1968 RAC Tourist Trophy

Although the 1967 TT was part of the European Touring Car Championship, the 1968 and 33rd running of the RAC International Tourist Trophy Race, saw a return to Group 7 sportscars. The world’s oldest motor race was the fourth round of the British Sports Car Championship. This was the held at the Oulton Park circuit, in Cheshire, England, on the 3 June.^[1][2]

Report[]

Entry[]

The event attracted a total of 33 sports cars, with every entrant taking part in qualifying. Amongst the entries was the reigning World Drivers Champion, Denny Hulme.^[2]

Qualifying[]

Fresh from his second place in the 1968 Monaco Grand Prix, Richard Attwood took pole position for the Alan Mann Racing team, in their Ford P68, averaging a speed of 103.500 mph, around 2.761 miles circuit. Alongside Attwood would be Jo Bonnier, in his self-entered Lola T70.^[1][2]

Race[]

The race was held over 110 laps of the Oulton Park circuit. Denny Hulme took his Sid Taylor Racing prepared Lola T70 Mk.3 to his third TT win in four years, winning with an aggregated time of 3hrs 03:57.200mins., averaging a speed of 99.074 mph. Just 9.4 seconds behind in second place was David Piper, who shared his Ferrari 412 P with Richard Attwood. Attwood joined Piper following the demise of his pole winning Ford P68. Third place was attained by Paul Hawkins, in his Ford GT40, albeit one lap adrift.^[1][2]

Classification[]

Result[]

Pos.	No.	Driver(s)	Entrant	Car - Engine	Time, Laps	Reason Out
1st	42	Denny Hulme	Sid Taylor Racing	Lola-Chevrolet T70 Mk.3 GT	3hrs 03:57.200 110 laps
2nd	34	David Piper Richard Attwood	David Piper	Ferrari 412 P	3hrs 04:06.600 110
3rd	38	Paul Hawkins	Paul Hawkins Racing	Ford GT40	109
4th	14	Tony Dean	A. G. Dean (Racing)	Ferrari Dino 206 S	104
5th	18		Midland Racing Partnership	Porsche 906	103
6th	16	Jeff Edmonds	Jeff Edmonds	Porsche 906	103
7th	19			Porsche 906	102
8th	37			Ford GT40	102
9th	36	David Prophet	David Prophet	Ford GT40	101
10th	7	John Miles	Gold Leaf Team Lotus	Lotus 47	100
11th				Chevron-Ford B6	96	Clutch
12th		Alain de Cadenet	Alain de Cadenet	Ferrari Dino 206 S	94
13th			Richard Groves	Ginetta-Lotus G12	92
14th	3			Lotus 47	81
DNF	1	Trevor Taylor	Team Elite	Lotus 47	63	Front Suspension
DNF			Racing Preparations	Chevron-Climax B8	62
DNF		Mike Beckwith	A. G. Dean (Racing)	Porsche 906	59	Chassis breakage
DNF				Lotus 47	56
DNF			Northumbria Racing Association	Chevron-BMW B8	37	Fuel pump
DNF	22			Chevron-BMW B8	35	Valve springs
DNF				Chevron-BMW B8	29	Accident
DNF			Chris Barber	Lotus 47	28	Con rod
DNF	23	Alan Rollinson	Techspeed Racing	Chevron-BMW B8	20	Throttle linkage
DNF	40	Jo Bonnier	Ecurie Bonnier	Lola-Chevrolet T70 Mk.3 GT	17	Split fuel tank
DNF				Nathan-BMW	16	Head gasket
DNF		Chris Ashmore	Jeff Edmonds	Ferrari 250 LM	12	Brakes
DNF	39		Paul Hawkins Racing	Ford GT40	12	Gearbox
DNF		Richard Attwood	Alan Mann Racing	Ford P68	11	Differential
DNF			Tom Clapham	Chevron-Ford B8	4	Cracked block
DNS			Worcestershire Racing Association	Ginetta-Ford G16		Unraceworthy
DNS	21			Chevron-BMW B8
DNS				Ford GT40		Cracked block
DNS				Ferrari 250 LM		Valve-seat
Source:[1][2]

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