1968 Surfers Paradise 4-Hour

June 2020 June 2011 The 1968 Surfers Paradise 4-Hour was an endurance race for Series Production Touring Cars.Official Programme, Surfers Paradise 4-Hour, Sun, 9 June, front cover It was held at the Surfers Paradise International Raceway in Queensland, Australia on 9 June 1968. The race was won by John French, driving an Alfa Romeo GTV.Des White, French / Alfa win 4-Hour, Racing Car News, July 1968, pages 64 to 66 Classes The race was open to models of which at least 200 had been manufactured in Australia or 100 had been imported after 1 January 1964.4-Hour Set for Surfers, Racing Car News, May 1968, Page 5 Cars competed in five classes according to the retail price of each model. Results Position Drivers No. Car Entrant Laps Class A : Up to $1800 1 Peter Lefranke K. Turner Toyota Corolla Farsley Motors 132 2 Jim Laing-Peach Bob Drane Toyota Corolla Dranes Tuning Shoppe 128 3 Allan Johns What Price Alfa for Bathurst? Sports Car World, August 1968, Pages 30 & 31 Dave Frazer Hillman GT Allan Johns 127 4 Fred Sayers Graham Finan Morris Mini De Luxe Fred Sayers 127 Class B : $1801 to $2100 1 Barry Tapsall 26Australia's Speed Year, Achievements 1968 (Castrol), pages 18 & 19 Datsun 1600 B. Tapsall 137 2 Ann Thomson Toni Lefranke Morris Cooper Grand Prix Auto Service 131 3 W. Collins N. McLeod Morris Cooper W. Collins 126 4 T. Gilltrap Stuart Anderson Brier Thomas, 4-Hour to Alfa, Australian Auto Sportsman, July/August 1968, Pages 38 & 39 22 Hillman Arrow T. Gilltrap 124 Disq Radford D. Seldon Morris Cooper Varsity Auto Centre 135 Class C : $2101 to $3000 1 M. McGregor F. Hunt Morris Cooper S M McGregor 140 2 Mike Champion Barry Arentz Ford XR Falcon V8Stewart Wilson & Max Stahl, Ford Competition successes, 1953–1989, Ford - The racing history, 1989, page 283 Competition Cars 140 3 T. Basile Joe Vasta Fiat 125 Tony Basile 135 4 Glyn Scott Max Volkers Ford XT Falcon V8The Scott / Volkers car is listed as a Falcon XR V8 on page 283 of Ford - The racing history, however an image published with the race report on page 39 of Australian Auto Sportsman, July/August 1968 shows it to be a Falcon XT G. Scott Motors 134 ? Paul Zacka Graham Perry Holden HK V8 Automatic DNF Gracie James Morris Cooper S DNF Cam Skinner Stanley Morris Cooper S Marque Motors Disq Mal Brewster Digby Cooke Morris Cooper S Marque Motors 142 Class D : $3001 to $4500 1 Bill Gates Jim Bertram Ford XR Falcon GT Bill Gates 143 2 Ken Stacey Bruce McIntyre Ford XR Falcon GT Wright Ford Motors 142 3 Dennis Geary Murray Harrod Ford XR Falcon GT Denis Geary Motors 140 4 Roy Griffiths Ian Ferguson Ford XR Falcon GT R. Griffith 138 5 Gerry Trebilcock Neville Trebilcock BMW 1600 G. Trebilcock 133 Class E : Over $4500 1 John French 61 Alfa Romeo GTV Alec Mildren (Qld.) 146 2 Keith Littlemore Graham Littlemore 63 Alfa Romeo GTV Grand Prix Auto Service 139 3 Frank Perry D. Morrow Alfa Romeo GTV F. Perry 137 Notes Starters: 26 Non-finishers: 4 References Further reading Surfers' speed, The Courier Mail, Monday, 10 June 1968, page 20 28 0 59 S 153 22 34 E type:event_region:AU-QLD title Category:Motorsport at Surfers Paradise International Raceway Surfers Paradise 4 Hour