1968 Australian Rally Championship

1968 Australian Rally Championship
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The 1968 Australian Rally Championship was a series of six rallying events held across Australia. It was the inaugural season in the history of the competition.

Harry Firth and navigator Graham Hoinville were the first winners of the Championship.

Season review

The first Australian Rally Championship was decided over six events, staged across the Eastern States of Australia with two events in Victoria and one each in Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and South Australia.

The Rallies

The six events of the 1968 season were as follows.

Round	Rally	Date
1	Classic Rally (VIC)
2	Snowy Mountains Rally (NSW)
3	Walkerville 500 (SA)
4	Canberra 500 (ACT)
5	Warana Rally (QLD)	21st/22nd September 1968
6	Alpine Rally (VIC)

Round Two - Snowy Mountains Rally

Position	Driver	Navigator	Car	Points
1	Barry Ferguson	Dave Johnson	Volkswagen Beetle	85
2	Greg Garard	Nigel Collier	Holden 186S	95
3	John Garard	Brian Waldron	Holden 186S	99
4	Bruce Collier	Steve Halloran	Renault R8 Gordini	102
5	Colin Bond	Brian Hope	Mitsubishi Colt Fastback	120
6	Bob Watson	Jim McCauliffe	Holden Kingswood HK	122

Round Five - Ampol Warana Car Rally

Position	Driver	Navigator	Car	Points
1=	Harry Firth	Graham Hoinville	Ford Cortina Lotus
1=	Frank Kilfoyle	Doug Rutherford	Ford Cortina GT
3	John Keran	Peter Meyer	Volvo 142S	99

1968 Drivers and Navigators Championships

Final pointscore for 1968 is as follows.

Harry Firth - Champion Driver 1968

Position	Driver	Car	Points
1	Harry Firth	Ford Cortina GT
2	Frank Kilfoyle	Ford Cortina GT
3	John Keran	Volvo 142S
4	Bob Watson	Holden Kingswood HK
5	Ian Vaughan
6	Barry Ferguson	Volkswagen Beetle

Graham Hoinville - Champion Navigator 1968

Position	Navigator	Car	Points
1	Graham Hoinville	Ford Cortina GT
2	Peter Meyer	Volvo 142S

External links

• [1] Results of Snowy Mountains Rally and ARC results.