The 1968 Surfers Paradise 4 Hour was an endurance race for production cars. The event was held at the Surfers Paradise International Raceway

Surfers Paradise International Raceway

Surfers 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...

 in Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, Australia

Australia

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 on 9 June 1968. Cars competed in five classes according to the retail price of each model.

Results

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Position	Drivers	No.	Car	Entrant	Laps
	Class A : Up to $1800
1	Peter Lefranke, K Turner		Toyota Corolla Toyota Corolla The Toyota Corolla is a line of subcompact and compact cars manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla became the best selling nameplate in the world, with over 35 million...	Farsley Motors	132
2	Jim Laing-Peach, Bob Drane		Toyota Corolla	Dranes Tuning Shoppe	128
3	Johns, D Frazer		Hillman GT Hillman Imp The Hillman Imp is a compact, rear-engined saloon car that was manufactured under the Hillman marque by the Rootes Group from 1963 to 1976...	Johns	127
4	Sayers, G Finan		Morris Mini De Luxe 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...	Sayers	127
	Class B : $1801 to $2100
1	Barry Tapsall	26	Datsun 1600 Nissan Bluebird Although Nissan's own materials indicate that the Bluebird name emerged in 1959, some records show that the name first adorned a 988 cc, four-door sedan in 1957, which was part of the company's 210 series...	B Tapsall	137
2	Ann Thomson, Toni Lefranke		Morris Cooper 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...	Grand Prix Auto Service	131
3	W Collins, N McLeod		Morris Cooper	W Collins	126
4	Gilltrap, Stu Anderson	22	Hillman Arrow Hillman Hunter Rootes Arrow was the manufacturer's name for a range of cars produced under several badge-engineered marques by the Rootes Group from 1966 to 1979. It is amongst the last Rootes designs, developed with no influence from future owner Chrysler...	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 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...	M McGregor	140
2	Mike Champion, Barry Arentz		Ford Falcon V8 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...	Competition Cars	140
3	T Basile, Joe Vasta		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...	Tony Basile	135
4	Glynn Scott, Max Volkers		Ford Falcon V8	G Scott Motors	134
?	Paul Zacka, Graham Perry		Holden Kingswood HK V8 Automatic Holden Kingswood The Holden Kingswood is a full-size car that was manufactured by General Motors-Holden's, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors , from the beginning of the HK series in 1968 through to the conclusion of the WB series in 1984...
DNF	Gracie, James Cooper		Morris Cooper S
DNF	Cam Skinner		Morris Cooper S	Marque Motors
Disq	Mal Brewster, Digby Cooke		Morris Cooper S	Marque Motors	142
	Class D : $3001 to $4500
1	Bill Gates, J Bertram		Ford Falcon XR 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...	Bill Gates	143
2	Ken Stacey, B McIntyre		Ford Falcon GT	Wright Ford Motors	142
3	D Geary, Murray Harrod		Ford Falcon GT	Denis Geary Motors	140
4	R Griffiths, I Ferguson		Ford Falcon GT	R Griffith	138
5	Gerry Trebilcock, Neville Trebilcock		BMW 1600 BMW New Class The BMW New Class was a line of compact sedans and coupes produced by German automaker BMW starting with the 1962 1500 and continuing through the last 2002s in 1977....	G Trebilcock	133
	Class E : Over $4500
1	John French John French (racing driver) John French is a retired Australian racing driver.French had a long career throughout the 60s and 70s and the early 80s. He won the 1962 Australian GT Championship driving a Centaur-Waggott and in 1969 French paired with Allan Moffat to win the Sandown Three Hour race in a Ford Falcon GTHO...	61	Alfa Romeo GTV Alfa Romeo Sprint GT (Veloce) The Alfa Romeo 105/115 series Coupés were a range of cars made by the Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo from 1963 until 1977. They were the successors to the celebrated Giulietta Sprint coupé and used a shortened floorpan from the Giulia Berlina car....	Alec Mildren (Qld.)	146
2	K Littlemore, Graham Littlemore	63	Alfa Romeo GTV	Grand Prix Auto Service	139
3	Frank Perry, D Morrow		Alfa Romeo GTV	F Perry	137

Note : Although the official emphasis was on class results, the Class E winning Alfa Romeo driven by John French was recognised as the outright winner of the event.