Warwick Farm Touring Cars - 1968

What impresses most about this footage, other than the obvious capabilities of Pete Geoghegan in the Mustang GTA which brought him 3 ATCC titles, is the amazing speed of the Mini Coopers, and particularly that of Brian Foley.

This isn't a championship race, as the ATCC was still a single race event at this stage. Although the 1968 ATCC race was also held at Warwick Farm, some obvious big names are missing here, including Norm Beechey, Jim McKeown, Alan Hamilton, and the Kiwis Paul Fahey, Red Dawson, and Rod Coppins.

But still its an interesting piece of footage, and the skill shown by the Mini Cooper drivers to keep the momentum up around the corners to overcome their lack of power compared to the V8s is amazing to watch.

I figured this was early 1968 even though the footage doesn't seem to confirm this, as it appears the Foley Cooper S is in its blue with red and yellow stripes that Team Trident ran that season. Also, Niel Allen is driving one of the Mustangs, raced the previous season by Greg Cusack, but which would be raced in the '68 ATCC race by Fred Gibson after Allen had cut back on his racing following a big shunt at Lakeside in a McLaren M4a.

Parts 2 and 3 can be viewed here > >

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