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Q Trophy

Thruxton, Hampshire, Great-Britain

Date: 15/4/1968
Track length: 3.792 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position: Hobbs
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
1 1 2 Bill Shaw Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
Brian Muir, AUS
4728 V8 D 25 laps, 37.49,6 2   1.28,6  
2 2   Malcolm Gartlan Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
David Hobbs, GB
4728 V8 D 25 1      
3 1   Alan Mann Racing
Ford Cortina Mk 2 Lotus
Frank Gardner, AUS
1594 L4 C 24        
4 2   A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Brian Robinson, GB
1594 L4 C 24        
5 1   Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Anglia
Chris Craft, GB
997 L4 A 23        
6 2   SRT Holland
Abarth 1000 TCR
Ab Goedemans, NL
982 L4 A 23        
  3    
Ford Mustang
John Ewer, GB
4728 V8 D          
  3   A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Barry Pearson, GB
1594 L4 C          
  4   Bill Bradley
Porsche 911 L
Vic Elford, GB
1991 B6 C          
  1    
Austin Mini Cooper S
Graham Janzen, GB
1293 L4 B          
  2   Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S
John Rhodes, GB
1293 L4 B          
  3   Cars and Car Conversions
Austin Mini Cooper S
Tony Youlten, GB
1293 L4 B          
  4    
Austin Mini Cooper S
David Buckett, GB
1293 L4 B          
  3   SRT Holland
Abarth 1000 TCR
Toine Hezemans, NL
982 L4 A          
  4   Equipe Arden
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Gordon Spice, GB
999 L4 A          
      Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S
Steve Neal, GB
1293 L4 B          
       
Ford Lotus Cortina
Willy Kay, GB
1594 L4 C          
      David Brook
Ford Falcon Sprint
Alan Stubbs, GB
4728 V8 D          
      Alan Fraser Racing Team
Hillman Imp
Ray Calcutt, GB
998 L4 A          
  1   Alan Fraser Racing Team
Hillman Imp
Tony Lanfranchi, GB
998 L4 A          
DNF      
Ford Falcon Sprint
Roy Pierpoint, GB
4728 V8 D 13 3     Head gasket
DNF     Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Escort 1300 GT
John Fitzpatrick, GB
1298 L4 B 1       Suspension
DNF     A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Tony Dean, GB
1594 L4 C         Suspension
DNF      
Chevrolet Camaro
Malcolm Wayne, GB
  V8 D         Lost wheel
DNF     Bill Bradley
Porsche 911 L
Vic Elford, GB
1991 B6 C         Throttle cable