
DNF Martin Chenery 22 Holden EH M Chenery   2001 to 3000 cc 0
DNF Bob Morris 36 Toyota Corolla Bill Buckle Motors   Up to 1100 cc 0

Race statistics:

References

  1. ↑ Conditions for Australian Titles, 1968 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 70-73.
  2. ↑ Thomas B Floyd, Geoghegan Holds Title, Sports Car World, November 1968, pages 16-28
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Graham Howard , Stewart Wilson, David Greenhalgh, The thunder of V8s, The official history - Australian Touring Car Championship - 50 Years, 2011, pages 58-63
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 The 1968 Australian Touring Car Championship, Official Programme, Warwick Farm, Sept. 8, pages 30 & 31
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Motor Racing at Warwick Farm, The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, September 9, 1968, page 14
  6. ↑ An image published within the article Geoghegan Holds Title on page 28 of Sports Car World, November 1968, shows Brauer’s Ford Cortina Lotus to be a Mark 1
  7. ↑ Barry Cooke, Touring CarTitle - sound and fury, Modern Motor, November 1968, pages 57 & 104

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