The 1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500 was the ninth running of the Bathurst 500

Bathurst 1000

The Bathurst 1000 is a touring car race held annually at Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia...

 production car race. It was held on 6 October 1968 at the Mount Panorama Circuit

Mount Panorama Circuit

Mount 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...

 just outside Bathurst

Bathurst, New South Wales

-CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments...

. Cars competed in five classes based on purchase price (Australian dollars) of the vehicle.

For the first time factory supported teams of Ford and Holden V8s raced against each other, setting a pattern that continues to this day in Australian touring car racing, currently known as V8 Supercar

V8 Supercar

V8 Supercars is a touring car racing category based in Australia and run as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile regulations...

. It was not one of the factory cars that won however. The Wyong Motors entry of a Holden Monaro

Holden Monaro

The Holden Monaro is an automobile that was produced by GM Holden Ltd, an Australian subsidiary of General Motors, between 1968 and 1977 and between 2001 and 2005...

 driven by Bruce McPhee

Bruce McPhee

Bruce Alexander McPhee was a former Australian motor racing driver.He is most famous for winning the 1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500 , defeating both the Holden and Ford factory teams. He drove a Holden Monaro GTS327 painted yellow and black stripes with the number 13...

 (apart from one lap mid-race driven by Barry Mulholland

Barry Mulholland

Barry Mulholland was an Australian racing driver.While a skilled racing driver, Mulholland was more infamously known as Bruce McPhee's 'contractual obligation' co-driver...

) who upset the big teams with a tactical tyre strategy of running a buffed hard wearing street tyre rather than a racing tyre. Initially Des West and Ron Marks were classified second but were later disqualified for illegal engine modifications. Second became the factory supported Holden Dealer Racing Team

Holden Dealer Racing Team

Holden Dealer Racing Team, , was an Australian motor racing team, backed by General Motors-Holden, which contested both the London–Sydney Marathon and the Bathurst 500 endurance race in 1968....

 Monaro of Jim Palmer (to that point the best finish by a New Zealander) and Phil West. Another dealer entered Monaro driven by Tony Roberts

Tony Roberts (racing driver)

Anthony Roberts, , was an Australian race and rally driver.Roberts won the 1968 Sandown 3 Hours with Bob Watson, giving the Holden Monaro a debut victory...

 and Bob Watson finished third.

Class A

The smallest class was for cars which cost less than $1,850. It was made up of Datsun 1000

Nissan Sunny

The Nissan Sunny is a small car from Nissan. It was launched in 1966 as the Datsun 1000 and although production in Japan ended in 2004, it remains in production today for the African, American and Sri Lankan markets. In the US, the later models were known as the Nissan Sentra; in Mexico, the Sunny...

, 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...

, 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...

, 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...

 and 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...

.

Class B

The $1,851 to $2,250 class was dominated by the 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...

, but also contained 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...

, Hillman Gazelle

Hillman Gazelle

The Hillman Gazelle was an automobile produced by Chrysler Australia from 1966 to 1967.Based on the British Singer Gazelle VI, the Hillman Gazelle was offered only as a four door sedan and was essentially an upmarket version of the Hillman Minx VI. It was powered by a 1725 cc four cylinder engine...

 and Morris 1100S

BMC ADO16

ADO16 is the codename for the development of what became the Morris 1100, a small family car built by the British Motor Corporation and, later, British Leyland...

.

Class C

The $2,251 to $3,000 class saw a mix of standard versions of the outright contenders, Ford Falcon

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...

 and Holden Kingswood

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...

 and 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...

 and 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...

.

Class D

The $3,001 to $4,500 class featured the outright contenders, 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...

 and Holden Monaro

Holden Monaro

The Holden Monaro is an automobile that was produced by GM Holden Ltd, an Australian subsidiary of General Motors, between 1968 and 1977 and between 2001 and 2005...

, but also contained a single 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...

