1968 Australian Tourist Trophy

The 1968 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race staged at the Mallala Race Circuit in South Australia on 29 January 1968.[1] The race was open to Group A Sports Cars and was recognized by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian national title race.[2] It was the twelfth Australian Tourist Trophy.[1] The race was won by Frank Matich driving a Matich SR3 Repco Brabham.[3]

Results

Frank Matich won the 1968 Australian Tourist Trophy driving a Matich SR3
Position [4]

[5]

 Driver [4] [5] No. [4] Car [1] Entrant [1] Class Pos. [4] Class [4] Laps [4]
1 Frank Matich 1 Matich SR3 Repco Brabham [3] Frank Matich Pty Ltd 1 Over 3000 cc 47
2 Geoff Vercoe 34 Cicada Ford Trengove & Vercoe 1 1101 - 1500 cc 44
3 Ralph Boord 60 Olympus Ford D Smith & Sons 2 1101 - 1500 cc 41
4 Granton Harrison 52 Elfin Clubman G Harrison 1 1500 - 2000 cc 40
5 Noel Hurd 12 Elfin Globe Ford Globe Products 2 Over 3000 cc 38
6 Gary Chapman 79 Honda S800 Dalton Honda Motors 1 Up to 1100 cc 38
7 G Mobbs 102 Elfin Clubman G Mobbs 2 Up to 1100 cc 37
8 G Evans 69 MGA s/c MG Racing Team 2 1500 - 2000 cc 32
9 Chris Tuckey 61 Nova III Aunger Racing 3 Up to 1100 cc [1] 20
DNF Malcolm Ramsay 26 Elfin 300 Ford Gilbert Motor Bodies - 1101 - 1500 cc 25
DNF Ian Cook 8 Elfin 400 Repco Bob Jane Racing Team - Over 3000 cc 23

Race Statistics

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Official Souvenir Program, Mallala Motor Races, 12th Australian Tourist Trophy, Australia Day Holiday, Monday, 29 January 1968
  2. ↑ Conditions for Australian Titles, 1968 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 70 to 73
  3. 1 2 3 Fourth TT Race To F Matich, The Advertiser, Tuesday, 30 January 1968, page 12
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12th Australian Tourist Trophy Race Meeting - Results, Eric Rainsford Library, Sporting Car Club of South Australia
  5. 1 2 Matich wins Tourist Trophy, Australian Motor, April 1968, page 56
  6. ↑ John Brownsea, Mallala: Matich still No.1, Racing Car News, March 1968, pages 78 & 79

Further reading

  • Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, page 168
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