1967 Australian Touring Car Championship

Motor racing competition January 2021 August 2011 1967 Australian Touring Car Championship 1966 1968 thumb|250px|Layout of the Lakeside International Raceway The 1967 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title open to Group C Improved Production Touring Cars.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1967 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 69 to 71 It was contested over a single race, staged at the Lakeside Circuit in Queensland, Australia on 30 July 1967.Lakeside Program ATCC 30th July 1967 The title, which was the eighth Australian Touring Car Championship, was won by Ian Geoghegan, driving a Ford Mustang.The official history: Australian Touring Car Championship - 50 Years Greenhalgh David Howard Graham Wilson Stewart Chevron Publishing Group 2011 978-0-9805912-2-4 St Leonards, New South Wales 70–75 Report Grid positions for the championship were determined by the fastest lap times from preliminary heats, with Heat 1 being for cars up to 1500cc capacity and Heat 2 for the larger engined cars.K. Shaw, '67 Touring Title To Geoghegan In New 'Tang, Australian Auto Sportsman, September 1967, Pages Thirty-six to Thirty-nine Norm Beechey started his Chevrolet Chevy II Nova on pole position in the final, with Ian Geoghegan second in his new Ford Mustang, which had only arrived at the circuit on the morning of the race. Greg Cusack started third in another Mustang ahead of the Morris Cooper Ss of Brian Foley and Peter Manton. Beechey took the lead at the start of the race ahead of Geoghegan, with Jim McKeown moving into third from sixth place on the grid. Bob Jane's Mustang became jammed in top gear on lap 2, forcing him to retire. Beechey set a new lap record of 1:04.3 as he continued to build his lead, despite a minor clutch problem which meant that he had to make clutchless shifts. By lap 35, Terry Allan and Paul Fahey had both retired and Foley had moved into third place, with Manton running five seconds behind. The complexion of the race changed on lap 40, when the left-rear tyre of Beechey's car blew and caused him to hit the fence. Geoghegan inherited the lead and held it for the final ten laps to secure his third Australian Touring Car Championship title. Foley and Manton finished in second and third, less than twenty seconds behind Geoghegan. Results thumb|Ian Geoghegan won the championship driving this Ford Mustang. The car is pictured in 2013 in different specification. Class winners are indicated by bold text. Pos. Driver No. Car Entrant Class Laps Time/Retired 1 AUS Ian Geoghegan 1 Ford Mustang Mustang Team Over 3000cc 50 54:43.4 2 AUS Brian Foley 8 Morris Cooper S Brian Foley Motors 1101–1500cc 50 +12.0 3 AUS Peter Manton 2 Morris Cooper S Tridents Racing Team 1101–1500cc 50 +16.4 4 AUS Kevin Bartlett 5 Alfa Romeo GTA Mildren Racing Team 1501–2000cc 50 +52.7 5 AUS Greg Cusack 7 Ford Mustang Mustang Team Over 3000cc 49 +1 lap 6 AUS Jim McKeown 3 Ford Cortina Mark I Lotus Tridents Racing Team 1501–2000cc 49 +1 lap 7 NZL Rod Coppins 10 Ford Mustang R. Coppins Over 3000cc 47 +3 laps 8 AUS John French 26 Morris Cooper S J. French 0–1100cc 47 +3 laps 9 AUS John Humphrey 85 Austin Cooper S 0–1100cc 47 +3 laps 10 AUS John Rout K. Shaw, '67 Touring Title To Geoghegan In New 'Tang, Australian Auto Sportsman, September 1967, Pages Thirty-six to Thirty-nine 35 Morris Cooper S 1101–1500cc 46 +4 laps 11 AUS Gordon Clough 58 Holden EH 2001–3000cc 43 +7 laps 12 AUS Mike McGregor 74 Morris Cooper S 43 +7 laps Ret AUS Laurie Stewart 52 Morris Cooper S 0–1100cc Rob Luck, Lakeside Spectacular, Sports Car World, October 1967, pages 24 to 26 45 Ret AUS Norm Beechey 34 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova Tridents Racing Team Over 3000cc 39 Accident Ret NZL Paul Fahey 11 Ford Mustang Over 3000cc 31 Fuel pump Ret AUS Brian Michelmore 56 Ford Cortina Mark I Lotus 1501–2000cc 28 Gearbox Ret AUS Evan Thomas 48 Holden EH 2001–3000cc 20 Ret AUS Terry Allan 19 Chevrolet Camaro Over 3000cc 17 Ret AUS John Reilly 80 Holden EH 2001–3000cc 5 Ret AUS Bob Jane 6 Ford Mustang Over 3000cc 2 Gearbox Sources:White Des September 1967 Third title for Ian Geoghegan Racing Car News Chippendale, New South Wales Publishers Photo Digest Pty Ltd 26–27 Statistics Attendance: 14,000 Pole position: Norm Beechey, 1:03.4 Fastest lap: Norm Beechey, 1:03.3 (137.29 km/h, 85.3 mph) - New record Race distance: 50 laps, 120.70 km Average speed of winning car: 132.34 km/h 82.31 mph References External links Alec Mildren film on the 1967 Australian Touring Car Championship Category:Australian Touring Car Championship seasons Touring Car Championship