, Fiat 124 Sport

Fiat 124 Coupe

Fiat 124 Coupé is an Italian car produced between 1967 and 1975 in three generations.The four cylinder, aluminum, twin overhead cam engine was designed by ex-Ferrari engineer Aurelio Lampredi. Originally, the AC or first generation featured an 1,438 cc engine, which grew to 1,608 in the...

 and Studebaker Lark

Studebaker Lark

The Studebaker Lark is a "compact car" which was produced by Studebaker from 1959 to 1966.From its introduction in early 1959 until 1962, the Lark was a product of the Studebaker-Packard Corporation. In mid-1962, the company dropped "Packard" from its name and reverted to its pre-1954 name, the...

.

Class E

For cars over $4,500, contained Alfa Romeo 1750 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....

 and a single Citroen DS

Citroën DS

The Citroën DS is an executive car produced by the French manufacturer Citroën between 1955 and 1975. Styled by Italian sculptor and industrial designer Flaminio Bertoni and the French aeronautical engineer André Lefèbvre, the DS was known for its aerodynamic futuristic body design and innovative...

.

Results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos
1	D	13	Wyong Motors	Bruce McPhee Bruce McPhee Bruce Alexander McPhee was a former Australian motor racing driver.He is most famous for winning the 1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500 , defeating both the Holden and Ford factory teams. He drove a Holden Monaro GTS327 painted yellow and black stripes with the number 13...   Barry Mulholland Barry Mulholland Barry Mulholland was an Australian racing driver.While a skilled racing driver, Mulholland was more infamously known as Bruce McPhee's 'contractual obligation' co-driver...	Holden HK Monaro GTS327	130	1
2	D	24	Scuderia Veloce Scuderia Veloce Scuderia Veloce was an Australian motor racing team founded by journalist racer David McKay that competed in many motor racing categories in the 1960s. The team is regarded as the first professional motor racing operation in Australia.... Holden Dealer Racing Team Holden Dealer Racing Team Holden Dealer Racing Team, , was an Australian motor racing team, backed by General Motors-Holden, which contested both the London–Sydney Marathon and the Bathurst 500 endurance race in 1968....	Jim Palmer   Phil West	Holden HK Monaro GTS327	130	6
3	D	15	Pat Cullen Liverpool	Tony Roberts Tony Roberts (racing driver) Anthony Roberts, , was an Australian race and rally driver.Roberts won the 1968 Sandown 3 Hours with Bob Watson, giving the Holden Monaro a debut victory...   Bob Watson	Holden HK Monaro GTS327	129	9
4	E	1	Alec Mildren Alfa Romeo	Kevin Bartlett Kevin Bartlett (race driver) Kevin Bartlett , often known by his nickname "KB", is an Australian former open wheel and touring car racing driver who won the CAMS Gold Star in 1968 and 1969, as well as the prestigious Bathurst 1000. Bartlett was named in Wheels magazine's annual yearbook in 2004 as one of Australia's 50...   Doug Chivas Doug Chivas Doug Chivas was an Australian rally and racing car driver. Chivas drove the first Lotus Mark 6 in Australia in the early 1950s winning many races....	Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV	129	11
5	D	25	Scuderia Veloce Scuderia Veloce Scuderia Veloce was an Australian motor racing team founded by journalist racer David McKay that competed in many motor racing categories in the 1960s. The team is regarded as the first professional motor racing operation in Australia.... Holden Dealer Racing Team Holden Dealer Racing Team Holden Dealer Racing Team, , was an Australian motor racing team, backed by General Motors-Holden, which contested both the London–Sydney Marathon and the Bathurst 500 endurance race in 1968....	Brian Muir   George Reynolds George Reynolds (racing driver) George Reynolds is a retired Australian racing driver.The career of Reynolds, who was born on 8 May 1928, extended from the late 1950s into the late 1960s...	Holden HK Monaro GTS327	127	5
6	E	3	Alec Mildren Alfa Romeo	Brian Foley   Laurie Stewart	Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV	126	10
7	D	10	Wright Ford Motors	Bruce McIntyre   Ken Stacey	Ford XR Falcon GT	125	15
