1968 Australian 1½ Litre Championship
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The 1968 Australian 1½ Litre Championship was a CAMS
sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Australian 1½ Litre Formula
racing cars. It was the fifth and final Australian 1½ Litre Championship
to be awarded prior to the demise of the formula at the end of 1968.
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Confederation of Australian Motor Sport
The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....
sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Australian 1½ Litre Formula
Australian 1½ Litre Formula
The Australian 1½ Litre Formula was a motor racing category which was current in Australia from 1964 to 1968. The formula specified racing cars with four cylinder unsupercharged engines using commercially available fuel and limited to 1500cc capacity...
racing cars. It was the fifth and final Australian 1½ Litre Championship
Australian 1½ Litre Championship
The Australian 1½ Litre Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title contested annually from 1964 to 1968. It was open to drivers of cars complying with the Australian 1½ Litre Formula which specified open wheel racing cars fitted with unsupercharged engines using commercially...
to be awarded prior to the demise of the formula at the end of 1968.
Calendar
The title was contested over a six heat series, run concurrently with the 1968 Australian Drivers' ChampionshipAustralian Drivers' Championship
The Australian Drivers' Championship is a motor racing championship which has been contested annually since 1957 by drivers of cars complying with Australia's premier open-wheeler racing category as determined by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. Since 2005 this category has been Formula...
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- Heat 1, Bathurst Gold Star Trophy, Mount PanoramaMount Panorama CircuitMount Panorama Circuit is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home of the Bathurst 12 Hour motor race, held each February, and the Bathurst 1000 motor race, held each October...
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, 15 April - Heat 2, Governor's Trophy, LakesideLakeside International RacewayLakeside Park, formerly known as Lakeside International Raceway is a motor racing circuit located at Pine Rivers north of Brisbane and lies adjacent to Lake Kurwongbah....
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, 28 July - Heat 3, Rothman's Trophy, Surfers ParadiseSurfers Paradise International RacewaySurfers Paradise International Raceway was a motor racing complex at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The circuit was designed and built by Keith Williams, a motor racing enthusiast. It was located opposite the Surfers Paradise Ski Gardens at Carrara...
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, 24 August - Heat 4, Lombard (Aust.) Victoria Trophy, Sandown ParkSandown RacewaySandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. It is considered a power circuit with its front straight being 899m long and back straight 910m long.-History:...
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, 15 September - Heat 5, Advertiser Trophy, Mallala, South AustraliaSouth AustraliaSouth Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, 14 October - Heat 6, Hordern Trophy, Warwick FarmWarwick Farm RacewayWarwick Farm Raceway was a motor racing facility which was in operation from 1960 to 1973. Warwick Farm Raceway hosted numerous major events during its life such as the Australian Grand Prix and rounds of both the Australian Touring Car Championship and the Tasman Series.-History:Warwick Farm...
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, 1 December
Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the drivers of the six best placed Australian 1½ Litre Formula cars at each heat. The best five results from the six heats could be retained by each driver.Results
| Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | H5 | H6 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Stewart Max Stewart Malcolm Clarke Stewart was an Australian racecar driver.... |
Rennmax BN2 Ford | Max Stewart Motors | 9 | - | 9 | - | 6 | - | 24 |
| Garrie Cooper Garrie Cooper Garrie Clifford Cooper was the founder of the highly successful Elfin Sports Cars and a competitive racing driver in his own right, winning the 1968 Australian 1½ Litre Championship and the 1975 Australian Sports Car Championship... |
Elfin 600B Ford | Elfin Sports Cars | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | 6 | 24 | |
| 3 | Ian Fergusson | Lotus 27 Lotus 27 Lotus 27 was a Formula Junior version of the Lotus 25 Formula One car for the 1963 Formula Junior season. All aluminum monocoque with steel bulkheads... Ford |
Ian Fergusson | 6 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 15 |
| 4 | John Walker Johnnie Walker (racing driver) Johnnie Walker is a former Australian racing driver. Born in Adelaide, he first raced Holden FE's in the 1960s. After competing in the Australian Formula 2 Championship he graduated to Formula 5000 where he drove an Elfin and a Matich A50 before switching to the Lola marque in late 1973.Walker... |
Elfin Mono Mk2C Ford | Gilbert Motor Bodies | - | - | 4 | - | - | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | Michael Aldred | MRC Lotus 22 Lotus 22 The Lotus 22 was a racing car built by Lotus cars in 1962, and a total of 77 cars were built. It was developed from the 1962 Lotus 20, with the major differences that it had disk brakes all round, had a top link to the rear suspension, and had a dry sump engine that was canted over to lower the... Ford |
Motor Racing Components | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | 12 |
| 6 | Brian Page | Repco Brabham BT2 Ford | Brian Page | 4 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | 10 |
| John Ampt | Elfin Mono Mk2D Ford | John Ampt | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | - | 10 | |
| 8 | Clive Millis | Elfin Mono Mk1 Ford | Merlynston Motors | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Alton Boddenberg | Lotus 32 Lotus 32 The Lotus 32 was a Formula 2 racing car built by Team Lotus in 1964. It was developed from the Lotus 27 Formula Junior model. 12 cars were produced, but only 4 competed in the Ron Harris Team Lotus entrants . Jim Clark drove the Lotus 32 to win the 1964 Formula 2 Championship... Ford |
Alton Boddenberg | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Alfredo Costanzo Alfredo Costanzo Alfredo Costanzo is a retired Australian racing driver.The Italian-Australian was Australia's foremost domestic open wheeler driver in the late 70s and early 80s, proving equally adapt at winning races in the powerful Formula 5000 class as much as the nimble Formula Pacific cars that replaced them... |
Elfin Mono Mk2B Ford | Maranello Motors | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Jeff Thompson | Lotus 20 Lotus 20 Lotus 20 was a Formula Junior car built by Lotus for the 1962 season as a successor to the Lotus 18.The chassis was a spaceframe, clothed in fibreglass bodywork. It had front double wishbone suspension, but the rear had a lower wishbone with the driveshaft being fixed length and therefore used as... b Ford |
Motor Racing Components | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Kelvin Munyard | Elfin Mono Mk1 Ford | Kelvin Munyard | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | |
| 13 | Ivan Tighe | Elfin Mono Mk2D Ford | Ivan Tighe | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Maurie Quincey | Elfin 600B Mazda Mazda is a Japanese automotive manufacturer based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.In 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales... |
Maurie Quincey | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| 15 | Col Green | Elfin Mono Mk1 Ford | Col Green | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Dean Clough | Elfin Mono Mk1 Ford | Elfin Sports Cars | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| 17 | Malcolm Bailey | Elfin Catalina Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest carmaker based in Europe.The family business that precedes the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot applied for the lion... |
Malcolm Bailey | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
External links
- 1968 Gold Star race results Retrieved from members.optusnet.com.au on 27 October 2009
- Joint champion Max Stewart in action at the Bathurst heat Retrieved from www.autopics.com.au on 27 October 2009