1967 Australian Tourist Trophy

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The 1967 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race staged at the Surfers Paradise International Motor Circuit [1] in Queensland, Australia on 21 May 1967. [2] The race was open to Group A Sports Cars and was recognized by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian national title race. [3] It was the eleventh Australian Tourist Trophy. [2] The race was won by Frank Matich driving a Matich SR3 Oldsmobile. [2]

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Frank Matich won the 1967 Australian Tourist Trophy driving a Matich SR3. The example above is pictured in 1968. Matich-SR3-Graham-Ruckert.jpg
Frank Matich won the 1967 Australian Tourist Trophy driving a Matich SR3. The example above is pictured in 1968.
PositionDriver [4] [1] No. [1] Car [1] Entrant [1] Class [1] Class Pos.
1 [4] Frank Matich 1 Matich SR3 Oldsmobile [2] Frank Matich Pty. Ltd.Over 2000cc1 [4]
2 [4] Allan Hamilton9 Porsche 906 Spyder [5] Porsche Distributors Pty. Ltd.1500-2000cc1 [4]
3 [4] Glyn Scott20 Lotus 23B Glyn Scott Motors1500-2000cc2 [4]
4 [4] Bill Gates50 Lotus Elan G.P. Cars1500-2000cc3 [4]
5 [4] Bob Beasley40 Lotus Elan Phipps Developments1500-2000cc4
6 [6] Max Brunninghausen30 Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ Ian Hindmarsh Motors1500-2000cc5
 ?Peter Le Francke46CentaurPeter Le Francke1100-1500cc1 [4]
 ?Barry Lock87 Lotus Super 7 Barry Lock1100-1500cc2 [4]
 ? John French 10 Mini BMC (Aust) Pty. Ltd. Up to 1100cc1 [4]
 ?Leigh Bayley16 Austin-Healey Sprite Barry Broomhall MotorsUp to 1100cc2 [4]
 ?Tim Harlock42CentaurT.D.J. HarlockUp to 1100cc3 [4]
?Anne Thompson21 Lotus 15 Glyn Scott Motors1100-1500cc ?
 ?Harry Cape22 Lotus Elan Harry Cape1500-2000cc ?
DNF [4] Barry Broomhall56 Austin-Healey Sprite Barry Broomhall MotorsUp to 1100cc-
DNS [4] John Scott-Davies5 Lola T70 John Scott-DaviesOver 2000cc-
DNS [4] Brian Foley8 Broadspeed GTS Foley Motors1100-1500cc-

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Official Programme, XIth Aust. Tourist Trophy, Surfers Paradise International Motor Circuit, Sun. 21 May
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lance Lowe, Race report, Australian Motor Manual, August 1967, page 25
  3. Conditions for Australian Titles, 1967 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 69-71
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Des White, Matich Takes Third Aust. Tourist Trophy, Racing Car News, July 1967, pages 24 & 25
  5. Complete Archive of Alan Hamilton, www.racingsportscars.com Retrieved on 5 July 2014
  6. Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, page 168
  7. Lap start by Matich, The Courier Mail, Monday, 22 May 1967, page 15

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