1968 Six Hour Le Mans

June 2019 June 2011 The 1968 Six Hour Le Mans was an endurance motor race staged at the Caversham circuit in Western Australia on 3 June 1968.6-Hour Race To Porsche, The West Australian, June 4, 1968 The race, which was open to Sports Cars, Improved Production Touring Cars and Series Production Touring Cars,Western Australian Motor Racing Results 1968, terrywalkersplace.com, as archived at web.archive.org was the 14th Six Hour Le Mans and the last to be held at Caversham.Terry Walker, Six-Hour "Le Mans", Around the Houses - A History of Motor racing in Western Australia, 1980, pages 56 to 59 The race was won by Fritz Kohout driving a Porsche 911S. Results Pos. Drivers No. Car Entrant Class Class Pos. Laps 1 Fritz Kohout, (Arthur Collett)Kohout elected not to undertake a driver change, as per Rob Janney, The WA Sporting Car Club’s Transition from Caversham to Wanneroo, wascc.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org 42 Porsche 911S Series Production Touring 1501-2000 cc 1 194 2 Rick Lisle, John Harris 49 Morris Cooper S Series Production Touring 1101-1500 cc 1 188 3 Colin Hall, Tony Hall 7 Holden Sports 2501-3000 cc 1 181 4 Austin McCarthy, Kevin Holt 9 Holden FJPeter Longley, Soggy Six-Hour, Racing Car News, July 1968, pages 36 & 37 Sports 2501-3000 cc 2 180 5 Neville Cooper, Max Fletcher 19 Fiat 125 Cecchele Motors Sports 1501-2000 cc 1 179 =6 Bruce Jones, Bob Goddard 48 Renault R8 Gordini Series Production Touring 1101-1500 cc 2 178 =6 John Bertina, Rod Lording 6 Holden Sports Over 3000 cc 1 178 8 Gordon Mitchell, Ray Shaw 30 Austin-Healey Sprite Sports 751-1100 cc 1 175 9 Neville Grigsby, Ross Bennett 39 Morris Cooper S Improved Prouction Touring 751-1100 cc 1 172 10 Doug Mould, Jeff Dunkerton 38 Morris Cooper S Improved Prouction Touring 1101-1500 cc 1 171 11 Dick Roberts 40 Chrysler Valiant V8 Improved Prouction Touring Over 3000 cc 1 171 12 J. Watson, G. Reynolds 45 Alfa Romeo Giulia Super Series Production Touring 1501-2000 cc 2 171 13 Leo Stubber, Bob Kingsbury 18 Lotus Elan Sports 1501-2000 cc 2 170 14 Barry Coleman 47 Isuzu Bellett Series Production Touring 1101-1500 cc 3 166 15 Brian Cole, B. Cleaver 33 Austin-Healey Sprite Sports 751-1100 cc 2 163 16 Les Brockwell 20 Lotus Anglia Sports 1501-2000 cc 3 162 17 Rod Waller, Bob Webb 8 Holden Sports Sports 2501-3000 cc 3 160 18 Mal McKiggan 51 Fiat 850 Series Production Touring 751-1100 cc 1 160 19 Rod Mitchell 12 Peugeot Sports 2000-2500 cc 1 159 20 Ken Glasgow 52 Morris Minor Improved Prouction Touring 751-1100 cc 2 152 21 Ray Johnson, P. Dover 35 Holden Improved Prouction Touring 2001-2500 cc 1 150 22 Norm Scott 21 Peugeot 149 23 Rod Donovan 41 Ford Falcon GT Series Production Touring Over 3000 cc 1 147 24 B. Thompson, J. Collins 29 Renault Dauphine Sports 1001-1500 cc 1 145 25 John Collins, J. Currie, R. Biltoff 15 Holden Sports 2000-2500 cc 2 132 26 Warren Matthews, B. Wilkie 25 RE Ford Sports 1001-1500 cc 2 123 DNF Noel Mitchell 24 Ford Cortina SL 156 DNF Peter Briggs, Jim Mullins 17 MGB 146 DNF Owen Stringer 50 Morris Cooper S 140 DNF John Roxburgh, Doug Whiteford 16 Datsun 2000 84 DNF T. Lunt, G. Herbert 32 MG Midget 79 DNF R. Craig, I. Leslie 43 Ford Cortina Lotus 79 DNF Derek Vince, J. Lee 23 Elfin 74 DNF Gordon Stephenson 36 Alfa Romeo GTA 71 DNF Ted Lisle, Howie Sangster, N. Scott 37 Morris Cooper S 58 DNF Mrs Marg Scott, Mrs D. McCarthy 34 NSU Prinz 51 DNF Peter Bullen, Barry Arnold 5 Hurricane V8 49 DNF Chris Royston, John Alford 22 Morris Cooper S 37 DNF Jim Cavanough 10 Holden 21 DNF Vic Watson 3 Goblin V8 19 DNF Bob Annear, P. Dorn 27 Phoenix 13 DNF Bob Biltoft, Warren Matthews 11 Ford Le Mon 12 DNF Don O'Sullivan, Ted Lisle 1 Lola T70 Mk 2 4 DNF John Glasson 4 Rambler Sports 2 Notes Starters: 44Rob Janney, The WA Sporting Car Club’s Transition from Caversham to Wanneroo, wascc.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org Finishers: 26 References Further reading A History Of Australian Motor Sport, © 1980 Category:Six Hours Le Mans Six Hours Le Mans