The 1968 Australian One and a Half Litre Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of

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racing cars.Conditions for Australian Titles, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1968, pages 70-71 It was the fifth and final

Australian One and a Half Litre Championship The Australian One and a Half Litre Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title contested annually from 1964 to 1968. It was open to drivers of cars complying with the Australian 1½ Litre Formula which specified open wheel rac ...

to be awarded prior to the demise of the formula at the end of 1968.

Calendar

The title was contested over a six heat series, run concurrently with the 1968

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. * Heat 1, Bathurst Gold Star Trophy,

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, 15 April * Heat 2, Governor's Trophy, Lakeside,

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, 28 July * Heat 3, Rothman's Trophy, Surfers Paradise,

, 24 August * Heat 4, Lombard (Aust.) Victoria Trophy,

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, 15 September * Heat 5, Advertiser Trophy, Mallala,

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, 14 October * Heat 6, Hordern Trophy,

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, 1 DecemberWhere to now Kevin?, Racing Car News, December 1968, pages 22-23

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the drivers of the six best placed Australian 1½ Litre Formula cars at each heat. The best five results from the six heats could be retained by each driver.

Results

References

External links

1968 Gold Star race results
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