1968 Surfers Paradise 4-Hour

The 1968 Surfers Paradise 4-Hour was an endurance race for Series Production Touring Cars.^[1] It was held at the Surfers Paradise International Raceway in Queensland, Australia on 9 June 1968.^[1] The race was won by John French, driving an Alfa Romeo GTV.^[2]

Classes

Cars competed in five classes according to the retail price of each model.^[2]

Results

Position[2]	Drivers[2]	No.	Car[2]	Entrant[2]	Laps[2]
	Class A : Up to $1800
1	Peter Lefranke Keith Turner		Toyota Corolla	Farsley Motors	132
2	Jim Laing-Peach Bob Drane		Toyota Corolla	Dranes Tuning Shoppe	128
3	Johns D. Frazer		Hillman GT	Johns	127
4	Fred Sayers Graham Finan		Morris Mini De Luxe	Sayers	127
	Class B : $1801 to $2100
1	Barry Tapsall	26[3]	Datsun 1600	B Tapsall	137
2	Ann Thomson Toni Lefranke		Morris Cooper	Grand Prix Auto Service	131
3	W. Collins N. McLeod		Morris Cooper	W Collins	126
4	Gilltrap Stu Anderson	22[2]	Hillman Arrow	Gilltrap	124
Disq	Radford David Seldon		Morris Cooper	Varsity Auto Centre	135
	Class C : $2101 to $3000
1	M. McGregor F. Hunt		Morris Cooper S	M McGregor	140
2	Mike Champion Barry Arentz		Ford XR Falcon V8[4]	Competition Cars	140
3	T. Basile Joe Vasta		Fiat 125	Tony Basile	135
4	Glyn Scott Max Volkers		Ford XR Falcon V8[4]	G Scott Motors	134
?	Paul Zacka Graham Perry		Holden HK V8 Automatic
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 Jim Bertram[4]		Ford XR Falcon GT[4]	Bill Gates	143
2	Ken Stacey Bruce McIntyre[4]		Ford XR Falcon GT[4]	Wright Ford Motors	142
3	Dennis Geary Murray Harrod[4]		Ford XR Falcon GT[4]	Denis Geary Motors	140
4	Roy Griffiths Ian Ferguson[4]		Ford XR Falcon GT[4]	R Griffith	138
5	Gerry Trebilcock Neville Trebilcock		BMW 1600	G Trebilcock	133
	Class E : Over $4500
1	John French	61[3]	Alfa Romeo GTV	Alec Mildren (Qld.)	146
2	Keith Littlemore Graham Littlemore	63[2]	Alfa Romeo GTV	Grand Prix Auto Service	139
3	Frank Perry D. Morrow		Alfa Romeo GTV	F Perry	137