8	E	5	Canberra Speed Shop	Peter Brown   Ray Gulson	Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV	125	18
9	D	17	Stanmore Auto Port	Chris Brauer   Murray Harrod	Ford XT Falcon GT Ford XT Falcon -Introduction:The XT Falcon range was introduced in March 1968 as a facelifted version of the XR Falcon, which it replaced. The XT featured a revised grille and taillights and improved safety features including split-system brakes, larger tyres and electrically operated windscreen washers.Standard...	125	17
10	C	30	C Smith	Don Holland   Charlie Smith	Morris Cooper S	123	23
11	C	34	Ford Motor Company	Barry Arentz   Mike Champion	Ford XT Falcon 500 V8 Ford XT Falcon -Introduction:The XT Falcon range was introduced in March 1968 as a facelifted version of the XR Falcon, which it replaced. The XT featured a revised grille and taillights and improved safety features including split-system brakes, larger tyres and electrically operated windscreen washers.Standard...	123	20
12	D	8	Ford Australia Ford Works Team (Australia) The Ford Works Team was a former Australian motor racing team that was supported by the Ford Motor Company of Australia. The team was formed in 1962 and was wound up when Ford withdrew from motor racing at the end of 1973...	Ian Geoghegan Ian Geoghegan Ian "Pete" Geoghegan, was an Australian race car driver, known for a quick wit and natural driving skills. Geoghegan was one of the iconic characters of the 1960s and 1970s Australian motor racing scene...   Leo Geoghegan Leo Geoghegan Leo Geoghegan is a retired Australian racing driver.Geoghegan is the elder of two sons of New South Wales car dealer Tom Geoghegan, who went on to become two of the dominant names in Australian motor racing in the 1960s...	Ford XT Falcon GT Ford XT Falcon -Introduction:The XT Falcon range was introduced in March 1968 as a facelifted version of the XR Falcon, which it replaced. The XT featured a revised grille and taillights and improved safety features including split-system brakes, larger tyres and electrically operated windscreen washers.Standard...	123	4
13	D	21	Needhams Motors	Warren Weldon   John Hall	Studebaker Lark Studebaker Lark The Studebaker Lark is a "compact car" which was produced by Studebaker from 1959 to 1966.From its introduction in early 1959 until 1962, the Lark was a product of the Studebaker-Packard Corporation. In mid-1962, the company dropped "Packard" from its name and reverted to its pre-1954 name, the...	123	13
14	C	29	Marque Motors	Digby Cooke   Mal Brewster	Morris Cooper S	121	22
15	B	50	Datsun Racing Team	John Roxburgh John Roxburgh (racing driver) John Roxburgh, was an Australian racing driver, and motor sports administrator.Roxburgh's career was highlighted by taking victory in the original 1960 Armstrong 500 , co-driving a Vauxhall Cresta with Frank Coad...   Doug Whiteford Doug Whiteford Doug Whiteford was an Australian racing driver.Whiteford was best known as a competitor in the Australian Grand Prix which he won three times in four years. He was fondly remember for his Talbot-Lago T26 Formula One car which he used to win his second and third Grands Prix. His third win was at the...	Datsun 1600 Datsun 510 The Datsun 510 was a series of the Datsun Bluebird sold from 1968 to 1974, and offered outside the U.S. and Canada as the Datsun 1600. According to AutoWeek's G.D...	120	32
16	C	38	Denis Geary Motors	Damon Beck   Gary Hodge	Morris Cooper S	120	21
17	C	63	R Marquet	Alan Cant   Ray Marquet	Morris Cooper S	120	24
18	D	26	Scuderia Veloce Scuderia Veloce Scuderia Veloce was an Australian motor racing team founded by journalist racer David McKay that competed in many motor racing categories in the 1960s. The team is regarded as the first professional motor racing operation in Australia....	Allan Grice Allan Grice Allan Maxwell Grice OAM , known to motor-racing fans as Gricey, is an Australian former racing driver and politician, most famous for twice winning the prestigious Bathurst 1000 , and as a privateer driver of a Holden in the Australian Touring Car Championship.Grice also had a successful second...   Bill Tuckey	Fiat 124 Sport Fiat 124 Coupe Fiat 124 Coupé is an Italian car produced between 1967 and 1975 in three generations.The four cylinder, aluminum, twin overhead cam engine was designed by ex-Ferrari engineer Aurelio Lampredi. Originally, the AC or first generation featured an 1,438 cc engine, which grew to 1,608 in the...	119	30
