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Motor Show 200

Brands Hatch International Circuit, Kent, Great-Britain

Date: 20/10/1968
Track length: 4.265 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position: Gardner in 1.45,4
Fastest lap: Gardner in 1.46,6

Distance: 50 laps, 200 miles
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 5/63
Car info: 1968 Cars

 

The championship won, Alan Mann gave Gardner his head for the final race of the series, at Brands Hatch in October, when the 'Motor Show 200' took its title from a race length of over 200 kilometres. Gardner celebrated by practising at two seconds a lap less than his own class record. Hobbs led for 15 laps from first Pierpoint and then Gardner, while Muir had a monumental blow-up on lap 1 to expire from the championship in a cloud of smoke while already having secured the class.
Once in the lead, Gardner romped away, particularly when Hobbs lost all gears except top, but by then Pierpoint had retired with some accident damage after contacting Costello's Mini when Pierpoint and Hobbs lapped a whole pack of back markers, going either side of them all on the approach to Paddock Bend. Third place was taken by Toine Hezemans from Holland in a Porsche, one of several Continental visitors to make this the most international meeting of the British championship series during the year.
The Broadspeed pair of Fitzpatrick and Craft did it all wrong after running in convoy with an easy lead, Rhodes being outpaced while using unsuitable, but long-lasting tyres for the l50-miles odd. Thinking they had won (because of a track-side indicator board's incorrect message) the two toured round side by side on the last lap, much to the annoyance of David Hobbs who was still racing in the Falcon, and they then pulled into the pit road, were waved back on to the track by a frantic Ralph Broad, but not before Alan Peer got his Escort up to second spot...


Touring cars
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1 15 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Escort TC
Frank Gardner, AUS
1594 L4 C 50 laps, 1:31.12,2 1 1.45,4 1.46,6  
2 1 5 Malcolm Gartlan Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
David Hobbs, GB
4728 V8 D 50 3 1.46,6 1.47,2  
3 2 10 SRT Holland
Porsche 911 L
Toine Hezemans, NL
1991 B6 C 49 5 1.48,8    
4 3 19 A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Escort TC?
Brian Robinson, GB
1594 L4 C 48 6 1.50,6    
5 2    
Ford Falcon Sprint
Terry Sanger, GB
4728 V8 D 48 10 1.52,0    
6 4   Dagenham Motors
Ford Escort TC
Roger Taylor, GB
1594 L4 C 48 16 1.54,4    
7 1 25 Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Escort 1300 GT
Chris Craft, GB
1298 L4 B 48 11 1.52,2 1.53,4  
8 2   Dagenham Motors
Ford Escort 1300 GT
Alan Peer, GB
1298 L4 B 48 13 1.52,8    
9 3   Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Escort 1300 GT
John Fitzpatrick, GB
1298 L4 B 48 9 1.51,8    
10 5   Dieter Fröhlich
Porsche 911 L
Erwin Kremer, D
1991 B6 C 47 19 1.55,4    
11 1   Alan Fraser Racing Team
Hillman Imp
Tony Lanfranchi, GB
998 L4 A 47 25 1.56,4 1.55,0  
12 4   Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S
John Rhodes, GB
1293 L4 B 47 15 1.53,6    
13 6 17 John Willment Automobiles
Ford Escort TC
Mike Crabtree, GB
1594 L4 C 47 7 1.50,8    
14 2   Equipe Arden
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Gordon Spice, GB
999 L4 A 47 23 1.56,0    
15 5   Mick Clare
BMC Mini Cooper S
John Wales, GB
1293 L4 B 46 21 1.55,8    
16 6    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior
Jean-Pierre Cornet, B
1290 L4 B 46 26 1.56,6    
17 7   Frami Racing Holland
Ford Cortina Mk 2 Lotus
Frans Lubin, NL
1594 L4 C 45 20 1.55,6    
18 7    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Roger Heavens, GB
1293 L4 B 45 29 1.57,4    
19 8    
Austin Mini Cooper S
Graham Janzen, GB
1293 L4 B 44 33 2.01,2    
20 3    
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC
Son Borch-Christensen, DK
982 L4 A 44 34 2.03,6    
21 4   SRT Holland
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC
Rein Zwolsman, NL
982 L4 A 44 35 2.03,6    
22 9   Wilson's Motor Caravan Centre
BMC Mini Cooper S
Colin Youle, GB
1293 L4 B 44 31 1.59,0    
23 5   Alan Fraser Racing Team
Hillman Imp
Keith Holland, GB
998 L4 A 43 18 1.55,4    
NC 3?    
Ford Falcon Sprint
Martin Birrane, IRL
4728 V8 D   12 1.52,8    
NC     A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Tony Dean, GB
1594 L4 C   8 1.50,8    
DNF     Leonard Ward Racing
Ford Anglia
Lawrie Hickman, GB
997 L4 A   28 1.57,0   Throttle slides
DNF      
Morris Mini Cooper S
Peter Lague, GB
1293 L4 B   17 1.54,6   Gearbox
DNF      
Ford Anglia
Les Nash, GB
997 L4 A   27 1.56,8   Differential
DNF      
Ford Falcon Sprint
Roy Pierpoint, GB
4728 V8 D 11 4 1.47,8   Accident (with Costello)
DNF      
BMC Mini Cooper S
Ken Costello, GB
1293 L4 B 10 30 1.58,0   Accident (with Pierpoint)
DNF     A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Barry Pearson, GB
1594 L4 C 6 37 no time?   Fuel pump
DNF     Jeremy Nightingale?
Hillman Imp
Ray Calcutt, GB
998 L4 A 3 32 1.59,2   Engine
DNF     Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S
Steve Neal, GB
1293 L4 B 1 14 1.53,2   Accident
DNF      
Chevrolet Camaro
Martin Thomas, GB
  V8 D   24 1.56,2   Puncture
DNF     Bill Shaw Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
Brian Muir, AUS
4728 V8 D   2 1.46,4   Blown engine
DNS     Ian Bax
Austin Mini Cooper S
Ian Bax, GB
1293 L4 B   36 2.06,6   Reserve
DNS     Cars and Car Conversions
Austin Mini Cooper S
Tony Youlten, GB
1293 L4 B   22     Accident in practice