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 Denny Hulme Sid Taylor Racing Lola-Chevrolet T70 Mk.3 GT 3hrs 03:57.200
110 laps
2nd 34 David Piper
Richard Attwood		 David Piper Ferrari 412 P 3hrs 04:06.600
110
3rd 38 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
  1. "World Sports Racing Prototypes - British Sports Car Championship 1968". Wsrp.ic.cz. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  2. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Oulton_Park-1968-06-03-4462.html
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