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Race of Champions Meeting - Guards Trophy

Brands Hatch International Circuit, Kent, Great-Britain

Date: 17/3/1968
Track length: 4.265 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position: Muir
Fastest lap: Muir in 1.48,0

Distance: 2 x 20 laps
Average speed: 137,273 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 5/63
Car info: 1968 Cars

 

The first meeting of the 1968 season was the support race of the “Race of Champions”
Muir won the race with his Falcon, despite a slow puncture - he could just stay ahead of under-2000 winner Elford. Gardner did not figure at the front, since his Cortina broke its half shaft - he could continue however.


Heat 1
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 1 102 Bill Shaw Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
Brian Muir, AUS
5295 s/c V8 D 20 laps, 37.06,0 1      
2 1 111 Bill Bradley
Porsche 911 L
Vic Elford, GB
1991 B6 C 20 laps, 37.16,0 3      
3 2 112 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Cortina Mk 2 Lotus
Frank Gardner, AUS
1594 L4 C 20 laps, 37.21,2 2      
4 2 103 Malcolm Gartlan Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
David Hobbs, GB
5000 V8 D 20 6      
5 3 115 A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Brian Robinson, GB
1594 L4 C 20 15      
6 1 125 Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S
John Rhodes, GB
1293 L4 B 20 5      
7 1 122 Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Anglia
Chris Craft, GB
997 L4 A 20 7      
8 2 126 Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S
Steve Neal, GB
1293 L4 B 20 11      
9 3 104 David Brook
Ford Falcon Sprint
Alan Stubbs, GB
4728 V8 D 19 8      
10 4 118  
Ford Lotus Cortina
Willy Kay, GB
1594 L4 C 19   no time?    
11 2 142 Alan Fraser Racing Team
Hillman Imp
Ray Calcutt, GB
998 L4 A 19 16      
12 4 107  
Chevrolet Camaro
Malcolm Wayne, GB
4949 V8 D 19 14      
13 3 133 Cars and Car Conversions
Austin Mini Cooper S
Tony Youlten, GB
1293 L4 B 19 18      
14 5 114 A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Tony Dean, GB
1594 L4 C 19 4      
15 3 146 Leonard Ward Racing
Ford Anglia
John Bischoff, GB
997 L4 A 18        
16 4 143  
Hillman Imp
Allan Jones, GB
998 L4 A 18        
17 5 149  
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Ian Bax, GB
999 L4 A 18        
18 6 144 Equipe Arden
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Gordon Spice, GB
999 L4 A 17 17      
DNF   132 Ian Bax
Austin Mini Cooper S
Peter Lague, GB
1293 L4 B 16 10      
DNF   129  
Morris Mini Cooper S
Desmond Gibb, GB
1293 L4 B 9        
DNF   141 Alan Fraser Racing Team
Hillman Imp
Tony Lanfranchi, GB
998 L4 A 8 12      
DNF   106 Curtis Smith Racing Team
Ford Mustang
Robin Smith, GB
4728 V8 D 8        
DNF   121 Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Escort 1300 GT
John Fitzpatrick, GB
1298 L4 B 8 9      
DNF   101  
Ford Falcon Sprint
Roy Pierpoint, GB
5689 V8 D 7        
DNF   105  
Ford Mustang
John Ewer, GB
4728 V8 D 6 13      
DNF   130 Alexander Engineering Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S
Chris Montague, GB
1293 L4 B 5        
DNF   131  
Austin Mini Cooper S
David Buckett, GB
1293 L4 B 5        

