1968 RAC Tourist Trophy

Although the 1967 TT was part of the European Touring Car Championship, the 1968 and 33rd running of the RAC International Tourist Trophy Race, saw a return to Group 7 sportscars. The world’s oldest motor race was the fourth round of the British Sports Car Championship. This was the held at the Oulton Park circuit, in Cheshire, England, on the 3 June.[1][2]

Report

Entry

The event attracted a total of 33 sports cars, with every entrant taking part in qualifying. Amongst the entries was the reigning World Drivers Champion, Denny Hulme.[2]

Qualifying

Fresh from his second place in the 1968 Monaco Grand Prix, Richard Attwood took pole position for the Alan Mann Racing team, in their Ford P68, averaging a speed of 103.500 mph, around 2.761 miles circuit. Alongside Attwood would be Jo Bonnier, in his self-entered Lola T70.[1][2]

Race

The race was held over 110 laps of the Oulton Park circuit. Denny Hulme took his Sid Taylor Racing prepared Lola T70 Mk.3 to his third TT win in four years, winning with an aggregated time of 3hrs 03:57.200mins., averaging a speed of 99.074 mph. Just 9.4 seconds behind in second place was David Piper, who shared his Ferrari 412 P with Richard Attwood. Attwood joined Piper following the demise of his pole winning Ford P68. Third place was attained by Paul Hawkins, in his Ford GT40, albeit one lap adrift.[1][2]

Classification

Result

Pos. No. Driver(s) Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1st 42 New Zealand Denny Hulme Sid Taylor Racing Lola-Chevrolet T70 Mk.3 GT 3hrs 03:57.200
110 laps
2nd 34 United Kingdom David Piper
United Kingdom Richard Attwood
David Piper Ferrari 412 P 3hrs 04:06.600
110
3rd 38 Australia Paul Hawkins Paul Hawkins Racing Ford GT40 109
4th 14 United Kingdom Tony Dean A. G. Dean (Racing) Ferrari Dino 206 S 104
5th 18 United Kingdom William Bradley Midland Racing Partnership Porsche 906 103
6th 16 United Kingdom Jeff Edmonds Jeff Edmonds Porsche 906 103
7th 19 United Kingdom Jeremy Delmar-Morgan Jeremy Delmar-Morgan Porsche 906 102
8th 37 United Kingdom Peter Sadler Peter Sadler Ford GT40 102
9th 36 United Kingdom David Prophet
United Kingdom Richard Bond
David Prophet Ford GT40 101
10th 7 United Kingdom John Miles Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 47 100
11th United Kingdom John Bridges
United Kingdom John Lepp
John Bridges Chevron-Ford B6 96 Clutch
12th United Kingdom Alain de Cadenet
United Kingdom Alan McKay
Alain de Cadenet Ferrari Dino 206 S 94
13th United Kingdom John Moore Richard Groves Ginetta-Lotus G12 92
14th 3 United Kingdom John Nicholson John Nicholson Lotus 47 81
DNF 1 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Team Elite Lotus 47 63 Front Suspension
DNF United Kingdom John Markey Racing Preparations Chevron-Climax B8 62
DNF United Kingdom Mike Beckwith A. G. Dean (Racing) Porsche 906 59 Chassis breakage
DNF United Kingdom John Calvert
United Kingdom Jim Lumsden-Taylor
John Calvert Lotus 47 56
DNF United Kingdom John Blades Northumbria Racing Association Chevron-BMW B8 37 Fuel pump
DNF 22 United Kingdom John Lepp John Lepp Chevron-BMW B8 35 Valve springs
DNF United Kingdom Phil Silverston Phil Silverston Chevron-BMW B8 29 Accident
DNF United Kingdom John Hine Chris Barber Lotus 47 28 Con rod
DNF 23 United Kingdom Alan Rollinson Techspeed Racing Chevron-BMW B8 20 Throttle linkage
DNF 40 Sweden Jo Bonnier Ecurie Bonnier Lola-Chevrolet T70 Mk.3 GT 17 Split fuel tank
DNF United Kingdom Roger Nathan Roger Nathan Motor Racing Nathan-BMW 16 Head gasket
DNF United Kingdom Chris Ashmore Jeff Edmonds Ferrari 250 LM 12 Brakes
DNF 39 United Kingdom Eric Liddell Paul Hawkins Racing Ford GT40 12 Gearbox
DNF United Kingdom Richard Attwood Alan Mann Racing Ford P68 11 Differential
DNF United Kingdom Geoff Breakell Tom Clapham Chevron-Ford B8 4 Cracked block
DNS United Kingdom John Burton Worcestershire Racing Association Ginetta-Ford G16 Unraceworthy
DNS 21 United Kingdom Trevor Twaites Chevron-BMW B8
DNS United Kingdom Edward Nelson Edward Nelson Ford GT40 Cracked block
DNS United Kingdom David Skailes David Skailes Ferrari 250 LM Valve-seat
Source:[1][2]

References

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