The 1968 Six Hour Le Mans

Six Hour Le Mans

The Six Hour Le Mans was an endurance motor race for sports cars and touring cars held in Western Australia from 1955 to 1972. Initially run at the Caversham Airfield circuit, the event was moved, along with all other WA circuit racing, to the then new Wanneroo Park Raceway in...

 was an endurance motor race open to Sports Cars and Touring Cars. The event was staged at the Caversham

Caversham Airfield

Caversham Airfield, also known as Middle Swan Airfield was an airfield constructed at Caversham, Western Australia during World War II as a parent aerodrome for the United States Fleet Air Arm of the 7th Fleet....

 circuit in Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

 on 3 June 1968.

Cars competed in three groups:

• Sports Cars
• Group C Improved Production Touring Cars
  Group C (Australia)
  In relation to Australian motorsport, Group C refers to either of two sets of regulations devised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport for use in Australian touring car racing from 1965 to 1984...
  
  
• Group E Series Production Touring Cars
  Group E Series Production Touring Cars
  Group E Series Production Touring Cars was an Australian motor racing category for production based sedans competing with limited modifications. It was current from 1964 to 1972....
  
  

Results

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Position	Drivers	No.	Car	Entrant	Group	Laps
1	Fritz Kohout, Arthur Collett	42	Porsche 911S		E	194
2	Rick Lisle, John Harris	49	Morris Cooper S Mini The Mini is a small car that was made by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers...		E	188
3	Colin Hall, Antony Hall	7	Holden Holden GM Holden Ltd is an automaker that operates in Australia, based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was founded in 1856 as a saddlery manufacturer. In 1908 it moved into the automotive field, before becoming a subsidiary of the U.S.-based General Motors in 1931...		Sports	181
4	Austin McCarthy, Kevin Holt	9	Holden FJ Holden FJ The Holden FJ series is a range of motor vehicles which was produced in Australia by General Motors-Holden’s from 1953 to 1957. The FJ was the second model of an "all Australian car" manufactured by Holden and was based upon the established 48-215 series, commonly referred to as the “FX”...		Sports	180
5	Neville Cooper, Max Fletcher	19	Fiat 125 Fiat 125 The Fiat 125 is a large family car introduced by Fiat in 1967 and produced by them until 1972. Derivatives were built under license outside Italy until the 1990s...	Cecchele Motors	Sports	179
6	John Bertina, Rhod Lording	6	Holden		Sports	178
7	Bruce Jones, Bob Goddard	48	Renault R8 Gordini Renault 8 The Renault 8 and Renault 10 are two small family cars produced by the French manufacturer Renault in the 1960s and early 1970s....		E	178
8	Gordon Mitchell, Ray Shaw	30	Austin-Healey Sprite Austin-Healey Sprite The Austin-Healey Sprite is a small open sports car which was announced to the press in Monte Carlo by the British Motor Corporation on 20 May 1958, just before that year's Monaco Grand Prix. It was intended to be a low-cost model that "a chap could keep in his bike shed", yet be the successor to...		Sports	175
9	Neville Grigsby, Ross Bennett	39	Morris Cooper S		C	172
10	Jeff Dunkerton, Doug Mould	38	Morris Cooper S		C	172
11	Dick Roberts	40	Chrysler Valiant Chrysler Valiant The Chrysler Valiant is a passenger car which was introduced by Chrysler Australia in 1962 with production ceasing in 1981. Initially a rebadged locally assembled Plymouth Valiant from the U.S., the Valiant range was sold throughout Australia and New Zealand, as well as South Africa...			172
12	J Watson, G Reynolds	45	Alfa Romeo Giulia Super Alfa Romeo Giulia The Alfa Romeo Giulia is an Alfa Romeo automobile. Alfa was one of the first manufacturers to put a powerful engine in a light-weight car for mainstream production. The Giulia weighed about . The car was equipped with a light alloy twin overhead camshaft four-cylinder engine, similar to that of...		E	171
