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