19	B	46	Peter Langwill Autos	Bruce Stewart   George Garth	Datsun 1600 Datsun 510 The Datsun 510 was a series of the Datsun Bluebird sold from 1968 to 1974, and offered outside the U.S. and Canada as the Datsun 1600. According to AutoWeek's G.D...	118	38
20	C	36	W Gracie	Warren Gracie   Don James	Morris Cooper S	118	36
21	B	49	Datsun Racing Team	Kunimitsu Takahashi Kunimitsu Takahashi is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racing driver from Japan who is also considered as the "father of drifting". He was the chairman of the GT-Association, the organizers of the Super GT series, from 1993 to 2007.-Motorcycle racing:...   Y Sunago	Datsun 1600 Datsun 510 The Datsun 510 was a series of the Datsun Bluebird sold from 1968 to 1974, and offered outside the U.S. and Canada as the Datsun 1600. According to AutoWeek's G.D...	118	28
22	B	65	Vern Curtin Motors	Alton Boddenberg   Rusty French	Hillman Gazelle Hillman Gazelle The Hillman Gazelle was an automobile produced by Chrysler Australia from 1966 to 1967.Based on the British Singer Gazelle VI, the Hillman Gazelle was offered only as a four door sedan and was essentially an upmarket version of the Hillman Minx VI. It was powered by a 1725 cc four cylinder engine...	117	35
23	C	61	Varsity Auto Centre	John Prisk   Alan Cameron	Morris Cooper S	116	31
24	B	42	Dependable Motors	Dennis Cooke   Hans Tholstrup	Datsun 1600 Datsun 510 The Datsun 510 was a series of the Datsun Bluebird sold from 1968 to 1974, and offered outside the U.S. and Canada as the Datsun 1600. According to AutoWeek's G.D...	116	44
25	C	33	Tony Basile Motors	Tony Basile   Gary Leggatt	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...	116	42
26	B	41	Dependable Motors	Bruce Darke   Bill Ford	Datsun 1600 Datsun 510 The Datsun 510 was a series of the Datsun Bluebird sold from 1968 to 1974, and offered outside the U.S. and Canada as the Datsun 1600. According to AutoWeek's G.D...	115	45
27	C	27	Scuderia Veloce Scuderia Veloce Scuderia Veloce was an Australian motor racing team founded by journalist racer David McKay that competed in many motor racing categories in the 1960s. The team is regarded as the first professional motor racing operation in Australia....	Mike Kable   Ron Kearns	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...	114	40
28	C	35	Young & Green	Sib Petralia   Jim Sullivan	Holden HK Kingswood 186S Holden HK The Holden HK series is an automobile which was produced by General Motors-Holden's in Australia from 1968 to 1969. Introduced in January 1968, the HK range progressively replaced the Holden HR series which had been in production since 1966...	114	43
29	D	22	C Hodges	Clyde Hodgins   Stan Pomroy	Chrysler Valiant Auto 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...	113	34
30	A	56	AMI Toyota Australian Motor Industries Australian Motor Industries was an automobile assembly firm that was significant in the early history of the automobile industry in Australia.- Start of production :...	Bruce Hindhaugh   Bob Morris Bob Morris (motor racing) Robert Morris is an Australian former racing driver. Morris was one of the leading touring car drivers during the 1970s and continued racing until 1984. Morris won Australia's premier Touring car race, the Bathurst 1000 in 1976. He also won the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1979...	Toyota Corolla	113	49
31	D	9	Ford Australia Ford Works Team (Australia) The Ford Works Team was a former Australian motor racing team that was supported by the Ford Motor Company of Australia. The team was formed in 1962 and was wound up when Ford withdrew from motor racing at the end of 1973...	Fred Gibson Fred Gibson (motor racing) Fred Gibson is a former Australian racing driver and race team owner.-Competitor:After a career that began in small production sports cars, first an MGA, and later the first Lotus Elan to run in Australian competition , Gibson quickly moved up into the touring car ranks...   Barry Seton Barry Seton Barry Seton , , is an Australian racing driver. He won the Bathurst 500 in 1965 with co-driver Midge Bosworth driving a Ford Cortina GT500. He has competed in the Bathurst 500 22 times, competing every year from 1963 to 1984, and completing the race in fifteen of those...	Ford XT Falcon GT Ford XT Falcon -Introduction:The XT Falcon range was introduced in March 1968 as a facelifted version of the XR Falcon, which it replaced. The XT featured a revised grille and taillights and improved safety features including split-system brakes, larger tyres and electrically operated windscreen washers.Standard...	113	8
