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Oulton Park Gold Cup

Oulton Park, Cheshire, Great-Britain

Date: 17/8/1968
Track length: 4.443 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position: Graham Hill in 1.49,4 = 146,225 kmh
Fastest lap: Hobbs in 1.47,8

Distance: 19 laps
Average speed:
Weather: Wet practice
Ruleset: Group 5/63
Car info: 1968 Cars

 

Practice for the Oulton Park Gold Cup meeting was wet and the Falcons were not happily placed on the grid, Muir being on the third row, Hobbs on the fifth and Pierpoint on the 10th, but race day was dry and first time round Muir charged through to the front, taking Graham Hill, who was trying his hand with the 'supercharged' Escort, and Gardner, with Hobbs running fourth and Pierpoint seventh. Soon the Falcons were in line astern, Pierpoint grabbing second place from Hobbs, and Hill's spirited pursuit ended when the handling went off as a result of a slow puncture and the car went off at Lodge Corner retiring the bruised Escort to the pits.
Gardner was content with a fourth place and class win in the Escort ahead of the consistent Robinson, while sixth came Charles Lucas in a very standard Porsche 911.
Fitzpatrick was dogged by throttle slide bothers but Rhodes hit a bank and Chris Craft in the second Escort GT pipped Neal on the last lap after a very poor start.


Touring cars
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1 89 Bill Shaw Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
Brian Muir, AUS
4728 V8 D 19 laps, 34.39,0 8 1.57,0    
2 2 88  
Ford Falcon Sprint
Roy Pierpoint, GB
4728 V8 D 19 24 2.07,8    
3 3 92 Malcolm Gartlan Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
David Hobbs, GB
4728 V8 D 19 11 1.58,6    
4 1 82 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Escort TC
Frank Gardner, AUS
1594 L4 C 19 2 1.51,2    
5 2 79 A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Brian Robinson, GB
1594 L4 C 19 4 1.54,4    
6 3 91 Slot Stereo Systems
Porsche 911 T
Charles Lucas, GB
1991 B6 C 18 3 1.52,8    
7 4 90  
Ford Falcon Sprint
Terry Sanger, GB
4728 V8 D 18 12 1.59,8    
8 4 83 John Willment Automobiles
Ford Escort TC
Mike Crabtree, GB
1594 L4 C 18 10 1.58,0    
9 1 78 Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Escort 1300 GT
Chris Craft, GB
1298 L4 B 18 9 1.57,2    
10 2 68 Cooper Car Co.
Morris Mini Cooper S
Steve Neal, GB
1293 L4 B 18 6 1.56,6    
11 5 81/80? A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Barrie Maskell, GB
1594 L4 C 18 16 2.02,8    
12 3 93 Dagenham Motors
Ford Escort 1300 GT
Alan Peer, GB
1298 L4 B 18 13 1.59,8    
13 4 73 Cars and Car Conversions
Austin Mini Cooper S
Tony Youlten, GB
1293 L4 B 18 21 2.05,2    
14 5 70 Alexander Engineering Co.
BMC Mini Cooper S
Chris Montague, GB
1293 L4 B 18 15 2.02,2    
15 1 64 Equipe Arden
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Gordon Spice, GB
999 L4 A 18 17 2.03,0    
16 2 65 Leonard Ward Racing
Ford Anglia
Lawrie Hickman, GB
997 L4 A 17 19 2.03,8    
17 6 72  
Austin Mini Cooper S
Ken Costello, GB
1293 L4 B 17 23 2.05,6    
18 3 62  
Ford Anglia
Gerry Edmonds, GB
997 L4 A 17 20 2.04,4    
19 4 63  
Ford Anglia
Les Nash, GB
997 L4 A 17 18 2.03,4    
20 6 85 T.R. Clapham
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Geoff Breakell, GB
1570 L4 C 17 22 2.05,4    
21 7 84  
Ford Escort TC
Ken Coffey, GB
1594 L4 C 17 25 2.09,0    
22 5 61 Ian Bax
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Ian Bax, GB
999 L4 A 16 30 2.16,0    
23 7 74  
Austin Mini Cooper S
David Buckett, GB
1293 L4 B 16 29 2.15,0    
24 6 67  
Hillman Imp
Allan Jones, GB
998 L4 A 16 28 2.10,4    
NC   77 Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Escort 1300 GT
John Fitzpatrick, GB
1298 L4 B 15 14 2.00,8   Pit stops; throttle slides
DNF 3 87 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Escort TC
Graham Hill, GB
1594 s/c L4 D 14 1 1.49,4   Accident damage
DNF   75  
Morris Mini Cooper S
Peter Lague, GB
1293 L4 B 5 26 2.09,4    
DNF   81 A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Barry Pearson, GB
1594 L4 C 3 5 1.56,2   Spun, hit by Rhodes
DNF   69 Cooper Car Co.
Morris Mini Cooper S
John Rhodes, GB
1293 L4 B 3 7 1.56,8   Accident
DNF   66 Harlton Racing International
Hillman Imp
Terry Watts, GB
998 L4 A 2 27 2.10,0