1968 RAC Tourist Trophy
The 1968 RAC Tourist Trophy was a motor race which was held at the Oulton Park circuit, in Cheshire, England, on the 3 June. Although the 1967 race 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 1968 British Sports Car Championship.[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 |  Denny Hulme |
Sid Taylor Racing | Lola-Chevrolet T70 Mk.3 GT | 3hrs 03:57.200 110 laps |
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| 2nd | 34 |  David Piper Richard Attwood |
David Piper | Ferrari 412 P | 3hrs 04:06.600 110 |
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| 3rd | 38 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Paul Hawkins |
Paul Hawkins Racing | Ford GT40 | 109 | |
| 4th | 14 | Tony Dean |
A. G. Dean (Racing) | Ferrari Dino 206 S | 104 | |
| 5th | 18 | William Bradley |
Midland Racing Partnership | Porsche 906 | 103 | |
| 6th | 16 | Jeff Edmonds |
Jeff Edmonds | Porsche 906 | 103 | |
| 7th | 19 | Jeremy Delmar-Morgan |
Jeremy Delmar-Morgan | Porsche 906 | 102 | |
| 8th | 37 | Peter Sadler |
Peter Sadler | Ford GT40 | 102 | |
| 9th | 36 | David Prophet Richard Bond |
David Prophet | Ford GT40 | 101 | |
| 10th | 7 | John Miles |
Gold Leaf Team Lotus | Lotus 47 | 100 | |
| 11th | John Bridges John Lepp |
John Bridges | Chevron-Ford B6 | 96 | Clutch | |
| 12th | Alain de Cadenet Alan McKay |
Alain de Cadenet | Ferrari Dino 206 S | 94 | ||
| 13th | John Moore |
Richard Groves | Ginetta-Lotus G12 | 92 | ||
| 14th | 3 | John Nicholson |
John Nicholson | Lotus 47 | 81 | |
| DNF | 1 | Trevor Taylor |
Team Elite | Lotus 47 | 63 | Front Suspension |
| DNF | John Markey |
Racing Preparations | Chevron-Climax B8 | 62 | ||
| DNF | Mike Beckwith |
A. G. Dean (Racing) | Porsche 906 | 59 | Chassis breakage | |
| DNF | John Calvert Jim Lumsden-Taylor |
John Calvert | Lotus 47 | 56 | ||
| DNF | John Blades |
Northumbria Racing Association | Chevron-BMW B8 | 37 | Fuel pump | |
| DNF | 22 | John Lepp |
John Lepp | Chevron-BMW B8 | 35 | Valve springs |
| DNF | Phil Silverston |
Phil Silverston | Chevron-BMW B8 | 29 | Accident | |
| DNF | John Hine |
Chris Barber | Lotus 47 | 28 | Con rod | |
| DNF | 23 | Alan Rollinson |
Techspeed Racing | Chevron-BMW B8 | 20 | Throttle linkage |
| DNF | 40 |  Jo Bonnier |
Ecurie Bonnier | Lola-Chevrolet T70 Mk.3 GT | 17 | Split fuel tank |
| DNF | Roger Nathan |
Roger Nathan Motor Racing | Nathan-BMW | 16 | Head gasket | |
| DNF | Chris Ashmore |
Jeff Edmonds | Ferrari 250 LM | 12 | Brakes | |
| DNF | 39 | Eric Liddell |
Paul Hawkins Racing | Ford GT40 | 12 | Gearbox |
| DNF | Richard Attwood |
Alan Mann Racing | Ford P68 | 11 | Differential | |
| DNF | Geoff Breakell |
Tom Clapham | Chevron-Ford B8 | 4 | Cracked block | |
| DNS | John Burton |
Worcestershire Racing Association | Ginetta-Ford G16 | Unraceworthy | ||
| DNS | 21 | Trevor Twaites |
Chevron-BMW B8 | |||
| DNS | Edward Nelson |
Edward Nelson | Ford GT40 | Cracked block | ||
| DNS | David Skailes |
David Skailes | Ferrari 250 LM | Valve-seat | ||
| Source:[1][2] | ||||||
References
- "World Sports Racing Prototypes - British Sports Car Championship 1968". Wsrp.ic.cz. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- "Tourist Trophy 1968 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars".