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Q Trophy

Thruxton, Hampshire, Great-Britain

Date: 15/4/1968
Track length: 3.792 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 22?
Finishers: 17 classified

Pole position: Hobbs in 1.29,2
Fastest lap: Muir in 1.28,6 = 154,06 kmh

Distance: 25 laps
Average speed: 150,360 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 5/63
Car info: 1968 Cars

 

Some cars came fresh from the ETCC race on Snetterton (last Friday) and were a bit tired perhaps. Elford’s Porsche had blown there and here a problem with the throttle link mechanism prevented a finish higher than 4th in class. Muir won outright with Hobbs second overall; Gardner won his class, with the FVA engine again after a swap for a TC engine at Snetterton - European rules being stricter than the British ones.


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 2 Bill Shaw Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
Brian Muir, AUS
4728 V8 D 25 laps, 37.49,6 2 1.29,8 1.28,6  
2 2 1 Malcolm Gartlan Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
David Hobbs, GB
4728 V8 D 25 1 1.29,2    
3 1 10 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Cortina Mk 2 Lotus
Frank Gardner, AUS
1594 L4 C 24 laps, 38.00,4 5      
4 2 11 A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Cortina Mk 2 Lotus
Brian Robinson, GB
1594 L4 C 24 7      
5 1 32 Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Anglia
Chris Craft, GB
997 L4 A 23 11      
6 2 39 SRT Holland
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR
Ab Goedemans, NL
982 L4 A 23 13      
7 3 38 SRT Holland
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR
Toine Hezemans, NL
982 L4 A 23 15      
8 3 4  
Ford Mustang
John Ewer, GB
4728 V8 D 23 12      
9 3 14 A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Barry Pearson, GB
1594 L4 C 22 16      
10 4 36 Equipe Arden
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Gordon Spice, GB
999 L4 A 22 18      
11 1 26  
Austin Mini Cooper S
Graham Janzen, GB
1293 L4 B 21 20      
12 5 35  
Morris Mini Cooper S 970
Robin Searle, GB
999 L4 A   21      
13 2 20 Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S
John Rhodes, GB
1293 L4 B 21 6      
14 3 25 Cars and Car Conversions
Austin Mini Cooper S
Tony Youlten, GB
1293 L4 B 20 14      
15 4 27  
Austin Mini Cooper S
David Buckett, GB
1293 L4 B 20 22      
16 5 21 Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S
Steve Neal, GB
1293 L4 B   9      
17 4 9 Bill Bradley
Porsche 911 L
Vic Elford, GB
1991 B6 C 18 4     Throttle cable
DNF      
Ford Falcon Sprint
Roy Pierpoint, GB
4728 V8 D 13 3 1.31,6   Head gasket
DNF   17 Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Escort 1300 GT
John Fitzpatrick, GB
1298 L4 B 1 10     Suspension
DNF   12 A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Tony Dean, GB
1594 L4 C 10 8     Suspension
DNF   7  
Chevrolet Camaro
Malcolm Wayne, GB
  V8 D 1 19     Lost wheel
DNF   33  
Ford Anglia
Les Nash, GB
997 L4 A 1 17      
DNS   32 Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Anglia
Mike Walker, GB
997 L4 A         Car driven by Craft
DNA?     David Brook
Ford Falcon Sprint
Alan Stubbs, GB
4728 V8 D          
DNA?     Alan Fraser Racing Team
Hillman Imp
Ray Calcutt, GB
998 L4 A          
DNA?     Alan Fraser Racing Team
Hillman Imp
Tony Lanfranchi, GB
998 L4 A