23	Rod Donovan	41	Ford Falcon GT Ford Falcon (Australia) The Ford Falcon is a full-size car which has been manufactured by Ford Australia since 1960. Each model from the XA series of 1972 onward has been designed, developed and built in Australia and/or New Zealand, following the phasing out of the American Falcon of 1960–71 which had been re-engineered...		E	147
DNF	Jim Cavanough	10	Holden			21
24	John Collins	29	Holden			132
14	Barry Coleman	47	Isuzu Bellett Isuzu Bellett -Video games:The 1969 Bellett GT-R is a playable car in the Polyphony Digital video game Gran Turismo 4 for the PlayStation 2. In simulation mode, it is available as a used car only and comes in three colors: white, gold and orange.It can also be played in the Polyphony Digital video game Gran...		E	166
16	Les Brockwell	20	Lotus Anglia Ford Anglia The 1949 model, code E494A, was a makeover of the previous model with a rather more 1940s style front-end, including the sloped, twin-lobed radiator grille. Again it was a very spartan vehicle and in 1948 was Britain's lowest priced four wheel car....		Sports	162
13	Leo Stubber, Bob Kingsbury	18	Lotus Elan Lotus Elan Lotus Elan is the name of two convertible cars and one fixed head coupé produced by Lotus Cars. The original Type 26, 26R Racing version , 36R Racing version , 36 Fixed Head Coupe, 45 Drop Head Coupe, and the "Type 50" +2 Coupe, circa 1962 to 1975, are commonly known as the '60s Elans...		Sports	170
DNF	Peter Briggs, Jim Mullins	17	MGB MGB The abbreviation MGB may refer to:* Mathematical Gymnasium Belgrade, special school, elementary and high school, for gifted in areas of mathematics, physics, and ICT, under University of Belgrade umbrella...		Sports	146
DNF	Chris Royston, John Alford	22	Morris Cooper S			37
DNF	Ted Lisle, Howie Sangster, Norm Scott	37	Morris Cooper S		E	58
DNF	Owen Stringer	50	Morris Cooper S		E	140
DNF	Bob Annear, P Dorn	27	Phoenix			13
DNF	John Glasson	4	Rambler Sports		Sports	2
26	Warren Matthews, Bob Wilkie	25	RE Ford		Sports	123
DNF	Marg Scott, Mrs D McCarthy	34	NSU Prinz			51
DNF	Noel Mitchell	24	Ford Cortina Ford Cortina As the 1960s dawned, BMC were revelling in the success of their new Mini – the first successful true minicar to be built in Britain in the postwar era...  SL			156
DNF	Don O'Sullivan, Ted Lisle	1	Lola T70 Lola T70 The Lola T70 was built for sports car racing, popular in the mid to late 1960s. Developed by Lola Cars in 1965 in Great Britain, the T70 was made for endurance racing...  Mk II		Sports	4
DNF	Gordon Stephenson	36	Alfa Romeo GTA Alfa Romeo GTA The GTA 1300 Junior had a 1300 cc engine that was based on the 1600 engine but with a short stroke crankshaft. The GTA Junior in stradale form did not have many of the light weight features of the 1600 GTA, such as the plastic windows, magnesium engine components and alloy wheels. At start...			71
DNF	Trevor Lunt, Geoff Herbert	32	M G Midget		Sports	79
DNF	John Roxburgh, Doug Whiteford	16	Datsun 2000		Sports	84
DNF	Derek Vince, J Lee	23	Elfin		Sports	74
DNF	Bob Biltoft	11	Ford Le Mon		Sports	12
DNF	Vic Watson	3	Goblin V8		Sports	19
DNF	Peter Bullen, Barry Arnold	5	Hurricane V8		Sports	49
DNF	R Craig, I Leslie	43	Lotus Cortina Lotus Cortina The Lotus-Cortina is a high-performance car, which was produced in the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1970 by the Ford in collaboration with Lotus Cars. The original version, which was based on the Ford Cortina Mark 1, was promoted by Ford as the "Consul Cortina developed by Lotus", with "Consul"...		E	79

Note: Results omitted from above table are:

15th: No 33, B Cole, B Cleaver, Austin-Healey Sprite, 163 laps
17th: No 8, Rod Waller/Bob Webb, Repco Holden Sports, 160 laps
18th: No 51, Mal McKiggan, Fiat 850 Coupe, 160 laps
19th: No 12, Rod Mitchell, Peugeot, 159 laps
20th: No 52, Ken Glasgow, Morris Minor, 152 laps
21st: No 35, Ray Johnson, P Dover, Holden, 150 laps
22nd: No 21, Norm Scott, Peugeot 203, 149 laps
25th: No 15, John Collins, Jim Currie, Bob Biltoft, Holden, 132 laps