Pole position: Muir
Fastest lap: Muir in 1.41,1
Distance: 20 laps
Average speed: 163,360 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 5/63
Car info: 1968 Cars
The Falcons were easily quickest at Silverstone at the end of April, but although still saddled with the Cortina, Gardner was up behind the Muir-Hobbs battle and inherited second place when Hobbs pitted with ignition bothers. Then Gardner had his own troubles when the Cortina’s fuel pump packed up and he had to drive with one hand, switching the electric fuel pump on and off with the other, so he was passed by Pierpoint’s ailing Falcon and the Porsche which Elford was, in fact, driving for the last time in the season. Report from Motor Racing Year 1968-9 |
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| 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 | 41 | Bill Shaw Racing Ford Falcon Sprint |
Brian Muir, AUS |
4728 | V8 | D | 20 laps, 34.36,0 | 1 | 1.41,1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Ford Falcon Sprint |
Roy Pierpoint, GB |
4728 | V8 | D | 20 | |||||
| 3 | 1 | Bill Bradley Porsche 911 L |
Vic Elford, GB |
1991 | B6 | C | 20 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | Alan Mann Racing Ford Cortina Mk 2 Lotus |
Frank Gardner, AUS |
1594 | L4 | C | 20 | 1.45,0 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | Ford Mustang |
John Ewer, GB |
4728 | V8 | D | 20 | |||||
| 6 | 3 | A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd. Ford Lotus Cortina |
Tony Dean, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 20 | |||||
| 7 | 1 | Cooper Car Co. Austin Mini Cooper S |
John Rhodes, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 19 | 1.50,3 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group Ford Escort 1300 GT |
John Fitzpatrick, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 19 | 1.50,3 | ||||
| 9 | 4 | Ford Lotus Cortina |
Willy Kay, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 19 | |||||
| 10 | 1 | Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group Ford Anglia |
Chris Craft, GB |
997 | L4 | A | 19 | 1.52,8 | ||||
| 11 | 3 | Ford Belgium Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Mike Walker, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 19 | |||||
| 12 | 4 | Morris Mini Cooper S |
Peter Lague, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 19 | |||||
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Equipe Arden Austin Mini Cooper S 970 |
Gordon Spice, GB |
999 | L4 | A | 19 | ||||
| 14 | 5 | Mick Clare BMC Mini Cooper S |
John Wales, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 19 | |||||
| 3 | Ford Anglia |
Ken Costello, GB |
997 | L4 | A | |||||||
| 4 | Hillman Imp |
Allan Jones, GB |
998 | L4 | A | |||||||
| Chevrolet Camaro |
Malcolm Wayne, GB |
V8 | D | |||||||||
| Alan Fraser Racing Team Hillman Imp |
Ray Calcutt, GB |
998 | L4 | A | ||||||||
| Cooper Car Co. Austin Mini Cooper S |
Steve Neal, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | ||||||||
| Cars and Car Conversions Austin Mini Cooper S |
Tony Youlten, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | ||||||||
| Austin Mini Cooper S |
Graham Janzen, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | ||||||||
| David Brook Ford Falcon Sprint |
Alan Stubbs, GB |
4728 | V8 | D | ||||||||
| Alan Fraser Racing Team Hillman Imp |
Tony Lanfranchi, GB |
998 | L4 | A | ||||||||
| DNF | 40 | Malcolm Gartlan Racing Ford Falcon Sprint |
David Hobbs, GB |
4728 | V8 | D | 14 | Engine | ||||
| DNF | Alexander BMC Mini Cooper S |
Chris Montague, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 13 | Front tyre | |||||
| DNF | A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd. Ford Lotus Cortina |
Brian Robinson, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 9 | Fuel injection | |||||
| DNF | A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd. Ford Lotus Cortina |
Barry Pearson, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 9 | ||||||