The 1968 Six Hour Le Mans was an endurance motor race open to Sports Cars and Touring Cars. The event was staged at the Caversham circuit in Western Australia on 3 June 1968.
Cars competed in three groups:
Results
edit| 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 | E | 188 | |
| 3 | Colin Hall, Antony Hall | 7 | Holden | Sports | 181 | |
| 4 | Austin McCarthy, Kevin Holt | 9 | Holden FJ | Sports | 180 | |
| 5 | Neville Cooper, Max Fletcher | 19 | Fiat 125 | Cecchele Motors | Sports | 179 |
| 6 | John Bertina, Rhod Lording | 6 | Holden | Sports | 178 | |
| 7 | Bruce Jones, Bob Goddard | 48 | Renault R8 Gordini | E | 178 | |
| 8 | Gordon Mitchell, Ray Shaw | 30 | Austin-Healey Sprite | 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 | 172 | ||
| 12 | J Watson, G Reynolds | 45 | Alfa Romeo Giulia Super | E | 171 | |
| 23 | Rod Donovan | 41 | Ford Falcon GT | E | 147 | |
| DNF | Jim Cavanough | 10 | Holden | 21 | ||
| 24 | John Collins | 29 | Holden | 132 | ||
| 14 | Barry Coleman | 47 | Isuzu Bellett | E | 166 | |
| 16 | Les Brockwell | 20 | Lotus Anglia | Sports | 162 | |
| 13 | Leo Stubber, Bob Kingsbury | 18 | Lotus Elan | Sports | 170 | |
| DNF | Peter Briggs, Jim Mullins | 17 | MGB | 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 SL | 156 | ||
| DNF | Don O'Sullivan, Ted Lisle | 1 | Lola T70 Mk II | Sports | 4 | |
| DNF | Gordon Stephenson | 36 | Alfa Romeo GTA | 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 | 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
References
edit- A History Of Australian Motor Sport, © 1980
- Around The Houses, © 1980
- Racing Car News, July 1968
- The West Australian, Tuesday, 4 June 1968
- www.terrywalkersplace.com retrieved 24 November 2011