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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
1 1 102 Bill Shaw Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint		 Brian Muir, AUS
 4728 V8 D 20 1      
2 1 111 Bill Bradley
Porsche 911 L		 Vic Elford, GB
 1991 B6 C 20 3      
3 2 112 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Cortina Mk 2 Lotus		 Frank Gardner, AUS
 1594 L4 C 20 2      
4 2 103 Malcolm Gartlan Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint		 David Hobbs, GB
 4728 V8 D 20 6      
5 3   A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Brian Robinson, GB
 1594 L4 C 20        
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   7      
8 2 126 Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Steve Neal, GB
 1293 L4 B          
9 4 118  
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Willy Kay, GB
 1594 L4 C 19        
10 2   Alan Fraser Racing Team
Hillman Imp		 Tony Lanfranchi, GB
 998 L4 A 19        
14   114 A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Tony Dean, GB
 1594 L4 C 19 4      

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
1 1 102 Bill Shaw Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint		 Brian Muir, AUS
 4728 V8 D 20        
2 1 111 Bill Bradley
Porsche 911 L		 Vic Elford, GB
 1991 B6 C 20        
3 2   A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Brian Robinson, GB
 1594 L4 C 20        
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        
6 1 125 Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S		 John Rhodes, GB
 1293 L4 B 20        
7 2   David Brook
Ford Falcon Sprint		 Alan Stubbs, GB
 4728 V8 D 20        
8 3 107  
Chevrolet Camaro		 Malcolm Wayne, GB
   V8 D 20        
9 5 118  
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Willy Kay, GB
 1594 L4 C 19        
10 1   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          
12 3   Equipe Arden
Austin Mini Cooper S 970		 Gordon Spice, GB
 999 L4 A          

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
1 1 102 Bill Shaw Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint		 Brian Muir, AUS
 4728 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   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   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 1 142 Alan Fraser Racing Team
Hillman Imp		 Ray Calcutt, GB
 998 L4 A 39        
9 3 107  
Chevrolet Camaro		 Malcolm Wayne, GB
   V8 D 39        
CL 2   Cars and Car Conversions
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Tony Youlten, GB
 1293 L4 B          
CL 2    
Ford Anglia		 John Bischoff, GB
 997 L4 A          
CL 3   Equipe Arden
Austin Mini Cooper S 970		 Gordon Spice, GB
 999 L4 A          
CL 4 103 Malcolm Gartlan Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint		 David Hobbs, GB
 4728 V8 D          
CL 4 149 Ian Bax
Austin Mini Cooper S 970		 Ian Bax, GB
 999 L4 A          
CL 5 118  
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Willy Kay, GB
 1594 L4 C 38        
CL 3 126 Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Steve Neal, GB
 1293 L4 B 32       Engine
DNF     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      
Morris Mini Cooper S		 Peter Lague, GB
 1293 L4 B 16       Engine
DNF      
Ford Falcon Sprint		 Roy Pierpoint, GB
 4728 V8 D 6       Head gasket
DNF      
Hillman Imp		 Allan Jones, GB
 998 L4 A         Accident
DNF     Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 John Fitzpatrick, GB
 1298 L4 B         Oil pressure