32	A	55	AMI Toyota Australian Motor Industries Australian Motor Industries was an automobile assembly firm that was significant in the early history of the automobile industry in Australia.- Start of production :...	Barry Ferguson   Brian Sampson Brian Sampson (racing driver) Brian Sampson is a retired Australian racing driver.Sampson had a long career throughout the 60s and 70s, which he still continues as a hobby...	Toyota Corolla	113	47
33	B	45	W.H. Motors	Don Smith   Herb Taylor	Datsun 1600 Datsun 510 The Datsun 510 was a series of the Datsun Bluebird sold from 1968 to 1974, and offered outside the U.S. and Canada as the Datsun 1600. According to AutoWeek's G.D...	112	33
34	B	64	MG Car Club NSW	Matt Daddo   Peter Ulbrich Peter Ulbrich Peter Ulbrich is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events for East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics.-References:...	Datsun 1600 Datsun 510 The Datsun 510 was a series of the Datsun Bluebird sold from 1968 to 1974, and offered outside the U.S. and Canada as the Datsun 1600. According to AutoWeek's G.D...	111	56
35	C	66	A Olsen	Arthur Olsen   Ray Scanlen	Morris Cooper S	110	46
36	B	47	Austen & Butta Motors	Joe Butta   Bob Genders	Hillman Arrow	109	53
37	B	48	Tynan Motors	Trevor Mason   Neil Mason	Morris 1100S BMC ADO16 ADO16 is the codename for the development of what became the Morris 1100, a small family car built by the British Motor Corporation and, later, British Leyland...	109	54
38	A	52	Central Auto Sales	Lionel Ayers   Max Volkers	Ford Cortina Mk.II 220	107	58
39	B	43	Kenthurst Motors	Carl Kennedy   Jack Mullins	Datsun 1600 Datsun 510 The Datsun 510 was a series of the Datsun Bluebird sold from 1968 to 1974, and offered outside the U.S. and Canada as the Datsun 1600. According to AutoWeek's G.D...	107	55
40	A	58	A Johns	David Frazer   Allan Johns	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...	107	57
41	A	54	P & R Williams	Christine Gibson   Midge Whiteman	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...	98	60
42	D	7	Ford Australia Ford Works Team (Australia) The Ford Works Team was a former Australian motor racing team that was supported by the Ford Motor Company of Australia. The team was formed in 1962 and was wound up when Ford withdrew from motor racing at the end of 1973...	Spencer Martin   Jim McKeown Jim McKeown (racing driver) Jim McKeown was an Australian racing driver who competed in the Australian Touring Car Championship from 1964 to 1972, with a best finish of 2nd in the 1970 title...	Ford XT Falcon GT Auto Ford XT Falcon -Introduction:The XT Falcon range was introduced in March 1968 as a facelifted version of the XR Falcon, which it replaced. The XT featured a revised grille and taillights and improved safety features including split-system brakes, larger tyres and electrically operated windscreen washers.Standard...	95	7
43	C	32	WN Howes	Martin Chenery   Ernie Johnson	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...	88	39
44	C	28	Marque Motors	Lindsay Adcock   Bill Stanley	Morris Cooper S	81	26
45	A	57	AMI Toyota Australian Motor Industries Australian Motor Industries was an automobile assembly firm that was significant in the early history of the automobile industry in Australia.- Start of production :...	Brian Reed   Dick Thurston	Toyota Corolla	74	50
46	A	60	North Shore Sporting Car Club	Bob Drane   Jim Laing-Peach	Toyota Corolla	74	52
47	C	31	Frank Croft Motors	Gary Cooke   Bob Muir Bob Muir Bob Muir is the name of:*Bob Muir , American swimming coach in the International Swimming Hall of Fame*Bob Muir , Australian rules footballer*Bob Muir , Australian Bathurst 1000 race car driver...	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...	69	29
