1968 Australian Tourist Trophy

The 1968 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race staged at the Mallala Race Circuit in South Australia, 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]

Layout of the Mallala Race Circuit (1964-present)

The race was won by Frank Matich driving a Matich SR3 Repco Brabham.[3] It was his fourth Australian Tourist Trophy victory.[4]

Results
Frank Matich won the 1968 Australian Tourist Trophy driving a Matich SR3. The car is pictured at Surfers Paradise International Raceway in August 1968
The Elfin in which Noel Hurd placed fifth in the race. The car is pictured in 2017
Ian Cook drove this Elfin 400, retiring after 23 laps. The car is pictured at Mallala in 2011 in its Bob Jane Racing Team colours
Position[5]

[6]

 Driver[5][6] No.[5] Car[1] Entrant[1] Class pos.[5] Class[5] Laps[5]
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 Charlie Tuckey[7] 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. 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. Fourth TT Race To F Matich, The Advertiser, Tuesday, 30 January 1968, page 12
  4. Past Title Winners, CAMS Manual of Motorsport 1969, page 60
  5. 12th Australian Tourist Trophy Race Meeting - Results, Eric Rainsford Library, Sporting Car Club of South Australia
  6. Matich wins Tourist Trophy, Australian Motor, April 1968, page 56
  7. Official Programme has C. Tuckey, official Results use C. Tuckey, race report in Racing Car News has Col Tuckey, race report in Australian Motor has Chis Tuckey, race report in Australian Motor Manual has Charlie Tuckey, track test report of the Nova III "Shoestring Racer? - Perhaps" written by Barry Catford and published in Sports Car World, March 1968, pages 32 to 34, uses Charlie Tuckey.
  8. John Brownsea, Mallala: Matich still No.1, Racing Car News, March 1968, pages 78 & 79

Further reading
  • Matich all the way in Australian Tourist Trophy, Australian Motor Manual, April 1968, pages 42 & 43
  • Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, page 168
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