1969 Sandown Three Hour Datsun Trophy Race

The 1969 Sandown Three Hour Datsun Trophy Race was an endurance race for Series Production Touring Cars staged at the Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia on 14 September 1969.[1] It was the fourth running of the race which was to become the Sandown 500.

The race was won by Allan Moffat and John French driving a Ford XW Falcon GTHO.

Classes

Each car competed in one of five classes:

  • Class A : Up to $1850 [1]
  • Class B : $1851 to $2250 [1]
  • Class C : $2251 to $3000 [1]
  • Class D : $3001 to $4500 [1]
  • Class E : Over $4500 [1]

Results
The Holden HT Monaro GTS 350 driven in the race by Spencer Martin and Kevin Bartlett. The car is pictured at the Sandown circuit in 2014.
Position [2] Drivers [2] [1] No. [1] Car [2] [1] Entrant [1] Laps [2]
1 Allan Moffat
John French		 61 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Ford Motor Company of Australia 118
2 Tom Roddy
Murray Carter		 64 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Bob Rollington Pty. Ltd. 117
3 Fred Gibson
Barry Seton		 62 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Ford Motor Company of Australia 116
Class A : Up to $1850
1 Bob Holden
Don Toffolon		 6 Datsun 1000 Datsun Racing Team 100
2 Allan Johns
Warren Gracie		 1 Hillman GT Allan Johns 96
DNF Bill Evans
Barry Tapsall		 7 Datsun 1000 Datsun Racing Team
Class B : $1851 to $2250
1 John Roxburgh
Doug Whiteford		 8 Datsun 1600 Datsun Racing Team 105
2 Frank Coad
Jon Leighton		 9 Datsun 1600 Datsun Racing Team 104
3 Alf Barrett
Mel Mollison		 14 Morris 1500 R.G. Lanyon 101
? Barry Robertson
Peter Harding		 10 Datsun 1600 C.B.M. Motors Pty. Ltd.
DNF Rusty French 17 Hillman Gazelle Eiffel Tower Motors Pty. Ltd.
Class C : $2251 to $3000
1 Jack Nougher
David O'Keefe		 38 Chrysler VF Valiant Pacer Eiffel Tower Motors Pty. Ltd. 112
2 Glyn Scott
Des West		 39 Chrysler VF Valiant Pacer Eiffel Tower Motors Pty. Ltd. 112
3 D Yeates
Neil Edwards		 45 Ford XT Falcon 500 V8 Bayford Motors Preston 111
? Bob Brown
Ted Brewster		 43 Chrysler VF Valiant Pacer Max Manley Pty. Ltd.
? Paul Dyer
Alan Vincent		 33 Morris Cooper S Selby's Steering and Suspension Service
? Joe Camilleri
John Humphrey		 32 Morris Cooper S Ann Thompson
? Ron Simmonds
A McIntyre		 29 Morris Cooper S Ron Simmonds
? Clem Smith
Clive Millis		 42 Chrysler VF Valiant Pacer Clem Smith Motors Pty. Ltd.
? Bill Lord-Milne
A. Moore		 36 Renault R16TS Monaco Autos
? George Reynolds
John Mooney		 37 Renault R16TS John Mooney
DNF Frank Leggatt
Norm Blunt		 31 Morris Cooper S Lionel W. Cordingley
Class D : $3001 to $4500
1 Allan Moffat
John French		 61 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Ford Motor Company of Australia 118
2 Tom Roddy
Murray Carter		 64 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Bob Rollington Pty. Ltd. 117
3 Fred Gibson
Barry Seton		 62 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Ford Motor Company of Australia 116
4 Terry Robertson
Graham Blanchard		 59 Holden HT Monaro GTS 350 Terry Robertson Motors
5 Bruce Rae
Russell Kramer		 53 Holden HK Monaro GTS 327 Bruce Rae
? Pat Peck
Gloria Taylor		 66 Ford XW Falcon GTHO D. & P. Traders Pty. Ltd.
DNF Max Volkers
Lionel Ayers		 56 Holden HT Monaro GTS 350 Midway Motors Queensland
DNF Spencer Martin
Kevin Bartlett		 57 Holden HT Monaro GTS 350 Holden Dealer Team
DNF Peter Larner
Richard Knight		 65 Ford XW Falcon GTHO B. S. Stillwell & Co. Pty. Ltd.
DNF Ian Geoghegan
Leo Geoghegan		 60 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Ford Motor Company of Australia
DNF David McKay
Brian Foley		 67 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Alto Ford
Exc Bruce McPhee
Barry Mulholland		 63 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Bruce McPhee
Class E : Over $4500
1 Bryan Thompson
Graham Ritter		 82 Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV Bryan Thomson Motors 111
2 T Roberts
John Ould		 81 BMW 2002 John Ould Motors 108
3 Don Uebergang
Garth Rhodes		 93 Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV Bryan Thomson Motors 107
Exc Ray Gulson
Peter Brown		 80 Alfa Romeo 1750 Berlina Canberra Speed Shop
  • Of the 41 cars which started the race,[3] six have not been accounted for in the above table.
  • The McPhee / Mulholland Ford Falcon, which was provisionally placed third outright, was excluded from the results as McPhee had exceeded the two hour maximum driving time allowed for each driver.[2]

References
  1. Official Programme, Sandown, Sunday September 14, 1969
  2. Adrian Ryan, HO-HO-HO! Ford's New Idea, Racing Car News, October 1969, pages 50 to 52
  3. Sandown 3-Hour Datsun Trophy Race, Australian Auto Sports, November 1969, page 17

Further reading
  • Australian Motor Manual, November 1969
  • Holden, The official racing history, © 1988
  • The Age, Monday, 15 September 1969
  • The Age, Wednesday, 17 September 1969
  • The Australian Racing History of Ford, © 1989
Preceded by
1968 Datsun 3 Hour Trophy		 Sandown Three Hour
1969		 Succeeded by
1970 Sandown Three Hour 250
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