Heat 2
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 1 102 Bill Shaw Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
Brian Muir, AUS
5295 s/c V8 D 20 1      
2 1 111 Bill Bradley
Porsche 911 L
Vic Elford, GB
1991 B6 C 20 2      
3 2 115 A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Brian Robinson, GB
1594 L4 C 20 5      
4 3 114 A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Tony Dean, GB
1594 L4 C 20        
5 4 112 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Cortina Mk 2 Lotus
Frank Gardner, AUS
1594 L4 C 20 3      
6 1 125 Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S
John Rhodes, GB
1293 L4 B 20 6      
7 2 104 David Brook
Ford Falcon Sprint
Alan Stubbs, GB
4728 V8 D 20 9      
8 3 107  
Chevrolet Camaro
Malcolm Wayne, GB
4983 V8 D 19 12      
9 5 118  
Ford Lotus Cortina
Willy Kay, GB
1594 L4 C 19 10      
10 1 141 Alan Fraser Racing Team
Hillman Imp
Tony Lanfranchi, GB
998 L4 A 19        
11 2 142 Alan Fraser Racing Team
Hillman Imp
Ray Calcutt, GB
998 L4 A 19 11      
12 3 144 Equipe Arden
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Gordon Spice, GB
999 L4 A 19        
13 2 133 Cars and Car Conversions
Austin Mini Cooper S
Tony Youlten, GB
1293 L4 B 19 13      
14 4 146 Leonard Ward Racing
Ford Anglia
John Bischoff, GB
997 L4 A 18        
DNF   126 Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S
Steve Neal, GB
1293 L4 B 13 8      
DNF   149  
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Ian Bax, GB
999 L4 A 10        
DNF   103 Malcolm Gartlan Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
David Hobbs, GB
5000 V8 D 7 4      
DNF   122 Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Anglia
Chris Craft, GB
997 L4 A 4 7      
DNF   131  
Austin Mini Cooper S
David Buckett, GB
1293 L4 B 2        
DNF   105  
Ford Mustang
John Ewer, GB
4728 V8 D          

Aggregate result
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 1 102 Bill Shaw Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
Brian Muir, AUS
5295 s/c V8 D 40 laps, 1:14,34 1   1.48,0  
2 1 111 Bill Bradley
Porsche 911 L
Vic Elford, GB
1991 B6 C 40 3      
3 2 112 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Cortina Mk 2 Lotus
Frank Gardner, AUS
1594 L4 C 40 2      
4 3 115 A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Brian Robinson, GB
1594 L4 C 40        
5 1 125 Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S
John Rhodes, GB
1293 L4 B 40 5      
6 2 104 David Brook
Ford Falcon Sprint
Alan Stubbs, GB
4728 V8 D 39 8      
7 4 114 A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Tony Dean, GB
1594 L4 C 39 4      
8 5 118  
Ford Lotus Cortina
Willy Kay, GB
1594 L4 C 38        
9 3 107  
Chevrolet Camaro
Malcolm Wayne, GB
4983 V8 D 38        
10 1 142 Alan Fraser Racing Team
Hillman Imp
Ray Calcutt, GB
998 L4 A 38        
11 2 133 Cars and Car Conversions
Austin Mini Cooper S
Tony Youlten, GB
1293 L4 B 38        
12 2 146 Leonard Ward Racing
Ford Anglia
John Bischoff, GB
997 L4 A 36        
CL 3 144 Equipe Arden
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Gordon Spice, GB
999 L4 A 36        
CL 3 126 Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S
Steve Neal, GB
1293 L4 B 32       Engine
CL 4 149 Ian Bax
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Ian Bax, GB
999 L4 A 28        
DNF   141 Alan Fraser Racing Team
Hillman Imp
Tony Lanfranchi, GB
998 L4 A 27        
DNF   103 Malcolm Gartlan Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
David Hobbs, GB
4728 V8 D 27 6     Hub oil seal
DNF   122 Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Anglia
Chris Craft, GB
997 L4 A 24 7     Engine
DNF   132 Ian Bax
Morris Mini Cooper S
Peter Lague, GB
1293 L4 B 16       Engine
DNF   101  
Ford Falcon Sprint
Roy Pierpoint, GB
5689 V8 D 6       Head gasket
DNF   143  
Hillman Imp
Allan Jones, GB
998 L4 A         Accident
DNF   121 Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Escort 1300 GT
John Fitzpatrick, GB
1298 L4 B         Oil pressure