1968 RAC Tourist Trophy

April 2022 The 1968 RAC Tourist Trophy was a motor race which was held at the Oulton Park circuit, in Cheshire, England, on the 3 June. Although the 1967 race 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 1968 British Sports Car Championship.http://www.wsrp.ic.cz/bscc1968.html World Sports Racing Prototypes - British Sports Car Championship 1968 Wsrp.ic.cz 2014-02-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20140221090513/http://www.wsrp.ic.cz/bscc1968.html 2014-02-21 dead http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Oulton_Park-1968-06-03-4462.html Tourist Trophy 1968 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars 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. 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. 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. Classification Result Pos. No. Driver(s) Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out 1st 42 New Zealand Denny Hulme Sid Taylor Racing Lola-Chevrolet T70 Mk.3 GT 3hrs 03:57.200110 laps 2nd 34 GBR David PiperGBR Richard Attwood David Piper Ferrari 412 P 3hrs 04:06.600110 3rd 38 Australia Paul Hawkins Paul Hawkins Racing Ford GT40 109 4th 14 GBR Tony Dean A. G. Dean (Racing) Ferrari Dino 206 S 104 5th 18 GBR William Bradley Midland Racing Partnership Porsche 906 103 6th 16 GBR Jeff EdmondsJeff Edmonds Porsche 906 103 7th 19 GBR Jeremy Delmar-Morgan Jeremy Delmar-Morgan Porsche 906 102 8th 37 GBR Peter Sadler Peter Sadler Ford GT40 102 9th 36 GBR David ProphetGBR Richard Bond David Prophet Ford GT40 101 10th 7 GBR John Miles Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 47 100 11th GBR John BridgesGBR John Lepp John Bridges Chevron-Ford B6 96 Clutch 12th GBR Alain de CadenetGBR Alan McKay Alain de Cadenet Ferrari Dino 206 S 94 13th GBR John Moore Richard Groves Ginetta-Lotus G12 92 14th 3 GBR John Nicholson John Nicholson Lotus 47 81 DNF 1 GBR Trevor Taylor Team Elite Lotus 47 63 Front Suspension DNF GBR John Markey Racing Preparations Chevron-Climax B8 62 DNF GBR Mike Beckwith A. G. Dean (Racing) Porsche 906 59 Chassis breakage DNF GBR John CalvertGBR Jim Lumsden-Taylor John Calvert Lotus 47 56 DNF GBR John Blades Northumbria Racing Association Chevron-BMW B8 37 Fuel pump DNF 22 GBR John Lepp John Lepp Chevron-BMW B8 35 Valve springs DNF GBR Phil Silverston Phil Silverston Chevron-BMW B8 29 Accident DNF GBR John Hine Chris Barber Lotus 47 28 Con rod DNF 23 GBR Alan Rollinson Techspeed Racing Chevron-BMW B8 20 Throttle linkage DNF 40 Sweden Jo Bonnier Ecurie Bonnier Lola-Chevrolet T70 Mk.3 GT 17 Split fuel tank DNF GBR Roger Nathan Roger Nathan Motor Racing Nathan-BMW 16 Head gasket DNF GBR Chris Ashmore Jeff Edmonds Ferrari 250 LM 12 Brakes DNF 39 GBR Eric Liddell Paul Hawkins Racing Ford GT40 12 Gearbox DNF GBR Richard Attwood Alan Mann Racing Ford P68 11 Differential DNF GBR Geoff Breakell Tom Clapham Chevron-Ford B8 4 Cracked block DNS GBR John Burton Worcestershire Racing Association Ginetta-Ford G16 Unraceworthy DNS 21 GBR Trevor Twaites Chevron-BMW B8 DNS GBR Edward Nelson Edward Nelson Ford GT40 Cracked block DNS GBR David Skailes David Skailes Ferrari 250 LM Valve-seat Source: References 30em RAC Tourist Trophy Category:RAC Tourist Trophy RAC Tourist Trophy