1969 Rothmans 12 Hour Classic

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The 1969 Rothmans 12 Hour Classic was an endurance motor race for Series Production Touring Cars. The event was held at the Surfers Paradise circuit in Queensland, Australia on 5 January 1969. It was the longest touring car race to have been held in Australia to that time.

[edit] Results

Position	Drivers	No.	Car	Entrant	Laps
1	Bill Gates, Jim Bertram	16	Ford Falcon XT GT	McCluskey Ford	427
2	Garry Hodge, John Leffler	42	Morris Cooper S	Denis Geary Motors	426
3	Kevin Bartlett, John French	1	Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV	A Mildren Pty Ltd	424
4	John Smailes, John Millyard		Morris Cooper S	Martinz Place	421
5	Glynn Scott, Keith Williams	25	Holden Monaro HK GTS327	Glyn Scott Motors	420
6	John Roxburgh, Doug Whiteford		Datsun 1600	Datsun Racing Team	415
	Class A
1	B Tapsall, R Sorensen, R Gibson		Datsun 1000	Datsun Racing Team	404
2	W Scott, E Olsen		Toyota Corolla	W Scott	392
3	W Evans, J Cosworth		Datsun 1000	Datsun Racing Team	383
4	T Floyd, P Wherrett, A Vincent		Toyota Corolla	MTR Services	368
?	Noel Riley, Ken Brian		Honda Scamp		334
	Class B
1	John Roxburgh, Doug Whiteford		Datsun 1600	Datsun Racing Team	415
2	W Coad, F Sutherland		Datsun 1600	Datsun Racing Team	411
3	P Lefrancke, R Skelton, B Reed	57	Toyota Corolla SL	Farsley Motors	404
4	A Whitchurch, T Gilltrap		Datsun 1600	Coolangatta Tweed Heads MC	403
?			Datsun 1600
?			Datsun 1600
?			Hillman
?			Renault 10
DISQ	Wooton, Morrow		Datsun 1600	McInnes Auto Conversions
	Class C
1	Garry Hodge, John Leffler	42	Morris Cooper S	Denis Geary Motors	426
2	John Smailes, John Millyard		Morris Cooper S	Martinz Place	421
3	T Basile, F Leggatt		Fiat 125	Tony Basile Motors	414
4	J Eiffeltower, D O'Keefe		Hillman Hunter GT	Eiffeltower Motors	413
?	Cooke, Brewster, Hindmarsh		Morris Cooper S
?	Gracie		Morris Cooper S
?	Haylen		Morris Cooper S
?	Ian Kenny, Hans Marquard		Morris Cooper S
?	Joe Camilleri, John Humphrey		Morris Cooper S
DISQ			Hillman Hunter GT
	Class D
1	Bill Gates, John Bertram	16	Ford Falcon XT GT	McCluskey Ford	427
2	Glyn Scott, Keith Williams	25	Holden Monaro HK GTS327	Glyn Scott Motors	420
3	R Jones, R Forbes, D West		Fiat 124S Coupe	Nanda Marconi Products	413
4	G Trebilcock, N Trebilcock, H Woelders		BMW 1600	G Trebilcock	411
5	Lionel Ayers, Max Volker		Ford Falcon XT GT
6	Seldon		Volvo		355
DNF	Bruce McPhee, Doug Chivas		Holden Monaro HK GTS327
DNF	Denis Geary, Bill Brown		Holden Monaro HK GTS327
DNF	Paul Zacka, Graham Perry		Holden Monaro HK GTS327
DNF			Holden Monaro HK GTS327
	Class E
1	Kevin Bartlett, John French	1	Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV	A Mildren Pty Ltd	424
2	R Gulson, P Brown	2	Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV	Canberra Speed Shop	408
3	Ivan Tighe, B Schuster		Citroen DS21	Glyn Scott Motors	349