Warwick Farm "100"

Warwick Farm, 9 Feb 1969

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Jochen Rindt Lotus 49B [R10] - Cosworth DFW V8
#2 		45 1hr 18m 12.8s
2 Derek Bell (Tasman) 2.4-litre Ferrari Dino 246T/69 [0010] V6
#4 		45 1hr 18m 57.7s
3 Frank Gardner Mildren 'Mono' - Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 V8
#6 		44
4 Kevin Bartlett Brabham BT23D [1] - Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 V8
#8 (see note 1) 		44
5 Leo Geoghegan Lotus 39 [R12] - Repco V8
#10 		42
6 Niel Allen (ANF2) 1.6-litre McLaren M4A [M4A/2] - Cosworth FVA
#12 		42
7 Roly Levis (F2) 1.6-litre Brabham BT23C [7] - Cosworth FVA
#16 (see note 2) 		42
8 Graeme Lawrence (F2) 1.6-litre McLaren M4A ['14'] - Cosworth FVA
#17 		42
9 Glyn Scott (ANF2) 1.6-litre Bowin P3 [P3-101-68] - Cosworth FVA
#20 		41
10 Malcolm Guthrie (F2) 1.6-litre Brabham BT21B [24] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#15 (see note 3) 		40
11 Graham Hill Lotus 49B [R8] - Cosworth DFW V8
#1 		35
R Clive Millis (ANF2) 1.5-litre Rennmax BN2 - Ford
#21 		29
R Alfredo Costanzo (ANF2) 1.6-litre McLaren M4A [M4A/1] - Cosworth FVA
#18 		5 accident
R Chris Amon (Tasman) 2.4-litre Ferrari Dino 246T/69 [0008] V6
#3 		1 accident
R Piers Courage Brabham BT24 [3] - Cosworth DFW V8
#5 		1 accident
UNK Col Green Brabham BT16 [F2-8-65] - Climax FPF 4
#7 (see note 4)

All cars are 2.5-litre Tasman unless noted.

Qualifying
Qualifying information not available

Notes on the cars:

  1. Brabham BT23D [1] (Kevin Bartlett): The one-off BT23D was built for Alec Mildren Racing for Tasman racing and fitted with a 2.5-litre Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 V8. It debuted in Frank Gardner's hands at the Warwick Farm Gold Star race in Dec 1967 and was then raced by Garder in every race of the 1968 Tasman series. Kevin Bartlett took over the drive for the 1968 Australian Gold Star season and the 1969 Tasman series. It was then sold to Jim Abbott who acquired a 5-litre Traco Oldsmobile engine from Frank Matich and built what was claimed to be the first Formula 5000 in Australia. It was displayed at Abbott's Melbourne Racing Car Show and thereafter mainly used in hillclimbs. Its racing career ended after the death of a later pilot, Chris Murphy, but the remains were acquired by Paul Moxham who had it fully restored with its original Autodelta engines.
  2. Brabham BT23C [7] (Roly Levis): Piers Courage's regular Brabham BT23C in 1968 was "sold to Tasmania" (Autosport 25 Oct 1968 p14) before the October 1968 Albi F2 race. This is consistent with it turning up in the hands of Roly Levis in January 1969.
  3. Brabham BT21B [24] (Malcolm Guthrie): Matt Spitzley ran a Brabham in SCCA Nationals and in the 'Pro' FB series in 1969. His car is identified in the July 1969 Seattle entry list as a yellow and red Brabham BT21 but has been identified by Ted Walker as the ex-Guthrie Tasman BT21B [24] (10 Tenths ref 1544290).
  4. Brabham BT16 [F2-8-65] (Col Green): John Coombes entered this Brabham BT16 for Graham Hill in 1965, fitted with a BRM P71 engine. Hill continued to race it in the early part of 1966 after which it was then refitted with a 2.5-litre Climax FPF and taken to Australia by Frank Gardner to be used in Tasman racing. Gardner won first time out at a Gold Star race at Warwick Farm in December 1966 and then raced it in the 1967 Tasman series as part of Alec Mildren's team. After the series it was acquired by Niel Allen who planned to race it himself but instead entered it for Fred Gibson in 1967 and again in early 1968 before it was sold to Col Green in mid-1968. Retained by Green for three seasons and then sold to Western Australia and passed through various owners until acquired by photographer Julian Cowan. Sold via Bonhams to Rob McMillan and rebuilt on a replica chassis for historic racing, the original chassis being cut up and scrapped. With Rob McMillan (Sydney, Australia) 2010.

Sources

The identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' orginal results.

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