48	D	16	M Savva	Mike Savva   Bob Wilkinson	Ford XT Falcon GT Ford XT Falcon -Introduction:The XT Falcon range was introduced in March 1968 as a facelifted version of the XR Falcon, which it replaced. The XT featured a revised grille and taillights and improved safety features including split-system brakes, larger tyres and electrically operated windscreen washers.Standard...	62	16
DNF	C	39		Rick Radford   David Seldon	Morris Cooper S		37
DNF	C	40		Ron Heylen   John Smailes	Morris Cooper S	88	25
DNF	D	11	Wright Ford Motors	Bob Beasely   Ray Morris Ray Morris Ray Morris was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 30s. A New South Wales representative three-quarter back, he played club football in the NSWRFL Premiership for Western Suburbs from 1927 to 1932...	Ford XT Falcon GT Ford XT Falcon -Introduction:The XT Falcon range was introduced in March 1968 as a facelifted version of the XR Falcon, which it replaced. The XT featured a revised grille and taillights and improved safety features including split-system brakes, larger tyres and electrically operated windscreen washers.Standard...	87	14
DNF	B	44	Eiffeltower Motors	Jack Nougher   David O'Keefe	Hillman Gazelle Hillman Gazelle The Hillman Gazelle was an automobile produced by Chrysler Australia from 1966 to 1967.Based on the British Singer Gazelle VI, the Hillman Gazelle was offered only as a four door sedan and was essentially an upmarket version of the Hillman Minx VI. It was powered by a 1725 cc four cylinder engine...	54	27
DNF	E	4	Citroen Cars	Bill Daly   Glyn Scott	Citroën DS21 Citroën DS The Citroën DS is an executive car produced by the French manufacturer Citroën between 1955 and 1975. Styled by Italian sculptor and industrial designer Flaminio Bertoni and the French aeronautical engineer André Lefèbvre, the DS was known for its aerodynamic futuristic body design and innovative...		41
DNF	D	19	I Haynes	Ian Haynes   Max Stahl	Holden HK Monaro GTS327		19
DNF	A	62	Imp Spares & Repairs	Mel Mollison   Ross Withers	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...		59
DSQ	D	14	Lorack Motors	Des West   Ron Marks	Holden HK Monaro GTS327	130	2
DSQ	E	2	Alec Mildren Alfa Romeo	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...   Frank Gardner Frank Gardner (driver) Frank Gardner OAM was a racing driver from Australia. He was best known as a Touring car racing and Sports car racing driver. He also participated in nine World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 11 July 1964. He scored no championship points...	Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV		12
DSQ	D	23	Scuderia Veloce Scuderia Veloce Scuderia Veloce was an Australian motor racing team founded by journalist racer David McKay that competed in many motor racing categories in the 1960s. The team is regarded as the first professional motor racing operation in Australia.... Holden Dealer Racing Team Holden Dealer Racing Team Holden Dealer Racing Team, , was an Australian motor racing team, backed by General Motors-Holden, which contested both the London–Sydney Marathon and the Bathurst 500 endurance race in 1968....	Paul Hawkins   Bill Brown	Holden HK Monaro GTS327		3
DSQ	A	51	Datsun Racing Team	Bill Evans   John Colwell	Datsun 1000	112	48
DSQ	A	53	Datsun Racing Team	Dick Sorenson   Bevan Gibson	Datsun 1000	112	51
DNS	D		Jubilee Motors	Roy Griffiths   Wayne Rogerson	Ford XT Falcon GT Ford XT Falcon -Introduction:The XT Falcon range was introduced in March 1968 as a facelifted version of the XR Falcon, which it replaced. The XT featured a revised grille and taillights and improved safety features including split-system brakes, larger tyres and electrically operated windscreen washers.Standard...
DNS	A			Adrian Ryan   Bryan Thompson	Ford Cortina Mk.II 240

Note : Jack Nougher competed in car 44 under the name "Jack Eiffeltower" in this race.

Statistics

• Pole Position - #13 Bruce McPhee - 2:56.7
• Fastest Lap - #13 Bruce McPhee - 2:58 (lap record)
• Average Speed - 119 km/h

External links

• CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles
• www.touringcarracing.net
• race results
• Autopics Bathurst images