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British Grand Prix Support Race

Brands Hatch International Circuit, Kent, Great-Britain

Date: 20/7/1968
Track length: 4.265 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position: Hahne in 1.46,7
Fastest lap: Gardner in 1.48,0

Distance: 20 laps
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 5/63
Car info: 1968 Cars

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For the British Grand Prix meeting at Brands Hatch, Hubert Hahne, better known for his BMW drives, was in the Malcolm Gartlan Falcon instead of Hobbs and justified his place with fastest practice lap, but it was Gardner who took the lead initially.
Muir got past, as did Hahne, while Roger Clark blotted his copybook with the 'supercharged' Alan Mann Escort by going off into the trees together with Robinson's Cortina and was not seen in the British championship series thereafter. Muir also went off and Gardner took the opportunity to retake the lead from Hahne who was the sole finisher in the over 1600 class.
This result put Gardner in the lead for the championship for the first time.
Report from Motor Racing Year 1968-9

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
1 1 35 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Escort TC		 Frank Gardner, AUS
 1594 L4 C 20 laps, 36.33,3 2 1.46,9 1.48,0  
2 1   Malcolm Gartlan Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint		 Hubert Hahne, D
 4728 V8 D 20 1 1.46,7 x  
3 1   Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 John Fitzpatrick, GB
 1298 L4 B 20 10   1.52,1  
4 2   A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Barry Pearson, GB
 1594 L4 C 20        
5 2   Dagenham Motors
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Alan Peer, GB
 1298 L4 B 20        
6 3 11 Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S		 John Rhodes, GB
 1293 L4 B 19        
7 1   Alan Fraser Racing Team
Hillman Imp		 Tony Lanfranchi, GB
 998 L4 A 19     1.53,6  
8 4 12 Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Steve Neal, GB
 1293 L4 B 19 7      
9 5   Mick Clare
BMC Mini Cooper S		 John Wales, GB
 1293 L4 B 19        
10 3   Dagenham Motors
Ford Escort TC		 Roger Taylor, GB
 1594 L4 C 19        
11 6   Cars and Car Conversions
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Tony Youlten, GB
 1293 L4 B 19        
12 7   Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Chris Craft, GB
 1298 L4 B 18 9      
13 8    
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Ken Costello, GB
 1293 L4 B 18        
14 9    
Austin Mini Cooper S		 David Buckett, GB
 1293 L4 B 18        
15 2   Ian Bax
Austin Mini Cooper S 970		 Ian Bax, GB
 999 L4 A 18        
16 4   A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Tony Dean, GB
 1594 L4 C 18        
17 10    
Morris Mini Cooper S		 Peter Lague, GB
 1293 L4 B 17        
18 3   Alan Fraser Racing Team
Hillman Imp		 Peter Harper, GB
 998 L4 A 17        
DNF     Wilson's Motor Caravan Centre
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Colin Youle, GB
 1293 L4 B 11       Overheating
DNF     Bill Shaw Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint		 Brian Muir, AUS
 4728 V8 D 11 3 1.47,0   Accident
DNF/CL 4   Equipe Arden
Austin Mini Cooper S 970		 Gordon Spice, GB
 999 L4 A 10        
DNF      
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Graham Janzen, GB
 1293 L4 B 9        
DNF      
Ford Falcon Sprint		 Roy Pierpoint, GB
 4728 V8 D 1 4 1.48,4   Exhaust
DNF     Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Anglia		 Mike Walker, GB
 997 L4 A 1        
DNF     Alan Mann Racing
Ford Escort TC		 Roger Clark, GB
 1594 s/c L4 D   5 1.50,7   Accident with Robinson
DNF     A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Brian Robinson, GB
 1594 L4 C   8     Accident with Clark
DNF      
Ford Mustang		 John Ewer, GB
 4728 V8 D         Fuel pump